Mendelssohn (family)

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The Mendelssohn family is a German family of scholars, bankers and artists that goes back to the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn .

Family history

Excerpt from the family tree of Moses Mendelssohn on the wall of the permanent exhibition about the Mendelssohn family in the former chapel on the Trinity Churchyard I in Berlin-Kreuzberg
Excerpt from the family tree of the Mendelssohn family with the children of Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy on the wall of the permanent exhibition in the former chapel on Dreifaltigkeitskirchhof I in Berlin-Kreuzberg

The name Mendelssohn is a patronymic derived from Mendel Heymann , the father of Moses Mendelssohn. The descendants of the two brothers Joseph Mendelssohn and Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy (→ Mendelssohn Bartholdy family branch ) remained connected through the joint management of the Mendelssohn banking house for generations . Family awareness is also expressed in numerous relatives' marriages and in the family chronicle published in 1879 by Sebastian Hensel , a great-grandson of Moses Mendelssohn. The intellectual and artistic legacy of the family is cultivated by the Mendelssohn Society in Berlin-Mitte . On November 3, 2013, the Society opened a permanent exhibition on the history of the Mendelssohn family in a former chapel on the Trinity Cemetery in Berlin-Kreuzberg . 28 members of the family are buried in the cemeteries in front of Hallesches Tor .

Four out of six children of Moses Mendelssohn converted to Christianity for various reasons; other descendants followed in later generations. Due to this early conversion, some of the Mendelssohn descendants were no longer classified as Jews during National Socialism and were spared from the Holocaust, but often not from persecution and discrimination. The relationship of Christian family members to Judaism is different: If Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy takes part in the Sabbath celebrations with Jewish friends , his father Abraham calls the religious rites of Judaism, less than seven years after his baptism, “corrupt and inappropriate”. Finally, Abraham's sister Dorothea , who converted to Protestantism and later converted to Catholicism out of conviction, worries about the salvation of her Protestant and Jewish relatives. The Protestant church musician Arnold Mendelssohn later took a similar position, who hoped for the general baptism of all Jews and subsequent complete assimilation.

Mostly due to the advocated by most members of the family pursuit of assimilation, even the family name was changed several times: So Abraham took for himself and his family after the baptism in 1822 the added surname Bartholdy on which his well brother Jacob Ludwig Salomon , in terms had accepted a dairy farm connected with the family, with his conversion to Christianity, and he reacted with rejection when his son Felix, in his opinion, deferred this middle name in favor of the much more glamorous Mendelssohn. The name was also changed slightly by the ennobling of three branches of the family, that of the Mendelssohns, that of Mendelssohn-Bartholdys and that of Mendelssohn Bartholdys (without a hyphen). The ennoblement of the banker Otto von Mendelssohn Bartholdy in 1906 provoked the contradiction of his cousin, the political scientist Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy , who considered a Jewish surname, especially the honorable "Mendelssohn", to be incompatible with a title of nobility.

Not everyone who bears the surname "Mendelssohn" or a variant of him must have something to do with the family discussed here: Since Moses Mendelssohn was and is very well known due to his role in the Jewish Enlightenment , the name was gladly adopted by various Jews . On the other hand, there is the Mendelssohn family from Jever . Several well-known personalities also emerged from this.

