Ehrenberg-Rosenzweig Family Collection 1772-1930

The collection contains correspondence among members of the Ehrenberg and Rosenzweig families, including letters from Franz Rosenzweig, Adam Rosenzweig and Richard Ehrenberg, as well as with other parties, including Leopold Zunz, Adelheid Zunz, Claire von Gluemer, and Heinrich Heine (copies only). Also included are engagement contracts, marriage banns, school curricula and certificates, character references, eulogies, family histories, and other documents concerning family members. This material also reflects much of the history of the Samsonschule in Wolfenbuettel of which members of the Ehrenberg family were principals.Nahum Glatzer, 1978.Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg (1773-1853) is the son of Hale Meyer, née Landau and Levi Meyer. In 1808 he became the "Inspector" of the Samsonschule in Wolfenbuettel. He reformed this school according to the model of the Jacobsohnschule in Seesen/Harz (Germany) with a mixture of religious and secular education, guided by the spirit of enlightenment and Reform Judaism. He was married to Henriette (Jette) Maas (1781-1845). His most renowned pupils were perhaps Leopold Zunz and Isaak Marcus Jost. (See also: Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg Collection (AR 4025) and Isaac Marcus Jost Collection (AR 4294).)Isaac Lewi Rosenzweig (1778-1835; also known as Isaac Eisek) probably stems from the the town of Leszlau in Eastern Prussia. In 1811, he received a call to the Jewish School of Kassel, which also was based on educational reform principles. He was married to Guetchen Maas (1788-1865), a sister of Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg's wife Henriette.Philipp Ehrenberg (1811-1883) was the second son of Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg and his wife Henriette (Jette). He succeeded his father as principal of the Samsonschule in Wolfenbuettel. Philipp married Julie Fischel (1827-1922) from a renowned rabbinical family from Prague. Their children Viktor (1851-1929), Richard (1857-1921) and Otto (1849-1928) became well-known in German academia. (See also: Julie Fischel Ehrenberg Collection (AR 2811).Richard Ehrenberg, (1857-1921) was an economist at the University of Rostock. He was married, to Lene. Richard wrote an Ehrenberg family history (for complete manuscript of his family history see: part 1 (pp. 1-64): Martin G. Goldner Collection (AR 3136); part 2 (pp. 65-231) in LBI Memoir Collection: ME 775).Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) philosopher and theologian, was one of the most important personalities in German Jewish intellectual life after the World War I. He was the son of Georg and Adele Rosenzweig, née Alsberg; the grandson of Louis and Amalie (Malchen) Rosenzweig; and the great-grandson of Isaac Lewi Rosenzweig. (See also: Franz Rosenzweig-Martin Buber Collection (AR 4219), Rosenzweig Family Collection (AR 410), and Franz Rosenzweig Collection (AR 3001).)4-page inventory, index to Judeo-German and Hebrew words used in the correspondence.Finding aid available onlinedigitize