Heinz (Heinrich) Auerbach Collection circa 1850-1968

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Heinz (Heinrich) Auerbach Collection circa 1850-1968

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This collection contains a large amount of business and legal correspondence and documents pertaining to Auerbach's tenure with Tri-Ergon AG and Tobis Tonbild Syndikat AG, most of which revolve around legal proceedings (patent and civil) in Germany, Switzerland, and the United States concerning Tri-Ergon's sound-on-film technologies which had become film industry standard. The collection also has a folder of Auerbach's personal papers, a considerable number of family and personal photographs (some arranged in albums), some personal correspondence, and a few manuscripts for film projects.

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Tri-Ergon AG

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Fox film corporation

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Zeitlin, Leon, b. 1876

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Tobis Tonbild Syndikat AG

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Kuznitzky (Family)

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Auerbach, Heinrich, 1890-

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Heinrich Joachim Auerbach was born in Breslau in 1890 and studied law. He served in the German army during the first World War, and afterwards became involved in the film industry. In 1929 he was elected by the board of Tobis Tonbild Syndikat to the position of chief executive (Generaldirektor), but was forced to resign the following year. Despite ill health he remained involved in the legal disputes surrounding Tobis, Tri-Ergon, Western Electric, and Fox Film Corporation regarding ...