Octav format, blue half-linen cover, 74 pages. In the book handwritten name inscription on the endpaper "Carl Rettig" in Latin kurrent script. Carl Rettig (born 1850) became a resident of the Freemason Retirement Home in 1921, he died there in 1935. The home was converted into a public foundation in 1937 under pressure from the NS state.
Provenance
5.7.1957: Registration in the entry book of the museum library Einbeck; purchased probably already 1936-1937 from the old people's home for freemasons "Johannisstift" in Einbeck
23.03.2022: restituted to the Masonic Lodge Georg zu den drei Säulen
Status
restituted
Literature / Source
Christian Riemenschneider. Provenienz/Geschichte erzählen – Ergebnisse der Provenienzforschung in den Museen Alfeld, Duderstadt, Einbeck und Hann. Münden. In: Claudia Andratschke, Maik Jachens (Hgg.). Nach dem Erstcheck. Provenienzforschung nachhaltig vermitteln. Veröffentlichungen des Netzwerks Provenienzforschung in Niedersachsen, Bd. 1., 2020, S. 31
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StadtMuseum Einbeck
Auf dem Steinwege 11/13
37574 Einbeck
Germany
