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Isaac Schweitzer to his family, June 19, 1879

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Author

Isaac Schweitzer

Recipient

Schweitzer family

Date

June 19, 1879

Type

letter

Language

German

Tags

1870-1879, English available, transcribed

Source

Schweitzer-Guggenheimer Letter Collection

Collection

Schweitzer-Guggenheimer Letter Collection

Repository

Peter Schweitzer collection

Citation

“Isaac Schweitzer to his family, June 19, 1879.” Schweitzer-Guggenheimer Letter Collection, Peter Schweitzer collection, accessed from German Heritage in Letters, March 12, 2026, https://germanletters.org/items/show/34

Original text

Frankenthal Juni 19/79

Meine Lieben.

Hoffe Euch alle wohl. Gleiches von uns. Zweck dieses ist daß die Klage gegen den Zeugen auf nächsten Montag verschoben worden ist. Die Zeugen gegen den Beschuldigten sind zwar versiert sein Anwalt jedoch verlangte 8 Tage Frist wird aber nichts machen. Das Merkwürdigste ist daß Ab. Neuberger am Dienstag hier begraben worden ist. am Montag Nacht wurde er als  Leiche hierher gebracht.

Wie man hört, soll er sich entleibt haben, bei herabspringen zum dritten Stockwerk das ist jedoch im Dunkeln das ist das Ende von diesem elendem Menschen. Allgemeine Freude bei den Leuten hier. Nächste Woche mehr. Beßten Gruß Isaac


Transcribed by Renate Evers

English text

Frankenthal, Juni 19/79

Dear loved ones.

I hope that you are all well. The same is true of us. The purpose of this [letter] is that the lawsuit against the witness is postponed to next Monday. The witnesses against the accused are indeed well versed. His lawyer, however, asked for a grace period of 8 days but he will not do anything. The strangest thing is that Ab. Neuberger was buried here on Tuesday. On Monday night he was brought here as a corpse. Rumor has it that he killed himself by jumping down to the third floor, however, this is in the dark; [but] this is the end of this wretched human being.

General joy among the people here. More next week.


Best regards
Isaac

Translated by Renate Evers


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