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Silesia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander Fleischer Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3641
Abstract

The collection contains documents pertaining to the textile company “A. Fleischer KG” in Reichenbach im Eulengebirge in Silesia (today Dzierżoniów, Poland) and about the Fleischer family.

Dates: 1889-1970

Bendix Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6138
Abstract

The collection contains documents relating to the Bendix family, particularly to Fritz Bendix and his wife, Johanna Bendix née Hahn. There are also many papers and photographs concerning the family company, a linen factory in Silesia.

Dates: 1873-1950

Bruck Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3940
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence and two manuscripts by Alfred Julius Bruck about the Bruck family history.

Dates: 1946-1952

Edward Luft Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6957
Abstract

Various articles, excerpts, maps, and books related to the Jewish community in Posen/Poznan, collected by Edward Luft.

Dates: 1698-2009

Ernst Warschauer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 5784
Abstract

The collection contains personal papers, vital documents, correspondence, and memoirs of two generations of Warschauer and Casper families.

Dates: 1868-1988; Majority of material found within 1919-1972

Freund Family Collection, Gross-Strehlitz

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6485
Abstract

The collection comprises primarily documents regarding the legal battle of the Freund family to receive restitution for losses during World War II.

Dates: 1932-1986

Hans Kohn sitting on rock with Irma Gluecklich and Trude Ullmann, 1912 July 7

 Item
Identifier: F 5190
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

Manuscripts, materials relating to HansKohn's professional experience, materials relating to his political activities, correspondence, diaries, materials relating to his experience in World War I and as a prisoner of war, personal documents, photos, clippings.

Dates: 1912 July 7

Hans Kohn with Irma Gluecklich and Trude Ullmann in Silesia, 1912 July 7

 Item
Identifier: F 19496
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

Manuscripts, materials relating to HansKohn's professional experience, materials relating to his political activities, correspondence, diaries, materials relating to his experience in World War I and as a prisoner of war, personal documents, photos, clippings.

Dates: 1912 July 7

Hans Schäffer Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25556
Abstract

This collection contains a wide variety of materials by and about statesman Hans Schäffer (1886-1967) and his family.

Dates: 1849-2002; Majority of material found within 1903-1967

Irene E. Newhouse Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10479 / MF 1002
Abstract

This collection contains research material on the genealogy of Irene Newhouse's ancestors, including members of the Morgenstern, Honigman, and Goldschmidt families and others, mainly from Prussia (in particular, Breslau). It includes as well the correspondence she had with cemeteries, communities and other institutions for her research as well as the family trees she found or made herself.

Dates: 1932-2008; Majority of material found within 1980-2002

Kurt Schwerin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 121
Abstract

This collection documents the life and work of Kurt Schwerin. Kurt Schwerin immigrated to the United States in 1938 where he became a librarian and professor of law. Contained are several of his writings, research notes and other papers mainly related to his attempts to organize the immigration of his family, to settle down in the United States and regarding to his function as board member and head of the Chicago Chapter of the Leo Baeck Institute.

Dates: 1841-1993; Majority of material found within 1931-1993

Laqueur Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10332 / MF 870
Abstract

This collection focuses on Anna Laqueur (nee Levy) (1850-1932), who became a matriach of the extended Laqueur-Levi family. Her spirited correspondence with her husband Siegfried Laqueur, a successful entrepreneuer, with her sons, her brother, her sisters, with an ever growing number of nephews and nieces, as well as her family's correspondence with her, reached an astounding volume. While it was possible to trace the lineage of the Laqueur family it required an extraordinary amount of patience and some guessing to establish the family relationships of the Levy clan, who like the Laqueur family originated from small towns in Silesia and who by virtue of hardwork and a well- focused business acumen achieved economic security. Their histories reflected in their correspondences and diaries are an example of the rise of German Jews from Eastern provinces from modest beginnings to a comfortable bourgeoisie. According to the grade of their assimilation it is not surprising that the second and third generation felt no longer restrained to marry outside the Jewish faith. Measured by the volume and intensity of the correspondence between the mother and sons Walter and Ernst, who both were to become physicians, it can be concluded that they were quite attached to each other. Unfortunately the bulk of the correspondence between Ernst and his mother is in shorthand. Anna, besides being the center of the Laqueur family, had wide ranging interests: poetry (mostly offered on festive occasions), correspondence with intellectuals (Geiger, Ludwig) and active involvement in social welfare and charities. She also travelled frequently. In short, she led a very active life, a true "mater familiae".

Dates: 1850-1996

Marianne Breslauer Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10174
Abstract

The Marianne Breslauer collection documents the life and work of Marianne Breslauer (née Schaeffer), as well as of many members of the Schaeffer and Breslauer family, such as her husband Henry Breslauer, her father Hans Schaeffer, her mother Eva Schaeffer, and her father-in-law, Georg Breslauer. Although the bulk of the material reflects the abundant amount of personal correspondence among the family members, in particular among Marianne and Henry Breslauer to her parents, the collection also includes biographical information on a variety of family members in form of clippings, booklets, manuscripts, and photos.

Dates: 1705-1997; Majority of material found within 1920’s–1980’s

Nadelmann and Wolff Families Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25667
Abstract

The Nadelmann and Wolff Families Collection provides documentation about members of the Nadelmann, Wolff, Lewinsohn, and Kann families, including details on their professions, early lives, the towns from which family members derived, and including details on the emigration and deportation of family members. The collection consists of family correspondence, photographs, genealogical research, and research on family members' hometowns.

Dates: 1809-2016

Nothmann Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 10492
Abstract

This collection consists of documents of the Nothmann family, including personal correspondence and official documents, such as passports and certificates. A lot of the material is about or from the time of the Nazi persecution.

Dates: 1892-1951; Majority of material found within 1938-1948

Robert A. Naumann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1229
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of manuscripts by Robert Naumann. There is also some genealogy information and an article about the history of the Jews of Liegnitz. Most manuscripts include a photograph of the subject.

Dates: 1949-1964