Joseph Bornstein Collection 1917-1952

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Joseph Bornstein Collection 1917-1952

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Joseph Bornstein was one of the most accomplished journalists of Weimar Germany. His criticismof the political and social conditions in Germany in general, and of the practices of German justices in particular, made him a strong opponent ofthe right wing and populist parties long before the Nazis took power in Germany in 1933. Immediately after takeover, Joseph Bornstein left Germanyand settled in France where he worked for various German exile newspapers. After the war broke out, he left France and managed to emigrate to theUnited States where he worked for the Office of War Information. After the Second World War he became a literary agent and writer of non-fictionbooks. The material in the Joseph Bornstein collection contains material from the post-war period of his life until his death in 1952. It consistsof manuscripts, research notes, and professional and personal correspondence. An important part of this collection is material related to JosephRoth that contains some of his notes, his poems, and correspondence with some of his friends and publishing houses.

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Roth, Joseph, 1894-1939

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Bornstein, Joseph

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Joseph Bornstein was born on October 18, 1899 in Kraków, Poland, at that time part of the Habsburg monarchy. His father was a Russian citizen. After his death the family moved to Berlin in 1905. Joseph Bornstein attended the Sophien-Gymnasium and later the universities in Berlin and in Vienna. After the First World War, Joseph Bornstein became stateless and in 1925 was granted German citizenship that was revoked after 1933. Around the year 1920 Joseph Bornstein joined the circle of ...