Siegmund Bosel Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of items regarding the Viennese banker Siegmund Bosel: sheet music entitled Wär Ich Bosel with a caricature of Siegmund Bosel (1924); and a love letter, to a woman he addresses as "HRa," possibly in London, to whom he expresses great desire to see along with her children, as they had been partners for twenty years (1939).
Dates
- Creation: 1924-1939
Creator
- Bosel, Sigmund, 1893-1942 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
Sigmund Bosel was a well known financier in Vienna, Austria in the 1920s and 1930s. He was deported with other Viennese Jews to the Riga Ghetto in 1942 and killed during the journey by SS Hauptsturmführer Alois Brunner.
Bosel’s daughter, Julie Marks, née Bosel, was born 1927 in Vienna, Austria. She emigrated to Prague, then to Paris and London, where she lived until 1950. During this time she served 3 years with the US Army Intelligence Corps in occupied Germany. After her immigration to New York in 1950 she worked as an interior designer.
Extent
1 Folders (1 oversize folder)
Abstract
This collection consists of items regarding the Viennese banker Siegmund Bosel: sheet music entitled Wär Ich Bosel with a caricature of Siegmund Bosel (1924); and a love letter, to a woman he addresses as "HRa," possibly in London, to whom he expresses great desire to see along with her children, as they had been partners for twenty years (1939).
Separated Material
Clippings have been removed to the Siegmund Bosel Clippings Collection, AR 11691 C
Bibliography
Subject
- Brunner, Alois, 1912-2010? (Person)
- Bosel, Sigmund, 1893-1942 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Siegmund Bosel Collection, 1924-1939 AR 11691
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Michael O'Connor
- Date
- © 2013
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- July 2015:: dao links added by Emily Andresini.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository