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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

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girl

iou
our f
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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!

Continued from p.

3 j tlfy , 1 2 Caroline 0: D«nheimer

b. 2, j.-JS,$k -iy^9 in Lonaon

5 i> Qfy 2 1 ^ lie Oppenbain

b. **•. 5.1951 In Lonaon

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3 bK&'d 1 4 Louine Oppenheim««

0.17. 1.1953 in I jndoc
d.

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*• ' 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

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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3.5-14

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

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'

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

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.

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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J. E. Jaffe

in,

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Ottawa

I wa r.eri - and a little r - to receive ••

it real! ne

)UP letter br "Isie to

lose - as we all were. I saw hers

e follov
■■te:

boot April %. . V «O.TOa^. /9J0.

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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38 Atherton Close

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Dear Hanni:

3100 Carlin' Avenue

Apt. 1111

Ottawa, Ont., K2B 6J6

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

/ W<*- li^e*

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

2)
t>)

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.

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,

you

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me that you would
not receive any, may
like sending them,
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E.L.Martin

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Ottawa, Ont. K2G 3R7

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J.E. JAFFE

38 Atherton Close

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203-!<7 Deerfield Drive
Ottawa, Ont. , K2G 3R7
Canada

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.

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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first (old • plierd abord

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E. L. MARTIN

d7 Deerfield Dr.

Apt. 203

C0De OTTAWA, Ont.Can.
K2G 3R7

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J.E. Jaff«

38 Atherton Close
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Ottawa, Mav 10, 1978

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,

Sincerely,

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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»

IRIS AND BRIDGE

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18 September 1977

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 .

L* \/-t

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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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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
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o - ben Zeilen vom 31.1. Inzwischen habe ich
£^ von Richards Wittwe Nina Jaff«5 den beilie-
c-h genden Brief bekommen, den ich gelegent-
* K lieh zurückerbitte. Ihre Annahme, daß E-
*<-! lias Meyer der Vater unseres Urgroßvaters

«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
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Chapel Hill, 4. Juni 1962.

ine liebe Hanr.i '

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-

□ werden.

Elisabetl es leider seit ei- en gar nicht gut. Si
hatte starke Schmerzen in Armen, Händen und Beinen. 1"cr etwa J

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-

handelt. Wahrscheinlich darf sie in ein: kenhaua

verlassen. Lilli und ich wol.en d.nn zu ihr. Susan fliegl i»n
Kindern am 14. Juni r. md. Ernst bleibt den Son

ie U ist seit vorgestern auf 11 Tape zu Eu< Ihieago.
Vcn Klaus hatten wir einen sehr net l.en B,ri- is*, wirklich rührend

ich. Er schrieb, daß Du .Telephon hnst1; d ^:r.e.fr

arti, erbst wird Dich :' as Fre ■:

"Uiffkin ir.it Fra.u und 4 Töchtern besuchen, der auf 1
• - rd geht. Auf de-: Besuch de ie Pote'at .freuen wir
klein geworden. Noch schöner wäre es, wvenn Du

könntest. Da Klaus in dl ese.r. Jahr keinen Ur-
iel; ein-rßl zu

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recht bald wieder ' schreibst . - Dorothea, tin 11 sind
Samstar mit/ dem . Schiff vc i nach Edinburgh

ihre •Wchnunf \ t ist, werden sie zunäer st bei D.
styr Lettie (17^ bal£-raj5baa* street, Glasgow V. 1) wohnen. Ihre wei-
teren Som:: erplane sind noch nicht bestimmt. Für heute viele herzliche
Grüße vrn lilli und mir.

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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

Ihr

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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

Muencben $4
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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.

Ich ' : ■• -'- MonuBcnca Pbilipp's .. .sitzen, zu uenen

iCh a,: "inen > J mit Aidmur.g 1st

bei hachKo-mtn in a*r ichweis.

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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

(fOvtf-* J/<t&*u>

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(Prof. Dr. Horst Fuhrmann)

J . B. Jaife

i>8 Atherton Close

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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,

Anlagen: Koto^rapble und flegativ
btammbaumseiten .

Monumenta Germaniae Historica

DER PRÄSIDENT

Frau

Johanna Eva Jaffe

38, Atherton Close

Shurdington

Cheltenham /Glos.
GL 51 5 SB

München, den 22.12.1982
Ludwigstraße 16
Telefon 2198 384

Postanschrift:
Postfach 34 02 23
D-8000 München 34

England

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

/tMT

Sfcfc

Cc^<-^

(Prof. Dr. Horst Fuhrmann)

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ENGLAND !

Mrs. J.E. Jaffe
38, Atherton Close
Shurdington
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Huehsam, Apt. 8R-E
11 Riverside Drive
New York,N.Y. loo23

den 1. Mai 1972

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.

nehsam
. 8R-E
li Riverside Drive
New Tor' oo23

t::iTcp

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. J. E. Jaffe
38, Atherton Close
Shurdin/^tori
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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,}-

■^ehler-D-

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

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

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

22.

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

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

■a-

. 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-

ot: n r. .jd, ,\ ou m»> h*ve a flubcM
date

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1 SO 80

■ .'.ore co; tee
letter and the
.escen-

Lpo
1 comiileo

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

place. Bat e^rch for , hoto. i

your answer to 1 letter. ] til old

rtin vi. ■ood, 070 igbt le

1 I , J'im. i. had Jsncinr
'in! I knov. tbot . d in 1c,/7. I alpo

bnd a strolte, t im, wbiel brought
1 e1 end. I =*ir vojv vi rv noir».

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j- rooooboi vour
Mitb 1 ill H. In
knov; th> t ou
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10 ■ j t :<_ ' e- r in j our

Life in rec m ,'ars. How «re you row? n*

t. ilea t.tu Ln<- rrtdicine? "t would ^r- 1 til ir.,- .f he
carriea 01 traaition. Ltfa v 1 j;d wish.

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18 EAST HARTSHORN DRIVE

SHORT HILLS, NJ 07078

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Miss J.E. Jaffe
38 Atherton Close
Shurdington
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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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