Jacob Ettlingers arkiv
Extent and Medium
4 linear meter of records. Textual material, financial records, printed material, photographs and film.
Biographical History
Jacob Ettlinger was born in Mannheim in Germany in 1880 to the merchant Mayer Ettlinger and his wife Mathilde (née Michael). The family moved to Frankfurt am Main in 1888 and at 14, Jacob Ettlinger began his mercantile training in the family business. In 1899, he was employed by the gravel and metal company Beer, Sondheim & Co and worked in Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States and Italy. Due to the First World War, Jacob Ettlinger was stuck in Sweden during a business trip in 1915. He established the company AB Metall & Bergsprodukter in 1917 and established a life in Stockholm. He became the chairman of the Orthodox community Adat Jisrael and was also involved in matters of the Jewish pre-school and the poor relief in the Jewish community of Stockholm.
Archival History
The archive was originally part of the Hollander Companies archive (SE/RA/740105) but was split from the rest, donated to the National Archives, and made accessible to the public in 2012.
Scope and Content
Jacob Ettlinger's (1880-1952) archive consists of a total of four shelf meters and includes many records related to the Holocaust. For example, series number 3: Jacob Ettlingers ”privata” pärmar 1932–1952 (Jacob Ettlinger's "private" binders 1932-1952) consists of 27 volumes in cardboard boxes. They include alphabetically arranged correspondence containing information from survivors of war and camps, lists of relatives and friends sought through the Red Cross and other aid organizations, and lists of survivors.
There are also documents relating to Ettlinger's work in sending aid to German concentration camps, including Bergen-Belsen, where his sister was murdered. Individual documents in other series (especially series 1, 5 and 6) are also related to the Holocaust.
Conditions Governing Access
The archive was previously closed but has been open freely for research since 2012.
Finding Aids
There is an index in the National Archives' database, NAD: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/arkiv/sutYFecRrH6d0G02H087k3
Sources
National Archives' database, NAD: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/arkiv/sutYFecRrH6d0G02H087k3
Carlsson, Carl Henrik. Källor till judarnas historia i Sverige: arkivguide. Täby: Riksarkivet, 2022.
‘Källor till Förintelsens Historia i Svenska Arkiv’. In Sveriges Museum Om Förintelsen. SOU, 2020:21. Stockholm: Regeringskansliet, 2020: 243–76.
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0