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5 -i> .8. 1.3.2. ; re Martin
b.23'.12.19^3 in Deols, 'ranee a. /,W
W^-^ ^/w
5o.8.1.^.2.1. Ulrica Grey Martin
b. 6. 10. 1977 in ßee****x, Georgia d .
Uear David,
above a rough back to 16b0. Will rest and send this
name your
i le (8)
wife
ase add y
and the d 's date a
copy of your you kindly T copy back to
oui wife ' s f u ate and place nd place of b
page in
ill in t
me as s
11 maide
where y
irth beh
23. June 1978.
my family tree which dates he missing dates, check the oon as possioleV
n name, including her middle ou were married behind "m.", ind "b."
bacy
have
on y
aesc
thei
sist
had
addr
chil
1 ha
woul
i-le girl
iou our f endan r own er Ca any n ess a oien ve al d che
ase check are corr yourself ather ' s p ts marry , in your rol in my ews from t Van Wuy in peace so a phot ck her da
whether your
ect.. ine latt
ve been in
ape (!?6) as 1
and have chil
case 86. I h
family tree,
her for a Ion
sV I hope tha
now. My best
ograph of you
tes, too, for
own par er axg y
my fami ong as y dren of ave even
provide g tine t her ex regards r mother
me .
ticulars and those of your our uncle Ernie kindly let me ly tree for a long time, tut ou were unmarried. As soon as their own they get a page of
a photograph of you and your d by Raren ohearer. 1 have not Is she still at tr;e same -husband leaves her and the to her, if you are in contact. . iou would be veiy kind if you
Mildred (Millie) Taylor b.10. 7ll937 Philadelphia
nas she a middle name and do you know when and where your father married her? ± know that she was his second wife.
Do not worry aLout the numoers before the names. Ihey show the enerations: your little girl is the first child of a second child of a third child and so on.
1 woula be personally interested to know your profession, ana that of \our wife, if she has any]
, Blesse answer soon. A photograph of you, your wife and the baby would be lovely, but do not let that delay your sending hac
6 page here
ftitr. Lest wishes and thanks
-Aours sincere!
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b. 2, j.-JS,$k -iy^9 in Lonaon
a.
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b. **•. 5.1951 In Lonaon
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3 bK&'d 1 4 Louine Oppenheim««
0.17. 1.1953 in I jndoc d.
JU&XMXXXX . Lien Joyce Jackson (.i.idov; j , nee ''artin
*• ' on 1~9!?9 in London
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7 March ^979
vid,
öüi letter or ic June 197£ our
information which i used as you can see above. I am very pleased
to heai that jou aie interested in iealogy . 1 aid not
acknowledge your lpi . Ld you wo oon to let me have the particu your third nhllri. iu tcindlj let me have their, without that not more precious time ia lost. 1 ilmo
80 y^ears old! Just insert names, birth date and place above
and
;rn this rougl copy to me. Also check for errois, please.
would .you like a co.y of the whole family tree or just the
, concerning youi side of tne family?
Is tr.e way 1 dmJi 1 tne adoption of Lytton all right? From your letter
3 not cleai i he is your son or not. If you are his
it i
real
i . the adoption bit on be left out. Msy be, you ^nd
houx to have the adoption not mentioned in any case. My
gene
,y is kept for posterity in various archives, so I try to
be as piecise as possible.
Do you happen to know your Uncle Ernie's new address?I think he was due to leave Ottawa? end of last year. Any interesting news? how is Knen?
All the Lest and kindest regards from nanni VJ.i.J.)
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j.s. Jaffe &zet\&A
i/eai houx, jear David
i>8, Atberton Close bburoin^ton Cheltenham/Glos. GL 51 ? SB England
1 posted the ;roniseo i^.i> 198O edigrees to your address unoer Ferrate
cover a few nouis a<
o and hope that they will arrive
«fei»: Sou STfli tS to stud, them at night vhen the children are aelo. . I leave it to route poiili
out the num
ver
bers in front of the nan
es on the 1l;7tj
sion. They show the generation
at a glance. On
the 197$ version you ull i md 11
notice that I am «0 years old. lou tnat we are no think. Your grea brother of my own father
e on sheet 8 and
•■ill also reeliae
t as distantly related as you, seem to itrrandfather Dr. Martin Jaffe was a
Georg Jaffe. Ihey earned on
vi
th their father's timber merchan
t oufiiness together
in Berlin, so I have seen a
lot of your family in my
childhood and as a young c As you will '"ee
and
irl
I have included you, Koux
the babies on p. 86 of Ue 1976 version an sheet 4 of the 197$ version
squeezed you in on a bit unhappy, brcau
d 1 also
I a':
e it may veil be that trere are
more things to rec
ord aLout .your branch of vhici. I
more iuiws ku xc^^j.- ./ , iÄ__,4 -t n k^t
have no knowledge, For instance houx ^r.tioned In her letter to me that she has got a photograph on v ,h
Carol and h whether that meaans
d her deughtei Katrina ceo ue seen. I wonder
that Carol is
mirried or has a
aau hter without bein
arried? In v hid case a new
aau niei uumui ucah. »-.. nth.r
Lage with the dates ought to be aevoted to her. Other
3 haven taken p
changes ma
could nve married, sona
lace, for instance Debora
Id could h-ve manied again
Patricia Peterson could have more than on
e child, etc
lV,ould be so greteful if you could let me know the s possible. 1 rot several co. les
details as soon a ready together with yours , off to V81
in order to send t err,
ious ieo;le and archives, out I am "lue til 1 hear from you aLout tne
tant to post them un changes
in~your family which have occurred in your
earest family, so that 1 can incor( orate them bo please obi ipe me by ans
ering soon. Prom your own
e you know
the details about the names, dates
eifid places of birth and marriage, etc. I need
/en üaren could have mai r
ied again or trnie??? Why
ärnie a home in Florida
has
lhanK ( t'
tire.J. l till do a
if he vorks in Ottawa'
day. now
i an- c-rkinr> on a
_i i 1 te and I am netting
. '1 tours research every ro.ject just
v- r excitin
it: if < • 1
best i 1 c' to you all
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Hnns (Jcnn) Alfred Cp,.enKeitcer
b. 16. 12. 1909 Berlin d.
m. three tiu.es:
1)Claire Konta; u-Simc/uon 1933» in Johannesbürg
b.1515 in Johannegturs, South Africa d.
no ci.ilcicu
2) JoanVPilcher onA' •'&'*«* 19^1 in «£*w«U~
b.30. 7.1913 s/kic 'ton^erbys-tire, England d.
3.5.14.2.
Opp«
jenneiteer I947 Lon/on
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Line
on 10.7.1^71 in >1 Prague, Czechoslovakia
1.1. Jonathan b.27. 1> d. m. Irma Kel
b.^7. Mo,
d. Descenuar.ts s/ee p.*
5.5.14.2.1.2. Caroline Oopinheiuier, >w\4iiU->v<i^: J"AY£ b. 2. 5.194$ London d. b. ChrintofSher Iiu\Ltont*ivilliaras on 3-5-1974 in London
b.10.10/.1S48 London 'vvv^UAe.iw^^.; W.^p^et» stjiattoa'
d.
5-14. 2.1. 3. Annabelli OppenheimeV, ^'«U^ '►va^.: frf/fr/vtfA' b. 4. J/1951 London
3.^.14.2.1.4. Louise Oppenheiirer / rv*^.- b/l7. 1.1953 London
.<w*U<+<~' &HISLA>VF
Alan McDonald B. Cunningham 3-&.1c;74 in Dover
b.28.12.1549 Aberdeen, ^cqtland
d.
3)Suel1en Jo.yce Jackson, nee Kartinri959 in Lonao: b.'cA. 1.1^/21 Lend on d.
3.5.14/2.1.5. Clive Oppenheimcr, W-<Ll£^ i~<*t~«* ; H^rrneiW M/\r{Tif* b.26. b.1904 London d.
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J.E.Jaffe
38, Atherton Close Shurdington Cheltenham GL yi 5 SB England 29.10.72.
Dear Ernst Ludwig, •U+Jlfr^'
I expect you do#not know who I am - your grand- father Dr. "artin Jaffe and my fahter Georg Jaffewerw Brothers. 1 am in the last stapes of compiling an up- to-date family tree, but find that my knowledge about the descendants of your ^randfahter is still very in- sufficient. I hope that you will be able to help me by ansv.ering accurately the following questions:
1) Did your mother die in Toronto I» and when?
2) Where and when did your father Martin Hirschberg die }) Where and when was your wife Arlette Packham born?
4) Where and when was your dau; hter Patricia Marie Martin born? She is m.-iriied to iLdwnrd Peterson. Please date and place of birth of the latter and his profession. Have they any chiluren, please date ana place of birth. Where do Patricia and Edward live, (lease their address.
5) Where and when was honald Ernest rtartin corn? His profession? Any degrees? Is he already married?
If so, date a«d place of birth of his wife. Please Connies present address.
6) Where and when was Deborah Claire "artin born? ^ I expect she still lives with you?
7) Do you happen to know the same details of the family of your brother Hans Ulrich (Jean "artin). When and vhere was his first wife Janet Allen born? Her daughter Karen Marie Martin? Name end dates of her husbr.nd? His profession or degree? Has Karen a degree? Their present address. Any children? - v>as the name of your brother's second" wife Mildred (Millie) Taylor?Hease date and place
0£ fcer birth. Where and when were their, two , . s? children David and Carol Lynn born? lY^»*'**^-t^7 "^
lhat is aoout it, I should be grateful for an early reply as I rot stuck with the job, waiting for further information. Your sister Dr. Claire Taschdian kindly ,:ave me the details she remembers, but, as you see, they are incomplete.
„K--,.a /• I k!iew loxx Personally when you were a child (in lerlin) and I was very close to your aunt else who diea last year in London, in fact, I sp^nt all my childhood in Berlin nearXXS her,
ch^\1eKr °laGI <ind un"le Fritz- Personally I should be interested in your news. What are you do.np now. And „hat is Elana Ulrich alias Jean
<2 0 1 Ti g i
Many thanks and kind regards irom p? G • Yours sincert
J.E.Jaffe 38, Atherton Close
Shurdington Cheltenham GL 5>1 ^ SB England 29. October 1972.
