Correspondence with Franz Werfel, 1943.

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Correspondence with Franz Werfel, 1943.

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Werfel's letter to Berman was a request for financial assistance for the author Hermann Borchardt, who was living in New York City at that time; Berman obtained a small amount of assistance for Borchardt. For related correspondence see letters of 3. May and 15. June 1943 under correspondent: Borchardt, Hermann.

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Friends of Israel Missionary and Relief Society.

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Berman, Paul R., 1945-....

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Berman was a minister of the Presbyterian Church and a member of the Co-operative Committee of The Friends of Israel Missionary and Relief Society, based in Philadelphia. From the description of Correspondence with Franz Werfel, 1943. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862934 ...

Borchardt, Hermann, 1888-

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A politically active author, Borchardt had been forced to leave Germany in 1933 and had lived for a while in the Soviet Union but was expelled in 1936. Following his return to Germany, he was eventually arrested and imprisoned in concentration camps, including Dachau, where, through mistreatment, he suffered the loss of his hearing and of one finger. He and his family, including wife Dorothea, emigrated to the United States in 1937 and lived in New York. Franz Werfel and Alma Mahler carried on a...