Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1941-1945.

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Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1941-1945.

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The correspondence mainly comprises an exchange between Munzer and Werfel concerning religious questions and, in particular, the relationship between Judaism and Christianity. 1 item makes reference to Hermann Borchardt; and 1 item to Alma Mahler is a condolence letter upon the death of Werfel. Werfel's letters to Munzer bear handwritten annotations by Munzer. Included is an explanatory letter from Falkenberg, who provided the copies of Werfel's letters to Adolf Klarmann; and copies of Werfel's letters as published in the journal Stimmen der Zeit, in 1960.

7 items (44 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Munzer, Egbert

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Munzer was a professor of economics and a believing Catholic; he was acquainted with both Georg Moenius and Hermann Borchardt, who were friends of Werfel. The correspondence constitutes the first contact between Munzer and Werfel; it appears that they never had the chance to meet in person. According to notes recorded by Falkenberg after a conversation with Egbert Munzer's widow, Munzer was born in Bavaria in 1898, emigrated to Canada in 1940, and died in Quebec in 1948. Falkenberg was the chief...

Falkenberg, Hans-Geert

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S.-Fischer-Verlag

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Gottfried Bermann Fischer became Franz Werfel's publisher in 1938. Bermann-Fischer Verlag and Bermann-Fischer/Querido Verlag were publishing enterprises established by Bermann Fischer during his exile from Germany and in the immediate postwar period; they were eventually superceded by S. Fischer Verlag, which Bermann Fischer reestablished in Germany in 1950. S. Fischer Verlag subsequently presided over the German publishing rights to Werfel's works. Frisch held an editorial position at Bermann-F...