Tribe list

Graves of Marie (1855–1906) and Ernst von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1846–1909) in Börnicke
Grave of Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1875–1935) in Börnicke
  1. Mendel Heymann (1683–1766), parish clerk in Dessau
    1. Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786), German philosopher; Wife: Fromet Gugenheim (1737–1812)
      1. Sarah Mendelssohn (1763–1764)
      2. Dorothea Schlegel (actually Brendel Mendelssohn) (1764–1839), writer; 1st husband: Simon Veit (1754–1819), banker; 2nd husband: Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829), philosopher
        1. Johannes Veit (1790–1854), painter; Wife: Flora Ries
        2. Philipp Veit (1793–1877), painter; Wife: Caroline Pullini
      3. Haim Mendelssohn (* 1766), died young
      4. Recha Mendelssohn (1767-1831); Husband: Mendel Meyer
        1. Rebecca “Betty” Meyer (1793–1850), husband: Heinrich Beer (1794–1842), brother of Giacomo Meyerbeer
          1. Anton Ludwig Beer (1821–1831)
      5. Mendel Abraham Mendelssohn (1769–1775)
      6. Joseph Mendelssohn (1770–1848), banker; Wife: Henriette Meyer (1776–1862)
        1. Georg Benjamin Mendelssohn (1794–1874), geographer; Wife: Rosamunde Richter (1804-1883)
        2. Alexander Mendelssohn (1798–1871), banker; Wife: Marianne Seeligmann (1799–1880)
          1. Marie Warschauer, b. Mendelssohn (1822-1891); Husband: Robert Warschauer senior (1816–1884), banker
            1. Anna Passini, b. Warsaw (1841-1866); Husband: Ludwig Passini (1832–1903), painter
              1. Marie von Herrmann, b. Passini (1865-1954); Husband: Paul von Herrmann (1857–1921), lawyer
            2. Marie von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, b. Warsaw (1855-1906); Husband: Ernst von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1846–1909), banker
            3. Robert Warschauer junior (1860-1918), banker; 1st wife: Katharina Eckert (1864–1900); 2nd wife: Adèle Thévoz (1877–1941)
              1. Maria Fuld, b. Warsaw (1891-1948); Husband: Edgar Fuld
              2. Alice Woods, b. Warsaw (1906-2002); Husband: Bill Woods
              3. Marguerite Solmssen, b. Warsaw (1906-1999); Husband: Kurt Arthur Solmssen (1905–1989), bank clerk, son of bank director Arthur Salomonsohn
                1. Arthur Solmssen (1928–2018), lawyer and writer
                  1. Peter Y. Solmssen (* 1955), manager
              4. Robert Warschauer III, from 1938 Thevoz (1911–1982), historian
          2. Margarethe Oppenheim, b. Mendelssohn (1823-1890); Husband: Otto Georg Oppenheim (1817–1909), lawyer
            1. Else Mendelssohn Bartholdy, b. Oppenheim (1844-1868); Husband: Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy the Elder (1841–1880), chemist
            2. Hugo Oppenheim (1847–1921), banker; Wife: Anna Oppenheim, b. Oppenheim (1849–1931)
              1. Else Block, b. Oppenheim (1873-1945); Husband: Josef Block (1863–1943), painter
                1. Anna Luise Jones , b. Block (1896-1982), publicist; 2nd husband: Heinrich Hauser (1901–1955), writer; 3. Husband: Alfred Winslow Jones (1900–1989), financial journalist
            3. Rosa Steffen, b. Oppenheim (1849-1933); Husband: Paul Steffen (1834–1896), officer
            4. Franz Oppenheim (1852–1929), chemist; Wife: Elsbeth Wollheim (1858–1904)
              1. Martha von Simson, b. Oppenheim (1882-1971); Husband: Ernst von Simson (1876–1941), lawyer, civil servant, entrepreneur
                1. Vita Petersen , b. Viktoria von Simson (1915-2011); Husband: Gustav Petersen (1911–2002), businessman
            5. Enole Mendelssohn Bartholdy, b. Oppenheim (1855-1939); Husband: Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy the Elder (1841–1880), chemist - see below
            6. Clara Gusserow, b. Oppenheim (1861-1944); Husband: Adolf Gusserow (1836–1906), doctor
          3. Hermann Mendelssohn (1824–1891), publisher and bookseller in Leipzig; Wife: Laura Gramich
          4. Adolph Mendelssohn (1826-1851), banker; Wife: Enole Biarnez (1827–1889)
          5. Franz von Mendelssohn (1829–1889), banker; Wife: Enole Mendelssohn, b. Biarnez (1827-1889)
            1. Robert von Mendelssohn the Elder Ä. (1857-1917), banker; Wife: Giulietta Gordigiani, pianist
              1. Eleonora von Mendelssohn (1900–1951), actress
              2. Francesco von Mendelssohn (1901–1972), cellist, theater director
              3. Angelica von Mendelssohn (1902–1920)
            2. Franz von Mendelssohn (1865–1935), banker; Wife: Marie Westphal (1867–1957), granddaughter of Alexander Mendelssohn
              1. Lilli Bohnke born von Mendelssohn (1897–1928), violinist; Husband: Emil Bohnke (violist, composer)
