Ruth Knox Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains a brief essay by Ruth Knox née Liebermensch regarding her childhood in Mannheim and emigration from Germany; song printed on the occasion of the wedding of Samuel Liebermensch and Gisela Schiff; and sheet music edited by Samuel Liebermensch, entitled "Lieder des jüdischen Hauses."
Dates
- undated, 1918-circa 1989
Creator
- Knox, Ruth (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in English, German and Hebrew.
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
Samuel Liebermensch was born in Tichau. He entered the Jewish seminary in Berlin at 15. In 1918, he married Giesela Schiff. Samuel Liebermensch played the violin, and his wife took advanced singing lessons.
Their children Hanna and Ruth emigrated from Germany as part of the Kindertransport via England to the United States in 1939. They were reunited with their mother in 1940. Samuel Liebermensch was interned in the camps of Gurs and Les Milles and did not survive.
Gisela Liebermensch died in in New York in 1988.
Extent
1 Folders
Abstract
The collection contains a brief essay by Ruth Knox née Liebermensch regarding her childhood in Mannheim and emigration from Germany; song printed on the occasion of the wedding of Samuel Liebermensch and Gisela Schiff; and sheet music edited by Samuel Liebermensch, entitled "Lieder des jüdischen Hauses."
- Cantors (Judaism)
- England -- Emigration and immigration
- Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 1933-1945
- Gurs (Concentration camp)
- Jewish teachers
- Jews -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Jews -- Music
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany
- Jews, German -- United States -- Biography
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations)
- Les Milles (Concentration camp)
- Liebermensch, Samuel
- Mannheim (Germany)
- Plauen (Germany)
- Schiff, Gisela
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century
- Title
- Guide to the Ruth Knox Family Collection, undated, 1918-circa 1989 AR 11446
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Sarah Glover
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- July 2015:: dao links added by Emily Andresini.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
