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Hermann Broch Collection

Topics: Jewish authors, Jews, Austrian, World War, 1939-1945, Refugees, Broch, Hermann, 1886-1951

Collection: lbiarchives; LeoBaeckInstitute; americana

Contributor: Leo Baeck Institute Archives

Language: German; English

Volume: mf1425

Content and Scope: The collection contains correspondence of Hermann Broch, as well as several manuscripts by him.

Correspondence contained in the collection includes transcripts of correspondence among Hermann Broch, Georg Landauer, and Leo Lauterbach, with discussion of poet Abraham Sonne (Avraham Ben-Yitzhak); two letters from The Viking Press to Broch with rejections of books he submitted; 11 letters from Sibylle (Billy) Lieben, daughter of author Franz Blei, regarding efforts to secure Blei's immigration to the United States during 1940 and 1941; and five typewritten and signed letters from Hermann Broch to author Hans Reisiger, which contain updates from Broch on his work. Also included is correspondence between sculptor Irma Rothstein and the Leo Baeck Institute regarding busts she made of Hermann Broch; and a photocopy of Hermann Broch's report on his efforts to help writers escape from Europe during World War II.

Manuscripts contained in the collection include :

Manuscript: "An Autobiography as Program for Future Work". Undated; English, 30 p. (fragment); typed. Exploration of philosophical theory in political science: absolutism vs. relativism in values and ethics of contemporary political life.

Manuscript: "Die Heimfahrt des Vergil. Roman". Undated; German, 3 p.; typed. Review and analysis of his book by the same title.

Manuscript: "Pros und Cons zu Prof. GURIANS Einwaenden gegen Weltstaat- Projekte". 1947; German, 6 p.; typed. Problems of the realization of a one-world state, through the United Nations, in a Cold War world.

Manuscript: "The Bewitchment". Undated; English, 4 p.; typed. Summary of major issues considered in the novel of the same title.

Historical Notes: Author, born 1886 in Vienna. Died 1951 in New Haven.