Bruck Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains correspondence and two manuscripts by Alfred Julius Bruck about the Bruck family history.
Folder one contains an exchange of letters between Alfred Bruck and Hilde Blum regarding the Bruck family tree. There are two manuscripts in folder two, The Bruck family : A historical sketch (1946) and The Bruck family : A historical sketch of a Jewish Family through a Thousand Years (1951). The 1946 manuscript contains an introduction, bibliographic information, and geneaological tables. This manuscript also includes detailed information in both German and English regarding family origins, the Jewish community in Venice, the history of Jewish Prague, the Jews of Vienna, the history of Jews in Silesia, and their subsequent exodous and migration routes. The 1951 manuscript is an abbreviated version including reference notes, genealogical tables, information regarding the family's origins and information on family names, professions, emancipation and emigration throughout history.
Dates
- 1946-1952
Creator
- Bruck, Alfred Julius (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links 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 correspondence and two manuscripts by Alfred Julius Bruck about the Bruck family history.
Separated Material
Photographs have been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.
- Blum, Hilde
- Bruck family
- Chalfan family
- Correspondence
- Genealogy
- Hirschel family
- Hungary
- Jews -- Italy -- Venice -- History
- Jews, Austrian
- Kalonymides family
- Kroměříž (Czech Republic)
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Moravia (Czech Republic)
- Perlhefter family
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- Silesia
- Venice (Italy)
- Vienna (Austria)
- Title
- Guide to the Bruck Family Collection, 1946-1952 AR 3940
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Kate Jadwin
- Date
- © 2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- January 10, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
