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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig to Marianne and Viktor Homburger, January 15, 1941

  • 1941-Jan-15 – 1941-Jan-16

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) provides updates to Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) and Viktor Homburger (1888-1968) on their immigration paperwork. He mentions his intentions to visit the Fraenkel family, their mutual…

  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Addressee Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig to Marianne and Viktor Homburger, February 17, 1941

  • 1941-Feb-17

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) and Georg Bredig (1868-1968) write a joint letter to Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) and Viktor Homburger (1888-1968), who are interned in the Gurs concentration camp in France. Max provides…

  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Addressee Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Gurs (Concentration camp)
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Max and Georg Bredig to Marianne and Viktor Homburger, March 2, 1941

  • 1941-Mar-02

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) and Georg Bredig (1868-1944) write to Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) and Viktor Homburger (1888-1968), who are currently interned in the Gurs concentration camp in France but expect to be released…

  • Addressee Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968
  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Gurs (Concentration camp), Emigration and immigration
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  Business correspondence

  Testimony from Ilse Wolfsberg on behalf of Fritz Hochwald, January 15, 1941

  • 1941-Jan-15

  Ilse Wolfsberg requests help in acquiring an American visa for her fiancé, Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968). Hochwald is interned at the Miranda de Ebro concentration camp in Spain.

  • Subject Emigration and immigration, Nazi concentration camps, Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968, Wolfsberg, Ilse, Miranda de Ebro (Concentration camp)
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  7 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Ilse Wolfsberg to Max Bredig, January 2, 1942

  • 1942-Jan-02

  Ilse Wolfsberg requests that Max Bredig (1902-1977) assist with a patent application for her fiancé, Fritz Hochwald. Hochwald, a former colleague of Bredig at the Bavarian Nitrogen Works, is currently interned at the…

  • Author Wolfsberg, Ilse
  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Wolfsberg, Ilse, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968, Miranda de Ebro (Concentration camp)
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  6 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Ilse Wolfsberg to Max Bredig, June 26, 1941

  • 1941-Jun-26

  In a letter to Max Bredig (1902-1977) sent from Washington D.C., Ilse Wolfsberg describes her efforts to help her fiancé, Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968), immigrate to the U.S.A. Hochwald, who is Jewish and was recently…

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Wolfsberg, Ilse
  • Subject Wolfsberg, Ilse, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Emigration and immigration, Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968
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  Personal correspondence

  Correspondence between Max Bredig and Alfred Schnell, Spring 1942

  • 1942

  Note containing drafts of Red Cross messages sent between Max Bredig (1902-1977) and his former colleague and friend, Alfred Schnell (1900-1944), in the spring of 1942. Schnell and his wife, Eva, fled Nazi-occupied…

  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Addressee Schnell, Alfred, 1900-1944
  • Subject Schnell, Alfred, 1900-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Correspondence between Max Bredig and Alfred Schnell, August 27, 1942

  • 1942-Aug-27

  Note containing drafts of Red Cross messages sent between Max Bredig (1902-1977) and his former colleague and friend, Alfred Schnell (1900-1944), in the summer of 1942. Schnell and his wife, Eva, fled Nazi-occupied…

  • Contributor Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Schnell, Alfred, 1900-1944
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Schnell, Eva, 1913-1944, Schnell, Alfred, 1900-1944, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Marianne and Viktor Homburger to Georg and Max Bredig, December 30, 1940

  • Circa 1940

  In this letter from Marianne and Viktor Homburger to Georg and Max Bredig written in the Gurs concentration camp, the couple describe how they celebrated the New Year, provide updates on packages and correspondence,…

  • Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Gurs (Concentration camp), Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig to Ilse Wolfsberg, March 31, 1942

  • 1942-Mar-31

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) updates Ilse Wolfsberg on his efforts to assist her fiancé and Bredig's former colleague, the patent attorney Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968), immigrate to the U.S.A. Hochwald is currently interned in…

  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Addressee Wolfsberg, Ilse
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Emigration and immigration, Miranda de Ebro (Concentration camp), Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Marianne Homburger to Georg and Max Bredig, May 7, 1941

  • 1941-May-07

  Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) asks her father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), and brother, Max Bredig (1902-1977), to forward a letter to friends. She additionally provides an update on her efforts to secure immigration…

  • Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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  Manuscripts

  Note by Max Bredig about Marianne and Viktor Homburger, October 25, 1940

  • 1940-Oct-25

  A note by Max Bredig (1902-1977) regarding topics to include in a letter to Viktor Homburger (1888-1968) and Marianne Homburger (1903-1987), including legal authorization, letters from the Homburger children, and the…

  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Red Cross and Red Crescent
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig to Marianne Homburger, October 15, 1940

  • 1940-Oct-15

  In a letter to Marianne Homburger (1903-1987), Max Bredig (1902-1977) wishes his sister all the best for her birthday and inquires about their father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Georg recently fled Nazi-occupied Germany…

