Gisela Bloch Collection
Abstract
Documents pertaining to Gisela Bloch and her ancestors, consisting of an 18th century travel journal, two friendship books, diaries, and some official records.
Dates
- 1761-1939
Creator
- Bloch, Gisela, 1925- (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and Dutch.
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
Gisela Bloch was born on November 15, 1925 in Cologne. She immigrated to the United States in 1938.
Extent
5 Folders
Separated Material
Folder 6 in the original paper collection holds the Hebrew and German (in Hebrew characters) prayer book ‘Makhsor ke-minhag ashkenaz le-rosh ha-shana ve-jom kippur’, Sulzbach, Seckel Arnstein, 1830, which belonged to the Bloch family and contains genealogical notes.
- Alba amicorum
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Archival materials
- Biographical sources
- Bloch family
- Bloch, Charlotte, 1897-
- Bloch, Gisela, 1925-
- Burgsteinfurt (Steinfurt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Cologne (Germany)
- Eichenberg, Ida
- Friendship -- Poetry
- Jewish families
- Jews -- Genealogy
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Travelers’ writings
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Title
- Inventory of the Gisela Bloch Collection, 1761-1939 AR 11010
- 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
