Theodor Lessing Collection 1922-1968

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Theodor Lessing Collection 1922-1968

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This collection features original letters to Max Brod, calls to action in the wake of Lessing's death, short memoirs about Lessing written by family andfriend, photocopies of manuscripts, and various other materials relating to Lessing's life.

2 Folders.

Leo Baeck Institute Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6346565

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Diamant, Max 1908-

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Leffmann, Sophie

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Brod, Max, 1884-1968

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Sophie Friedman was Max Brod's sister. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, ca. 1908-1962. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863017 ...

Lessing, Ada

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Lessing, Theodor, 1872-1933

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Theodor Lessing was born in Hannover in 1972. He studied medicine in Freiburg, Bonn and Munich, where he switched to philosophy, literature and psychology. In 1907 he returned to Hannover, where he taught philosophy at the Technische Hochschule. He served as a physician in World War I and established the Volkshochschule in Hanover in 1919. In the 1920s, he became a prolific writer and published articles and essays in several newspapers and magazines. Lessing left Germany in March of 1933 and mov...