Object ID
2019.2.62
Object Name
Certification, Marriage
Date
12-23-1938
Files
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Description
Double sided. Center title is printed "heiratsurtunde." In the left margin is handwritten, "No. 740. Hamburg, am 23. Dezember 1938."
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:
A certificate certifying the marriage between Leo Jacobsohn and Frida Mehrens, listing both of their religions and notarized with a hand-written notice dated Dec. 23, 1938 that Leo will change his middle name.
Documents [2019.2.60-68] of a German family living through the Holocaust and its aftermath. Leo Jacobsohn, a Jewish citizen of Hamburg, Germany, was married to Frida Mehrens, who was Lutheran. The document collection of this mixed marriage provides a window into their trials and tragedies throughout the period of the Third Reich, along with the family’s attempt to claim restitution owing to Leo’s perishing in Theresienstadt just prior to the end of World War II.
Dimensions
13 x 8 1/4 "
Keywords
Leo Jacobsohn, Frida Jacobsohn, Frieda Jacobsohn
Subcollection
Jacobsohn
Recommended Citation
"Marriage Certificate of Leo Jacobsohn and Frida Mehrens" (1938). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.62.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1439