Max Marcus Family Collection 1820-1911

The collection contains documentation of the family of Max Marcus, including three engagement contracts and two halizah letters for various family members; educational records pertaining to Max Marcus and Nathan Marcus; and a condolence letter sent to Max Marcus's widow Henriette née Goldschmidt after his death. Also included is a Marcus family Passover Haggadah from 1771, which includes a handwritten inscription by Max Marcus.The banker Max Marcus was born on June 13, 1831, in Beelitz. He died on September 21, 1911, in Potsdam.The original German-language inventory is available in the folde