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Schocken-Lewin Family Collection

by: Schocken family; Lewin Family

Publication date: 1930

Topics: Schocken, Salman, 1877-1959, Schocken, Simon, 1874-1929, Kaufhaus Schocken, Schocken Verlag (Berlin, Germany)

Collection: LeoBaeckInstitute; americana

Contributor: Leo Baeck Institute Archives

Language: German

Volume: Folder 1/1

Herman and Hortense Lewin

This collection contains a eulogy on Simon Schocken by Hermann Schocken (delivered in Dresden, July 6, 1930); photographs (Carl Lewin, World War I photos, Leo Baeck in Dresden) and a bronze plaque in memory of Simon Schocken (22 November 1874 - 24 October 1929)

Carl Lewin (1 May 1881 - 2 September 1946) born in Kolmar, Province of Posen, married to Charlotte Hirsch (whose mother was born Schocken, sister of Simon and Salman Schocken, owners and founders of "Schocken A.G." department store chain Zwickau, Saxony). Simon Schocken died in a car accident after opening a branch in Waldenburg Silesia

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