HISTORIC DOCUMENTS

Below the reader will find links to various historic documents (e.g. birth certificates, birth registers, marriage certificates, death certificates, diaries, etc.) related to various people cited in the posts. The source, where known, is identified in parentheses.

August Archibald von Gramatzki Death Certificate (May 23, 1913)  (SOURCE:  Östliche preußische Provinzen, Polen, Personenstandsregister 1874-1945 (Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany [Poland], Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945))

August Archibald von Gramatzki Marriage Certificate (April 28, 1897)  (SOURCE:  Östliche preußische Provinzen, Polen, Personenstandsregister 1874-1945 (Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany [Poland], Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945))

Susanna Epp Birth Register  (SOURCE:  Östliche preußische Provinzen, Polen, Personenstandsregister 1874-1945 (Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany [Poland], Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945))

Felix Bruck’s Death Certificate

Fedor Bruck’s Birth Certificate  (SOURCE:  Östliche preußische Provinzen, Polen, Personenstandsregister 1874-1945 (Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany [Poland], Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945))

Alfred Schlenger’s Death Certificate  (SOURCE:  Östliche preußische Provinzen, Polen, Personenstandsregister 1874-1945 (Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany [Poland], Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945))

Hedwig “Hedsch” Schlenger’s Complete Translated Diary  (SOURCE: Beate Lohff, born Schlenger, grand-daughter of Hedwig Schlenger)

Otto Wilhelm Max Philipsen’s Birth Certificate (son of Otto Philipsen & Lisbeth Philipsen, born Fenger)  (SOURCE:  Östliche preußische Provinzen, Polen, Personenstandsregister 1874-1945 (Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany [Poland], Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945))

Otto Wilhelm Max Philipsen’s Birth Certificate Summary Page (son of Otto Philipsen & Lisbeth Philipsen, born Fenger)  (SOURCE: Ancestry.com)

Franz Eduard Schlenger’s Marriage Certificate  (SOURCE:  Östliche preußische Provinzen, Polen, Personenstandsregister 1874-1945 (Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany [Poland], Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945))

Wolfgang Bruck’s Death Certificate (March 15, 1908) (Cert. 448)  (SOURCE: Ancestry.com)

Translation of Wilhelm Bruck Letter Dated June 30, 1914

Susanne Bruck’s Birth Certificate (April 20, 1904)  (Source: http://www.katowice.ap.gov.pl/art,41,raciborz)

Otto Bruck’s Birth Certificate (April 16, 1907)  (Source: http://www.katowice.ap.gov.pl/art,41,raciborz)

Walter Bruck’s Birth Certificate (August 1900)  (Source: http://www.katowice.ap.gov.pl/art,41,raciborz)

Walter Bruck’s Death Certificate (April 1901)  (Source: http://www.katowice.ap.gov.pl/art,41,raciborz)

Elisabeth “Elsbeth” Bruck’s Birth Certificate (November 17, 1874)  (Source: http://www.katowice.ap.gov.pl/art,41,raciborz)

Felix Bruck & Else Bruck, nee Berliner Marriage Certificate (February 11, 1894) (Page 1 & Page 2) (Source: http://www.katowice.ap.gov.pl/art,41,raciborz)

Josef Mockrauer & Charlotte Mockrauer, nee Bruck Marriage Certificate (March 18, 1888)  (Page 1 & Page 2)  (Source: http://www.katowice.ap.gov.pl/art,41,raciborz)

Rudolf Loewenstein & Hedwig Loewenstein, nee Bruck Marriage Certificate  (Page 1 & Page 2)  (Source: http://www.katowice.ap.gov.pl/art,41,raciborz)

Rainer Maria Rilke “Thank You” letter to Franziska Bruck dated April 14, 1921 (front & back of envelope, Page 1, Page 2, Translation)  (Source: University of Illinois Archives)

Franziska Bruck’s “Soggiorno degli Stranieri in Italia,” or “Stay of Foreigners in Italy,” dated October 11, 1937, for her visit to visit to Fiesole, Italy (Source: Archivio Comunale Di Fiesole)

Wanda Eugenia Braun Death Certificate (October 25, 1918) (Certificate 1764) TRANSLATION

Markus Braun Marriage Certificate (December 11, 1900) (Certificate 1137) TRANSLATION

Dr. Josef Pauly’s 1894 Memoirs (Transcription)