The ReichenbachFamily Archive

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Documents and objects

Dolf’s 1938 letter opened this archive. The rest of the records are here by kind.

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  1. Paul Reichenbach’s birth entry, supplied by the Halberstadt archive and prepared in correct reading orientation

    Civil records

    Paul entered the civil register as Jacob Paul Reichenbach

    The Halberstadt register records Jacob Paul Reichenbach’s birth on 20 October 1876.

    Open object recordPaul ReichenbachAdolf (Adolph) ReichenbachGoldine Marcuse Reichenbach
  2. Ruth Helene Reichenbach’s birth record, supplied by the Halberstadt archive and prepared in correct reading orientation

    Civil records

    The register names Ruth Helene Reichenbach at birth

    The Halberstadt register records Ruth Helene Reichenbach’s birth on 16 May 1909.

    Open object recordRuth Helene ReichenbachPaul ReichenbachMargarete “Mutti” Reichenbach
  3. Adolf “Dolf” Reichenbach’s birth entry, supplied by the Halberstadt archive and prepared in correct reading orientation

    Civil records

    The register records Dolf’s birth in Halberstadt

    The Halberstadt register records Dolf’s birth and names Paul and Margarete as his parents.

    Open object recordAdolf “Dolf” ReichenbachPaul ReichenbachMargarete “Mutti” Reichenbach
  4. Family-held United States Certificate of Naturalization issued to Adolf Reichenbach in Boston on 15 May 1944, with his photograph and signature

    Civil records

    Dolf Reichenbach’s Certificate of Naturalization

    Dolf’s family-held certificate records his naturalization in Boston on 15 May 1944.

    Open object recordAdolf “Dolf” Reichenbach
  5. Ruth Reichenbach and Martin Pützrath marriage record, supplied by the Halberstadt archive and prepared in correct reading orientation

    Civil records

    Ruth and Martin Pützrath married, divorced, and changed the record

    Ruth Reichenbach and Martin Pützrath’s civil entry preserves the marriage, divorce and restoration of her surname.

    Open object recordRuth Helene ReichenbachMartin Pützrath
  6. Passport cover from Paul Reichenbach’s German passport

    Civil records

    Paul’s German passport remains inside its worn cover

    The cover begins the surviving six-view record of Paul Reichenbach’s German passport.

    Open object recordPaul Reichenbach
  7. Cropped 1931 Berliner Tageblatt death notice for Anna Jacob née Reichenbach, naming Julius and Adolf Jacob and Reichenbach family mourners

    Civil records

    Anna Jacob’s death notice gathers the family around her name

    Anna Jacob’s contemporary death notice names her husband, son, siblings and wider family circle.

    Open object recordAnna Jacob née ReichenbachJulius JacobElse Sernau née ReichenbachSiegfried Sernau