Dear Karen, S<W^, *^*+-<£SnJ- *^ ^^
I do not think that you will know who I am. To introduce myself: I am a first cousin of your aunt Else (rather your father's aunt) who died last year in London. We never met, but I know that you came to London on several occasions and went to see her, I remember that you even stayed in London for a Ion/ ei period some time ago. Well, I am retting the Jaffs family tree up-to-date and 1 need some further information about the descendants of your grandfahter "artin Hirschberg. Your aunt Clare in ^ "ew York kindly pave me the details she knew, but there are still gaps. I am hoping that you can help me by answering the following questions:
1 ) Do you know whether your grandmother Priedel uirschberg died in Toronto and when?
2) Do you know where and when your grandfather Martin Hirschberg died?
5) When and where was your mother Janet Hart in, nee
Allen born? Is she still alive? 4) Please date and place of birth of yourself, nave
you a degree? I hear that you are married now. b) Please Christian names, as well as date and place
of birth of your husband, his profession or degrees? 6 j Your daughters names, date and place of birth?
7) Any more children, if so, please names, aate and place of birth.
8) When and where was your father's second wife Millie, nee Milared Taylor born?
9) When and where were their two chiluren David and ^ Carol Lynn bum? Where do they live and what are
they doing, i expect, not married yet?
1 would be most , rateful if you could answer me these questions accurately as soon as porsible, as 1 ot stuck in my work. 1 would specially appreciate it if you could also answer question 8) and 9) because it would rave me writing to your father.
''any thanks and do keep well and happy. Yon will, of course, receive a fotocopy of the family cree in due course, provided ycu wexe intere :;ted.
Yours sincerely,
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Antoinio, Texas, on -oh 17"? 1
fe, Ar1 ckham, was born in St. Raphael, France,
on June 26, 192R.
-■s born in Carrie, Ontario, C?nada, L950. rd Peterson, her I, was born in Co:
1QU7. 0< "an for an Electronic- . ivve no
chi yet. P( 'inr W Vrrf^s: 20 Chesterton Drive,
Apt.. 51 7, Ottawa, Ont., Canr
6. Rir-V Ernest was ^m in Barrie, Ontario, on August I**, 1953. He has no profe-si r>n or de . At the moment, his address is c/o General Delivery, Soo Lsh Coir- ida.
7. Deborah Claire was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, on Ma |
0. She is still 1 i th us.
*.e far a< ray brother is concerned, I'm afraid I can't u. I know
noth'' ' his first wife - never even met her. I've met Karen
was in London. I 'mow she is married and living in California, but eai tell t. vou write to Jean (Han
is his address:
Jean Martin
3755 Ashforri Du
Atlanta, Georria 30319, U.S.A.
■ed) was born in Phtlxadelphia but I can't r've von the d David and Carol were born while Jean was servinsr with the U.S. Air Force in Europe, in France, T believe. A'-ain, I can't be more specific. He '|
vou. He is the Director of Information for the *'asse a pri'^te institution which has several facilities, im the Fashion
I ] tute of America.
' ~e Officer with the rank of Staff-Inspector in charre of
Training for Canada's National Fort Folice For ce.
I w interested in meeting the members of the family vou mention
otter and would appreciate knowing their Ottawa address.
•»as nice hearing from you. I'm sorry I couldn't be more help" •ovidine vou with the information on my brother's family but I'm he will write you himself and rive you the details you need.
With kindest regards,
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Dear Hanni:
3100 Carlin' Avenue
Apt. 1111
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Canada
July k, 1973
I received your letter of May 10 which awaited my return | from the West Coast at the end or requent absences fro! Ottawa on duty travels to the major Canadian ports are the reasl why T had not written earlier, but not realDy a valid excuse.
T trust you had acknowledgements from my brother and sistl Unfortunately, I do not hear from them very often but I d i that Claire is now in Vermont where she, her husband and otl members of his family haven been spending the summer vacations •üarly since 1958.
As a follow up to your letter I received a phone call from' Ann Portner one Saturday evening about 3 weeks a?o, as a result of which she and Ute Portner came to spend the evening with us, which was a most enjoyable experience. Unfortunately, my wife was still away in Victoria, B.C., and missed the occasion. It was a great pleasure indeed for me to meet with distant relations and try to work out the exact decree of our relation- ship. Ann left for Montreal next day, and I promised to look Walter Portner and Eva Prater on my next trip to Montreal. Both of them live in V'estmount which I know very well.
are also looking forward to establishing a visiting relation ship with Ute and her husband, who is a medical officer in the Canadian Forces, and extremely busy pursuin- his specialized studies. At the present time, I believe he and his family are in the West Indies. We hope to meet ap;ain in the fall.
Ann and Ute we looked at some old family photos which were sent to me two years ago after Else Jaffe's death. There -t were some she recognized. In any case, I said I would e-et a . of them together and send them to you. I will also include somef of my family.
Thanking you very much once again for your kindness in rrovidm' these family links, and with kind regards from us all,
Sincerely, yours
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J.ü.Jaffe 38, Atherton Close
Shurdington Cheltenham/ Gl os. Gl i>1 5 SB England
14. October 1976. ßear Ludo, ( b^ot- -t^J*^ %u>tZ^~)
1 exchanged letters with you in 1972 re information for my Jaffe family tree. You kindly told me all you knew in an airmailer, dated «ov.1J, 1972. You sugge- sted at tne time that 1 should write to your brother Jean (."ans Ulrich) for deteils about bis own family, letting me have his address. I wrote to him, out my letter regained unanswered, so 1 did not bother him ap:sin. But his daughter Karen Shearer answered my questions very satisf accorily from Los Angeles. She seemed particularly interested in f airily hiFtor>. Unfortunately, my letters to her of 1975» and 1976 were returned to me from the Los Angeles P.O. - she must have moved. In the end I managed to get Kitn's new address from your aunt Claire, it is 6219, Costello Avenue, Vsn t>uy3, California 91^01 I wrote to this addrecs in the spring of 1976, but airein no answer. Claire also told me that you yourself became a Rrand- i .er.
Mould you kindly answer me the following questions: Is iidward Martin Peteison the full
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Lete of birth: 8.8.1975?
Dc Patricia and u.a. still uiive, if not, please new
"as honald married in the as he is only 2'j . If yes,
name of your granason?
birth?
i-lace of
live au 20, Caesterton address.
mean time? 1 ex;.cct not, , full maidenname of his and the place of birth.
<0
5)
l^unwoody Ed. etc.
ttaren
If wife, her date of biith Please Konald's address
Do you know at.ything new atout «lean's children Dnvid and Carol? Not yet married, 1 expect? Jean's address still 3755 Asbford
Can you rrive me any information about Shearer's whereaoouts? When 1 exchanged letters with her for the last time she was happily :i r- ried and had two small children. I arr worried wbal i i Ded to her, as she used to answer ray letter? so conscientiously. Do you Know or can you find out for me?
Please let nie know any familj news along so th.it x can keej. the iecord ■'■t was nice that Ann Portr,er en she was visitina- her nephew Lr i-ortner and his family in Ottawa a rei orteo on her visit ana told send me fairily photogxpha. * did if you Bt ill feel be you would like wait too long, I j. suuuju be ?c pleased to i nun jr«u ngsMii please answer soon, ttnve you photographs of yourself, your wife and your children for tr.e record? A photo cf Patricia and Sd. \ Lth their baby son?
With kindest regards i „_,... „f ,,, -t-,
■■■ours siucen ly,
as
you
be ycu forgot please do. Mny for you. Uon't I should
it cornea
u i - to-oate . called on Oliver few years aero, me that you would not receive any, may like sending them, me to identify them f-.rr. petting old (77) J 1 rom you a^ain,
E.L.Martin
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May 27, 1977
Dear Hanna:
Your air letter of October lU, 1976 reached me a few weeks ago, forwarded by Claire. As you request - I'll try to answer a few of your questions. There have been a lot of changes in family situations and locations:
1. My grandson, Edward Martin Peterson was born in Ottawa on August 21, 1975-
2. Parents, Patricia and Ed, now live at 38 Laurentide, Riverview, New Brunswick, Canada.
3. My son, Ronald, did marry in 1973 but has been separated for the past 2 years. They will divorce after 3 years
of continuous separation. His wife's name is Kara - I
don't recall her maiden name off-hand. She comes from
L.A. Califorbia. Ronnie is now living at 3005 Glen Lake Rd.
Victoria B.C. k . Jean's children, Carol - still single - David is married
but I can't give you his address or wife's maiden name.
Jean is living at 5675 Roswell Road, N.E., Apt. 68 G,
Atlanta, Ga. , 303>*2. 5. I have no idea where Karen Shearer is at the present time.
I suggest you try Jean again for that information. He is
of course in touch with her.
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Since your niece Ann Portner visited us in 1973 I believe it was, there have been important changes in my own circumstances. I have been divorced since July 18, 1976 after separation early in 1971*. Hence, By move to above address. My ex-wife - in case you are interested - is living in Vancouver B.C.
As for photos - I haven't forgotten what I said to Ann Portner. Unfortunately, in my moves since then, everything has to be resorted again, especially the many photographs which I received when Else Jaffe died in 1971. I hope to get around to that one of these days.
Other news of importance is the sad event that Gerda Jaffrey (Jaffe) died in Toronto on February 28 this year. She was 31. I am sure you'll note that information for your family tree.
Please let me know if there is any thing else I can do for you at this end or tell you about. Above address should reach me for a while, since I am stuck in Ottawa for the time being.
With kindest regards ,
Yours sincerely,
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Dear Hanni:
Thank you for your letter of April 4th. I apoloqize for not answering sooner. My job takes me out of town very fre- quently, and I haven't had much time for personal correspondence in the last few months.
