Wimpfheimer Family Collection

This collection holds the papers and legal documents of the Wimpfheimer family from Karlsruhe, Baden. It mainly consists of vital records, such as birth certificates, passports, marriage contracts, etc., as well as documents related to the family’s emigration to Switzerland and the United States. The folder on Alice Wimpfheimer covers her adult life in the United States. The folder on Clémence Wimpfheimer includes her Swiss and German legal documents. After her marriage to Eugen, Clémence became a naturalized German citizen. Upon emigrating to Switzerland in 1937, Clémence was classified as a Foreigner (“Ausländer”). In 1945/46 she and her husband became naturalized American citizens. Also included are records for Clémence’s vaccination in the late 1950s.

There are vital records for Eugen Wimpfheimer, as well as certificates of good conduct. The collection includes the marriage contract of Eugen and Clémence Wimpfheimer as well as their shared power of attorney, both written in 1939 in Basel.

Furthermore, there are documents pertaining to Maria (Mia) and Karl Wimpfheimer. Maria had studied in Paris and then agriculture and horticulture in England during the late 1930s and early 1940s. . In London, Maria was also involved with Hachsharath Hanoar, the British Council of the Young Pioneer Movement for Palestine,. By 1944, Maria had emigrated to the United States and continued her studies of international administration at Columbia University.

Folder 6 contains legal documents of the “K.H. Malzfabrik Wimpfheimer” under Eugen Wimpfheimer, as well as the later “Karlsruher Malzfabrik K.H. Wimpfheimer GmbH.” under his son Karl Wimpfheimer. Also included are newspaper articles about the closing and demolition of the malting factory in the early 1980s. Additionally, folder 6 contains copied pages from the book “Grössere industrielle Etablissements in Karlsruhe” (Major industrial establishments in Karlsruhe), mentioning the malting factory. Furthermore, this folder holds copies of the correspondence between Alice Wimpfheimer and Chananya (Hans) Teutsch, the only surviving son of Albert Teutsch, a manager at the malting factory who was murdered in the Holocaust. The series also contains copies of articles on the history of the malting factory published by the city of Karlsruhe. Also included is the correspondence between Alice Wimpfheimer and representatives of Karlsruhe on the topic of installing a plaque on the grounds of the former factory.