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Important grouping to the Jewish WWI fighter pilot Jacob Wolff 1869-1926, the owner of "L. Wolff Zigarettenfabrik" in Hamburg with over 4.000 employes back in time. A pacifist before WW1, he joined Fliegerersatz-Abteilung in Berlin-Adlershof in 1915 with 46 years of age. He joined the "Fliegertruppe" as a Vizefeldwebel. He served with Julius Buckler, Bruno Loerzer and Hermann Göring as a pilot during WWI. Amonst others he was awarded the Prussian Lifesaving Medal, the Pilot's Badge, the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class as well as the Honor Goblet for fighter pilots. On 6.5.1917 he was promoted a Leutnant. Wolf was portraited by Max Liebermann in 1919 (Der Mann in Leder).
Amongst others there were some famous individuals who became very famous afterwards:
Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp, a German fighter pilot notable for being one of the few two-war aces in history. After scoring six victories in World War I, he became a Luftwaffe ace in World War II, with 12 additional victories. Also he was a member of the National Socialist Flyers Corps with the rank of NSFK-Obergruppenführer.
Ernst Udet, a German pilot during World War I with 62 air victories and a Luftwaffe Generaloberst during World War II. The highest-scoring German fighter pilot to survive that war, and the second-highest scoring after Manfred von Richthofen, his commander in the Flying Circus,
Bruno Loerzer, a German air force officer during World War I and World War II. Credited with 44 aerial victories during World War I, he was one of Germany's leading flying aces, as well as commander of one of the first Imperial German Air Service Jagdeschwaders.
... just to name a few. There are original pre-Third Reich photos of these men inside the album.
This postwar assembled album is a treasure trove of history. Apart from being a grouping of the oldest Jewish fighter pilot of WWI, the photos nicely document the life of a family belonging to the "upper 10.000" of the city of Hamburg.
An extensive grouping with a lot of room for additional research containing original photographs and documents as well as photocopies.
Beside the album, there is an an additional folder full of documents on Jacob Wolff and another folder on Eberhart Wolff, his son, who was "allowed" to serve the Luftwaffe as a so called "Halbjude".
