Nussbaum Family, Friedberg in Hessen, Collection
Collection
Identifier: AR 2400
Scope and Content Note
Vital, business, and family documents of Nussbaum and Groedel families from Friedberg in Hesse. This collection also notably contains a Hungarian patent of nobility for Hermann Groedel, who had relocated to Budapest.
Many of the family papers, documents, and correspondence revolve around various weddings, including the marriage of Meyer Samuel Nussbaum to Luise Groedel, and these materials have been filed in the third folder. Among them are wedding announcements and poems, as well as engagement contracts and correspondence. Other documents and correspondence run the gamut from vital records to materials pertaining to the Nussbaum family's business; there are also citizenship documents. The second folder contains correspondence from Hermann Groedel, founder of the lumber firm Gebrüder Groedel, to Hermann Nussbaum.
Many of the family papers, documents, and correspondence revolve around various weddings, including the marriage of Meyer Samuel Nussbaum to Luise Groedel, and these materials have been filed in the third folder. Among them are wedding announcements and poems, as well as engagement contracts and correspondence. Other documents and correspondence run the gamut from vital records to materials pertaining to the Nussbaum family's business; there are also citizenship documents. The second folder contains correspondence from Hermann Groedel, founder of the lumber firm Gebrüder Groedel, to Hermann Nussbaum.
Dates
- 1849-1937
Creator
- Nussbaum family (Family)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and Hungarian.
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
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
Hermann Groedel's firm Gebrüder Groedel, specialized in the export of lumber from the Eastern provinces of Austro-Hungary, especially Transylvania and Bukovina.
Extent
3 Folders
Abstract
Vital, business, and family documents of Nussbaum and Groedel families from Friedberg in Hesse. This collection also notably contains a Hungarian patent of nobility for Hermann Groedel, who had relocated to Budapest.
Other Finding Aid
The original German-language inventory is available in folder 1.
- Budapest (Hungary)
- Correspondence
- Friedberg (Hesse, Germany)
- Gebrüder Groedel
- Groedel family
- Groedel, Hermann, Freiherr von Gyulafalva und von Bogdán
- Hungary -- History -- 1867-1918
- Industrialists
- Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Germany
- Jews -- Nobility
- Legal documents
- Lumber trade
- Nussbaum family
- Nussbaum, Meyer Samuel, 1833-1896
- Rhina (Hesse, Germany)
- Romania -- History
Creator
- Nussbaum family (Family)
- Title
- Guide to the Nussbaum Family, Friedberg in Hessen, Collection, 1849-1937 AR 2400
- Status
- In Progress
- 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
- July 07, 2014 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
