Ehrenberg-Rosenzweig Family Collection 1772-1930

The collection contains correspondence among members of the Ehrenberg and Rosenzweig families, including letters from Franz Rosenzweig, Adam Rosenzweig and Richard Ehrenberg, as well as with other parties, including Leopold Zunz, Adelheid Zunz, Claire von Gluemer, and Heinrich Heine (copies only). Also included are engagement contracts, marriage banns, school curricula and certificates, character references, eulogies, family histories, and other documents concerning family members. This material also reflects much of the history of the Samsonschule in Wolfenbuettel of which members of the Ehrenberg family were principals.

Jewish war veterans entering synagogue for service to honor the war dead; Munich Jewish Life

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And He Gave up His Life in Battle Coin

Obverse: 1 Lira coin, torch and inscription. Reverse: Inside of a depressed pentagon there is a design of a war elephant bearing a turret and Greek soldiers equipped for battle. The elephant is being stabbed by Elazar.

Nuts and bolts, assembling a life.

Memoir, written in 1997

My Life 1895-1956

Apprenticeship as goldsmith; marriage in time of economic crisis (1919); persecution of Jews after 1933; November pogrom 1938 in Kassel; emigration to USA in 1940; beginnings of new life in USA.

The Gift of a Sage. Life and Wisdom of Rabbi Dr. Friedrich Hillel 1892- 1974

Manuscript by Erwin Tramer: "The Gift of a Sage. Life and Wisdom of Rabbi Dr. Friedrich Hillel". Biography of an orthodox rabbi (1865-1928), born in Wisnitz, Austrian Galicia, and who served in Leipnik, Czechoslovakia.

In Their Death They Willed Us Life, Israeli Soldiers Memoriam Medal

Obverse: Gun pointing its burst barrel to the ground, tree broken and lying in the background. Reverse: The eternal fire coming out of helmet.

25th Anniversary of the Linked Life Insurance Commemorative Medal

Obverse: Inscription. Reverse: The life insurance emblem, a house with family inside, shekel coin on the roof of the house.