Hans Eltzbacher Collection
Scope and Content Note
Financial, business, and personal papers of the Eltzbacher family and related families, including correspondence, architectural plans, financial ledgers, wills and testaments, clippings, and eulogies; of particular interest is the business correspondence of Count Aloys zu Kaunitz-Rietberg with the banker Jacob Loeb Eltzbacher (1758-1825), who was based in Neuenkirchen, Westphalia, along with supporting documents and records; material on the career of the lawyer Carl Eltzbacher (1854-1936), including clippings on his candidacy to the Cologne city council in 1903 and correspondence, including a letter from Konrad Adenauer.
Reports, by-laws, and other material on the Jewish hospital in Cologne and the Israelitisches Asyl fuer Kranke und Altersschwache, Cologne, in the twentieth century.
See Inventory list
Dates
- Creation: 1781-1971
Creator
- Eltzbacher, Hans, 1893-1969 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, Hebrew.
Access Restrictions
Collection is microfilmed, use MF 649.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the link(s) 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
Hans Eltzbacher was born in Cologne on November 30, 1893, to Carl and Rosy Eltzbacher. The Eltzbacher family had been active in the banking industry since the 18th century. He attended grammar school and passed his leaving examination in Cologne. He wanted to become an artist, but started to study law in Munich according to his father's wishes. He practiced law in Cologne until 1933, when Jews were no longer admitted to the bar. In his spare time, he took painting lessons and met many artists, among them Max Liebermann, who confirmed his talent for painting. After an incident, which was provoked by a critic during an exhibition, he avoided introducing his work to the public. His next exhibition took place in Caracas thirty years later.
In 1937, Hans Eltzbacher and his brother Arthur moved to Brussels. In 1940, after the German occupation, both were deported to St. Cyprien. Arthur Eltzbacher died during the transport. Hans Eltzbacher's lawyer managed to have him discharged from the camp and Eltzbacher moved to Switzerland. After the war he came back to Brussels to find his house completely ravaged.
Hans Eltzbacher died in 1969 was buried in Laeken, a suburb of Brussels.
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet
Abstract
Financial, business, and personal papers of the Eltzbacher family and related families, including correspondence, architectural plans, financial ledgers, wills and testaments, clippings, and eulogies; of particular interest is the business correspondence of Count Aloys zu Kaunitz-Rietberg with the banker Jacob Loeb Eltzbacher (1758-1825), who was based in Neuenkirchen, Westphalia, along with supporting documents and records; material on the career of the lawyer Carl Eltzbacher (1854-1936), including clippings on his candidacy to the Cologne city council in 1903 and correspondence, including a letter from Konrad Adenauer.
Other Finding Aid
12-page inventory.
Microfilm
Collection is available on 1 reel of microfilm (MF 649).
Existence and Location of Copies
Available on microfilm
Separated Material
Photographs have been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.
Subject
- Eltzbacher, Hans, 1893-1969 (Person)
- Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967 (Person)
- Israelitisches Asyl für Kranke und Altersschwache (Cologne, Germany) (Organization)
- Bassevi, Jacob, 1570-1634 (Person)
- Spiro family (Family)
- Lachmann family (Family)
- May family (Family)
- Eltzbacher family (Family)
- Eltzbacher, Carl, 1854-1936 (Person)
- Eltzbacher, Jakob Löb, 1755-1825 (Person)
- Kaunitz-Rietberg, Alois, Fürst von, 1774-1848 (Person)
- Spiro, Salomon Baer, 1770-1847 (Person)
- Geiger, Ludwig, 1848-1919 (Person)
- Börne, Ludwig, 1786-1837 (Person)
- Börne family (Family)
- Issac, Eduard (Person)
- Lamm, Hans (Person)
- May, Arthur, 1828-1885 (Person)
- Rothschild & Eltzbacher (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Archival materials
- Genealogical tables
- Microfilms
- Photographs
- Schutzbriefe (Letters of Protection)
- Vital statistics records
- Wills
Geographic
- Belgium
- Cologne (Germany)
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Germany -- Politics and government -- 1871-1918
- Neuenkirchen (Steinfurt, Germany)
- Paderborn (Germany)
- Westphalia (Germany)
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Hans Eltzbacher Collection, 1781-1971 AR 3623 / MF 649
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- November 03, 2011 : Link(s) to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
