Goldner, Martin G.

Very little is known about the creator of this collection, the physicians Dr. Martin G. Goldner and his wife, Dr. Elisabeth Goldner.

Information about better known members of the Ehrenberg and Rosenzweig families is widely available from various sources in the LBI Archives, foremost in the Ehrenberg-Rosenzweig Family Collection AR 4587.

Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg (1773-1853) was the "Inspector" of the Samsonschule in Wolfenbuettel. He made the school into a model for the mixture of religious and secular education, guided by the spirit of the Enlightenment and Reform Judaism. He was married to Henriette (Jette) Maas (1781-1845). His most renowned pupils were perhaps Leopold Zunz and Isaak Marcus Jost.

Philipp Ehrenberg (1811-1833) was the second son of Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg. He succeeded his father as principal of the Samsonschule. Philipp married Julie Fischel (1827-1922), the daughter of a renowned rabbinical family from Prague. They had three children: Viktor (1851-1929), Richard (1857-1921) and Otto (1849-1928).All of them became well-known in German academia.

Julie Ehrenberg-Wichelhausen, first daughter of Samuel M. Ehrenberg, was born in 1813 and died in 1847. She was married to Felix Wichelhausen and had two children, Albert and Julie.

Amalie Ehrenberg Rosenzweig, second daughter of Samuel M. Ehrenberg, was born in Wofenbuettel in 1822 and died in Kassel in 1885. She was married to Louis Rosenzweig (1818-1875). The couple had two sons: Traugott and Georg.

Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) philosopher and theologian, was one of the most important personalities in German Jewish intellectual life after World War I. He was the son of Georg and Adele Rosenzweig, née Alsberg; the grandson of Louis and Amalie (Malchen) Rosenzweig; and the great-grandson of Isaac Lewi Rosenzweig.

From the guide to the Martin G. Goldner Collection, 1822-1986, bulk 1840s-1890s, bulk 1970s, (Leo Baeck Institute)