Ferdinand Lion in rowboat Portraits Men

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Portrait of (l-r) unidentified man, Thomas Mann, Singer (painter), Lion Feuchtwanger and unidentified man Portraits Groups Men

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Ferdinand Lion in rowboat Portraits Men

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Lion Eppenstein Collection (Lublinitz) 1798-1980

Documents pertaining to the protected Jew Lion Eppenstein in Berlin; 1798-1813

Tolle Jahre Versuch einer Lebensbeschreibung

Description of the author’s family background. His paternal family owned a tobacco and cigarres business in Ulm, which was transferred to Munich in 1888. The maternal family in Frankfurt am Main had a textile export business. Recollections of his schooldays at the Catholic St. Anna Schule. Antisemitic encounters at the local Gymnasium. Description of life in the 19th century. Reverence for the local royalties. The family was involved in the Zionist movement, as were most of the members of their local synagoge.