Mankiewitz Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
Official documents and correspondence primarily documenting the Mankiewitz family with some materials pertaining to the Magnus family. Types of documents include citizenship certificates, school papers, marriage documents, passports, honorary certificates, family papers (for occasions like wedding anniversaries), and military certificates, including recognitions of World War I service and an Iron Cross. There is also a letter from Walter Mankiewitz, sent front during the first World War shortly before his death.
Dates
- 1806-1972
- Majority of material found within 1806-1935
Creator
- Mankiewitz family (Family)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, with some English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Readers may access the collection by visiting the Lillian Goldman Reading Room at the Center for Jewish History. We recommend reserving the collection in advance; please visit the LBI Online Catalog and click on the "Request" button.
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
Paul Mankiewitz (1857-1923) was director of Deutsche Bank, other family members were doctors. The Mankiewitz family was related to the Magnus family through the marriage of Siegfried Mankiewitz and Johanna Magnus, whose father David was the president of the Jewish community of Leipzig.
Extent
3 Folders
Abstract
Official and vital documents and family papers pertaining to the Mankiewitz and Magnus families of Mühlhausen, Leipzig, and Berlin.
Other Finding Aid
The original German-language inventory is available in the R 38 folder.
Separated Material
A photograph of a painting of Paul Mankiewitz by Max Liebermann has been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection
- Berlin (Germany)
- Citizenship -- Germany
- Genealogical tables
- Jewish bankers
- Jewish physicians
- Jews -- Germany
- Jews, German
- Legal documents
- Leipzig (Germany)
- Magnus family
- Magnus, David, -1915
- Mankiewitz family
- Mankiewitz, David, 1789-
- Mankiewitz, Dr. Emanuel (Joseph Emanuel)
- Mankiewitz, Dr. Siegfried (Samuel Siegfried Felix), 1866-
- Mankiewitz, Johanna
- Mankiewitz, Paul, 1857-1923
- Mankiewitz, Walter, 1898-1918
- Mühlhausen (Thuringia, Germany)
- Neukölln (Berlin, Germany)
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Jewish
- Title
- Guide to the Mankiewitz Family Collection, 1806-1972 bulk 1806-1935 AR 722
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- April 20, 2012:: Revised Container List. Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
