Correspondence with Franz Werfel, 1916-1947, n. d.

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Correspondence with Franz Werfel, 1916-1947, n. d.

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The item from Werfel is a letter to a professor in Leipzig recommending Olga Pokorny as a singer and praising her talent; all of the remaining items are documents dated from after Werfel's death and contain statements and reminiscences from Olga and her brother Adolf about their relationship with Werfel. Included is a transcript of the deposition given by Olga at her brother's trial in Nuremberg in 1947; it gives family biographical information and refers to her and her brother's contact with Franz Werfel in Prague. The undated items from Pokorny to Lamm contain further reminsces; Pokorny wrote to Lamm under the assumption that he was providing material for a biography of Werfel.

8 items (14 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Lea, Henry A.

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Lea conducted research for Klarmann in connection with the latter's editing of Zwischen Oben und Unten, a posthumous volume of collected writings by Franz Werfel. Hirsch was Associate Director of Libraries at the University of Pennsylvania; Lea corresponded with him concerning access to the Mahler-Werfel papers. From the description of Correspondence to Adolf Klarmann, 1959-1994. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863770 ...

Pokorny, Adolf, 1895-.

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Adolf Pokorny was an Austrian physician who was tried at Nuremberg in the "Doctor's Trial" in 1947, for conducting medical experiments under the Nazi regime; he was acquitted. His sister, Olga Hensel (née Pokorny), testified at the trial on his behalf. During a period of their youth Olga and Adolf Pokorny had lived in Prague and were acquaintances of Franz Werfel. Hans Lamm (b. 1913) was a journalist and writer and after 1961 president of the Jewish community in Munich and active in education. ...

Hensel, Olga, 1885-.

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Lamm, Hans

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