Heinz Katzenstein Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence from family members to Heinz Katzenstein in Gelsenkirchen and New York, 1933; travel and emigration documents, 1933-1939, including correspondence with freight forwarders and menues of S.S. Bremen; memorabilia related to 25th anniversary of Katzenstein & Co in Gelsenkirchen, 1928; correspondence with and clippings and other information about former classmates; correspondence regarding social security claims in Germany, 1981; photographs.
Dates
- 1927-1993
Creator
- Katzenstein, Heinz, 1910-1996 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Collection is microfilmed (MF 904).
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
Sigmund Katzenstein had a department store in Gelsenkirchen: Katzenstein & Co. His son Heinz emigrated to New York in 1933. The rest of the family, his mother Rosa (nee Udewald) and his brother Erwin, followed later.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
Correspondence from family members to Heinz Katzenstein in Gelsenkirchen and New York, 1933; travel and emigration documents, 1933-1939, including correspondence with freight forwarders and menues of S.S. Bremen; memorabilia related to 25th anniversary of Katzenstein & Co in Gelsenkirchen, 1928; correspondence with and clippings and other information about former classmates; correspondence regarding social security claims in Germany, 1981; photographs.
Microfilm
Collection is available on 1 reel of microfilm (MF 904).
Separated Material
Photographs have been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.
- Archival materials
- Ben-Yehuda, Eliahu, 1914-2008
- Bremen (Ship)
- Buchholz, Hans Wilhelm, 1910-2002
- Department stores
- Dörner, Friedrich Karl, 1911-
- Emigration and immigration
- Goldblum, Harvey, 1910-1988
- Katzenstein & Co
- Katzenstein, Erwin
- Katzenstein, Frances, 1904-
- Katzenstein, Heinz, 1910-1996
- Katzenstein, Rosa, 1880-1973
- Katzenstein, Sigmund
- New York (State)
- Norddeutscher Lloyd
- Photographs
- Schools -- Germany
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century
- Title
- Guide to the Heinz Katzenstein Family Collection, 1927-1993 AR 25109 / MF 904
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2010
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- May 22, 2012 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