                1. Robert-Alexander Bohnke (1927-2004), pianist
              2. Robert von Mendelssohn the Elder J. (1902-1996), Banker
          6. Wilhelm Mendelssohn (1831-1892), farmer; 1st wife: Klara Jonas; 2nd wife: Julie Beseler
            1. Alexander Mendelssohn (1856–1935), lawyer; Wife: Jenny von Leyden (1864–1944), daughter of Ernst von Leyden
              1. Alexander Mendelssohn, from 1941 Leyden (1886–1968), pediatrician; Wife: Else Althof (1886–1959)
              2. Franz Mendelssohn (1887–1971), naval construction officer, diplomat; Wife: Elly Wingendorf (1892–1962)
              3. Eva Mendelssohn (1888–1966); Husband: Max von Tenspolde (* 1874), engineer
              4. Ernst Mendelssohn, from 1941 Leyden (1891–1980), bank clerk; Wife: Ursula Weidenfeld (1896–1993)
            2. Wilhelm Mendelssohn (1858-1859)
          7. Alexandrine Horsfall, b. Mendelssohn (1833-1900); Husband: John Horsfall (1818–1869)
            1. Joseph Mendelssohn Horsfall (* 1853); Wife: Sophie Skinner
              1. John Mendelssohn Horsfall (* 1883); Wife: Letitia Neville-Griffith
              2. Arthur Mendelssohn Horsfall (* 1884)
              3. Margaret Mendelssohn Horsfall (* 1886); Husband: Guy Douglas-Barton
              4. William Mark Horsfall (* 1887); Wife: Frances Carrie Naysmith
              5. Joseph James Horsfall (* 1888); Wife: Roma Valentini
              6. Charles Michael Horsfall (* 1889); Wife: Margaret Norton
                1. Bernard Horsfall (1930–2013), actor
              7. Dorothy Mendelssohn Horsfall (* 1892); Husband: Robert Keenlyside
              8. Josephine Mendelssohn Horsfall (* 1897)
              9. Thomas Mendelssohn Horsfall (* 1900)
            2. Thomas Mendelssohn Horsfall (1855-1933); 1st wife: Magdelene King; 2nd wife: Sonia von Schapiro
            3. Alexander John Mendelssohn Horsfall (1856–1934)
            4. James Mendelssohn Horsfall († 1897)
            5. Mary Horsfall (1863-1923); Husband: Herman Kossel
            6. Charles Horsfall (* 1865)
          8. Clara Westphal, b. Mendelssohn (1840-1927); Husband: Carl Westphal (1833–1890), psychiatrist
            1. Alexander Westphal (1863-1941), neurologist
            2. Anna Sonnenburg, b. Westphal (1864-1943); Husband: Eduard Sonnenburg (1848–1915), doctor
              1. Hedwig Weiß , b. Sonnenburg (1889–1975), writer; Husband: Fritz Weiß (1877–1955), diplomat, family name since 1951 Wyss
                1. Jutta Wyss (1914-1969)
                2. Alice Wyss (1916-2002)
                3. Dieter Wyss (1923-1994)
            3. Marie von Mendelssohn, b. Westphal (1867-1957); Husband: Franz von Mendelssohn (1865–1935), banker
            4. Ernst Westphal (1871–1949), judge; Wife: Helene Simon (1880–1965), daughter of the businessman and patron of the Berlin museums James Simon
              1. Dorothee Westphal (1902–1968), art historian
              2. Leni Yahil , b. Helene Westphal (1912–2007), historian
      7. Henriette Maria Mendelssohn (1775–1831), educator
      8. Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1776-1835), banker; Wife Lea Salomon (1777–1842)
        1. Fanny Hensel , b. Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1805–1847), composer; Husband: Wilhelm Hensel (1794–1861), painter
          1. Sebastian Hensel (1830–1898), farmer and entrepreneur; Wife: Julie von Adelson (1836–1901)
            1. Fanny Römer, b. Hensel (1857-1891); Husband: Bernhard Römer (1852-1891), sculptor
              1. Ilse Weege , b. Römer (1887–1954), sculptor; Husband: Fritz Weege (1880–1945), archaeologist
              2. Eva Römer (1889–1977), painter
            2. Cécile Leo , b. Hensel (1858–1928), artisan; Husband: Friedrich Leo (1851–1914), classical philologist
              1. Erika Brecht, b. Leo (1887-1949); Husband: Walther Brecht
              2. Ulrich Leo (1890–1964); Wife: Helen Vagelen
              3. Paul Leo (1893-1958); 1st wife: Anna Siegert (1898–1931); 2nd wife: Eva Dittrich (1901–1998)
                1. Anna Leo (* 1931)
                2. Christopher Leo (* 1941)
                  1. Deborah Leo (* 1974)
                  2. Sarah Leo (* 1977)
                  3. Miriam Leo (* 1979)
                  4. Gabrielle Leo (* 1986)
                  5. Rachel Leo (* 1989)
                  6. Ariel Leo (born 1991)
                3. Monica Leo (* 1944)
            3. Paul Hensel (1860–1930), philosopher; 1st wife: Käthe Rosenhayn (1861–1910); 2nd wife: Elisabeth Nelson, b. Schemmann (1884–1954)
              1. Bruno Hensel (1899–1945)
              2. Fanny Kistner-Hensel , b. Hensel (1918–2006), harpsichordist, music teacher and composer
              3. Cécile Lowenthal-Hensel , b. Hensel (1923–2012), historian
