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Gustav Tuch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 275

Scope and Contents

The collection contains various documents pertaining to Gustav Tuch's activity in various Jewish communal organizations. Most of the materials pertaining to the agricultural school Israelitische Erziehungsanstalt zu Ahlem, and the Verein zur Förderung der Bodenkultur.

Folder 1 contains administrative materials of the Zion-Loge of U.O.B.B. (B'nai Brith), the Kinder-Erholungsheim in Norderney (founded by the Zion-Loge) and the Verein zur Förderung der Bodenkultur unter den Juden Deutschlands, such as lists of members, annual reports, minutes, and brochures (1898-1909).

Folder 2 contains administrative materials of the Israelitische Erziehungsanstalt zu Ahlem, such as reports, budgets, and advertising (1890-1939).

Folders 3-4 contain the correspondence of Gustav Tuch, his son Ernst, and others, concerning O.U.B.B., the Israelitische Erziehungsanstalt zu Ahlem, and the Verein zur Förderung der Bodenkultur. Among the correspondents are Manfred Berliner, Arthur Kahn, Ludwig Cohn, Max Bodenheimer, A. Silberberg, Julius Kahn, R. Heyden, D. Wolff, Gustav Heinemann, S. J. Salomon, Max Jeselsohn Rosenthal, and Salomon and Esther Peine (1897-1929).

Folder 5 contains clippings and copies of articles concerning Gustav Tuch and the Ahlem agricultural school (1905-1995).

Folder 6 contains information booklets, brochures, reports, and speeches pertaining to the Israelitische Erziehungsanstalt zu Ahlem and the Verein zur Förderung der Bodenkultur (1895-1929).

Folder 7 contains correspondence of Gustav Tuch and administrative materials concerning the Verein zur Förderung der Bodenkultur (1897-1905; the original order of this folder was preserved).

Folder 8 contains correspondence, essays, certificates, and other documents pertaining to Gustav and Ernst Tuch (1897-1911; the original order of this folder was preserved).

Dates

  • 1897-1995
  • Majority of material found within 1897-1907

Creator

Language of Materials

The collection is in German.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

The collection has been digitized.

Biographical / Historical

Gustav Tuch (1834-1909) was born in Hamburg to a merchant family that migrated from Poland, and was a banker, a businessman, and a publicist. In 1895 Tuch founded the Freie Israelitische Gemeinschaft, and in 1898, alongside Max Bodenheimer, he founded an affiliated association named Verein zur Förderung der Bodenkultur unter den Juden Deutschlands. Tuch was also a high-ranking member of the Zion-Loge (a local branch of the Unabhängiger Orden B'nai Brith (U.O.B.B.)). Together with the Bodenkulturverein, the Zion-Love financed the Jewish agricultural and gardening school in Ahlem (the Israelitische Erziehungsanstalt zu Ahlem bei Hannover), founded by Alexander Simon and the Simon’sche Stiftung. Tuch also founded the Verein für jüdische Geschichte and Literatur (1892) and the Gustav Tuch – Stiftung (1906). Tuch's son Ernst was also involved in these organizations, mainly in the Bodenkulturverein.

Extent

8 Folders

Abstract

The collection contains various documents pertaining to Gustav Tuch's activity in various Jewish communal organizations.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in two series.

  1. Series I: Administrative materials; 1898-1939
  2. Series II: Correspondence and published materials; 1897-1995
Author
Processed by Meirav Reuveny
Date
© 2020
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository

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