Collection
Location of archival items, responsa and articles in the corpus that cite the lineage or its variants.
The Hirsch Family
Write the Great BookOrigin of the name, history and genealogy of the Hirsch lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Means "deer" (symbol of the tribe of Naphtali). Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888), founder of neo-orthodoxy in Frankfurt.
Geographic origin: Allemagne / Hambourg
Memory register · custodian, not owner
A book yet to be written
The Great Book of the Hirsch 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.
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Lineage Map
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Link
https://zakhor.ai/hirschHTML
<a href="https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/hirsch">Hirsch — Zakhor</a>Citation
Hirsch — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/hirschVariants of the name (6)
One name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
GirshHerschHerzHirsch (Maurice)HirschfeldHirsh
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Notable figures
- 1.
Maurice de Hirsch
philanthrope · 1831-1896
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 Hirsch.
Search “Hirsch” on Yad VashemThe search is performed directly in the Yad Vashem archives; Zakhor neither copies nor retains any personal data. The presence or absence of a name in the database is not exhaustive. Learn more
Works & texts (1)
Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.
Notable figures of the lineage
Friedlander Méír Hirsch
מאיר צבי פרידלנדר1795–1900
Cäsar Hirsch
1885–1940
Emil Gustav Hirsch
אמיל ג'. הירש1851–1923
Markus Hirsch
מרדכי עמרם הירש1833–1909
Maurice de Hirsch
מוריס הירש1831–1896
Max Hirsch
1877–1948
Mendel Hirsch
מנדל הירש1833–1900
Otto Hirsch
אוטו הירש1885–1941
Rahel Hirsch
רחל הירש1870–1953
Samson Raphael Hirsch
שמשון רפאל הירש1808–1888
Hella Hirsch
1921–1943
Moshe Hillel Hirsch
משה הלל הירש1936–
Moshe Hirsch
משה הירש1923–2010
Places along the journey
Diaspora regions
AllemagneÉtats-UnisFranceSuisse
The days of this book
This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Hirsch give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.
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Bibliography
- A. Beider ; L. Menk, Dictionnaires des patronymes juifs d'Europe de l'Est (Beider : Empire russe 2008, Royaume de Pologne 1996, Galicie 2004) et judéo-allemands (Menk 2005), Avotaynu
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