Frank families collection.
Scope and Content Note
Writings (all photocopies) by Richard Frank and his sister, Hedwig Ems, as well as by Reinhard Frank.
Dates
- Creation: [unknown]
Creator
- Levy, H. Richard (Person)
- Ems, Hedwig (Person)
- Frank, Reinhard (Person)
- Frank, Richard (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German and English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
Richard Frank survived the Holocaust in Leipzig, Germany, thanks to his second wife Amanda (‘Muckchen’) who was not Jewish. His sister Hedwig Ems in Berlin was deported to Theresienstadt, which she survived before returning to Berlin.
H. Richard Levy is Richard Frank's grandson.
Extent
3 Folders : photocopies.
Abstract
Writings (all photocopies) by Richard Frank and his sister, Hedwig Ems, as well as by Reinhard Frank.
Separated Material
See also the typescript by H. Richard Levy : ‘A genealogical survey of two German, Jewish families named Frank, joined by marriage in 1898’, including illustrations and an index of names.
Subject
- Ems, Hedwig (Person)
- Frank, Reinhard (Person)
- Frank, Richard (Person)
- Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Frank families collection. AR 11941
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2016
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- March 2019:: Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
