The Altenberg Family

Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Altenberg lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.

Patronyme porté par une figure juive documentée du corpus (Autriche) : Peter Altenberg.

Geographic origin: Autriche

A book yet to be written

The Great Book of the Altenberg lineage has not yet been written.

Claude Opus 4.8 will compose an original work from archival items in the corpus that mention this lineage, in-depth web research, and family contributions already submitted. The work will comprise approximately 30 to 40 pages — introduction, 5 to 7 chapters, conclusion — and will be automatically enriched with each new contribution.

Collection

Location of archival items, responsa and articles in the corpus that cite the lineage or its variants.

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Altenberg — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/altenberg

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Notable figures

1.
Peter Altenberg
écrivain autrichien

In memory

The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Altenberg.

Search “Altenberg” on Yad Vashem

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Works & texts (2)

Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.

litteraire1896

Wie ich es sehe

Peter Altenberg

Œuvre littéraire de Peter Altenberg, 1896.

litteraire1905

Prodromos

Peter Altenberg

Œuvre littéraire de Peter Altenberg, 1905.

Notable figures of the lineage

Peter Altenberg

פטר אלטנברג

1859–1919

Diaspora regions

Autriche

The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Altenberg give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

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