Ludwig and Bella Liebmann Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection documents Ludwig Liebmann and Bella Liebmann née Katzauer and their family.
Documents relating to Bella Liebmann née Katzauer include birth, marriage, naturalization, and death certificates; a German passport; residence and travel documents; and grade books. Documents relating to Ludwig Liebmann include birth, naturalization, and death certificates; a German passport; and residence and travel documents. Also found here are documents relating to a restitution case concerning his stepmother, Betty Liebmann. Materials relating to Emma Katzauer née Kahn, Jakob Katzauer, and Simon Walter Katzauer include memorial books as well as wedding and death certificates.
Dates
- Creation: 1917-1993
Creator
- Liebmann, Bella, 1910-1993 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open to researchers.
Access Information
Readers may access the collection by visiting the Lillian Goldman Reading Room at the Center for Jewish History. We recommend reserving the collection in advance; please visit the LBI Online Catalog and click on the "Request" button.
Biographical Note
Ludwig Liebmann (1905-1988), son of Simon Liebmann (born 1871) and Katharina née Bruchfeld (born 1875), was born in Guntersblum, Germany. His stepmother Betti Liebmann née Kahn (1883-1942) was murdered in the Holocaust. In 1941, he married Bella née Katzauer (1910-1993). She was born in Obergimpern, Germany, to Emma Katzauer née Kahn (died 1938) and Jakob Katzauer (died 1947). Her brother was Simon Walter Katzauer. Both Ludwig and Bella Liebmann left Germany for New York in 1939 or 1940.
Extent
4 Folders
Abstract
This collection documents Ludwig Liebmann and Bella Liebmann née Katzauer and their family.
Digitization Note
The collection was digitized and made accessible in its entirety.
Separated Material
One newsprint publication, Die Kenessio Gedaulo (1937, Marienbad), was removed to the LBI Library.
Subject
- Liebmann, Bella, 1910-1993 (Person)
- Liebmann, Ludwig, 1905-1988 (Person)
- Liebmann, Betti, 1883-1942 (Person)
- Katzauer, Emma, -1938 (Person)
- Katzauer, Jakob, -1947 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Ludwig and Bella Liebmann Collection 1917-1993 AR 11967
- Author
- Processed by Kevin Schlottmann
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- Processing made possible by the Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives Grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources through The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support "Illuminating Hidden Collections at the Center for Jewish History." Digitization made possible by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany.
Revision Statements
- August 2015: dao links and digitization information added by Leanora Lange.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