I can give you some but not all the information you asked
for:-
v/ Arlette and I were married in London on 8 October 194°.
I am not re-married.
Patricia and Ed were married here in Ottawa on 19 December 1970. They only have the one child, so far. / 0ht/t9/?& ^/tKf"J
V Ronald, my son, married Kara Chromarty, in Victoria, B.C. in May 1973. She was born in Los Angeles, California. Date of birth unknown to me. Around 1950 would be close. They are not divorced yet but expect to be this year. fimHBHDjIb Consequently, Ronni ; is not re-mnrried.
David and wifa "Roux" (nick-name) had a baby girlei named Ulica Grey, born 6 October 1977 at Decatur, Georgia. I don't know David's wife full name or maiden name. I've mentioned your letter to Jean last time we spoke on the phone, and suggested that David write you with these detail Perhaps, he has done so in the meantime. If not, here is his address:
David Martin
206 West Benson
Decatur, Smxraia Georgia, 30030 USA
Jean said he would ask David to write. I have a feelinq he might be more interested in a family tree than my own children. Carol, incidentally, is still single.
Unfortunately, I packed and stored a lot of things including old photographs, in preparation for a move by the end of this year. To be quite honest, I am not reallv that interested anymore in an identification of photos. They mean little to me, and nothing to my children. I am ^quite content with my collection of Dhotos of, my parents and grand-parents plus such relations as I krfw personally or can myself identify.
However, I do intend to dig up some of my own family photos and will send them to you before lonq.
I know Karen has had problems. I have not seen her since we met in Londo n in 1967 when I was on leave from my United Nations assignment in the Congo. We met, for the first time, at Elsie's on Gwendwr Road.
I'm sorrv I can't be more helpful. Do write if you feel there is any other information I can provide.
Take care and keep well,
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Dear Hanni :
I rush to answer your questions, contained In your letter of October 22. By and large, you have the Information right, but there are a few minor corrections.
1) Eugen Merzbacher, b. April 9, 1921, Berlin Licentiate (Istanbul), Ph.D. (Harvard University)
Kenan Professor of Physics, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill lived in Turkey 1935-1+7, in U.S.A. since 191+7 U.S. citizen since 1953
In this country it is not customary to place abbreviated decrees
behind one's name. If you prefer to use the British form, please
feel free to attach a suitable number of them. Also, titles are
not usually put In front of names either, except in addressing a
p rson, and in that case I would be either Prof .E.M. or Dr.E.M.,
not both. However, I really don't care about the titles anyway -
so you just put them in any standard form that you may decide upon.
My job is at the Univ. of N.C. - not at Duke Univ., where I spent one yea-
2) Ann Reid Merzbacher, b. October 5» 1928, St. Augustine, Florida A.B. (Duke University) in mathematics
Her maiden name was Ann Townsend held. Her family name was just Reid, but she used Townsend as middle name. Now she uses Reid as middle name. I use no middle name, which sometimes complicates matters since every one in this country is supposed to have a middle name (all four of our child ren do). Sometimes, I get listed as Eugen NMN Merzbacher. The NMN stands for "No middle name". Funny, Isn't it? Incidentally, Townsend was the fan ily name of one of Ann's great f rand pajarents .
3) Dr. phil. Siegfried Merzbacher, b.June 21, 1883 (Munich
d. April 3, 1971 , Edinburgh Ph.D. In Chemistry, University of Munich 1+) Lilli Merzbacher, b. February 23, 1893, Munich
d. October 3, 1963, Chapel Hill, N.C. maidenname : Lilli Wilmersdoerf fer no hylgher degrees, but was a kindergarten teacher
I hope that this information will be satisfactory. If you need further details, please let me know.
We are looking forward to seeing the completed family tree. I know from my father's labors how much work this must have been. I am sure that you have corrected many of the data that he had In his version, and you probably have added much new information as well. We would certainly love to have a copy. I should also be pleased to contribute to the expenses, such a having it copied, etc.
No sense in writing you at this time of the year without sending our very best wishes for the holiday season. I enclose a resent picture of all six of us, sitting on the little sailboat which we use on a lake an hour's ride from here.
We hope to see you again soon.
Love and a happy 1973»
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Dear Hanni:
I have meant to write you ever since we returned from Europe, and especially since we got the dad news from Dorothea ab^ut Tante U's death. How very grateful we were, when we heard this, that you arranged for me to see her on the day of her operation at the hospital. She seemed terribly weak, of course, but even then there was a spark of humor in her and she was still fully irterested in everything going on around her. Your constant fr§£ndshlp and frequent visits must have been a great pleasure and comfort for her during the London years. And I know, you will miss her as much as anyone.
I was glad that you could at least meet Celia among our children. We are hopeful that you may ge t a chance to see Charlie perhaps next year, since he has plans for a year abroad. In the meantime, your family history will keep us in touch with you. It is on a shelf in my study, and wei all leaf tLrcugh it from timr to time. I should like to enter the date of Tante U's death, but Dorothea was rot sufficiently precise in her notice of it.
About two weeks ago we mailed to you a book that has Just recently been published. It's called "Seeking our -fathers" (or Is It "Finding our Fathers"?) and lsfa guide to Jewish genealogy. Although you are now an expert in this field your-elf, we thought that you might enjoy the author's discussion of his experiences, and you might find his bibliographic references useful, ^robably, you will also detect errors a#d shortcomings. If you already have a copy, you might give the new one to someone else who ml ht be Interested. In any event, when we saw this book, we immediately thought of you.
Cur trip through Scotland and to Wales and across England was fabulous. Dorothea and Donald had made exce lent plans and arrangements, and except for a few days heavy rain \ie had a .iost ebjoyable tour. We visited Kirs tine and her family, including the new baby (probably to be named Leah), in Swansea, and then drove across to Beccles to see Keith and Patsy and their children. We knew that we were not tco far from your place, but we very much wanted to see Stonehenge, which none of us had ever seen, and by the time we turned North from there, time was pressing, since we had to reach Felixtowe ar.d the Zeebrugge ferry the next day. We all 4ant to go back to '-'ritain soon, and we promise anri early visit to you.
Upon my return to the department - of which I am now installed as chairman - the Slifkins and the />almatietfs both asked me about you and were delighted when I told them that we had seen you and found you well. We all hope that that condition will continue.
I am sorry that, because of the pressure of work in the University, but also because It has been still very hot and our attic unbearable, I have not yet had time to search for the pictures which you want. Dorothea does not think she has anything to interest you. As soon as it gets cooler, I shall look.
We hope that you had a good visit with Klaus and the children. '..'e still hope that, as Ann urged you to do, you might some day come across the big pond and seeus. We believe tha- you feel very quickly at hone In Chapel Hill. And we could promise you a restful holiday, with as much cultural activity as you mi ht like. Any time
betweer. October and Hay would be suitable from the point of view of the weather. Actually, this Is an exceptional year, with a much hotter summer than usual, and a continued drought w.*lch forces us to use water quite sparingly. However, recently there has been rain and we seem to have survived the worst. Ann and the children Join me in sending our love,
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1396 Halifax Road Chapel Hill, NC 2?5li' U.S.A.
Dear Hannl:
Thank you so much for your note of 8 May, announcing the new edition of the family tree. Of course, we would like to have a copy, and we are glad to pay for it. To that end, I enclose a check for $14.0, which is the equivalent of £25.00. I do hope that the effort of maili'-r' the family tree is not too great. We are certainly r-rateful to you for doinn1 this interesting and important work.
It was good to get a sign of life from you on this occasion, and we are pleased that you have retained a wonderful sense of humac. We have had a very busy spring and are just begi' ning to catch our breath. I was loaded dow1" with an exceptionally heavy teaching schedule, and in addition I had to take a number of professional trips. One of these, last March, took me to Hawaii. Although most of my time was spent in worker se sions with other physicists, I found time to visit one of the smaller islands (Maui) and see some of the sights, including an enormous extinct crater of a volcano and one of the rain forests. Honolulu was less appealing, It is overrun with tourists, many of whom come from Japan, In fact, Hawaii is a favorite place for the Japanese middle classes to hold weddings and go for honeymoons. In tho hotels, all sicns are in English and in Japanese. It's a bit ironic that the Jananese have succeeded in conquering these Islands peacefully, havin^ failed in the War.
Ann is just recovering from surgery. She had an operation early in May, but she is and feels fine (it was a hysterectomy). We are trying to let her rest as much as possible, but she is impatient and has resumed her busy routine, including work cataloguing and sorting the collection of plants in the University herbarium. Mary is working still in the cafeteria, but she is hopinp for some more interesting work eventually. She saves all her kxakx earrings in order to plan a visit to the Cid World, perhaps next year. She is anxious to see her auntx* Dorothea. Matthew will graduate from Brown University next week, and we are planning to at.1e d the festivities. He tfill conti ue at the same university next year as a Taduate student in Computer Sciences. Charld* is enjoying his film courses very much. I saw him briefly on my way to Hawaii and attended one of his classes. He has now made his first 8-minute film, and next year he will participate in the making of a film that will be 20 minutes long and include a scund track. Celia has just finished her Master's decree in geochemistry and is about to embark on the Ph.D. program. This summer, she is working for Owens -Corning, the company that rakes all the fiberglas.
In July, I am scheduled to fly to Berlin to give a lecture at a big interAational congress. It will be in Dahlem, probably not too far from your olfi home. It's an odd feeling.
Ann and Mary send their love. We all wish you the best .
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26 June 1983
Dear Hanni :
Ann and I were in the North Carolina mountains for two days. When we returned, yesterday, we found both your nice letter and the air parcel with the new fariily tree. Thanks a million for taking so much trouble. We have both looked it over already and learned many interesting things. Please do not worry about the order of the dates. As you see on this letter, I prefer the (more logical) ^ethod which you use, and I constantly try to spread its usage. Unfortunately, my new word pro- cessor refuses to accept the day -month -year sequence, but I am confident that sooner or later this usage will become popular in the U.S.
