Martin G. Goldner Collection 1822-1989 Bulk dates: 1840s-1890s, 1970s

The Martin G. Goldner Collection holds materials amassed by this amateur historian in pursuit of his and his wife’s genealogy, thus interrelating five families: the Goldners, the Ehrenbergs, the Fischels, the Rosenzweigs, and the Baumanns. The most noteworthy materials belong to the Ehrenbergs and their Samsonschule in Wolfenbuettel, as well as to the Fischels and Rosenzweigs. Documents include correspondence, photographs, original manuscripts and other archival materials.Very little is known about the creators of this collection, the physicians Dr. Martin G. Goldner (died 1987) and his wife, Dr. Elisabeth Goldner.Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg (1773-1853) was the "Inspector" of the Samsonschule in Wolfenbuettel. He made the school into a model for the mixture of religious and secular education, guided by the spirit of the 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.Philipp Ehrenberg (1811-1833) was the second son of Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg. He succeeded his father as principal of the Samsonschule. Philipp married Julie Fischel (1827-1922), the daughter of a renowned rabbinical family from Prague. They had three children: Viktor (1851-1929), Richard (1857-1921) and Otto (1849-1928). All of them became well-known in German academia.Julie Ehrenberg-Wichelhausen, first daughter of Samuel M. Ehrenberg, was born in 1813 and died in 1847. She was married to Felix Wichelhausen and had two children, Albert and Julie.Amalie Ehrenberg Rosenzweig, second daughter of Samuel M. Ehrenberg, was born in Wofenbuettel in 1822 and died in Kassel in 1885. She was married to Louis Rosenzweig (1818-1875). The couple had two sons: Traugott and Georg.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.list in filePhotograph removed to Photograph CollectionProcesseddigitize