Henriette Levi Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of letters exchanged between Henriette Levi and her children, especially with the family of her son Siegmund Levi and of her daughter Therese Gotthelft.
Accompanying the letters are a portrait photograph of Henriette Levi, and a signed dedication note from Zerline Levi to her husband Siegmund, for whom she had the correspondence bound into a volume. Many of the letters feature messages both from Henriette and the Gotthelfts to Siegmund, and are in general of an informal, friendly tone. Notable is a letter dated 1868 December 26, in which she mentions a visit to the family of Franz Rosenzweig, with whom she was befriended while living in Kassel. About thirty letters included at the end of the volume are from the Radziejewski family, largely to Zerline Levi from her brothers and other family members. Like the other letters, they are friendly and informal. Notable among this group of letters are a couple of Yiddish letters, as well as a couple of letters from the front during the Franco-Prussian War.
Dates
- 1864-1915
Creator
- Levi, Henriette, -1871 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and Yiddish.
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
Henriette Levi was married to Markus Levi and the mother of Therese (later Gotthelft), Simon, and Siegmund Levi. After Markus's death she lived with her daughter and son-in-law in Kassel, where she remained until her daughter Therese's death in 1868 or 1869. Afterwards she returned to Dresden, where she died in 1871.
Siegmund Levi was a high-level official at the prominent Gerson department store in Berlin. He was married to Zerline Radziejewski.
Extent
3 Folders
Abstract
This collection consists of letters exchanged between Henriette Levi and her children, especially with the family of her son Siegmund Levi and of her daughter Therese Gotthelft.
Note
Owing to the former binding of the letters into a volume, some text at the margins has been lost or obscured.
Processing Note
The letters were originally bound into a volume by Zerline Radziejewski and given to her husband Siegmund Levi in memory of his mother, who wrote many of the letters. The letters were disbound for preservation.
- Title
- Guide to the Henriette Levi Collection, 1864-1915 AR 3669
- 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
- May 19, 2014 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
