Jakob Loewenberg Collection

The collection contains material written by and about Jakob Loewenberg as well as documentation relating to his personal, familial and professional life. There are also numerous photographs and the personal documents, manuscripts and correspondence of his eldest son, Ernst Loewenberg.

Series I contains personal information including documents and certificates and the Loewenberg family tree (1999). An extensive photograph collection is also found here, as well as clippings and articles written about Loewenberg (obituaries, commemorations). There is also information on his work at school, such as event programs and the deed of purchase of his school. Related information such as certain lectures, notes and lesson plans may also be found in Series III (Writings) Subseries 3.

Series II contains exclusively correspondence, the bulk of which is with his son, Ernst, during the years 1912-1919. There are also letters to his wife and other family members, as well as an extensive collection of letters with friends and colleagues, including Detlev von Liliencron. It should be noted that there is additional information and analysis of Loewenberg's correspondence in Series IV, subseries 2, folder 4, as his son compiled and wrote about unpublished letters between his father and other important literary figures of the time. Since, however, they are manuscripts with excerpts of the originals (the originals themselves are not part of the collection) and significant commentary is offered by Ernst throughout, these are not included in this series of original correspondence.

Jakob Loewenberg's writings are found in Series III, which is divided into newspaper articles, speeches, poems and journals. Numerous journal notebooks describing life during World War I can be found here. There is also a subseries with manuscripts and notes related to his position as school director.

The final series comprises personal documentation, correspondence and writings of Ernst Loewenberg, Jakob's eldest son. Included here are many personal documents and certificates, as well as correspondence during and after World War II regarding immigration and reparation. There are also articles he wrote about his father and publications from the Hamburg Jewish community during World War II.