Louis Herz Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains three generations of family and personal documents pertaining to the family of Louis Herz. Included are vital documents such as birth certificates, death certificates, and identification cards, as well as passports, death notices, school documents, and military papers. Most of the documents date to the end of the 19th century and to the first four decades of the twentieth century, although a few, including a passport for Salomon Herz, were created in the middle of the nineteenth century. Furthermore, some of the birth certificates, though issued later, reference the early and mid 19th century. Although much of this collection consists of official documents originating from the region near Hamburg, a subgroup of the materials pertaining to Louis Herz's son Franz Philipp Ludwig Herz contains several vital and military records from the Netherlands, as well as a Chinese passport. The subgroup of Louis Herz's papers includes a Russian passport and a permit to transport his deceased wife's body back to Germany.
Dates
- 1862-1939
Creator
- Herz family (Family)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, Dutch, Russian, and Mandarin.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the link(s) in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Extent
2 Folders
Abstract
This collection contains three generations of family and personal documents pertaining to the family of Louis Herz. Included are vital documents such as birth certificates, death certificates, and identification cards, as well as passports, death notices, school documents, and military papers.
Arrangement
- This is divided into three smaller groups of documents, papers of Salomon Herz, papers of Louis Herz, and papers of Franz Philipp Ludwig Herz.
Other Finding Aid
An inventory is available in the folder.
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- China
- Genealogical tables
- Germany
- Hamburg (Germany)
- Herz family
- Herz, Elsa, 1863-
- Herz, Louis, 1852-
- Herz, Salomon
- Military service, Voluntary
- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century
- Neustadtgödens (Germany)
- Occupational training, Military
- Saint Petersburg (Russia)
- Vital statistics records
- Wolfes family
- Wolfes, Rebecka
- Title
- Guide to the Louis Herz Family Collection, 1862-1939 AR 2561
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff and Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- October 12, 2011 : Link(s) to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