Last week was my father's hundreth birthday. I visited the Chapel Hill cemetery, where two simple marble stones, flat in the ground, comme- morate my parents. It's a nice spot, overlooking the hills of the Piedmont area, as this part of North Carolina is called.
We were thrilled to hear that you were be in,"; honored by the city of öerl in and could make the "trij t ere. We trust that you had a pleasant voyage and foun; your old hime town f louxtishing. I am planning to go there myself in late July. I have been asked to give the 'opening address' at a rather larre international congress in atonic physics (Klaus was off by one month, if he said it was in June). The lectures will take place in a building which the Berliner, with their customary sense of humor, have called the "7;ostlaube", because it is a stell structure which has rusted totally and become most i^attrafctive. Actually, it was meant to rust "rracefully", but tjsax an experimental structure had been erected in Hamburg, where the air seer.s to be more benirrn, and this led to a nice artistic
result. The Berlin specimen Is said to look horrible|
Ann is doirr fine again. She is working hard as "transportation chairman" for the American 3ar.ce Festival, which means that she must see to it that dancers from New York are taken at. the p- oper time from the airport to their hotels and back, besides, she has bemin to be quite active in sorting dried plants in the UNC herbarium.
We all send you our love and best wishes,
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Chapel Hill, 17. Januar 1965.
Heine liebe Hanni!
Mit Deinem netten ausführlichen Brief habe ich mich sehr gefreut umsomehr, als es Dir doch offenbar gesundheitlich nun besser geht. Ich hoffe sehr, dass diese Besserung noch weitere Fortschritte machen wird. Dass ich heute schon wieder schreibe, hat seinen Grund darin, dass ich Dir mein allergraesstes Inter- esse an den Ergebnissen Deiner Korrespondenz mit Paul Jaffe ueber den Jaffe" ' sehen Btammbaum mitteilen moechte. Ich moechte in meine Familienchronik die Entwicklung aller der Familien, mit denen meine Kinder und Enkel nahe verwandt sind, aufnehmen, also Merz- bacher, Oberndoerffer, Jaffe und Zuckermann. Es liegt mir viel daran, diese Stammbaeume moeglichst bis in die Jetztzeit zu ver- folgen. Ueber die Zuckermanns sind allerdings meine Kenntnisse mehr als duerftig. Aber alles, was ich irgendwie erfahren kann, moechte ich in meinen Memoiren festhalten. Also schreib mir ge- legentlich bitte alles, was Du von der juengeren und juengsten Generation weisst. Du brauchst es ja nicht in Stammbaumform zu tun. Selbstverstaendlich interessiert es mich auch, ob Du und Paul etwas Neues über die aelteren Generationen herausgebracht habt. Die merkwuerdige Geschichte von Hans Jaffrf kanntet ich bis- her nicht. Du irrst uebrigens; der Merzbacher-Stammbaum ist ahhr uninteressant. Ich weiss gerade noch, dass mein Urgrossvater Isak Merzbacher hiess, in Baiersdorf lebte und mit Fellen handel- te. Nicht einmal die Geschwister meines Grogsvaters Abraham Merz- bacher kann ich mehr mit Sicherheit feststellen. Der interes- santeste und voll8taendigste ist natuerlich der der Familie Oberndoerffer. Da habe ich sogar ein Testament meines Ururgross- vaters und ein Bild meiner Ururgrossmutter, die merkwürdigerwei- se auch die von Lilli und Wilhelm war. Mit der Schilderung mei- ner eigenen Lebenserinnerungen bin ich jetzt bei meinen Studen- tenjahren in Berlin und Muenchen. Es geht also recht langsam vorwaerts. Aber ich hoffe, in den naechsten Wochen hier viel zum Schreiben zu kommen. In Washington hatte ich natuerlich gar kei- ne Zeit; ich war soviel wie moeglich bei Elisabeth und habe das Beisammensein mit ihr und der U sehr geno«een. Am letzten Frei- tag bin ich mit Etta heimgefahren, hier von der ganzen Familie Eugen freudig begruesst. Ich kam gerade rechtzeitig zum ersten Schneefall dieses Winters, der bei der grotesken Hilfslosigkeit der hiesigen Leute den ganzen Verkehr lahm legt. So bin ich heu- te in meiner Wohnung eingesperrt. Auch Eugen kann mich nicht be- suchen, da er mit dem Auto nicht fahren kann. Schneereifen und Ketten kennt man hier nicht. Klaus hat am vorletzten Tag meines Washingtoner Aufenthaltes von Schenectady aus mit der U und mir telephoniert. Er konnte uns leider nicht besuchen. Vielleicht koennen wir uns an Ostern treffen. Meine Nichte Marianne Gourary schrieb mir aus New York, dass Klaus bei ihnen wie "ein Kind im Hause" ist. Weiter alles Gute, liebe Hanni, und viele herzliche Gruesse von Deinem
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«d, DaviC gewesen sein konnte, stimmt natür- h lieh nicht. Es könnte höchstens sein, daß i ,00 er der Bruder unseres Ururgrößvaters Lewin Hirsch und somit Lewin Elias und David Vettern gewesen sind. Aber wie will man das beweisen? Ich habe ihr geantwortet, daß ich mit Dir darüber korrespondieren werde. Mit meinen Schwestern habe ich im letzten Sommer Manches verglichen. Die U hat ein sorgfältig geführtes Geburtstagsbüchlein S seit ihren Kindertagen. Ich nahe mir alle •h Daten daraus abgeschrieben. Am besten wird i ^ es wohl sein, wenn wir beide den Stammbaum •h nach bestem Wissen und Gewissen zu Ende führen und dann unsere beiden Exemplare - austauschen und die stritten Daten ein- ra *eln zu klären suchen. Ganz im Argen lie- ■h gen noch die Angaben über die Zuckermann' oj sehe Familie. Ich erinnere mich nur nech „ an einen Vetter meiner Mutter, Justizrat o^Zuckermann in Ferst an der Lausitz ( •> ) und •ö an eine Cousine Tinchen Freudenthal, geb Zuckermann. Kannst Du da helfen? Sonst muß ich mich einmal an Zilchen* Herzogs Tct^tei Berthel wenden, deren Adresse meine Schwe- stern haben. - Ullis Geburtstag ist Inzwi- sehen sehr nett und friedlich vorüberge- gangen. Die U war auf 3 Tage da und Doro- thea ist aus Island hier, jetzt leider nur noch eine Woche. Sie wird selbst ein paar Zeiten anschreiben. Für heute herzliche i
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Ss ist aine gro-e Schande-, daß ich Dir ers* h f Deinen lieben Brief vom 30. März antworte, in we?lche >bst, daß Du so gespannt auI- rneir.e weiteren Auskünf* . Ich habe" 2 Ausreden. Die eine is,',, d-.ß v.: lis recht in Sorge, un unser ri-
kel Matthew v behielt keine Nahrung,. Die Ärzte Vr,nst-itierten daß er un Py e.nosis [suf Deutsch rf or tne rkrar.pf ) litt, und wa- ren für sofortig ition. Es' gin( -weise alles glatt; seitdem gedeiht der kleine Kerl prächtig; er ist ein richti- rbaby, wiegt mit 4 Monaten BChon über 19 "fund und ist ku- .nd sehr preß. Ich finde, er sieht Deinem Yat«r äh; wcM daher kccr.'.t, daß er sehr v.enir hwllblohdea Haar. ;■ tie Augen :cn rur . Die beiden "Großen" 11 n sehr
eine zweite Ausrede ist, daß ich 'inzwischen c Silh°r-
man I laers aus Lenden die fSgä-büche
Nanny :..erzbacher aus den . 1Q3P - 1P43 ÄAä >18?6 - 18§5 und 'ein
Friederia Feusl aus dem ' . Hoch- ze i meiner Eltern, erhielt und ganz in den Bann der I'erzbaeher und Oberndörf fer-Geschichte geriet. - Ich schlafe also reui "i- ne Brust und will nun versuchen, alles v.ieder gutzu ichen. Richard fft*'s Adresse ist: Dr .Richard Jaffe*, Sorengo, Ticcino, 8witzer- :i. Sein Bruder Paul lebt in Amsterdam; mit irr. stehe ich im Augen blick nicht in Verbindung; Du kannst seine Adresse natürlich von Ri- chard erfahren. Deinen Wunsch nach ei Photokopie vci Hildes Stammbaum kann ich leider nicht erfüllen. Das mir von Richard zuge- sandte Exemplar (in Hildes Handschrift) ist in sehr sohl echter: 7.u-
1 zerrissen. Richard wird Dir sicher auf Deine Bit'e hin ein anderes Exemplar schicke i. Aus Deinem Entwurf, den ich i- liegend zurückschicke, und aus dem ven Hilde haben Lilli und ich ei- nen ne ' bwurf mit allen uns zur Zeit zugänglichen Daten, auch von der jüngeren und jüngsten Generation, verfertigt . Ich Bchiek« D: r eine Kopie mit d Ltte , mir Deine Verbesser.: [inzufttgun< mitauti iien. Ich will, wenn wir - wahrscheinlir Juli - in Wa- shington sein werden, den Entwurf zusarr. inen Schwei nec- arbeiten. An v Stelle de
scheint Sir C* c « Ich heffe, d aß sich aur unseren und Richards gemeinsamen Bemühungen tic h manche Verbesserung er. »r-
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wurde sie ins Hecrgetcwn-Hospital en, wo sie dir ei-
ner gründlj ehandlu tisen und Bädern unterwarfen. Er- freulicherweise geht es ihr jetzt viel ber . -;- nz gfä. frei. NUr die Beine wollen noch nicht recht, werdet be-
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Washington, 17. Dezember 1961.
