Gabriel Riesser Collection

Original, handwritten letters from Gabriel Riesser and their transcripts include two letters to Friedrich Wilhelm Carové (1841 and 1852), one letter to August Fleischl (undated), and one letter about peace negotiations with Denmark (1849). Also included is the protest of a bill (photocopy) on behalf of the merchant Elias Warburg (1845).

The collection holds a typescript by Guenther Grosse, ‘Zwei neuere Veroeffentlichungen ueber Gabriel Riesser (1806-1863) : ... Deutscher – Jude – Freimaurer‘, Vevey, 1963, 5 pages, as well as various correspondence.

The Gabriel Riesser collection also holds an album bound in red velvet, containing handwritten dedications to Riesser from politicians, literary and religious personalities, and artists. They include:

Alsberg, L. ; Bamberger, Theodor ; Bechhold, Jakob H. ; Beer, Leopold ; Behr, Ottmar v. ; Carriere, Moriz ; Comuna, Benno ; Creizenach, Julius ; Creizenach, Theodor ; Crémieux, A. ; Dondorf, B. ; Ellissen, Abraham ; Ellissen, Eduard Leopold ; Emden, Dr. med. Jacob ; Formstecher, Salomon ; Getz, Moritz L. ; Goldschmid, A. ; Goldschmid, Isaac ; Goldschmidt, B. H. ; Hamburg, Julius ; Hecht, Henry ; Hertz, M. ; Hess, M. ; Hochstaedter ; Johlson, J. ; Jost, J. M. ; Kaula, J. ; Langenbach, Sigmund ; Leers ; Loewenthal, Moritz ; Loewi, Rabbiner ; Maas, Jonas ; Manhayn ; Mayer, J. ; Neukirch ; Odrell, Leopold ; Oppenheim, Isaac Marc ; Oppenheim, S. D. ; Philippi, S. ; Reiss, Michael ; Schlesinger, Ludwig ; Schwarzschild, Dr. med. ; Schwarzschild, Salomon ; Simonmaas, B. ; Stern, Moriz A. ; Strauss, Salomon ; Strauss, Hermann ; Tendlau, Abraham Moses ; Weil, Carl ; Weil, Heinrich ; Weil, J.