            4. Kurt Hensel (1861–1941), mathematician; Wife: Gertrud Hahn
              1. Ruth Therese Hensel (* 1888); Husband: Franz Haymann (1874–1947), law professor
                1. Roland Haymann
                2. Use Haymann
                3. Walter Hayman (1926-2020), mathematician; 1st wife: Margaret Riley Crann (1923–1994), mathematician; 2nd wife: Waficka al-Katifi († 2001), mathematician; 3rd wife: Marie Jennings
                  1. Daphne Wassermann (* 1949), b. Hayman; Husband: Simon Wassermann
                    1. Charlotte Wassermann
                    2. Ruth Wassermann
                  2. Carolyn Hayman OBE (* 1951), film producer, writer, co-founder of Peace Direct ; Husband: Peter Bury
                    1. Francesca Bury
                    2. Eleanor Bury
                  3. Gillian Sheila Hayman (* 1956), director, journalist and translator; Husband: Patrick Uden (director)
                    1. Frank Hayman Uden
                    2. Dorothy Hayman Uden
              2. Lili Hensel (* 1889)
              3. Marie Schenk, b. Hensel (* 1890); 1st husband: Gerhard Gunther; 2nd husband: Hans Schenk
              4. Albert Hensel (1895–1933), lawyer; Wife: Marieluise Flothmann (1894–1942)
                1. Kurt Hensel
                2. Martin Hensel
              5. Charlotte Bergengruen, b. Hensel (1896-1990); Husband: Werner Bergengruen (1892–1964), writer
                1. Luise Hackelsberger , b. Bergengruen (* 1924)
                2. Maria Schütze-Bergengruen, b. Bergengruen (* 1928)
                3. Alexander Bergengruen (* 1930)
                  1. Maximilian Bergengruen (* 1971)
            5. Lili Hensel (1864–1948), writer; Husband: Alard du Bois-Reymond (1860–1922), electrical engineer and patent attorney
              1. Leah du Bois-Reymond (* 1899); Husband: Erwin Horwitz (1894–1982), pastor
                1. Else-Maria Lackmann, b. Horwitz (1923-2012); Husband: Max Lackmann (1910–2000), pastor
                  1. Thomas Lackmann (* 1954), publicist
        2. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847), composer; Wife: Cécile Jeanrenaud (1817-1853)
          1. Carl Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1838–1897), historian; 1st wife: Bertha Eissenhardt (1848–1870); 2nd wife: Mathilde von Merkl (1848–1937)
            1. Cécile von Mendelssohn Bartholdy, b. Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1870-1943); Husband: Otto von Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1868–1949), banker - see below
            2. Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1874–1936), lawyer; Wife: Dora Wach († 1949)
          2. Marie Benecke, b. Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1839-1897); Husband: Victor Benecke (1831–1908)
          3. Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1841–1880), chemist; 1st wife: Else Oppenheim (1844–1868); 2nd wife: Enole Oppenheim (1855–1939)
            1. Otto von Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1868–1949), banker; Wife: Cécile Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1870–1943) - see above
              1. Hugo von Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1894–1975)
              2. Cécile Grafström, b. von Mendelssohn Bartholdy, div. Oppenheim (1898–1995); 1. husband; Benoit Oppenheim the Elder J. (1876-1934), lawyer; 2. Husband: Gillis Grafström (1893–1938), figure skater and architect
                1. Louise Wriedt, b. Oppenheim, historical Zielensk (1922–2013)
                2. Vera Schieckel, b. Oppenheim (* 1923)
            2. Cécile Gilbert, b. Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1874-1923); Husband: William Gilbert (1860-1906)
              1. Felix Gilbert (1905–1991), historian
            3. Ludwig Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1878–1918), bank director; Wife: Edith Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1882–1969), social and cultural politician
            4. Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1879–1956), chemist; Wife: Johanna Nauheim (1891–1948)
              1. Cécile Stheeman, b. Mendelssohn Bartholdy (* 1933)
          4. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1843–1850)
          5. Elisabeth Wach , called Lili, b. Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1845-1910); Husband: Adolf Wach
            1. Felix Wach (1871–1943), civil servant; Wife: Käthe von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - see above
              1. Joachim Wach (1898–1955), religious scholar and sociologist
            2. Hugo Wach (1872–1939), architect
            3. Dorothea Mendelssohn Bartholdy, b. Wach (1875-1949); Husband: Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy
