Levinson and Stern family papers

Sidney Jack Levinson (1901-1969) was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany to concert pianist Else Hanff Levinson (1875-1948) and Siegfried Levinson (1875-1930). He had one sister, Lilly (1906-1933), who would later marry Otto Stern. Sidney became a doctor and married Ann Stern in 1926. They had one son, Siegfried (b. 1930), who would later change his name to Fred. Sidney convinced both the Levinson and Stern families to emigrate from Germany in 1935 after Saarland voted to rejoin Germany that same year. The majority of them settled in New York. During the war, Sidney enlisted with the United States Army, and was a captain in the Medical Corps. His son Fred also became a doctor, and married Ann Kaufman in 1952. He studied medicine in Basel, Switzerland from 1952-1957, and later settled in Middletown, New York where he opened a gynecology and obstetrics practice. They have three daughters, Elise (b. 1956), Karen (b. 1957), and Susan (b. 1957). Ann Stern Levinson (1901-1990) was born in Ziegenhain (now Schwalmstadt), Germany to Emma Liebenthal Stern (1858-1917) and Jakob Stern (1850-1926). She had nine siblings: Jenny Stern Wallerstein (1881-1978), Bertha Stern Sachs (1883-1953?), Claire Stern Rothenstein (1885-1968), Selma Stern Zimmer (1888-1956), Irma Stern Brand (1889-1987), Max Stern (1890-1974?), Herbert Stern (1892-1975), Julius Stern (1895-1984), and Otto Stern (b. 1898).