  • Addressee Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1987, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Cohen, Ernst, 1869-1944
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Marianne Homburger to Georg and Max Bredig, January 16, 1941

  • 1941-Jan-16

  In a letter to her father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), and brother, Max Bredig (1902-1977), Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) details her life in the Gurs concentration camp, including its dire circumstances and her hopes…

  • Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Gurs (Concentration camp)
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Marianne Homburger to Georg Bredig, November 21, 1940

  • 1940-Nov-21

  In a letter to her father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) describes the dire circumstances of the Jewish internees at the Gurs concentration camp in France. She also conveys tragic news…

  • Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Gurs (Concentration camp), Nazi concentration camps, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig to Ilse Wolfsberg, August 4, 1941

  • 1941-Aug-04

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) informs Ilse Wolfsberg of funds available to assist with the immigration case of her fiancé, Fritz Hochwald. Hochwald, a patent attorney and Bredig's former colleague at the Bavarian Nitrogen…

  • Addressee Wolfsberg, Ilse
  • Subject Wolfsberg, Ilse, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Miranda de Ebro (Concentration camp), Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968, Emigration and immigration
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig to Hermann Wismer, March 1940

  • 1940-Mar-31

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) writes to a source in Switzerland, Hermann Wismer, who may be able to help deliver care packages to Bredig's sister and brother-in-law, Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) and Viktor Homburger…

  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Addressee Wismer, Hermann
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1987, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Gurs (Concentration camp), Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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  Photographs

  Max Bredig seated in office

  • After 1937 – before 1949

  Black and white photograph of Max Bredig (1902-1977) seated at a desk in an office at the University of Michigan. Max emigrated from Germany to the United States with the assistance of Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975) to…

  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, University of Michigan, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
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  4 items
  Records (Documents)

  Affidavits of Support from Otto C. Warburg for Victor and Marianne Homburger

  • 1940-Nov-13

  Affidavits of support from Otto C. Warburg for Marianne Homburger (1903-1986) and her husband Victor Homburger (1888-1968).

  • Author Warburg, Otto C.
  • Subject Affidavits, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Emigration and immigration, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, World War (1939-1945)
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  8 items
  Photographs

  Gurs Concentration Camp

  • After 1944

  Small black and white photos showing graves, memorials, and barracks at Gurs concentration camp.

  • Creator Of Work Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
  • Subject Gurs (Concentration camp), Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Internment camps, Memorials, World War (1939-1945)
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  Photographs

  Max and Lydia Bredig with Marianne and Viktor Homburger

  • After 1943

  Photograph of the Bredig family standing in the mountains. Pictured from left to right are: Viktor Homburger (1888-1968), Marianne Homburger née Bredig (1903-1986), Lydia Bredig née Levy, and Max Bredig (1902-1977). The…

  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Emigration and immigration, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Jews, German, Bredig, Lydia
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Carl H. Pforzheimer & Co. the American Consul General, Marseilles, France

  • 1940-Nov-13

  Carl H. Pforzheimer & Company writes to the American Consul General in Marseilles, France, confirming that Otto C. Warburg is a salaried employee of the company. This letter was sent in tandem with Warburg's affidavit…

  • Author Carl H. Pforzheimer & Co
  • Addressee United States. Consul General (Marseilles, France)
  • Subject Carl H. Pforzheimer & Co, United States. Consul General (Marseilles, France), Warburg, Otto C., Affidavits, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968
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  2 items
  Manuscripts

  Henry McBay's teaching contract for Liberia College

  • 1951-Feb-20

  Contract for the appointment of Henry McBay (1914-1995) as a chemistry professor at Liberia College, Monrovia, Liberia. In 1951, McBay developed a chemistry education program in Liberia on behalf of the United Nations…

  • Creator Of Work Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)
  • Subject McBay, Henry C., Liberia College, Scientists, Black, Chemistry teachers, Chemistry--Study and teaching (Higher)
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  Business correspondence

  Telegram from Morehouse College to Henry McBay

  • 1951-Feb-15

  Telegram confirming the appointment of Henry McBay (1914-1995) as a chemistry professor at Liberia College. In 1951, McBay developed a chemistry education program in Liberia on behalf of the United Nations Education,…

  • Addressee McBay, Henry C.
  • Author Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)
  • Subject Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.), McBay, Henry C., Scientists, Black, Chemistry teachers, Chemistry--Study and teaching, Chemistry--Study and teaching (Higher), Unesco, Liberia College
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Lloyd N. Ferguson to Henry McBay

  • 1946-Feb-05

  Lloyd N. Ferguson (1918-2011) writes to Henry McBay (1914-1995) to express his interest in McBay's recent publication in the Journal of Organic Chemistry, Reactions of Atoms and Free Radicals (1945). Ferguson wishes to…

  • Addressee McBay, Henry C.
  • Author Ferguson, Lloyd N.
  • Subject Scientists, Black, Ferguson, Lloyd N., McBay, Henry C., College teachers, Chemistry--Study and teaching (Higher), Chemistry--Study and teaching