Michelsohn Family Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection holds various documents pertaining to the Michelsohn family, originally from the town of Hausberge (Minden, Westphalia). These include vital records, a genealogical table, as well as clippings and publications.
Folder 2 holds a 37-page typescript about the genealogy of the Michelsohn family by Nathan Michelsohn, Johannesburg, 1947.
There are copies of a letter written by parents on their final way to a concentration camp in folder 1. Also included are deportation lists from Hanover in folder 5.
Dates
- 1919-1991
Creator
- Michelsohn family (Family)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and English.
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
Before the Holocaust, Max Michelsohn owned a company for building materials in Hausberge (Minden, Westfalen).
Extent
5 Folders
Abstract
The collection holds various documents pertaining to the Michelsohn family, originally from the town of Hausberge (Minden, Westphalia). These include vital records, a genealogical table, as well as clippings and publications.
Processing Information
During microfilming and consequent digitization the original order of the collection has been disrupted.
- Adler, Hertha
- Archival materials
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Genealogical tables
- Hannover (Germany)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany
- Jews -- Germany -- Genealogy
- Jews -- Germany -- History
- Johannesburg (South Africa)
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Michelson family
- Michelson, Max
- Michelson, Nathan
- Minden (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Photographs
- Publications (documents)
- Sonnenberg, Gertrud
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Deportations from Germany
- Title
- Inventory of the Michelsohn Family Collection, 1919-1991 AR 10392
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The inventory is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
