Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1923-1935.

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Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1923-1935.

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About half of the items date from after the Nazi consolidation of power in Germany, in March 1933. 1 of the items of this later period is a letter to Werfel in which Wassermann outlines his difficult financial situation; and 1 is a 17-page letter to Nast (carbon copy), in which Wassermann narrates in detail the course of his relationship with his publisher, S. Fischer Verlag (mentioning both Samuel Fischer and Gottfried Bermann Fischer), from March to December 1933; he also makes reference to his first wife, Julie Wassermann-Speyer, in connection with a block that had been placed on his account. The item from Marta Wassermann was written to Alma Mahler not long after Jakob's death.

10 items (29 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Wassermann, Jakob, 1873-1934

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German-born writer Jakob Wassermann was a popular novelist in the first part of the 20th century. His novels often explored the theme of a nonconformist character encountering an uncaring society, or, more specifically, the issue of retaining Jewish heritage in the face of anti-Semitism and cultural assimilation. Consistently popular in his day, his intense, psychological analysis of modern society and religion sometimes became too abstract for general audiences. From the description...

Wassermann-Karlweis, Marta.

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Nast, Herr.

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Bermann Fischer, Gottfried, 1897-

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Gottfried Bermann Fischer, originally of S. Fischer Verlag, left Germany in 1936 and founded the Bermann-Fischer Verlag in Vienna, while the S. Fischer Verlag continued in Berlin under the leadership of Peter Suhrkamp. After the annexation of Austria by Germany in March 1938, Bermann Fischer fled Austria and reestablished his publishing house, under exile conditions, in Stockholm. In 1940, after the occupation of Norway by Germany, he came to New York and ran the firm from there. In New York he ...