Koch: My uncle Jacob Hermann Epstein (1838-1919) wrote very detailed and interesting memoirs. He dictated them late in life to his housekeeper Hermine Erhardt. There existed a typed manuscript and a few copies, but I lost mine during the German occupation.
Provenance
Collection Dr. Richard and Maria Koch, Frankfurt a.M., Essentuki (Caucasus) - 1942; lost during the German invasion Nov./Dec. 1942, Essentuki; whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Richard Koch: Memoirs. Translated by Naomi B. Laqueur. Privatdruck 1989. S.2.