Marx Family Collection 1847-1999 bulk 1937-1945

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Marx Family Collection 1847-1999 bulk 1937-1945

This collection documents the lives of the Marx family, who lived at the beginning of the twentieth century inLudwigshafen am Rhein (Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany. There Sigmund Marx built up a flour wholesale business with his brother Willy Marx. Sigmund Marx was married to Mathilde Marx, whogave birth to Ernest and Paul Marx. The collection contains the correspondence of the Marx family, financial papers of the Sigmund Marx business and a huge amount of clippingsregarding German-Jewish life during the Nazi period.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6346949

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Marx family

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Zentralausschuss fuer Hilfe und Aufbau

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Fleming, Susan, 1908-2002

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The Marx family lived at the beginning at the twentieth century in Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany. Sigmund Marx was born in Baierthal (near Heidelberg) on December 29, 1879, as the first child of Ricka and Lazarus Loewenthal. In 1911 he married Mathilde Marx, née Marx who was born in Wiesloch on July 31, 1888. Together with his younger brother Willy Marx, Sigmund Marx established a flour wholesale business in Ludwigshafen am Rhein. In 1934 Willy Marx le...