Albert Jacobson Family Collection

This collection contains Jacobson family documents from 19th and early 20th century Hamburg, as well as a substantial amount of materials pertaining to Albert Jacobson's attempts to secure an exit visa for his mother Adele Jacobson.

The first folder contains vital documents, such as birth and marriage records, belonging primarily to Albert Jacobson, his siblings and his parents. A few documents relate to business affairs, and there are also several items related to the Jacobsons' military obligations both in the 19th century and during the first World War. Also present are several of Albert Jacobson's educational documents, including several certificates in physical education he received after emigrating to the United States at the end of the 1930s. Materials relating to extended family relations, some of which date to the mid-19th century, are housed separately in folder three. Notable among these are a humorous wedding booklet for Clara Arends and Joseph Rosenberg, and a sheet containing some information on how all the families are interrelated.

A large amount of the correspondence in the collection relates to Albert Jacobson's attempts to get his mother Adele Jacobson out of Germany, primarily by way of a Cuban visa. These attempts failed and Adele Jacobson perished in Theresienstadt. Records and correspondence related to these events can be found in the second folder.