Family-held objects and volumesRB-PHO-0194

The menu from Ruth and Albert’s wedding meal

The printed menu from Ruth Reichenbach and Albert Rothschild’s wedding meal in Halberstadt on 3 August 1933: appetizer, mock-turtle soup, turbot with caviar sauce, roast goose, compotes, Swedish bombe, cheese and mocha. The menu lets us reconstruct what the guests were served. It does not name the cook, caterer or venue.

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English translation

Menu Fine appetizer — Henkell Trocken Mock-turtle soup Turbot with caviar sauce — Zeller Schwarze Katz Roast goose with mixed salads — Oppenheimer Krötenbrunnen Compotes Swedish bombe Cheese platter Mocha

English of the legible text, prepared for the Reichenbach Family Archive.

Archive reference
RB-PHO-0194
Date
3 August 1933
Digital image
1600 × 965 pixels
Evidence status
Primary object; occasion identified by family testimony
Source and provenance
Family-held printed keepsake. The wedding and its date are documented by the accompanying printed booklet; Daniel Reichenbach identified this card as the wedding-meal menu on 5 August 2026.
Credit
Reichenbach Family Archive
Rights
No separate reuse license is recorded; contact the archive before reuse.
Image treatment
Publication derivative from the accessioned scan or archive photograph; orientation verified; no generative alteration.

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Reichenbach Family Archive. “The menu from Ruth and Albert’s wedding meal.” 3 August 1933. RB-PHO-0194. https://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-pho-0194.

Permanent URLhttps://www.reichenbacharchive.org/objects/rb-pho-0194