Moenius, Georg, 1890-1953

Moenius, born in Germany, was a Catholic priest, as well as a journalist and writer; he fled to Switzerland after the rise of the Nazis in 1933. He had apparently become acquainted with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel in Vienna sometime in the 1930s. Like them, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1940; after a period in Seattle, Wash., he settled in Los Angeles, where he continued a close friendship with Alma and Franz. He became an American citizen; after 1948 he resided at times in Europe and for the last year and a half of his life he settled in Munich. Father Basilius, a Catholic priest of the Order of St. Benedict, was an acquaintance of Moenius and was living in Neresheim, West Germany. Albert Winter, who was living in Munich, was a friend of Moenius, his heir and the executor of his will; and his wife had performed daily errands for Moenius. Ernst Karl Winter was also a friend of Moenius; he had known Moenius in Vienna before World War II and at the time of the correspondence with Alma Mahler was living in Tappan, New York.

From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Adolf Klarmann, 1940-1954. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863963