Erinnerungen (bis 1870) : Ein Kaufmannsleben an der Texas-Mexicanischen Grenze.

Transcript of the author’s memoirs; an English translation; and part of the original handwritten manuscript with accompanying notes and letters (all photocopies):After short survey of his childhood in Alzey, Brach describes his emigration to America and his business activities at the Texan-Mexican border.Also included is the transcript of a shorter memoir, “Jugenderinnerungen des Rudolf Brach”.Folder 1: Handwritten manuscript and notes.Folder 2: Autobiography (with notes by Rahel Liebeschuetz).Folder 3: ErinnerungenFolder 4: Jugenderinnerungen; letters (1868/69).Brach was born in Saarlouis in 1829 and grew up in Alzey. In 1848 he left Germany and settled as a merchant at the Texan-Mexican border. After 13 years he returned to Europe, but maintained his business firm in Monterey until 1869. He died in Hamburg in 1907.Brief summary in Max Kreutzberger: "Leo Baeck Institute New York, Bibliothek und Archiv; Katalog": C46Published in Monika Richarz: "Juedisches Leben in Deutschland": Vol. I; 4