Correspondence with Manes, Eva et al.

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/946
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110680
Dates
30 Aug 1955 - 17 Sep 1963
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Europäische Verlagsanstalt

Biographical History

Eva Manes was the daughter of Jewish-German World War One veteran, fur trader and Holocaust victim Philipp Manes. She emigrated to England once the Nazis took a hold on power.

Scope and Content

Correspondence mainly on access to and storage of personal papers of Philipp Manes at The Wiener Library (1955-1959). Contained are letters to and with Rudolphe Manes, Eva’s brother, who provides information on his experience in North Africa during the Second World War as well as his postwar life in Algeria.

Further included is correspondence with H. G. Adler, Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, and the publishing house Europäische Verlagsanstalt on options of publishing the diary of Philipp Manes from Theresienstadt (1960-1963).

Contained are a railway schedule for London-Oxford, three postcards, an opera program, and some excerpts from Philipp Manes’ diary.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

This material has been digitised. Readers should book a reading room terminal to access it.

Related Units of Description

  • See also the various materials on the Manes family hold by The Wiener Library.

People

  • Manes, Rudolf
  • Manes, Eva
  • Manes family
  • Adler, H.G.
  • Manes, Philipp
  • Horkheimer, Max
  • Adorno, Theodor W.

Subjects

Places

  • England
  • Algeria
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