Ernst Kitzinger Collection 1801-1965

Abstract

The collection contains three circumcision registers (Mohelbuecher) with some entries from Prague, 1816 and Baiersdorf, 1819 and mostly from Munich, 1826-1885. In addition there is a ‘Memorbuch’ from Fuerth, Bavaria.The bulk of the collection pertains to the professional work of Ernst Kitzinger’s mother, Elisabeth Kitzinger, née Merzbacher. Notably, there is the correspondence from co-workers who died in Auschwitz together with the children in 1943. In addition there are family trees and documents concerning the Merzbacher and Strauss families.Rabbi Joseph Aub ; Education, primary and secondary;Abraham Merzbacher (1812-1885) was one of the leaders of the Munich Jewish community and an expert in numismatics, as was his son Eugen Merzbacher (1845-1903).Elisabeth Kitzinger, née Merzbacher (1881-1966) was the daughter of Eugen Merzbacher. She worked for Jewish welfare organizations in Munch as an organizer and director of ‘Israelitische Jugendhilfe Muenchen’, a home for Jewish youths. She emigrated to Palestine in 1939, to the United States in 1947, and died in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 1966.6-page inventory.Photographs removed to Photograph Collectiondigitize