Editing Felix Hausdorff (section)

===Childhood and youth===
Hausdorff's father, the [[Jewish]] merchant Louis Hausdorff (1843–1896), moved with his young family to [[Leipzig]] in the autumn of 1870, and over time worked at various companies, including a linen-and cotton goods factory. He was an educated man and had become a [[Morenu]] at the age of 14. He wrote several treatises, including a long work on the [[Aramaic]] translations of the Bible from the perspective of [[Talmud]]ic law.

Hausdorff's mother, Hedwig (1848–1902), who is also referred to in various documents as Johanna, came from the Jewish Tietz family. From another branch of this family came [[Hermann Tietz]], founder of the first department store, and later co-owner of the department store chain called "Hermann Tietz". During the period of Nazi dictatorship the name was "Aryanised" to [[Hertie]].

From 1878 to 1887 Felix Hausdorff attended the Nicolai School in Leipzig, a facility that had a reputation as a hotbed of humanistic education. He was an excellent student, class leader for many years and often recited self-written Latin or German poems at school celebrations.

In his later years of high school, choosing a main subject of study was not easy for Hausdorff. Magda Dierkesmann, who was often a guest in the home of Hausdorff in the years 1926–1932, reported in 1967 that:

{{blockquote|His versatile musical talent was so great that only the insistence of his father made him give up his plan to study music and become a composer.}}

He decided to study the natural sciences, and in his graduating class of 1887 he was the only one who achieved the highest possible grade.