Joseph Rothschild Collection

The collection contains an assortment of documents related to the extended family of Joseph Rothschild of Weiterode (now incorporated into Bebra, Germany), especially to the family of his descendent Meinhold Rothschild.

Folder one contains primarily pre-war documents, including correspondence (some from Rothschilds in the United States), vaccination records, and certificates from the 19th century. The post war documents in this first folder include notification of concentration camp deaths of family members and documents certifying 19th century family member birth and death dates. There is also a receipt from the Rabbiner-Seminar zu Berlin. In the third folder are various vital documents, including several dating to the immediate post-war period, pertaining to members of families other than Rothschild. Documents regarding the emigration of the family of Meinhold Rothschild from Germany to the United States have been filed in the fourth folder. Folder 5 contains correspondence regarding the graves of Hermann and Josef Rothschild, brothers of Meinhold Rothschild who both fell in World War I. Folder 7 contains a letter to Meinhold Rothschild from the State of Israel and an invitation from the Yeshiva University for an event in his honor. Other materials in this collection include various clippings and obituaries housed in the second folder and some genealogical materials in folder 6.