Hugo Sinzheimer Collection 1893-2001 Bulk dates: 1895-1939

This collection primarily contains materials relating to Hugo Sinzheimer's professional activity as a labor lawyer and professor, with a focus on his written work. In addition the collection contains some papers of his unidentified relative, Ludwig Sinzheimer, a social scientist (whose relation to Hugo could not be identified). The collection includes copies of published writings, drafts of the Sinzheimers' writings in both typescript and manuscript form, other professional papers and a small amount of personal papers.Hugo Sinzheimer's professional work comprises the bulk of this collection and is located in Series II. Personal papers of Hugo Sinzheimer will be found in Series I, which consists of an illustrated biographical poem and a sketch of Hugo Sinzheimer. The professional papers of Ludwig Sinzheimer make up Series III. Much of these consist of handwritten articles by Ludwig Sinzheimer, and primarily focus economics and related subjects.digitizedSeveral books by Hugo Sinzheimer in the LBI LibraryHugo Sinzheimer (1875-1945) was born in Worms. He studied law in Berlin, Freiburg, Marburg und Halle, and he completed his dissertation in 1898 at the University of Heidelberg. He was among the founders of the field of labor law, and helped shaping modern labor law as a member of the Weimar National Assembly. He was a professor at the University of Frankfurt from 1920 until April 1933, when he fled to the Netherlands. There, he obtained positions at the Universities of Amsterdam and Leiden. Sinzheimer died suddenly in September 1945, after having survived the war in hiding.Hugo Sinzheimer's daughter, Gertrud Mainzer, survived Bergen-Belsen and after the war immigrated to New York, where she became a noted family court judge.The materials in the Hugo Sinzheimer Collection were part of the estate of Gertrud MainzerLBI holds an archival collection by Hugo Sinzheimer's daughter, New York family court judge Gertrud Mainzer (AR 25417).ProcessedProcesse