Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Gutmann family Bible, Sidur Safah berurah, with family death dates recorded on the endsheets and dried flowers (b) pressed between two pages. The Bible was published by J. Lehrberger & Comp. in Rödelheim, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in 1886. The Bible and flowers are part of a collection documenting the experiences of Herbert Gutmann and the Gutmann family in Germany and their immigration to the United Kingdom and the United States before and during WWII.
- Title
- Sidur Śafah berurah
- Subtitle
- mesudar bi-shelemut ha-sidur u-meduyaḳ be-takhlit ha-diyuḳ
- Date
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publication:
1886
- Geography
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publication:
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Arlyne Cook
- Contributor
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Publisher:
Lehrberger & Co.
Subject: Gutmann family
- Biography
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Herbert Gutmann (1899-1973) was born on March 23, 1899 in Autenhausen, Germany to Adolf and Clara Gutmann. He had one brother, John Gutmann (b. 1900), and one sister Irma Gutmann (1895-1913).
Herbert’s father, Adolf Gutmann (1865-1936), was the son of Pfeufer Gutmann and Babbett Rau. He had four siblings: Ida Gutmann, Fanny Gutmann Nordheimer, Matilda Gutmann Ox, and Regina Gutmann Heinemann.
Herbert’s mother, Clara Gutmann (née Friedman, 1872-1951), was the daughter of Mina (née Stern) and Moses Friedmann. Clara had eight siblings: Hesselein Friedmann, Babbette Friedmann (1868-1930), Samuel Friedmann (1870-1947), Jacob Friedmann (1876-1941), Abraham Friedmann (1878-1953), Rosa Friedmann (d. 1937), Sarah Friedmann (1880-1899), and Salomon Friedmann (1891-1919). Numerous relatives of Clara, including her brother Abraham Friedmann, lived in the United States prior to the start of World War II.
Adolf had a cattle trading business in Autenhausen, but due to antisemitism the family relocated to Coburg, Germany in 1923. Herbert served with the German Army during World War I, and was wounded in 1918. In 1919 he began working in the banking industry, later managing the stock and foreign exchange department at a bank in Berlin. He resigned from his position in 1934 before he could be fired for being Jewish. He moved to Coburg to help with his father’s business.
In 1938 Herbert immigrated to the United States. His visa was supported by Edgar Stern of New Orleans, a cousin of his mother Clara. He settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His mother and brother emigrated from Germany to England during the Holocaust. Clara, John, and John’s wife Mania immigrated to the United States in 1945.
Herbert worked for Sears & Roebuck and married Felicitas Klein (b. 1910) in 1940. Felicitas was the daughter of Simon Klein (b. 1880) and Paula Wolf Klein (b. 1885), and she had one sister, Caroline Klein (b. 1916). Her family immigrated to the United States from Telecí (Telecí, Czech Republic) in 1912. Herbert and Felicitas had one daughter, Arlyne (b. 1947, later Arlyne Gutmann Cook).
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- Classification
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Books and pamphlets
- Object Type
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Judaism--Prayer books (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a) Single volume, Hebrew language family Bible with illustrations and 604 pages. The death dates for family members are inscribed on the endsheets.
b) Dried flowers found pressed between two pages of a family Bible (a). - Dimensions
- overall: Height: 7.874 inches (20 cm)
- Materials
- a : paper, ink
b : flower
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Bible and flowers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Arlyne Gutmann Cook, the daughter of Herbert Gutmann.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-11-30 09:40:40
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Gutmann family papers
Document
The collection documents the prewar, wartime, and postwar history of the Gutmann family of Autenhausen and Coburg, Germany, and their relatives in the Friedmann, Klein, and Wolf families. The bulk of the collection documents the immigration of Herbert Gutmann and his mother Clara Gutmann to the United States in 1938 and 1945 respectively, restitutions claims, biographical materials, correspondence, and photographs. Personal papers primarily consist of biographical and identification records, immigration paperwork and restitution claims. Biographical and identification records include birth, death, and immigration documents of Herbert, his parents Clara and Adolf Gutmann, Herbert’s wife Felicitas Gutmann (née Klein), Clara’s brother Abraham Friedmann, and other relatives in the Friedmann, and Klein families; affidavit and correspondence regarding attempts to help relatives Berthold Wolf, Rosa Wolf, and Felicitas Wolf immigrate to the United States; correspondence and records regarding Abraham Friedmann’s attempts to receive compensation for losses incurred during World War I via the Settlement of War Claims Act of 1928; and Herbert’s restitution claims against Germany for damages to his father’s cattle business in Coburg in the 1930s. Other material in the collection includes mixed family correspondence and family photographs. The bulk of the photographs are in annotated family albums.
Cookbook, Vollständiges israelitisches Kochbuch, owned by Clara Gutmann
Object
Jewish cookbook that belonged to Herbert’s mother, Clara Gutmann. The book was written by Marie Kauders and published in Prague (now Prague, Czech Republic) by Jakob B. Brandeis in 1898. The book is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Herbert Gutmann and the Gutmann family in Germany and their immigration to the United Kingdom and the United States before and during WWII.
