Arnhold family collection
Scope and Content Note
The following families and individuals are mentioned in this collection:
Anhauch family; Arnhold family; Arnhold, Clara; Arnhold, Georg; Arnhold, Heinrich; Arnhold, Johanna; Arnhold, Kurt; Arnthal family; Arons, Paul; Bahr, Gert; Bayer family; Behrend family; Brach, Alfred; Clewing, Carl; Clewing, Margarete; Duttenhofer, Carl; Essen, Hans; Gelpke, Walther; Gericke family; Gerson, Irene; Grabowsky, Julius; Guetermann, Ludwig; Gutmann, Eugen; Heller family; Huldschinsky family; Kleemann, Wilhelm; Koppel family; Kristeller, Anna; Kunheim, Hugo; Lahmann, Heinrich; Levy, Max; Lewenz, Ella; Lewenz, Moritz family; Lindenhayn, Margot; Lippmann, Hermann; Maron family; Marwitz family; Marwitz, Marie; Mattersdorff family; Mauthner family; Oppenheimer, Adolf; Orsini, Baroni; Pickardt, Loni; Posnansky, Alice; Pulvermacher, David; Reuss, Prinz Heinrich; Rosenthal, Ernst; Schloss, Moritz; Schmolinsky, Heinz; Schnabel, Heinrich; Schuster, Anneliese; Sluzewski, Heinrich; Striemer, Leonid; Thurnauer, Martin; Vollrath family; Wallach, Toni; Winterberg family; Wohlgemut, Eugen; Wolff, William; Zimmermann, Emil
Folder 0: Inventory; 1966
Folder 1: Two bound handwritten manuscripts, originally owned by Max Arnhold: a diary starting in 1830, and “Glaubensbekenntnis” prepared for a Jewish confirmation. Also included are published materials about the Arnhold bank in Dresden; undated, 1830
Folder 2: Eulogies and other clippings pertaining to members of the Arnhold Family; undated, 1906-1925
Folder 3: Newspaper clippings regarding the death of Georg Arnhold (1859-1926); 1926
Folder 4: Materials about foundations and endowments, such as the bank’s retirement plan : ’Gebrüder Arnholdscher Pensionsverein’ and others; 1924-1926
Folder 5: Essays - clippings and publications - primarily about the art collector Eduard Arnhold and his foundation, Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo; undated, 1967-1985
Folder 6: Clippings about Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo; 1968-1987
Folder 7: Clippings and notes, illuminating family trees of the Arnhold, Gutmann, Bayer, and other connected families; undated, 1915-1934
Folder 8: Notes, photographs, postcards, correspondence, family trees and other materials mostly pertaining to Georg Arnhold and the Arnhold family in the U.S. Specially noteworthy is ‘Flucht-Bericht von Kurt Arnhold’, a mostly handwritten account on the stationary of the Park-Hotel in Amsterdam about Kurt Arnhold’s escape from Germany, circa 1938; undated, circa 1923-1986
Folder 9: Notes about tombstones in Dessau; undated
Folder 10: Clippings and notes, illuminating family trees of the Arnhold, Arons, Bayer and Gutmann families; undated, circa 1914-1934
Folder 11: Clippings and notes, illuminating family trees of the Arnhold, Gutmann, Bayer, and Koppel, families; undated, 1923-33
Folder 12: Materials about the Lewenz family. Also included is the doctoral thesis by Hans Lewenz: ’Die Finanzierung und die Preisbildung der Trusts’, Berlin, 1903; undated, 1903-1904
Folder 13: Various documents and clippings about Adolf Arnhold, Eugen Gutmann, and others, as well as notes from Dessau, Anhalt, and Dresden; undated, circa 1921-1935
Folder 14: Correspondence as well as poetry and fiction by Walther Gelpke, a stepson of Max Arnhold; circa 1927-1953
Folder 15: Clippings and notes, illuminating family trees of the Arnhold, Gutmann and Bayer families; undated, 1921-1935
Folder 16: Various materials pertaining to the bank ‘Bankhaus Gebrueder Arnhold’ in Dresden and its owners. Noteworthy are a letter by Heinrich Arnhold to Prinz August Wilhelm in response to Wilhelm’s joining the Nazi-Party, May 15, 1930, and a letter by Kurt Arnhold in response to the decree, prohibiting Jews to enter public pools, July 24, 1935; undated, 1926-1965
Dates
- 1830-1987
- Majority of material found in 1920s-1930s
Language of Materials
This collection is in German.
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
‘Bankhaus Gebrueder Arnhold’, originally from Dessau, was one of the most influential German banking firms before WW II, first under the leadership of Georg Arnhold (1859-1926), who moved the bank to Dresden, and then under his sons, Adolf, Hans, Heinrich, and Kurt Arnhold, who expanded to Berlin.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of clippings and other published materials, amassed to illustrate the family trees of the Arnholds and related families, thus providing a picture of their activities as bankers, collectors, and public benefactors. Emphasis is given to the bank’s retirement plan, ’Gebrüder Arnholdscher Pensionsverein’ and to the art collector Eduard Arnhold and his foundation, Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo. Of special interest is a handwritten account about Kurt Arnhold’s escape from Germany to Holland in circa 1938.
Processing Information
During microfilming and consequent digitization the original order of the collection has been disrupted.
- Anhalt (Germany)
- Archival materials
- Arnhold family
- Arnhold, Eduard, 1849-1925
- Arnhold, Georg, 1859-1926
- Arnhold, Heinrich, 1885-1935
- Arnhold, Kurt, 1887-1951
- Arnhold, Max, 1845-1908
- Bankers
- Bankhaus Gebr. Arnhold
- Banks and banking -- Germany
- Benefactors
- Berlin (Germany)
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Dessau (Dessau, Germany)
- Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo
- Dresden (Germany)
- Genealogical tables
- Jewish families
- Jews -- Persecutions -- Germany
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Title
- Inventory of the Arnhold Family Collection, 1830-1987 AR 2920
- 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