Correspondence with Guggenheim, Siegfried

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/545
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110277
Dates
11 Oct 1953 - 8 Dec 1959
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Dr Siegfried Guggenheim (1873-1961) was a jewish-German lawyer. He had served as head of the Jewish community in Offenbach and the local chapter of the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens. After being imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp in the wake of the November Pogrom 1938 he emigrated to the US. He was the brother of Karl Guggenheim. See Walk, J., Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden 1918-1945, Munich et. al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 130.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding birthday wishes and the sending of family related material by Guggenheim. This includes several photocopies from newspapers, a photo card, statements of several individuals on Siegfried Guggenheim, and the manuscript of a public talk given by a Daniel Guggenheim in 1935.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Guggenheim, Siegfried

Subjects

Places

  • United States
  • Worms
  • Offenbach
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