        3. Rebecka Dirichlet , b. Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1811-1858); Husband: Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805-1859), mathematician
          1. Walter Arnold Abraham Lejeune Dirichlet (1833–1887), landowner and member of the German Reichstag; Wife: Anna Caroline Louise Sachs
          2. Ernst Gustav Paul Lejeune Dirichlet (1840–1868)
          3. Flora Baum, b. Dirichlet (1845-1912); Husband: Wilhelm Baum (1836–1896), medic
            1. Marie Baum (1874–1964), social politician
        4. Paul Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1812–1874), banker; Wife: Albertine Heine (1814–1879) from the Heine banking family in Berlin
          1. Pauline Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1844–1863)
          2. Katharine Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1846–1906)
          3. Ernst von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1846–1909), banker; Wife: Marie Warschauer (1855–1906), granddaughter of Alexander Mendelssohn
            1. Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1875–1935), banker; 1st wife: Charlotte Reichenheim (1877–1961), 2nd wife: Elsa Lucy von Lavergne-Péguilhen (1899–1986)
            2. Katharine Wach, b. von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1876–1943); Husband: Felix Wach , administrative officer
            3. Charlotte Hallin, b. von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1878–1961); Husband: Eric Hallin, Swedish Chamberlain
            4. Enole von Schwerin, b. von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1879–1947); Husband: Albert von Schwerin (1870–1956), lawyer and farmer
            5. Marie Busch, b. von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1881–1970); Husband: Felix Busch (1871–1938), civil servant
              1. Dorothea Schramm, b. Busch, Schoeps (1915-1996); 1st husband: Hans-Joachim Schoeps (1909–1980), religious philosopher, 2nd husband: Werner Schramm (1910–1983), actor
                1. Julius H. Schoeps (* 1942), historian
                2. Manfred Schoeps (* 1944), banker
            6. Alexander von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1889–1917), farmer
          4. Gotthold Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1848–1903), farmer; Wife: Pauline Henriette Auguste Else Wentz
            1. Ernst Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1875–1915)
            2. Edith Neigel b. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (* 1876); Husband: Wilhelm Neigel
            3. Gustav Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (* 1877); Wife: Elisa Hafenreffer
            4. Fanny Raithel, b. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (* 1879); Husband: Ernst Raithel
            5. Herbert Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Dr.mus. & Philos .; Wife: Léonie Langen
            6. Rudolph Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (* 1881); Wife: Georgine Scholl
            7. Emma Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1883–1914)
            8. Else Mendelssohn-Bartholdy († 1885)
            9. Beatus Mendelssohn-Bartholdy († 1888)
            10. Martha Mendelssohn-Bartholdy († 1889)
            11. Paula de Ridder, b. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (* 1892); Husband: Alard de Ridder
          5. Baroness Fanny von Richthofen, b. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1851-1924); Husband: Freiherr Eugen von Richthofen (1835–1877), officer
            1. Paula Siemerling, b. Baroness von Richthofen (born 1873); Husband: Ernst Siemerling (1857–1931), doctor
            2. Käthe von Elbe, b. Baroness von Richthofen (1876–1962); Husband: Kurt von Elbe (1871–1957), lawyer and district administrator
              1. Joachim von Elbe (1902–2000), lawyer
      9. Susgen Mendelssohn (* 1778), died young
      10. Nathan Mendelssohn (1781–1852), instrument maker; Wife: Henriette Itzig (1781–1845)
        1. Arnold Mendelssohn (1817-1854), doctor
        2. Ottilie Mendelssohn (1819–1848); Husband: Ernst Eduard Kummer , mathematician
        3. Wilhelm Mendelssohn (1821–1866), mechanical engineer; Wife: Aimée Cauer
          1. Arnold Mendelssohn (1855–1933), composer; Wife: Maria Helene Louise Cauer
            1. Wilhelm Mendelssohn (1886–1890)
            2. Helene Mendelssohn (1888–1888)
            3. Karl Mendelssohn (1889–1898)
            4. Dorothea Mendelssohn (* 1890)
          2. Bertha Mendelssohn (1857–1901)
          3. Ottilie Mendelssohn (1859–1929)
          4. Marie Mendelssohn (1860–1937)
          5. Louise Mendelssohn (1863–1923)

