Hans Frankenbach Collection
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence of Frankenbach, including letters from Lion Feuchtwanger, Helmut von Gerlach, Emil J. Gumbel, and a card from Hermann Hesse. Personal documents, manuscripts, clippings, and photos of and about Frankenbach and his pacifist activities. Family trees and various documents illustrating the history of the Frankenbach, Falkenburg, and Simon families.
The following individuals are mentioned in this collection: Auerbach, Edith; Bauer, Leo; Butzke, Hermann; Capell, Hans; Elkaim, Mark; Falk, Alfred; Feuchtwanger, Lion; Foerster, Friedrich; Franck, Hugo; Fuerst, Max; Gerlach, Helmut von; Grossmann, Kurt; Gumbel, Emil J.; Hechaluz; Hiller, Kurt; Kraft, Werner; Kraus, Karl; Kuester, Fritz; Lehmann-Russbueldt, Otto; Minkowsky, Maurice; Moses, Willi; Olden, Balder; Schoenaich, Paul; Schwarz, Ernst; Simonson, Sophie; Strobach, Erna; Wilhelm, Kurt; Wolfsky, Margarete
Dates
- 1867-1969
Creator
- Frankenbach, Hans, 1894- (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, English, Swedish, Danish, Judeo-German, Hebrew.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
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
Born in Eisleben on November 13, 1894, Hans Frankenbach was a leather goods salesman and member of the Deutsche Liga fuer Menschenrechte and Deutsche Friedengesellschaft. He emigrated in 1933-1934 via Denmark to Sweden, where he was living in 1970.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
Correspondence of Frankenbach, including letters from Lion Feuchtwanger, Helmut von Gerlach, Emil J. Gumbel, and a card from Hermann Hesse.
Other Finding Aid
4-page inventory.
Separated Material
A golden coin commemorating the 50th anniversary of Zahnfabrik Bad Nauheim has been removed to the LBI Art and Objects Collection.
Bibliography
- Denmark
- Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft
- Deutsche Liga für Menschenrechte
- Dieuze (France)
- France
- Frankenbach, Hans, 1894-
- Internationaler Friedenskongress
- Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History
- Journalists
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Pacifism
- Photographs
- Sales personnel
- Sweden -- Emigration and immigration
- Zionism
- Title
- Guide to the Hans Frankenbach Collection, 1867-1969 AR 1583
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
