An interesting and complex archive of family ephemera centred on the family of writer and activist Frieda Sichel (nee Gotthelft), originally of Kassel, Germany, circa 1860-1945, comprising 1) of Frieda Sichel: a photograph of her (1935), two copies of her birth certificate, a letter from B'nai B'rith, Berlin, introducing her to the Chief Rabbi of Johannesburg (1935), Frieda's doctorate thesis on John Stuart Mill (Heidelberg, 1915); 2) of Karl H. Sichel (born 1886; married Frieda 1918): copy of birth certificate, photographs of designs for a synagogue and churches, engineering diploma (1910), letter from Reich's Ministry rejecting appeal (1935), ten photographs of various dates including as a boy, as a young man, at City Hall and with Frieda in South Africa, his Familien Stammbuch (family records), a few cuttings, etc.; 3) of Gustav's father Karl (1848-1922, banker): two cabinet photographs including one showing Karl wearing Franco-Prussian War medal, various military affidavits, official documents relating to family of Gustav's father, Moses Sichel, three apprenticeship documents (1862), and military document from King's Prussian 3rd Regiment (1876); 4) a group of photographs and documents mainly relating to Frieda Sichel's birth family including approximately 20 photographs, including 16 cartes de visite and one cabinet card, of Frieda's father and forebears, an early immunization form (1840), marriage certificate for Israel Press, Mary Samuels, Moses Sichel's registration for commerce, a biography of Otto Loewi (Nobel Prize winner), old copy of a certificate of protection for Hertz Salomon, a letter from Karl's mother to his children, various cuttings, etc.; 5) documents relating to Frieda and Karl's son Gerhard 'Gerry' Sichel (born 1923; arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa 1936), mostly in English, typed and handwritten, including twelve of Gerhard's documents and letters (over 40 pages) giving an account of his life in the South African Air Force in World War II, training first as a pilot, later as a gunner and radio operator engaged in heavy bombing raids on North Italy and Austria, with posts in Cairo, Italy and Palestine, including vivid descriptions of life there, related letters giving further descriptions of his war, including in 1945 airlifting freed British prisoners back to Britain, life in England, and a visit to Jewish refugee relations in London, plus various certificates and documents; 6) 2 copies of family trees, for the Loewi and Gotthelft families of Kassel, many entries of people who died in the Holocaust, marked with the simple note "Perish CC", (including Frieda Sichel's sister Helene and her nephew, Walter), the Loewi book giving an address list of survivors, the Gotthelft book listing professions taken up by the family, and noting elite achievements in science and commerce Frieda H. Sichel (nee Gotthelft) was born in Kassel in 1889. Her family, were for three generations, from 1853-1933, the owners and publishers of the 'Kasseler Tageblatt', a notable local paper. The newspaper folded in 1932, mainly due to the Nazi boycott of Jewish-owned businesses. In 1918 she married Karl-Hermann Sichel with whom she had two children. She was in the Jewish Womens' Association B'nai B'rith Girls and a board member of the Association of National Economists of Germany. In 1933 she became the president of the Reich's Deputation of the German Jews and founded the Advisory Centre for Jewish economic aid and development in Kassel. They emigrated to South Africa in 1935 where she founded a residential home for Jewish refugees from occupied Europe and worked in various Allied organisations. An important and wide-ranging archive. (an archive)
An interesting and complex archive of family ephemera centred on the family of writer and activist Frieda Sichel (nee Gotthelft), originally of Kassel, Germany, circa 1860-1945, comprising 1) of Frieda Sichel: a photograph of her (1935), two copies of her birth certificate, a letter from B'nai B'rith, Berlin, introducing her to the Chief Rabbi of Johannesburg (1935), Frieda's doctorate thesis on John Stuart Mill (Heidelberg, 1915); 2) of Karl H. Sichel (born 1886; married Frieda 1918): copy of birth certificate, photographs of designs for a synagogue and churches, engineering diploma (1910), letter from Reich's Ministry rejecting appeal (1935), ten photographs of various dates including as a boy, as a young man, at City Hall and with Frieda in South Africa, his Familien Stammbuch (family records), a few cuttings, etc.; 3) of Gustav's father Karl (1848-1922, banker): two cabinet photographs including one showing Karl wearing Franco-Prussian War medal, various military affidavits, official documents relating to family of Gustav's father, Moses Sichel, three apprenticeship documents (1862), and military document from King's Prussian 3rd Regiment (1876); 4) a group of photographs and documents mainly relating to Frieda Sichel's birth family including approximately 20 photographs, including 16 cartes de visite and one cabinet card, of Frieda's father and forebears, an early immunization form (1840), marriage certificate for Israel Press, Mary Samuels, Moses Sichel's registration for commerce, a biography of Otto Loewi (Nobel Prize winner), old copy of a certificate of protection for Hertz Salomon, a letter from Karl's mother to his children, various cuttings, etc.; 5) documents relating to Frieda and Karl's son Gerhard 'Gerry' Sichel (born 1923; arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa 1936), mostly in English, typed and handwritten, including twelve of Gerhard's documents and letters (over 40 pages) giving an account of his life in the South African Air Force in World War II, training first as a pilot, later as a gunner and radio operator engaged in heavy bombing raids on North Italy and Austria, with posts in Cairo, Italy and Palestine, including vivid descriptions of life there, related letters giving further descriptions of his war, including in 1945 airlifting freed British prisoners back to Britain, life in England, and a visit to Jewish refugee relations in London, plus various certificates and documents; 6) 2 copies of family trees, for the Loewi and Gotthelft families of Kassel, many entries of people who died in the Holocaust, marked with the simple note "Perish CC", (including Frieda Sichel's sister Helene and her nephew, Walter), the Loewi book giving an address list of survivors, the Gotthelft book listing professions taken up by the family, and noting elite achievements in science and commerce Frieda H. Sichel (nee Gotthelft) was born in Kassel in 1889. Her family, were for three generations, from 1853-1933, the owners and publishers of the 'Kasseler Tageblatt', a notable local paper. The newspaper folded in 1932, mainly due to the Nazi boycott of Jewish-owned businesses. In 1918 she married Karl-Hermann Sichel with whom she had two children. She was in the Jewish Womens' Association B'nai B'rith Girls and a board member of the Association of National Economists of Germany. In 1933 she became the president of the Reich's Deputation of the German Jews and founded the Advisory Centre for Jewish economic aid and development in Kassel. They emigrated to South Africa in 1935 where she founded a residential home for Jewish refugees from occupied Europe and worked in various Allied organisations. An important and wide-ranging archive. (an archive)
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