Liebe Hannl . Deinen lieben ausführlichen Brief vom 31.10. ha- be ich mir zur Beantwortung mit hierher nach Washington genom- men. Nun nachdem die Geburtstagsfderle'lchkeltenifuer unere 0 verklungen sind, komrre Ich zur Erledigung meiner Korrespon- denz. Dank der Anwesenheit von Anne und Eugene Lutterbeck aus Chicago und Bobbl aus London 1st alles besonders schoen ver- laufen. Die U hat Bobbl am Donnerstag noch nach New York be- gleitet. Bobbl fliegt heute nach London, die U kommt abends heim. Wir wollen am Dienstag mit dem Bus nach Chapel Hill yu- rueckfahren, um Weihnachten mit Ann, Eugen und den Kindern zu verbringen. Du fragst nach den Folgen'meiner 0-eratlon In E- dlnburgh. Sie sind so guenstlg wie nur moegllch. Ich fuehle mich richtig verjuengt. Auch nervlich 1st es mir nie In mei- nem Leben besser gegangen als jetzt. Das verdanke Ich zum Teil auch meinem Hobby, meiner Familienchronik und meinen Le- benserinnerungen, deren Niederschrift mir viel Spass und Freu- de macht. Ich komme ganz gut vorwaerts. Da Ich sehr ausführ- lich bin, wird es ein ganz dickes Buch werden. Meine Enkel koennen ja dann daraus auswaehlen, was sie Interessiert. Von den Vorfahren habe Ich natuerllch am meisten Material ueber die Oberndoerffers und Wllmersdoerf f ers , deren Stammbaeu::e bis 1750 zurueckgehen. Bei den Merzbachers hapert es leid schon gewaltig. Ich weiss noch gerade den Namen meines Ur- grossvaters und, wo er gelebt hat. Ueber meinen Groffeater Abraham Merzbacher, sicher die interessanteste Persoenlich- kelt unter meinen Ahnen, konnte ich ganz viel schreiben. Die I hat glücklicherweise einiges Material. Auch erwarte Ich aus London von Mary Wilmers und Pauline Silbermann die Tage- buecher meiner Grossmutger Nanny Merzbacher und meiner Tante Friedrlka Feust. Aber wenn Ich Jetzt zu den Jaffes und Zuckermanns komme, sltfie Ich vor einem Vakuum. Du kannst mir mit allem, woran Du Dich noch erinnerst, helfen. Ich weiss nicht einmal mehr die Geburts-, Heirats- und Todesdaten, auch nicht von den meisten Tanten und Onkels. Keine Ahnung habe Ich von den Geschwistern der Grosseltern und den mei- sten Ihrer Nachkommen. Solltest Du Zelt haben, so waere ich Dir also sehr dankbar, wenn Du mir schreiben wuerdest, was Dir so elnfaellt. Sollte ich einmal fertig werden, werde ich Dir natuerllch gerne eine Kopie mftfcner Arbelt schicken. Ob ich sie einmal Ins Englische üebersetze, weiss ich nah nicht. Klrstlne md Kelth koennen Ja gut deutsch, und die anderen sollen es noch lernen. Allerdings die Uren'-el? - Dass Du Dich In Deiner Einsamkeit wohlfuehlst und es Dir auch gesundheit- lich gut geht, freut mich sehr. - Schreib mir doch bitte die genaue Adresse des Nursing homes, in welchem der arme Ernst Jetzt ist. Ich moechte ihm gerne schreiben. Sein Altersge- nosse Eugen Szkolny ist im November in San Franzlsko gestor- ben. Er hatte einen leichten, ploetzllchen Tod. - Wenn diese Zeilen eintreffen, wird Klaus bald bei Dir sein. Ich wuensche Euch daher hier beiden von Herzen schoene Feiertage und ein -utes Neues Jahr. Klaus schreibt uns immer so freundschaft- lich. Wir freuen uns schon jetzt darauf, Ihn im Maerz in Cha- pel Hill wiederzusehen. Apropos, Berthel Herzog weiss viel- leicht etwas ue/ber die Zuckermanns. Ich werde mich an sie wei den. Nun nochmals Dir und Klaus innigste Wuensche und viele herzliche Gruesse von Deinem , ,
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Mit freundlichen Grue.-ren,
Monumenta Germaniae Historica
DER PRÄSIDENT
München, den 20. Oktober 1982
LudwigslraQe IG Telefon 2198 384
Frau
Johanna Eva Jaffe
38, Atherton Cllose
Shurdington
Cheltenham, GL51 5SB
Postanschrift: Postfach 34 02 23 D-8000 München 34
Verehrte Frau Jaffe,
vielen Dank für Ihren Brief vom 14. Oktober. Es ist mir eine besondere Freude und Ehre, mit einer Nachkommin des von uns sehr geschätzten Historikers Philipp Jaffe korrespondieren zu können, dessen tragisches Schicksal selbst nach einem Verzug von über einem Jahrhundert jeden stark berührt, der mit den Monumenta Germaniae Historica zu tun hat. Die Monu- menta Germaniae Historica haben ein eigenes Archiv, in welchem sie Material ihrer Arbeit und Geschichte aufbewahren. Von daher wären wir sehr daran interessiert, daß Sie uns Kopien der Briefe und jene Biographien überließen, von denen Sie schreiben. Sicherlich kennen Sie die große Geschichte der Monu- menta Germaniae Historica, die freilich schon weit über 50 Jahre alt ist. An- läßlich der Einhunderfünfzigjahrfeier der Monumenta ist eine kleine Geschichte dieser Einrichtung erschienen, die ich Ihnen, zusammen mit einem Heft über die Arbeitsweise der Monumenta Germaniae Historica zukommen lasse.
Mit Dank für Ihr freundliches Anerbieten und mit den besten Grüßen
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(Prof. Dr. Horst Fuhrmann)
PS: Dankbar wäre ich für einen Hinweis, wo die Originale dieser Briefe liegen und ob sie von irgend jemandem für eine Darstellung herangezogen worden sind.
J. .J ffe
Monuments Germanine Hl-torica z.U. Herrn Prof. Dr. Hoist Fuhrmann
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ind y\, Oktober 1982.
behr geehrter Herr I or,
vielen Dank fuer Ihren liebenswueroigen Brief una die Uebersendung der beiaen Hefte.
Beiliegend die Kopien d<~r i.^rsoenl ichen Briefe von Prof. Philipp Jaffe sn -fine Bitern, sowie öt Eio«raphien. Od lie histo^ Wert hoben, kann ich nicht beurteilen, Jeden- falls sind nie in einem Archiv terser safgeboben nls in ,iivoten Hen-! ' l»8t beschaeftige mich alt PasjUiehgeechlebti
druck der 4 Jugendbriefe find ich in dies» Jahr nach lengetn Suchen in der Staatsbibliothek Berlin und 1 ir eine Fotokoiie kommen, to aie Originale dieser 4 Brlefauszuege sind, weiss ich nicht.
Die Originale von 12£ Briefen an seine eitern befinden hieb In Privatbesitz in London. Dort entdeckte ich sit roi einigen Jahren, k»nn ober den alten Herrn Hebt dazu bringen, sie einem Archiv zur Verfuegung zu stellen. So lieaa ich hwlerlgkeltei im *ruehr 1982 Kopien anfertigen, in der Hoffm die Briefe auf dl« ebvele erhalten bleiben.
Die restlichen 4 Originalbriefe schenkte der London Nachkomme der «library of i he Jewish Ibeological .erainary of Arne r loa, New lork". e 1961, in der« »ben-Samalung l ich jetzt befinden. Durch Vermittlung ccs Leo Baeck Instituts ir: New York, aem ic' Llienforechung fuei ihi Archiv
r ich v^n oto o; ien der 4 den
0lii L Leser derber 18^3, LMai 1ö62,
^..Ju1! 1«62 und 26. Dezember 1H62.
md die 129 Ox fe von Prof.
PbUi JeXfe niemals Mar eine Darstellung b ••: worden.
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Monumenta Germaniae Historica
DER PRÄSIDENT
Frau
Johanna Eva JaffG
38, Atherton Close
Shurington
GB Cheltenham, GL51 5SB
München, den 10. November 1982 LudwigslraQe 16 Telefon 2198 384
Postanschrift: Postfach 34 02 23 D-8000 München 34
Sehr geehrte Frau Jaff6,
herzlichen Dank für Ihre Paketsendung mit den Kopien der Briefe Philipp Jaffes, zusammen mit den Beigaben der verschiedenen Biographien Jaffes. Bei den Monumenta Germaniae Historica befinden sich in München einzelne Berichte Philipp Jaffes, doch gibt es in der Ostberliner Akademie der Wissen- schaften einen eigenen Faszikel über die Auseinandersetzung zwischen Jaffe und Georg Heinrich Pertz; er umfaßt einen geschlossenen Faszikel und betrifft die Jahre 1854-1869. Den Inhalt dieses Faszikels kenne ich nicht; ich zitiere aus einem Fundbuch über das Monumenta Germaniae Historica-Archiv bei der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR in Berlin.
Ich habe am Wochenende sofort Gelegenheit genommen, die Briefe durchzusehen, die zu einem großen Teil sehr privaten Charakter haben, doch finden sich gerade in diesem Bereich höchst interessante Aussagen, zum Beispiel über die Vor- lesungswirkung des "zappeligen" Leopold von Bänke, der in anderen Darstellungen stets in einer gewissen Unnahbarkeit geschildert wird. Höchst eindrucksvoll ist der Bericht über das damalige Medizinstudium und über die Auswanderungs- pläne Philipp Jaffes.
Die Benutzung leidet freilich unter der Unkenntnis, wo die Originale dieser Briefe sind. Ich wäre Ihnen dankbar, wenn Sie uns befugten, den Lagerungs- ort bei eventueller Benutzung der Briefe angeben zu dürfen. Es gehört ein- fach zu einem Zitat die Auskunft, woher die Kenntnis stammt, und eine Kopie kann die Original-Existenz nicht ersetzen, zumal bei manchen Briefen von moderner Hand das Datum angegeben ist.
Dankbar wäre ich auch, wenn Sie mir schrieben, in welchem Verwandtschafts- verhältnis Sie zu Philipp Jaffe stehen. Vor ca. 4 bis 5 Jahren hatten wir Besuch von einem amerikanischen, germanistischen Kollegen namens Jaffe, der sich uns vorstellte, aber über seinen berühmten historischen Onkel nichts Näheres wußte.
