Walther Meyer Collection 1809-1940, 1977 Bulk dates: 1831-1939

This collection documents the genealogical research of the lawyer Walther Meyer. Among the many families mentioned here are branches of the Meyer, Eger, Oppenheimer, Borchardt, Neufeld, Ballin, Wertheimer, and Wallach families. Material on them includes many drafts of family trees as well as exchanges of genealogical research correspondence. This collection also contains official decrees and announcements pertaining to the Jewish communities of Hannover from the 1800s, including from Nathan Adler, Chief Rabbi of Hannover. Also included are a few documents on the transfer of Hannover to Prussia in 1867.Born in Hanover on April 15, 1890, Walther Meyer was a lawyer and genealogist. He emigrated to Luxembourg in 1939, returned to Germany in 1946, and died in Bad Pyrmont on February 7, 1974.3-page inventory.digitizedProcesse