Hammerschlag Pollack Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
Personal documents of Abraham Jakob Hammerschlag and his son Sally Hammerschlag such as birth certficates, certificates of citizenships (1901, Prussia, Lippe), work and trade permits, military passport, identity cards, military draft for World War I; correspondence; photos
Dates
- 1835 - 1923
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
Biographical Note
Abraham Jakob Hammerschlag, born September 17, 1835 in Rehburg, Prussia. He worked as a butcher in Lage (Lippe) and became a citizen of Lippe in 1901 together with his son Sally Hammerschlag (born Sptember 3, 1869 in Rehburg). Sally emigrated to New York and died there in 1941.
Sally's daughter Hilde married Norbert Pollack. Their daughter Ruth was born in New York in 1945.
Extent
3 Folders
Abstract
Personal documents of Abraham Jakob Hammerschlag and his son Sally Hammerschlag such as birth certficates, certificates of citizenships (1901, Prussia, Lippe), work and trade permits, military passport, identity cards, military draft for World War I; correspondence; photos
- Butcher shops
- Börgermoor (Concentration camp)
- Cattle trade
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Germany -- History
- Hammerschlag family
- Hammerschlag, Abraham, 1835-1913
- Hammerschlag, Sally, 1869-1941
- Jews -- Germany
- Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Germany
- Lippe (Germany)
- Military education
- Photographs
- Pollack, Hilde, 1911-1997
- Pollack, Norbert, 1909-1999
- Prussia (Germany)
- World War, 1914-1918
- Title
- Guide to the Hammerschlag Pollack Family Collection, 1835 - 1923 AR 11995
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2016
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- January 04, 2018 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
