Ullmann Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains primarily correspondence (Series I) by members of the Ullmann family.
Subseries 1 consists of letters mostly written by Kaete [Katharina] Ullmann (née Nathanson), her husband Adolf Ullmann and his sister Minna Ullmann and were sent from Berlin to Kaete and Adolf's children Hans, Hanna Ida, and Walter Ullmann in Palestine.
The letters reflect the situation of Jews in Berlin and daily life under the national socialist regime.
Subseries 2 includes correspondence of Hans Ullmann and other family members with various people. Most of the letters (especially after November 1938) document Hans Ullmann's efforts to assist his parents and aunt in escaping Germany (including correspondence with "Jewish Agency", "Hitachdut Olei Germania"). Other letters pertain to the deportation of Kaete, Adolf and Minna Ullmann (e.g. goodbye letter of Kaete Ullmann to her brother Albert Nathanson), and to their murder by the Nazis presumably in Auschwitz in 1943.
The correspondence of Hans Ullmann after 1945 includes letters pertaining to a trial against National Socialist Theodor Kohlrusch. It also contains a letter (handwritten (carbon copy), 31 pp.) and other materials by Hans Ullmann about the family history, other materials pertaining to the history of the Ullmann family in Altkarbe (Neumark) and factory for paper manufacture. In addition, the subseries consists of correspondence of Hans Ullmann with the LBI Jerusalem pertaining to the donation of materials.
Series II consists of mixed materials including two texts by Hans Ullmann, titled "Konzentrationslager Sonnenburg" (typescript, 9 pp.) about his experiences as prisoner in the concentration camp, and the short article "I Remember Summer 1914" (typescript, 3 pp.), as well as documents pertaining to the factory for paper manufacture of the Ullmann family.
Dates
- 1933-1996
Creator
- Ullmann, Hans, 1908-2001 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German, English, French, and 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
Hans Ullmann was born in 1908. He worked for the factory for paper manufacture of his father since 1931. In 1933, Ullmann, his younger brother Walter (1910- ) and father Adolf were arrested and brought to the concentration camp Sonnenburg. Shortly after his release in 1935 Hans Ullmann immigrated with his wife Irma (née Gotthelf) to Palestine, his brother Walter and sister Hanna Ida Ullmann (later Kersch) (1915- ) followed shortly after. Hans Ullmann eventually settled in the Kibbutz Naan.
The Ullmann family owned a paper factory in Altkarbe (Neumark). In 1925 the company went bankrupt and the family moved to Berlin pertaining a smaller printing and paper business (Ullmann & Comp., Berlin, Papierwaren Buchdruck, Steindruck).
Extent
10 Folders
Abstract
The collection contains primarily correspondence (Series I) by members of the Ullmann family.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 2 series.
- Folder 10: Manuscripts by Hans Ullmann, Documents of the Ullmann Family; circa 1933, 1940, 1975, undated
Other Finding Aid
English summary and German family tree on file.
Note
This collection is located at LBI Jerusalem. For information on accessing the collection please visit their website: http://www.leobaeck.org/
- Correspondence
- Genealogical tables
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany
- Jewish Agency for Palestine
- Jews -- Persecutions
- Kollek, Teddy, 1911-2007
- League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- Nathanson family
- Paper industry
- Sonnenburg (Concentration camp)
- Ullmann family
- Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah ṿela-gevurah
- Title
- Guide to the Ullmann Family Collection, 1933-1996 LBIJER 85
- 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