Otto Hirsch Collection
Scope and Content Note
Folder 3 contains Copy of a speech by his son Hans George Hirsch in Esslingen, Neckar on January 27, 2000 (the speech contains hitherto unpublished material about Otto Hirsch's life and work). "Dr. Hans George Hirsch erinnert sich an seinen Vater Dr. Otto Hirsch, Ansprache im Verein Denk-Zeichen e.V., Esslingen am Neckar, 27. Januar 2000). Folder 4 contains copies of protocolls of exams and other documents pertaining to Jewish religious education in Hall (1925-1931), signed among others by Louis and Otto Hirsch.
Dates
- 1885-2000
Creator
- Hirsch, Otto, 1885-1941 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
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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
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Biographical Note
Otto Hirsch was born in Stuttgart in 1885 as the son of Louis Hirsch (ME 310). He was a co-founder and board member of the Neckar AG which was responsible for the canalization of the Neckar river. After his forced dismissal in 1933 he dedicated himself to Jewish politics and became the chairman of the newly founded "Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden". He died in the Mauthausen concentration camp in 1941.
Extent
4 Folders
Abstract
1/4: Copies of protocolls of exams and other documents pertaining to Jewish religious education in Hall (1925-1931), signed among others by Louis and Otto Hirsch.
Bibliography
See also Otto Hirsch's memoirs (ME 311)
A biographical note honoring Otto Hirsch is included in Rueckert, Maria Magdalena (ed.): Wuerttembergische Biographien, vol. I, Stuttgart 2006, p. 113-114.
- Civil service
- Esslingen am Neckar (Germany)
- Heuss, Theodor, 1884-1963
- Hirsch, Hans G. (Hans George), 1916-
- Hirsch, Otto, 1885-1941
- Hirsch, Theodor Carl, 1888-1965
- Jewish religious education of children
- Jews -- Germany -- History
- Kellermann, Heinz, 1910-
- Konz, Otto
- Lawyers
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
- Nebinger, Robert
- Photographs
- Schwäbisch Hall (Germany)
- Stern, Selma, 1890-1981
- Stuttgart (Germany)
- Täubler, Eugen, 1879-1953
- Verein Denk-Zeichen (Esslingen)
- Württemberg (Germany)
- Title
- Guide to the Otto Hirsch Collection, 1885-2000 AR 234 / MF 640
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2014
- 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