Ich weiß nicht, ob Sie die Darstellung der Tätigkeit Philipp Jaffes und seines tragischen Endes in Harry Bresslaus Geschichte der Monumenta Germaniae Historica (1921) kennen. Als Dank für Ihre Zuvorkommenheit möchte ich Ihnen den Band parallel zu diesem Brief zuschicken.
Schließlich hätte ich noch eine besondere Bitte: ist es Ihnen möglich, uns irgend ein Bild oder Fotografie von Philipp Jaffe zur Verfügung zu stellen, damit wir eine Kopie anfertigen können? Wir besitzen eine Galerie berühmter Mitarbeiter der Monumenta Germaniae Historica, und das Konterfei von Philipp Jaff6 sollte in dieser Reihe nicht fehlen.
Mit Dank und mit freundlichen Grüßen
Ihr dankbarer
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(Prof. Dr. Horst Fuhrmann)
J . B. Jaife
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Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Kruskal, Flat 1, Carmel Court,
Monumenta Germanlae Historica sod 28 Nov. 1982.
. Herrn Prof ,Dr.Hor9t Fuhrmann Muenchen Ludwlgetr.16. a .-Germany
Dear Professor Fuhrmann,
herzlichen Dank fuer Ihren Brief vom 10. November 1982 und das schoene Buch, das mir viel Freude macht. Ich wartete ir.it meiner Antwort, weil ich Ihnen gleichzeitig die gewucnscbte Fotografie senden wollte. Da ich nur eine einzige besitze, liess ich diese l hotograf leren und lege einen Abzug und such das Negativ bei, f u< r den Fall, dass Sie f jer Ihre Bildergalerie ein wroesseres Format brauchen. Darf ich oie bitten, mir aas »eeativ zur ueckzusenden't
Ich wandte mich telephonisch an die Besitzer aer Original« briefe und erhielt von Frau Kruskal die Erlaubnis, ihre adresse anzugeben. Herr Kruskal ist leider senil. Hier ißt sie:
Gloucester Gds. , London NT» 11. Kngl.
Die Kopien, die Ich Ihnen sandte, sind eine getreue fcieuorgabe der Originale, die ich im Fruehjahr 1982 zutt I otokopieren nach Cheltenham mitnahm. Ich saes stundenlang neben der Maschine, da ich die fragilen^Briefe nicht aus aer Hand geben woilte und die engli" sehe Fotokop&stin wegen der deutschen r che ohnehin meine Mithilfe brauchte. • enn ich nic:t ein so guter Kunde waere, haette man mich sicher herausgeworfen.' Daheim habe ich dann taeel^np- gebraucht, um hunderte von Blaettern - ich liess 3 sets anfertigen - chronologisch zu ordnen. Auch ich sah mit Bedauern, dssr Herr Kruskal hie und da mit seiner handset. rift aas Datum hinzugelegt hat. i.-i ein Gross» neffe von Prof .Philij p, seine Grossmulter muetterlicherselts war eine dtlef Schwester d^e Gelehrten. / iv-vv**>-o«^ *-~^ ^> <>Ä«_V)
Ictj selbst bin kein direkter Nachkomme von Prof. Kbilipp, sondern genoere zu einer anderen Posener Familie des deichen Namens, die allerdings mehrmals dutch Heirat mit der von Philipp vertunden ist. Mein Verdienst ist, uese ich mich an die tirforrchun i D< ~i.l- haften Vergangenheit dtr weitverzweigten Familie Jaffe herangev,
und dadurch besser orientiert bin als die uetr »omrr.en. Icu habe mich dabei ajf die in der Provinz oder ^tadt Posen IsLenden Jaffes beechraenkt. Das Resultat sind zvei umfangreiche ^tammbseume; beide bis in die Gegenwart ourchgefuehrt: mein eit'Bner und der oeinahel lueckenlose von i rof. Philipp ' s Familie.
Aus Andeutungen und Bemerkungen in irof.Pt.i - Eri< ftn nabe ich mir anfanrs seine neeheren Faallienverbaeltnii r,t,
epaeter gelan- e?^mir dann ;ie zu dokumentieren. Phi i >.r Alias Marcus Jaffe war zweimal verheiratet; aus .er ertd stammen Philipp und eine Schwester mnestine, aus oer zweiten oie anderen orei ochwestern Clara, bmma una" Fanny. Wob. Philipp ein oohn aus erster rhe war ur.d die existenz der Ernestine wollten mir die Nachkommen aer zv.eiter Fr tu nicht ^l^uten, bis ict es beveisen konnte. Vor einem Jahr ist es mir ?elunFen, die direkten N-fch*ommen Jieser trne6tine zu finden, einpc^ 1 iesfl ich d^r noch lebenden, -^lco Phili, | allernaech?te Verwandte. Ich le>-e zj be.-fereir, Verstaendri s die
betreffenden 8 Stammbaumse Da die Monjmenta an d teressieit sind, wuerde.es Pamil ienmitgl alt Nam hinweisen, dass es solcEe
. .Jaffe machte mich 19b1 dass bald von dem Archiv d ueber die Deutsche Litt wuerde. er schreibt, dars einer grossen Zahl von sei. Der Herausgeber waere Muencben i>0, Loeher ne? 13 die ^ache nici t weiter vci intere s *erk
eder, die sic<. sebrifts Lt von Bedeutung wnren, sie alle und habe sie auf einen leisen Verdacht, des sein koennten, jeder.fells sebes lodesdetum fuer M-^rc Ich kann den ameriknn vor einigen Jahren besucr t der 19?^ in Stuttgart ver.- iiitz Brrnhard Jaffe ?ein, Biograihie alr Grossneffe .ie uic i.ure;;re des amerik schreiben und ev. auf mein ca.1i?ü leiten noch Luecten Philipp' h Briefe fas^n soenlichkeit wacren doch v rischen homan.
Nochmals Dank fuer A-re reich ist. Ich werde mir n Jaffe's Leistungen, dem ie trapiec m _nde machen koe 8ls psychologisch bedingt
n von Misstrauen, ß ts freut mich auch, die na Lorenz, de. zu machen, de gelaeufig cind wie die von
With best wishes -.cd t
iten bei.
em Historiker Prof. Philipp Jaffe in-
zu weit fuehren, andere prominente eo anzuf uebren . Ich moeente nur darauf ribt. äir.er von ihnen, i.r.jur. Bernhard
kurz voi seinem Tode darauf aufmerksam, er Di uteeben Literatur Muenchen ein • trk ur oes 19. Jahrhunderts t. ea
Marcus Jpffe (alebe cieite 2) als "Vorväter abten ..ehr iftstel lern" in em B cb erwaehnt
Prof .Christ oph, Freiherr von Maltzahn, a. Gewiss kennet, oie den öerrn. Ici folgt, aber ee wuerue mic: nataerllcb
erschienen ist und welche (•amilienmlt- ttllerisch betaetipt hoben und in ibi
fi;ehrt sina. lob selu6t kenne dem t^ebbi Mordccai otsmmtaum. len tia.be s Marcus Jaffe's Daten unrichtig aifpeben ►■ab mir d r 90jaehrire Bernhnjd ein fal» us in seinem Brief. f Ischen Kollegen, namens Jaffe, der ie
hat, nicht unterbrii ei . s kann nie torbene Schriftsteller und leki
der ii i r Neuen, AI li etreinen Deutschen von Philipe J-- ffe bezeichnet ist. o'lteo anlscnen Herrn , koennte ich ihm em eigenen ..tammbaum, der trots Miner
aufweist, einen Platz fuer ihn finden, leren mich, oein Lecen und neue itr« orzuc»1 1 lches Material fuer einen histo»
sslau's Werk, das f a«h Lektueie ein h rwuerfnis mit Gehei nnen. Bis jetzt hao erklaert. is siDd e e. reteion in d ehere Bek.-inntsc
imen einem Lai hanke, Mommsen und
r e ree tinge of the
Yours
uti miefc renr lehr» istorisches Bild von mrat Pertz und neinem f Iota mir letzteres ine ganze Kelhe Anzei- en Briefen vorhanden.
von Wattenbach, Love, ie mir nie t
Giesebrecht .
Season, sincerely,
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DER PRÄSIDENT
Frau
Johanna Eva Jaffe
38, Atherton Close
Shurdington
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Verehrte Frau Jaffe,
herzlichen Dank für Ihren ausführlichen Brief, für die Genealogie Ihrer Familie und vornehmlich für das Bild Philipp Jaffes, das doch einen Kopf von großer Souveränität zeigt. Dankbar bin ich auch, daß Sie die Adresse angeben, wo die Briefe hinterlegt sind. Bei einer anstehenden neuen Ge- schichte der Monumenta Germaniae Historica werden sie eine wichtige Quelle sein. Was jenen amerikanischen germanistischen Kollegen mit Namen Jaffe betrifft, so habe ich mein Hirn zermartert, komme aber nicht mehr darauf, wie er adressenmäßig zu erreichen ist.
Wir haben von dem Foto-Negativ, das Sie uns überlassen haben, einen Großabzug hergestellt, den wir Ihnen als Dank beigeben möchten, zusammen mit dem Negativ. Von der wertvollen Genealogie, die die Zusammenhänge mit Philipp Jaffe deutlicher werden läßt, haben wir uns gleichfalls eine Kopie hergestellt, so daß ich Ihnen Ihren Durchschlag zurückschicken kann.
Mit herzlichem Dank für Ihre Bemühungen und allen guten Wünschen für das anbrechende Neue Jahr
Ihr
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Liebe Hanni: p
Sosben bekan ich feinen Brief, unci beaitworte ihn, ganz unfornal,
so wie Du Fragen stellst, damit Du den Brief vor ^einer Abreise
hast,
le Frau und Rudi erwidern ""eine Gruesse, und danken fuer Deine Anerkennung beim ausfuellen Deiner Fragen. n Sohn: Pim ist# sein Nickname; er heisst Gerald Ernest Muehr Margaret ist in /gerlin geboren. Geb. Heseritz.DAS war ihr "maiden name".-Edelheim war Margeret's erster Mann, der gestorben ist: aber ist DAS wirklich fuer eine Familienchronik noetig?ICH glaube-kaum !
