Margarete Katzenstein Collection
Scope and Content Note
The Margarete Katzenstein Family Collection contains information regarding Margarete Katzenstein's life as a physician. This collection includes letters, legal documents, a photo album, and a few photograph slides. The topics of these documents range from her career to her immigration to the U.S.A. in 1940.
Dates
- 1927-1942
- Majority of material found within 1933-1941
Creator
- Katzenstein, Margarete, 1905- (Person)
- Isaac, Simon, 1881-1942 (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in English and German.
Access Restrictions
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
Margarete Henriette Katzenstein was born in 1905 in Frankfurt am Main, where her father was a prominent physician. She studied at the Universities of Frankfurt and Heidelberg. In 1929 she became an assistant at the Medizinische Universitaetsklinik, a position which she had to leave in 1933. She then began working at the Krankenhaus der Israelitischen Gemeinde, where she became the chief assistant to Professor Simon Isaac. She also taught at the Verein fuer juedische Krankenpflegerinnen. After Kristallnacht, in November 1938, she wrote to the nephew of one of her patients, who lived in Nashville, Tennessee, asking for an affidavit. After initial complications and an additional affidavit from her cousin, Siegfried Speyer, she was able to immigrate to the U.S.A. in 1940. In 1941, she passed the American Board Examination.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Margarete Katzenstein Family Collection contains correspondence, letters of recommendation, contracts, and certificates regarding Margarete Katzenstein's career as a physician. The collection also contains documents and correspondence regarding Margarete Katzenstein's immigration to the USA. Post and prewar photographs are also included in this collection.
Arrangement
This collection comprises two series:
Processing Information
The collection had already been organized into five folders and was in chronological order. The five folders were, however, then divided into two series.
- Affidavits
- Certificates
- Contracts
- Correspondence
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Israelitische Gemeinde (Frankfurt, Main) Krankenhaus
- Jewish women physicians
- Katzenstein, Margarete, 1905-
- London (England)
- Nashville (Tenn.)
- New York (N.Y.)
- Photographs
- Slides (photographs)
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Title
- Guide to the Papers of Margarete Katzenstein 1927-1942 AR 25067
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Isabelle Ostertag
- Date
- © 2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Edition statement
- This version was derived from MargareteKatzenstein.xml
Revision Statements
- October 27, 2014 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
