Wilhelm Marcus Collection
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and articles regarding Markus's activities in the Jewish community of Berlin and in the refugee German-Jewish community in New York City. There are also some materials regarding plans to settle Jewish refugees in Mexico.
The bulk of the papers in the first folder consists of correspondence regarding Markus's role in the New York-based German-Jewish Club. There are also a number of items, including correspondence and reports, regarding the a plan to settle German Jews in Mexico. Among these latter papers are letters of support, one of which offers a donation of heavy industrial machinery for the potential Jewish setllers, from a German firm (1938). The clippings in the oversized folder generally pertain to Markus's activities in the Berlin community, although several pertain to Mexican affairs. A few of these clippings date to Markus's life after emigrating to New York.
Dates
- Creation: 1924-1965
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1934-1939
Creator
- Marcus, Wilhelm (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and Spanish.
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
Craftsman and community leadre, born in 1883 in Ostrowo, died in 1954 in New York. Founder of the insurance company Die Hilfe, president of Zentralverband jüdischer Handwerker, founder of Jüdische Darlehenskasse GmbH Berlin and other credit unions, as well as president or member of a handfull of other Jewish community and labor organizations.
Extent
1 Folders (1 oversized folder)
Abstract
Correspondence and articles regarding Markus's activities in the Jewish community of Berlin and in the refugee German-Jewish community in New York City. There are also some materials regarding plans to settle Jewish refugees in Mexico.
Other Finding Aid
The original German-language inventory is available in folder 1.
Separated Material
Photographs have been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.
Subject
- Garbáty, Moritz, 1892-1965 (Person)
- Marcus, Wilhelm (Person)
- German-Jewish Club (Organization)
- Zentralverband Jüdischer Handwerker Deutschlands (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Wilhelm Marcus Collection, 1924-1965 AR 20
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- June 23, 2014 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
