Language:
German
Pages:
207
,
typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).
Year of publication:
1939
Keywords:
Hadra family.
;
Lesser family.
;
Assimilation.
;
Business enterprises.
;
Christian converts from Judaism.
;
Jews, German Genealogy.
;
Marriage.
;
Merchants.
;
Physicians.
;
Berlin (Germany)
;
Autobiographies
;
Biographical sources
;
Memoirs
Abstract:
History of the Hadra and Lesser families reaching back to the 18th century; grandparents were orthodox Jews in Prenzlau (Mark Brandenburg); father was a wealthy metal merchant in Berlin; mother had to take over the business after the father's early death; the author and most of his siblings converted to Christianity; some of them married into aristocratic families; Hadra wrote this family history in September/December 1939 in Berlin for his daughter who had emigrated to the USA. Contains photographs (copies) of relatives.
Note:
Brief summary in Max Kreutzberger: "Leo Baeck Institute New York, Bibliothek und Archiv; Katalog": C 148
,
Available on microfilm
,
German
URL:
http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=377846&custom_att_2=simple_viewer
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