User:Eli185.2/Margit Jacobi

Margit Jacobi (1881-1943), born Schweitzer, was a German Jewish art collector murdered in the Holocaust.

Life

Born 22. 11. 1881 as Margit Schweitzer, she was deported on September 16, 1942 from Frankfurt am Main to Theresienstadt Concentration Camp where she was murdered in 1943. by the Nazis on Transport XII/3, no. 474 (16. 09. 1942, Frankfurt am Main -> Terezín)[1][2]

She and her husband Eugen Jacobi (1877 Straßburg- 11.10.1933 Frankfurt/Main) had two children, Erwin Reuben Salomon Jacobi[3] and Dora Jacobi[4]. Together with his brother Paul, Eugen rebuilt the metal trading business of OHG Wolf, Netter & Jacobi. [5] The company employed 2,500 people in 1932.[6]

She was friends with Helene Schweitzer, and her correspondance with Albert Schweitzer has been preserved in archives.[7][8]

Art collection

Eugen and Margit Jacobi owned a collection of paintings by artists such as Thérèse Schwartz[9], Franscesco Bonsignori (Mary with Child), 15th century Ferrarese Master (Triumphal Procession), Frans Francken the Elder (Hunt in the Forest), 16th century Low German Master (Male Half-length Portrait), Cosimo Roselli (Mary Adoring the Child), Spanish Master around 1530 (Saint Francis), (Saint Anthony). (Swarzenski 1925: pp. 7, 21, 26, 53, 61, 68).[10][11]

Nazi persecution, deportation and murder

Jacobi was deported by the Nazis on Transport XII/3, no. 474 on September 16, 1942, from Frankfurt am Main to Theresienstadt where she was murdered on 03. 02. 1943[1][12][13]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Margit Jacobi | Database of victims | Holocaust". www.holocaust.cz. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  2. ^ "Gedenkbuch - Memorial book entry". www.bundesarchiv.de. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  3. ^ "Erwin Reuben Salomon Jacobi". geni_family_tree. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  4. ^ "Dora Jacobi". geni_family_tree. 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  5. ^ "Collection: Wolf Netter & Jacobi Collection | The Center for Jewish History ArchivesSpace". archives.cjh.org. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  6. ^ Biographie, Deutsche. "Jacobi, Eugen - Deutsche Biographie". www.deutsche-biographie.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  7. ^ "Albert Schweitzer: A Biography. CHAPTER 6 With Central African Greetings: The Time of the Third Reich (1933–1945)". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  8. ^ "Albert Schweitzer : unveröffentlichte Briefe an Margit Jacobi".
  9. ^ "Portrait Lady Jacobi | Lost Art Database". www.lostart.de. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  10. ^ "Sammlung Margit und Eugen Jacobi | Proveana". www.proveana.de. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  11. ^ Koldehoff, Stefan (2014). Die Bilder sind unter uns: das Geschäft mit der NS-Raubkunst und der Fall Gurlitt (1. Auflage ed.). Berlin: Galiani Berlin. ISBN 978-3-86971-093-8.
  12. ^ "Jacobi, Margit | Proveana". www.proveana.de. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  13. ^ "Terezín Memorial". www.pamatnik-terezin.cz. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
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