Augusta and Emil Mane Collection

This collection contains personal papers of Augusta and Emil Mane. The materials mainly reflect their experience emigrating from their home in Philippsburg, Germany, through official emigration documents and personal correspondence. Some restitution material, a family tree, recipes for baking, and materials related to other Jews from Philippsburg are also included.

The correspondence consists mainly of handwritten letters in German sent to Augusta and Emil Mane from family members between 1938 and 1945, with a few letters from later decades. Correspondents include Simon and Henriette Holz, Hans Faber (Augusta’s brother), Hilde Springer, Alfred and Gustav Levy (uncles), Paula Kaufmann, Bertha Herz, and Johanna Löb (a neighbor). The emigration materials for Augusta Mane include a few letters, her passport, a notebook for learning English, an address book, a few notes, and a German-language handbook for immigrants from the Daughters of the American Revolution. Emil Mane’s materials from the Kitchener Camp and his emigration consist mainly of correspondence with English officials and a few personal items from the camp. The restitution materials include letters exchanged by family members regarding restitution for lost property and letters by Emil Mane inquiring into restitution in the 1960s. Also included are letters sent by Augusta Mane in 1938 requesting the release of Emil Mane from Dachau after his imprisonment on Kristallnacht and a contract of sale of the Mane family’s iron works from 1955. The photographs consist of picture postcards and formal portraits of members of the Mane and related families and friends, including Ilse Adler, Clara Bierig, Max Bierig, Fanny Eichtersheimer, Leo Eichtersheimer, Moritz Eichtersheimer, Else Faber, Hans Faber, Jakob Faber, Moritz Faber, Thekla Faber, Erna Gutmann, Elise Gutmann, Jakob Gutmann, Leopold Gutmann, Martha Gutmann, Nathan Gutmann, Anna Holz, Henriette Holz, Judith Holz, Simon Holz, Leo Kahn, Liesel Kahn, Paula Knorr, Liselotte Levy, Otto Levy, Trudel Levy, Berta Loeb, Jeanette Löb, Max Meyer, Selma Meyer, and Claere Wohlgemuth. Some military photographs from World War I and a few snapshots are also included.