Correspondence with Menzl, Walter

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/969
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110703
Dates
11 Jul 1954 - 26 Mar 1959
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Walter Menzl (1906-1994) was a German philosopher and adventurer. Having lived in South America he moved back to Germany in the late 1950s. He gained notoriety in 1959 when he defaced a Rubens painting in Munich.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding enquiries by Menzel for support for his philosophical endeavours. Contained are two manifestos authored by Menzel as well as an English language newspaper clipping on the destruction of the Rubens painting in Munich.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Menzl, Walter

Subjects

  • Philosophy

Places

  • West Germany [1949-1990]
  • Uruguay
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