Fred Einstein Collection

The collection is divided into two series, "Series I: Family History Research" and "Series II: Jewish History Clippings". Series I "Family History Research" contains family trees, findings from genealogy research and correspondence related to this research. In folder one copied photographs of the Feigenbaum and Friedberger family, family trees of the Einstein, Feigenbaum, Friedberger and Guggenheimer family as well as descendant reports for various members of the extended family can be found. Folder two includes family history records, such as photographs, genealogy chart requests and copies; birth certificates; abstracts of the state register; oral history notes and cemetery plans for various branches of the extended Einstein family. The third folder holds a small amount of genealogy correspondence, including letters of the physicist Albert Einstein. The fourth folder contains four articles about the Einstein-Guggenheimer family and the history of Jews in Wuerttemberg.

Series II includes clippings on general Jewish history, such as remembrance events especially in Laupheim. In the second folder there are clippings on debates about memorials, especially on the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, remembrance art and cultural events related to Jewish history, synagogues in Baden-Wuerttemberg and clippings and articles on renowned individuals like Albert Einstein or Carl Laemmle.

The following individuals and families are mentioned in this collection: Ainstain , Baruch Moyses "Borichle"; Bergmann, John H.; Blau, Marietta; Braun, Ernst; Cahn, Loeb; Can, Loew Meier; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955; Einstein, Fred; Einstein, Fred family; Einstein, Irene; Einstein, Max; Feigenbaum family; Feigenbaum, Julius; Feigenbaum, Linonel ; Friedberger family; Guggenheim family; Guggenheimer family; Guggenheimer, Josef; Heinrich "Hayum"; Laemmle, Carl; Lazarus, Moss; Mannheimer, Marschall; Meier, Friedberger; Moos family; Noël, ILse; Obernauer family; Schmidt, Johanna Erika; Simon Leopold; Wagner, Guenther.

The following places are mentioned in this collection: Beverly Hills (California); Binswangen (Dillingen an der Donau, Germany); Bloomfield (New Jersey); Bodersweiler (Germany); Freistett (Germany); Jerusalem (Israel); Kappel (Germany); Langen (Hessen, Germany); Mannheim (Germany); Memmingen (Germany); Neckarzimmern (Germany); Neu-Isenburg (Hessen, Germany); Seeheim-Jugenheim (Hessen, Germany); Walldorf (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany); Weiskirchen (Germany); Wiesloch (Germany).