Ludwig Bamberger Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two diaries, several letters, and drafts of a will, as well as a few other items. The diaries stem from the years after his return to Germany from exile, and there are several items inserted into its pages, including newspaper clippings, correspondence, and drafts of letters. The correspondence includes a number of letters exchanged with Isidor Freymark, the executor of his will, as well as a few individual items from or to Anna von Helmholtz, Moritz Carriére, Hans Hopfen, Arnold Ruge, Hermann von Hatzfeldt and the Anwälte-Kammer zu Mainz.
Other materials include various drafts and additions of his will, created throughout the 1890s. A couple of these items are lithographic facsimiles, others are originals. Finally, there is a photoreproduction of a woodcut portrait of Bamberger, a small notebook containing various notes on financial and business affairs, and an Ex-Libris placard from the Ludwig Bamberger Foundation, created after his death.
Dates
- Creation: 1866-1902
Creator
- Bamberger, Ludwig, 1823-1899 (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in German and French.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Readers may access the collection by visiting the Lillian Goldman Reading Room at the Center for Jewish History. We recommend reserving the collection in advance; please visit the
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
- 1823 July 22
- Born in Mainz
- 1842-1844
- Studies law in Gießen, Heidelberg, and Göttingen
- 1848-1849
- Active in revolutionary movements, editor of the Mainzer Zeitung
- 1849-1866
- Exile in Switzerland, London, Belgium, and Paris. Involvement in banking
- 1866
- Returns to Germany
- 1868-1890
- Parliamentary representative and member of National Liberal Party
- 1869-1870
- Founded Deutsche Bank with Adalbert Delbrück
- 1870-1871
- Advisor to Bismarck during Franco-Prussian War
- 1880
- Split with Bismarck and the National Liberal Party; became a leader of the "Secessionists" (later Liberale Vereinigung)
- 1884
- Instrumental in the merger of the Progressive Party (Deutsche Fortschrittspartei) and the Liberale Vereinigung to form the Free-Minded Party (Deutsche Freisinnige Partei)
- 1890
- Retirement
- 1899
- Dies in Berlin
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (4 folders )
Abstract
The collection consists of two diaries, several letters, and drafts of a will and related papers, as well as a few other items, all dating to the period after Bamberger's return from exile.
Arrangement
The letters folder is arranged chronologically; undated letters are filed at the beginning of the folder.
Subject
- Bamberger, Ludwig, 1823-1899 (Person)
- Freymark, Isidor (Person)
- Germany. Reichstag (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
- Title
- Guide to the Ludwig Bamberger Collection, 1866-1902 AR 2773
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff and Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
- Date
- © 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Revision Statements
- December 09, 2011 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
