Einzig-Field Family Collection 1879-2004 Bulk dates: 1914-1959

This collection contains the personal papers of members of the Einzig and Biberfeld (later Field) families. Physician Heinrich Biberfeld immigrated via Italy to New York City with his wife Johanna, two sons, and his mother-in-law in 1940. The collection includes personal correspondence with family members who had not been able to flee Germany, as well as vital records, education records, World War I military records, records of Henry Field’s medical career in Germany and New York, genealogical tables, and photographs.On January 5, 1911, Else Margarete Fraenkel (alternatively Margarete, 1876-1963) married the manufacturer Alfred Einzig (1878-1935). Their daughter Johanna Einzig was born on October 14, 1911. Johanna married Heinrich Biberfeld (1899-1982), a physician from Wandsbek.Before this marriage, Heinrich had had a son, Hans (alternatively Giovanni or Jack) in 1927 with his first wife Johanna née Hirsch, a physician who died in 1928. Heinrich had then been married to a psychologist, Charlotte née Schweitzer, from 1930 until their divorce in 1933. He and Johanna née Einzig married in 1937 and had a son, Thomas.In May 1940, Heinrich and Johanna Biberfeld immigrated via Italy to the United States, where they took on the names Henry and Joan Field. Henry Field practiced medicine in Brooklyn, New York until 1950, when his license was revoked. Their son Jack Field served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Henry and Joan Field converted to Catholicism in 1952. Joan Field died in 1975, and Henry Field in 1982.Processeddigitize