Estates, Bequests and Collections
The following is an overview of the fully and partially digitalized bequests and collections section:
Private Genizah
The discovery of documents dating back to the late 18th century, hidden under the shingles of a roof, this genizah consists of 115 documents in Yiddish and German. It also includes several notebooks. This find helped reconstruct a family history nearly 200 years old. →see more
Isaac Feist of Nordenstadt Collection
45 documents relating to the Jewish trader Isaac Feist from 1802 through 1832 in German-Yiddish or German. →see more
Marianne and Leon Kahn Bequest
Documents concerning this Jewish couple dating from World War I and the National Socialism period. →see more
Rabbi Dr. Leo Kahn Bequest
Leo Kahn had been the Rabbi of the Neo-Orthodox Community of Wiesbaden. In 1878 he managed to obtain legal recognition for the creation of the first neo-orthodox community in Germany. →see more
Paul Lazarus Library
Except the rabbinical books the Foundation owns the entire library of Paul Lazarus, the last liberal rabbi of the Jewish Community of Wiesbaden. →see more
Collection dealing with Eastern-European Jewish Life in Wiesbaden
This large collection of texts, photographs and documents is based on research into the Eastern-European Jewish background of Jews of Wiesbaden – within and outside of the Westend neighborhood – from the 19th century on. →see more
Jewish Cemeteries
The collection includes plans and tombstones inscriptions from several Jewish cemeteries in Wiesbaden. →see more
Photo Collection
This collection provides an insight into many aspects of Jewish life in Wiesbaden. It also includes photos of the deportation of Jewish men and women in September, 1942. →see more
Documentation of Jewish Families of Wiesbaden
Included are documents which illustrated Jewish life and the history of individual families as well as goodbye-letters from parents to their children prior to deportations or arrests. →see more
Mathilde Hofer Bequest
Since 1903, Mathilde Hofer, a Jewish woman born in Vienna, had been corresponding with the well-known non-Jewish Painter Karl Hofer, to whom she was married. →see more
Sally Grosshut Bequest
It consists in part of correspondence of Sally Grosshut – from 1930 till 1960 – as well as of articles, reviews, essays and documents concerning applications for restitution. →see more
Rudolf Schildkraut / Meier Collection
This contains part of the estate of Karl-Heinz Meier who planned to write a dissertation on Rudolf Maximilian Schildkraut, the actor. It includes photos of the actor in various costumes and roles, contemporary newspaper articles, correspondence with archives as well as handwritten notes and portions of the dissertation Meier had begun. →see more
Kleinstrass / Kerster Collection
The correspondence between Paul Ludwig Kleinstrass, who immigrated to Sweden in January, 1939, and his relatives, who stayed behind and were deported in 1942. →see more
Oppenheim / Martin Collection
The correspondence between Stefanie Luise Martin, née Oppenheim, who had been interned in the Transit Concentration Camp of Westerbork Hooghalen-Oost in the Netherlands, and later in Theresienstadt, and her non-Jewish stepsons. →see more
Hai Frankl Bequest
Correspondence between Hai (Henry) Frankl who – thanks to a children’s transport – was able to reach Sweden, and his parents, who lived in Wiesbaden until they were deported in 1942. →see more