Fritz Leopold Steinthal Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains handwritten letters by a variety of prominent rabbis and Jewish thinkers, including Jacob Bernays, Philipp Bloch, Zacharias Frankel, Abraham Geiger, Heinrich Graetz, Ludwig Philippson, and Gabriel Riesser, all regarding applications and recommendations for positions at the Jewish teacher training school of the Marks-Haindorf-Stiftung in Münster. Two brief letters by Alexander Haindorf, the founder of the Marks-Haindorf-Stiftung, are administrative in nature. Also included is a passport issued to Hermann Steinthal by King Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia.
Dates
- Creation: 1800-1868
Creator
- Steinthal, Fritz Leopold (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German.
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
Rabbi Fritz Leopold Steinthal was born in Berlin in 1889. From 1919 to 1938, he served as rabbi of the Jewish community in Münster. In 1938, he emigrated from Germany to Argentina, where he founded the Jewish community Culto Israelita de Belgrano and served as rabbi of its Leo Baeck Synagogue. Rabbi Steinthal died in Buenos Aires in 1969.
Extent
2 Folders
Abstract
The collection contains handwritten letters by a variety of prominent rabbis and Jewish thinkers, including Jacob Bernays, Philipp Bloch, Zacharias Frankel, Abraham Geiger, Heinrich Graetz, Ludwig Philippson, and Gabriel Riesser, all regarding applications and recommendations for positions at the Jewish teacher training school of the Marks-Haindorf-Stiftung in Münster. Two brief letters by Alexander Haindorf, the founder of the Marks-Haindorf-Stiftung, are administrative in nature. Also included is a passport issued to Hermann Steinthal by King Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia.
Other Finding Aid
The original German-language inventory is available in the folder
Separated Material
Letter from Heinrich Graetz has been removed to Heinrich Graetz Collection, AR 154
Subject
- Steinthal, Hermann (Person)
- Bernays, Jacob, 1824-1881 (Person)
- Bloch, Philipp, 1841-1923 (Person)
- Frankel, Zacharias, 1801-1875 (Person)
- Geiger, Abraham, 1810-1874 (Person)
- Graetz, Heinrich, 1817-1891 (Person)
- Haindorf, Alexander, 1782-1862 (Person)
- Philippson, Ludwig, 1811-1889 (Person)
- Riesser, Gabriel, 1806-1863 (Person)
- Marks-Haindorf-Stiftung (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Fritz Leopold Steinthal Collection, 1800-1868 AR 954
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Sarah Glover
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- June 25, 2014 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