Unsere Schwiegertochter, Diana, ist in London geboren. Pimkf beide Kinder sind in USA, State of New Jersey geboren; renn Du es ganz genau wissen willst, im Hospital in South Orange, iudi und seine Frau Gertie (Gertude, glaube' ich) haben keine Kinder.
Luise, verheiratet Tiktin,lebt in Australien. Hat keine Kinder. Ihr Mann, Kurt G.Tiktin kommt auch -us Berlin. Jlatuerlich wuerde ich Deinen Neffen, Professor Tittel gern kennen W nen; wenn er-mit oder ohne Familie-nach NYC kommt, soll er uns bestimmt anrufen: at home ENdicott 2-8022. Bitte sende GeijJra , geb. von der Porten meine allerbesten Gruesse: an das Haus ihrer Grosseltern, Alexander habe ich die schoensten Erinnerungen. Ich beerte von dem Sterben aller ihrer Familienmitglieder, was mich ßehr betruebte.Rlso: allerbeste Gruesse an 5erda. <( fa^Ud"^7** VJeUtirtfr
Ich wuensche Dir, liebe Hanni, einen schoenen Sommer. Sollte st Du nach der Schweiz kommen, wir-Grete und ich-sind vom 24. Juni bis 14. Juli in Waldhaus Flims, Parkhotel; vom 14.- 20. Juli in Buergenstock,Eark Hotel. Dann 2 Tage in Zuerich, Hotel zum Storchen, von da am 22. Juli by plane zurueck nach NT. IN Flims uebrigens mit Fried el, Franz Muehsara's Frau, jetzt ^rau Roe >iger-ein entzmeckender Mann. -Vielleicht eine Family reunion! Herzliche Gruesse, auch von Margaret, stets ^e±n
P.S.: Lebt Else Jaffe noch?Dann ihr herzliche Gruesse.
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Eduard Muehsam.M.D.
Apt. 8R-E
U Rivers id e Drive
New York,N.Y» loo23
den 2. December 1972
Liebe Hanni: Ich versuche Deinen Brief vom 10. November der Reihe nach bestens zu beantowrten.
Zu .r wuerden SEHR gern den Brief meines Gros svaters an reine Soe-hne haben. Bitte !- sc' \m mir recht b ] , mit dieses so wichtige Raohsamche Dokument zu uns zurueck korant.Wo hast Du es denn gefunden? » WicU^4±A*.ti! /
Wo mein Gressvater Eduard Muehsa^ geboren -,rarde , ahne ich ni^h+.l// Friedel Roediger iat wohl din Berliö geboren, mehr ahne ich nieir . ]/ Es war uebrigens mit Roedig- er in Flims SEHR nett!/
■ -"atum ihres Geburtstages ahne ich/ ni^ht.- 1/
rhard ist in -^e lin geboren. Gestorben auf einem Gut bei T noch) Inn ^ is Hohensalza, in der da
«it Polen, Posen. V ' a in Berlin geboren. \J J
Haberland auch geboren in -Derlin.Sie lebt noch-din londn^. verheiratet-Mrs.Fishl-ihr 2".I4ann starb. /: Nr. 18 eboren jji -"erlin.Er lebt jetzt in East Hartshorn Drive, Short . N.J., USA.Pir' " ree, M.D.. FACP, Diplomate of 1^ ic-'.nt. • ^c'u< ^,'^-v *£•«-« «-/t. -^ *Vi
Pims Frau hat keinen degree. Keinen Beruf. // Rud i ist Manager ttlltHHHfflHffilOOMMgtttflMg ,
Heinz Muehsam war Dr. Phil, Jumalist bei Ullstein. Luise hat-keinen Beruf .Ehr Mann war (wohl) Kaufmann, retired jetzt, Dr. Jur.V // Rudis Frau : Manager, wie Rudi.
»in ^ater starb nach einer Operation fuer durchgebrochen n- chwuer und Bauchfellentz\iendung, Rudis Vater-Willy-wohl am ^erzen. Wir fanden Flims sehr erfreulich, gingen nicht mehr nach Bve^f-ensto^ , Wetter war schieteht vnä die Verbindungen dahin schwierig. Mit Roedigers| r es besonders nett.
ine Frau ist Margaret T .Muehsam, Dr. Jur, Jurnalistin , jetzt Public Relations fuer das <*eo Baeck Institute. -Sie lae -h sehr flft ssen. "/f
//"is Adr sse 2 East 75th Street, New York, N.T. loo21 Dir beste Gruesse von deinem
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rd Muehsam,
Apt. 8R-E
11 Riverside Drive
New York,!T.Y.loo23
den 13, April 1973
be Hanni:
die (zweite) Rolle an, unvc er
Ver )llte Dir nur
°e: Dir her ^LLEStd
che Sendung des wirkli^ so lie
nervo Arbeit, die Du gesÄi*stet ;- t, ro^se Le Du Dj alles -h,uebersichtl
enhaft darzustellen.
Ich habe bisher neuerlich nur darin geblaefctert und habe
■ nur den Bogen "Muehsam" vo^ lhaft,}-
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Am Dienstag-Uedr ich den Stammbaum Pim und seiner Familie zeigen. Di Kinder Bind stets sehr interessiert ein< - - .tammbaum, den ich von der Familie Muehsam habe, wirken ganz genau, "wo SIE hingchoeren".
•lso im Namen aller darin erwaehn.ter nochmals allphorzlichen ■er Arb_ - KBHEURE!), fuer Ueberf fuer J) o erfolgreiche/ Arbeit diese feine
u haben.
Haben ueb] die Mutter und Stiefvater unserer Schwieger- tochter, Hol o^ "Trs.Biden ,Dich mä rufen?
und. allerbesten Gruessem,auch von Grete,her"lichs-i
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J. £ .Jaffa
38, Atherton Close
Sburdington
Cheltenham GL 51 b SB
11. June 1973.
Dear Grete, dear Eduard,
Many thanks for your airmailer of April 13th, acknowledging the receipt of the second roll. J-t was a pity that the first one failed to arrive, it is probably lying about somewhere, wrapped in tissue paper, with a rubber band round it and cannot be identified. Qaye you made enquiries at the place where insufficiently addressed mail is kept? As the roll passed the Customs, it probably reached «ew York. I had enclosed specially for you the photocopy of an old family photograph in my possession, taken in front of "Schloss Hammerstein", my grandfather's estate in West Prussia. It may amuse you. So I had another photocopy made whicfr I am going to enclose herewith, together with one or two more photocopies of fotos I discovered in the mean time. They are only ordinary copies, but I expect the; will serve the purpose, even if they are not too clear. One can have the old pictures photographed and obtain a much better result, but that is an expensive process.
I hsve been pleased to hear that you appreciate my effort and, above all, that my family tree will eventually go to the Leo Baeck Institute in New York. The knowledge that it will be preserv- ed for posterity in their archives and thus accessible to any would-
be genealogist who may turn up in the future, is very comforting. 1 would even suggest that 1 send another copy of the family tree here and now either to you, Grete or directly to the Institute's New York address. Will you kindly advise me in this matter. I sAld be most grateful if you would allow me to send it to your address, so that you can see to it yourself that it goes to the archives. In case you preferred me to send it directly, you could perhaps let me know the name of the person who is responsible for the archives. When 1 was in London a few weeks ago, I called at the Leo Baeck institute there and talked to the gentleman in charge. He told me that they accept private documents, but send them on to New York as soon as they have collected a large enough amount to fill a crate. The gentleman's name is Paucer and he told me that he was just back from a visit to the New York Head Office where he used the room of Mrs.Muehsam! The world is small. So both he and I concluded that it would be quicker for me to send the document to New York.
I have another mission for you, Grete. Since April I have been working very hard on the early ancestors of our b*anch of the family -Jane in an effort to solve some of the problems at which I hinted
in my introduction. It needs a great deal of research and, so far, l have been in J-ondon twice.. The first time I studied the material U!LÜ?L*Z?^*bU at the Wltner Library and the institute f Coiw _
thPP£?f? ^Mt0ry and the secona time * sat in the fading Room «ne British Museum where I wanted to read an ancient book "Gesr te der Juden in Posen" by Perles, 1855- believe it or not, I ju
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completed another family tree of the Miloslaw Jaffes, on quite dif- ferer t lines than the one XKB ■»■ 3ent you. In the new one the emphasis| is laid on the early ancestors of whom I bring all the dates I know, wishing I knew more. 1 wonder whether you could find out whether there are any private rdocumenta available in the Institute's archive« concerning other Jaffe families and their descendants. I hove seen and studied most of the printed material on the Jaffes, such as the relevant piges in the Jewish Encyclopedia and other books. Of course, they»only mention the famous exponents of this name and do not bothei about the rest. I managed to establish a link between our branch and the printed Jaffe Pedigree III in the J.E. throw more light on our early ancestors and 1 paring other private famly trees with the one sorry to trouble you, Grete.
