Ernst Kitzinger Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains three circumcision registers (Mohelbuecher) with some entries from Prague, 1816 and Baiersdorf, 1819 and mostly from Munich, 1826-1885. In addition there is a ‘Memorbuch’ from Fuerth, Bavaria.
The bulk of the collection pertains to the professional work of Ernst Kitzinger’s mother, Elisabeth Kitzinger, née Merzbacher. Notably, there is the correspondence from co-workers who died in Auschwitz together with the children in 1943. In addition there are family trees and documents concerning the Merzbacher and Strauss families.
Dates
- 1801-1965
Creator
- Kitzinger, Ernst, 1912-2003 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, Hebrew and English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is 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
Abraham Merzbacher (1812-1885) was one of the leaders of the Munich Jewish community and an expert in numismatics, as was his son Eugen Merzbacher (1845-1903).
Elisabeth Kitzinger, née Merzbacher (1881-1966) was the daughter of Eugen Merzbacher. She worked for Jewish welfare organizations in Munch as an organizer and director of ‘Israelitische Jugendhilfe Muenchen’, a home for Jewish youths. She emigrated to Palestine in 1939, to the United States in 1947, and died in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 1966.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
The collection contains three circumcision registers (Mohelbuecher) with some entries from Prague, 1816 and Baiersdorf, 1819 and mostly from Munich, 1826-1885. In addition there is a ‘Memorbuch’ from Fuerth, Bavaria.
Other Finding Aid
6-page inventory.
Microfilm
Collection is available on 1 reel of microfilm (MF 568).
Separated Material
Photographs have been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.
- Archival materials
- Aub, Hirsch, 1796-1876
- Aub, Joseph
- Auer, Erhard
- Bendix, Alice, 1894-1943
- Berit milah
- Child welfare
- Circumcision
- Decrees
- Fürth (Bavaria, Germany)
- Genealogical tables
- Israelitische Jugendhilfe
- Jewish leadership
- Jews -- Germany -- Genealogy
- Kitzinger, Elisabeth, 1881-1966
- Memorial books (Holocaust)
- Merzbacher family
- Merzbacher, Abraham, 1812-1885
- Merzbacher, Elizabeth
- Merzbacher, Eugen, 1845-
- Mohel books
- Nazi Germany -- Jewish communal and cultural life
- Ochs family
- Perles, Perets ben Barukh Asher, 1835-1894
- Photographs
- Public welfare
- Schutzbriefe (letters of protection)
- Schutzjuden -- Protected Jews
- Social workers
- Strauss family
- Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945
- Women -- Employment
- Title
- Guide to the Ernst Kitzinger Collection, 1801-1965 AR 3086 / MF 568
- 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
- August 2015:: dao links added by Emily Andresini.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
