Tagebuch fuer Isaac Loewenstein : vom Tage seiner Abreise aus der Heimath, und seiner Dienstzeit im stehenden Heere bis zu seiner Zuhausekunft.

In his diary, Loewenstein describes his unit’s march through German lands to Luxemburg, his impressions there, and his march back in 1822. He sometimes was given quarters with Jewish families, and he tried to make arrangements for the observation of Sabbaths and Jewish holidays, with different degrees of success.Loewenstein describes the following German towns and villages (among others):Altenhagen; Andernach; Apelbek; Bertrich; Bonn; Brohl; Collig; Cologne; Dortmund; Düsseldorf; Ehrenbreitstein; Eieren; Elberfeld; Erwitte; Grevenmachern; Gudensberg; Gutersloh; Hemerde; Herdike; Hetzerath; Hoerde; Hontheim; Kesten; Klausen; Koblenz; Lennep; Lippstadt; Lutzerath; Maasburg; Menden; Mesenich; Mettman; Monzel; Muffendorf; Mühlheim am Rhein; Neheim; Neuenwieden; Polch; Remagen; Rietberg; Schwelm; Seelem; Sinzig; Soest; Trier; Unna; Waserbillig; Werl; Wormelskirchen.‘Tagebuch für Isaac Loewenstein : vom Tage seiner Abreise aus der Heimath, und seiner Dienstzeit im stehenden Heere bis zu seiner Zuhausekunft’, original handwritten manuscript in bound notebook, 174 pages.‘Tagebuch für Isaac Loewenstein : vom Tage seiner Abreise aus der Heimath, und seiner Dienstzeit im stehenden Heere bis zu seiner Zuhausekunft’, typed transcript, 88 pages.‘Diary for Isaac Loewenstein : from the day of his departure from home and his period of duty in the regular army until his return home’, English translation of German original by Walter Karger, typescript, 88 p.Isaac Loewenstein was born 1796 (?) in or near Bielefeld, Germany. He was drafted into the Prussian army for the first time at age 20, but he only started serving at age 24. His unit, the 39th Regiment of Infantry, was to be stationed in the Prussian fortress in Luxemburg (a city, belonging to the Netherlands as well as to the German Confederation).Steinberg, Ja