Lekisch Family Collection. 1817–2005 bulk 1920s–1994

The Lekisch Family collection documents personal and professional activities of Kurt Lekisch, a medical doctor originally from Mainz, Germany, who was active in his profession as well as academic research until his death in Texas in 1994. The collection also includes a small series on other members of the Lekisch family. The material mainly reflects his work as a doctor in the US, but also as a practitioner in India and in Rhodesia. His active life as a medical researcher and publisher can be found in his numerous publications, some of which derive from his studies at universities in Germany, Switzerland, and the US. Although the bulk of the documents consist of manuscripts and printed material, the collection also includes correspondence, photos, vital documents, and a range of certificates.Title page and dedication to Nanette Lekisch of Lion Feuchtwanger's "The Devil in France" ; manuscript with Nanette Fulda Lekisch's marginalia to "The Devil in France" ; manuscript by Kurt Lekisch "The politics of choice: roles of the medical profession under Nazi rule"Correspondence from Caesar Laski [Dorle Laski’s father] ; Correspondence from Gertrud Pardo , Bertha Salomon , Fritz SarneDigital documents pertaining to Kurt Lekisch's wife, Dorle Laski Lekisch (1916-2000), may be accessed online.Kurt Lekisch was born in Mainz in 1912 to Adolf Lekisch and Nanette Fulda. He attended medical school in Freiburg and received his MD from the University of Bern in 1936. He married Dora Laski and the couple had two children, Barbara and Peter. The family immigrated to the US and Kurt Lekisch served in the medical corps of the US army from 1942 to 1946. He died in Austin, TX in 1994, where he had lived most of his adult life.Kurt Lekisch began collecting medical stamps in the early 1970s and ultimately amassed a 188-volume collection of medically-related stamps, envelopes, postcards, photographs, autographs, coins, news clippings, and more. His family donated the entire collection to the Texas Medical Association in 1995.Barbara Lekischdigitize