Now it. is your turn, Eduard.' I enclose an excerpt of 3 pages which I would like you to correct by adding the dates, etc. I omitted. and then return to me. I hope that you can get the informat- ion 1 ask for. As you will see I know very little of Rudi and Luise. On the fHmily tree you have got Luises first busbod is missing, jou did not tell me at the time and I only found a little note of Sieg- fried Merzbacher tr&e latec,KDo you correspond with Luise? if you do, please tell her that a first cousin of my grandfather Scheie David I ' Jaffe, called Schiee Jaffe (179^-1879) married a Clara Tiktin as his second wife. She died 1868. That mlg&t interest Luise and her husband. I do not think that it will be necessary to send this
But I still must hope to do so by com- just drafted. I am
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excerpt to your sister Gerda for correction, as 3he had given me very precise information in the first place. I am only not sure about the spelling of her daughter-in-law's maidenname. have you uiscaAred any errors or omissions on my family tree in the mean time? have^Tou any family photographs which you could send me for photocopying? I hove no idea what you all look like. I am trying to compile an album. You nsked me once how I came across your grandfather's letter and the "Nachruf"? Ihey were among various souvenirs of my «wn mother which were sent to me in the fifties by a Geimau friend who apparent- ly had kept them for me. The letter of your grandfather Eduard was copied in handwriting by my mother Alice Portner who spent a lot of time with the Muebeam family. She adored her cousins Richard and Willy Muehsam (with the latter she was quite infatuated as a young girlj judging from remarks in letters and fotos). My father Georg Jaffa spent most of his school years in the Muehsam household in Eerlin; as he was the youngest of the children of S.D.J, and your grandmother Clara, his eldest sister, was already married when he grew up, she educated him in Berlin with her own boys. Do ask me any questions about the family I shall be pleased to answer them.
By the way, I always meant to tell you that my Houston nephew K.P.Tittel told me that he met you before when I talked about you last year. -L think he said at Oppenheimers in New York. When Faigfe 0. thanked me for her copy of the tree, she begged me to send one W you, not knowing that we were exchanging letters and that you got one The Bidens have not yet contacted me. ftever mind. 1 nave friends in the same village and will probably run into them sooner or later.
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"«ar Diana, uear Fim,
it is not too early to thank you for your nice letter of «July V itter. ir, Di nv. i I re you i . i ayed vith year
aunt Gerda. In tie near, t ice I bed an intercsLinp telepbc e convr i. -,tion with Gottfried Newhoure no : ne up when he
calleü on fcba Bidens at Barnfiley last autumn. 1 oo not ti.ink
! he ''«b «v ire that 1 sm not, like rim, a
Jizect descendant of Pinkua Prippenheitt, Ljt related to the MuehFBir ffciiy through aarriaya. (tj i febai Daoi J^ffe was brotbai of Clara ttueheam, nee Jaffe, tie v ife ol Dr. Bad. Ljir.id riuhfam (1840-1^2), .your i reat- i im, after
»m your fat >^i • as nsn.ed. I r. ,. i n why tne
end nta of jour ciest- raodfethel are included in my ealoKJ, Hot 1840 onwaras to the .recent Jay. As 'Ot.tiiiecJ Newhoure is also interested in faally ni;toiy, he may hnve herd or read saout my Jsffe euealo j ot even u?ed it at the L^o Baeck Inatltata, «ew York i-ricr hip coi ies of both my family trees (1r7J Bad 1976 ver-ion) in its -rchlves. *ep, Diana, 1 phould be r»tefu] for ottfried ■' addr< iou ,^'', Itj to <-hov bla tbil latter. »»* | , 0_
i ej t: urita aftax bla return tc .S.A., but. c hi, i not hoard f i om him.
r-in, you seerreu ruroiised to find a lettar from me to ütraa in enver. robably I too* tmx aora of ,\ou all than vice versa. I am a contemporary of your fatrei | f 80 in
October tbia yaarj we bott iew ui in Brrlin. My eorg
J • ■' It "0 t of hii school yaa» ir. U.e i/i]„,u rd iTieh^am's
hou^enulj in Berlin, iour raat-gl ^ndnotner ol^ra "un.am, nee Jaffe was my fatl r'a elde-t al t,er ana already marri?^ «baa he \«as a little boy, ro aba e-jucitea him to i
own Loys richerd, *ill,y and Mrhz Muhratr in Bari la. «j.<o ray irotr. r, Alice J*ffe nee 1'ortncr, ap nt a lot of tine with I icharo a.,; Billy tt. as a t «Onager.
] Jo not know whether you oi your CblldrOB are inte:- ed in larrily nirtor.y, ?na wbetbei fOQX f-- • r kopt for you the few Huhpara -ouvenirs 1 -ei.t t im i. rj che 1970'e. la was v. ly
a. I axeban ed lett.-IP .1T f0{Ji 'jt.til
1 73- •• laat i- ttaz to me ie dated April 1973, froir then on hi «rite anymora. Ft I ma jj: Bba 1973 varaioa
of my faaily tree aft i i t him » co . • tbat
>io to show it to t i it on
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1. high stopping power (i.e., large electron beam captive cross section which is also a function of pressure) |
2. energy of donor should be concentrated in D* state;
3. energy difference between D** and D* states should be
small;
4. relaxation mechanism from D** to D* should be fast;
5. lifetime of D* should be long;
6. energy of state D* should be within a few electron volts of state A***;
7. collision cross section between A** and D should be
small ;
8. collision cross section between A* and D should be large.
Based on the above criteria xenon appears to be a good candidate as a donor gas. It has the highest stopping power of all the rare gases and D**, the atomic ion, and D* , the Xe.,* excimer, are very closely spaced. For excitation levels up to a few A/cm2 efficiencies as high as 30% has been reported for rare gas excimers [21]. In examining the kinetics of the above criteria we propose the following plausible
m
process :
+ e + Xe - Xe + e
(la)
+ j. w» - yp+ + Yp (lb)
Xe + 2Xe - Xe2 + Xe
Xe* + e" - Xe* + Xe <lc)
Xe* + 2Xe - Xe* + Xe <ld)
Xe* + A - A** + 2Xe <le)
(If)
'2 A** „ A*(S ) - A(SQ) + hvL
The first three processes are known to be rapid for pressures greater
than 1 atm and excitation levels of a few A/cm2. Under such conditions
three body molecular association, Eq. (Id), is the limiting reaction for
excimer formation; and the formation time is less than 4 nsec for
pressures greater than 4 atm [22]. The lifetimes for xenon excimers
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. cc 101 KeehB .ficL hr jij. ^hjcc then i Jaffe enealopy, v-t,v diffoiFt.t iron tue ■ . I oouLt Wiiui it would be be Juf' .'.levai.t , ccncein-
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first one, compiitin of interest to/ >c.,
jehpair.p. (Jn u e enealo^y, ;iO'. i t up to date 'hie1 would neke lending- unnecessary. I 1 c se 1 l re kne v. ot.
■*• reoeabex one ox two jocuaiente 11 Let jour I i
wae partleularlj thrill«! v. hen * i t .:n pbotoototlc cc ■o> instance a veiy tou< I arowoll letter, written o.y
Dr.ftduard nuncem to bi>- cons before hie death article on him in a Oeitran medic it. a] jojjnal.
I 1 . b therr to you? If not, 1 cc made. In tbe menr, i»e, x tionfl^ted borl I article into tnrliah, so rh-t your children and o> -ante in tbe Kb liob-opeoking world can read them.
I vonder wbatbat ba portrait of ,voji root« r°rdirot-her Clara Hub?am by tee oainter Jocr'h Oppenheim^r or. the occap- ion of box 70t£, birthday hrr booi prom rved? The likeness is ■triklng« 1 h-ve =* photo Taph of tie painting. Aie you in contact with Frieda hoeni< er, Garmisch-Pai t ci:k iichen, i hose
1 bond v.ar our roat-uncle Fr*nz fiubcem? ^nt lot r on
nnajrieu irnot hoeai rr, 'rd ."om fa the] poo I i i
. oedi ei couple in Films in the ai n < -\ of 1^/k. <em-
t of our family (you do not knov, him ~-t all) call' d or. rot^i ers in o^jiriech loot luorer i . look r-n excellent pboto j b of ti.e couple of which he >-er.t me a copy . ftould you care for It! ^t f-e?er.t 1 bava it in ay larrily tree fOJ < ;ecord. tut -i can rasily rend it. .1 i ovu öO.
*-'-n :, g r.e of jour own far.lly for
m^ copy? It t would .(-rful. I have none, hurt not ne-
<rily be recent. I bava onl.v 1 hoto:-i ph of >our father aa a child, none of him rown-up. ji,.
inott i favour. ■ bo. ^*n you apk hudi to te?l y.u trie exact lota lace of his wife's death? Qerda wiote tbot
I i .: of > jears at- o which is not ^reoi e er.ou»)b for tue aichives. nm i right in tninkinfr tbot oji fetb i lod in iork; A know cba c»te, but am not v.uite sure .iL out the
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Thank you for all your letters. We have received all of them and the reason you have not heard from us is that I have been waiting to find the time to dig into all the many boxes of photographs, letters and uh heirlooms which are piled up to the ceiling an in our cellar. The rainy h day has not arrived, and what with caring for the family,* house, large garden and working at my part time job, the day when I can get to this task still seems far away. I want very much to produce the photographs you request.
You ask whether ye have a Muehsam genealogy. We have a family trde showing our descendancy from Pincus Pappenheim. This was bequeathed to our son David tahen Pirn's father died. I don't know whether the portrait of Clara Mühsam is around somewhere - we do not have it. We exchange Christmas cards with the Roedigers.
When Rudi comes out to see us in a couple of weeks (his sister is vistting from Australia) we/shall ask him about the date and whereabouts of his wife's death. Pirn's father died at Orange Memorial Hospital, Orange, New Jersey.
You mention you would like to have the Neuhaus' address. Here it isi Mr. and Mrs. Gottfried Neuhaus, 376 Highland Avenue, Upper Montclair, New Jersey 07043. His wife's name is Winkie. He is very interested in family history and gave us a lovely photograph of a painting he has of Pincus Pappenheim. We see them from time to time since we live only about a half hour away from them.
Our children are 19 and 15. Trisha has just finished her first year of college. In this country, in order to go to medical school you havft. to first go to college for four years, then go to medical school for four years - so it will be a long time for her to study.
We hear from my mother and step- father in Barnsley regularly. They seem to manage very well considering Eric's age and mother's handicap. We were over two years ago and hope to get over again one ofjthese days.
Please forgive my tardiness in replying and also forgive all the typographical errors. It is late at night and I am very tired.
Will try to get down to the cellar one of these days, and see what I can find for you. Will also try and get some pictures of Pirn and the children and send them to you.
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