Kurt Zadig Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a large body of family correspondence sent by Zadig to his family during his time in the military in World War I. The correspondence includes letters, telegrams, and postcards, and has been bound in two custom-made volumes, one for the years 1914-1915, and another for 1916. In the years 1914-1915 the correspondence bears postmarks from several different locations in France, Germany and Poland (Ostpreussen), but in 1916 most of the letters are simply marked Osten, indicating that he was likely stationed on the Eastern Front.
Dates
- 1914-1916
Creator
- Zadig, Kurt, 1895-1916 (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in German.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Readers may access the collection by visiting the Lillian Goldman Reading Room at the Center for Jewish History. We recommend reserving the collection in advance; please visit the LBI Online Catalog and click on the "Request" button.
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
Zadig was born in 1895 and died during the war in 1916. There are indications that he was a draftee, rather than a volunteer. It appears from the correspondence that his family lived in Berlin. The correspondence also indicates that in the years 1914 Zadig was stationed in several different locales, but is likely to have been transferred to the Eastern Front in 1916.
Extent
2 Folders
Abstract
This collection consists of two bound volumes of correspondence sent by Zadig from the front in World War I.
- Berlin (Germany)
- Chaulnes (France)
- Forbach (France)
- Hamburg-Altona (Hamburg, Germany)
- Jewish soldiers
- Kętrzyn (Poland)
- Lockstedter Lager (Holstein, Germany)
- Personal correspondence
- Photographic postcards
- Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)
- Soldiers
- Telegrams
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Jewish
- Zadig family
- Zadig, Kurt, 1895-1916
- Title
- Kurt Zadig Collection, 1914-1916 AR 3791
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff and Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
- Date
- © 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- October 03, 2011 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