literature

Monographs

  • Rudolf Elvers , Hans-Günter Klein: The Mendelssohns in Berlin. A family and their city. Exhibition of the Mendelssohn archive of the State Library PK 1984. Berlin 1984.
  • Sebastian Hensel: The Mendelssohn Family 1729–1847. After letters and diaries. 15th edition. Berlin. Digitized
  • Hans-Günter Klein: The Mendelssohn family: Family tree from Moses Mendelssohn to the seventh generation . CD-ROM edition. Berlin 2007.
  • Hans-Günter Klein: The Mendelssohn family. Family tree from Moses Mendelssohn to the seventh generation, compiled on the basis of the surveys by Richard Wolff . 2nd, corrected and enlarged edition. Berlin 2007.
  • Hans-Günter Klein (Ed.): Fanny Hensel - Letters from Venice and Naples to her family in Berlin 1839/40 . Wiesbaden 2004.
  • Hans-Günter Klein (Ed.): Fanny Hensel - Letters from Rome to her family in Berlin 1839/40. Wiesbaden 2002.
  • Eckart Kleßmann : The Mendelssohns - Pictures from a German Family . Insel Verlag. Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-458-33223-5 .
  • Thomas Lackmann : The luck of the Mendelssohns - story of a German family. 1st edition. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-351-02600-5 .
  • Thomas Lackmann: The Mendelssohn family and their graves in front of Hallesches Tor. Bilingual catalog (German and English) for a permanent exhibition of the same name at the Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof I , Ed .: Evangelischer Friedhofsverband Berlin Stadtmitte and Mendelssohn Society eV , Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-89479-903-8 .
  • Julius H. Schoeps : The legacy of the Mendelssohns. Family biography . S. Fischer Verlag Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-10-073606-2 .

Series of publications

Organizations and awards associated with the Mendelssohn family

Web links

Commons : Mendelssohn (family)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Convertible concert and exhibition opening ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.4 MB), November 3, 2013, accessed online on November 4, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mendelssohn-gesellschaft.de
  2. Permanent exhibition on the history of the Mendelssohn family at the Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof in front of Hallesches Tor , www.mendelssohn-gesellschaft.de, accessed online on May 17, 2013.
  3. See also Mendel Heymann (1683 - 1766) , WikiTree