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Hirschbruch Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25720

Scope and Content Note

This collection is primarily the result of an intensive family research of Josef Hadar (né Hirschbruch), the son of Ludwig and Elsa Hirschbruch, about the Hirschbruch family. It contains several letters between him and a professional genealogist and between him and friends and family members helping him to extend the family tree. He also collected different articles related to his family. Besides microfilm records, which were used for the genealogy, it also includes family trees of, for example, the Hirschbruch family and the Pulvermacher family.

The second part of this collection deals with the parents of Josef Hirschbruch: Elsa Graetz and Ludwig Hirschbruch. It consists of diaries, notebooks, a family register, and poetry books.

Dates

  • 1862-1996

Creator

Language of Materials

The collection is in German, English, and French.

Access Restrictions

Open to researchers.

Access Information

Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.

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

Ludwig Hirschbruch was born in 1891 in Potsdam, Germany. Elsa Graetz was also born in 1891 in Berlin, Germany and was the daughter of Jenny Pulvermacher and Isaac Graetz. Elsa and Ludwig Hirschbruch married in Potsdam in 1918 and had three children: Hermann, born in 1918; Eva Johanna, born in 1920; and Josef, born in 1923. Hermann died one year after his birth. The family emigrated to Palestine in 1933 (?).

Lesser Hirschbruch, the father of Ludwig Hirschbruch, was born in 1859 in Czersk (then part of Prussia, today in Poland) and married to Rosa Grant, who was born in Bischofsburg, East Prussia. Lesser Hirschbruch had a brother Moritz Hirschbruch. Their parents were Falk Hirschbruch and Pauline Margoninska, both from Czersk.

Extent

0.75 Linear Feet

Abstract

This collection mainly consists of documents pertaining to the genealogy research of Josef Hadar, as well as personal documents of his parents Elsa Graetz and Ludwig Hirschbruch.

Related Material

There is one further collection that is related to this collection: Charles P. Stanton Collection 1802-2001 (AR 25138).

Processing Information

This collection was reorganized and new series and folders were created.

Title
Guide to the Papers of the Hirschbruch Family 1862-1996 AR 25720
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by Maria Jäger
Date
© 2017
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Description is in English.
Edition statement
This version was derived from Hirschbruch_Family.xml

Revision Statements

  • April 10, 2018 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.

Repository Details

Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository

Contact:
15 West 16th Street
New York NY 10011 United States