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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Ilse Wolfsberg to Max Bredig, June 25, 1943

  • 1943-Jun-25

  Ilse Wolfsburg tells Max Bredig (1902-1977) that Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968) is on the ship "Nyassa" and will be arriving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, though she is unsure when.

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Wolfsberg, Ilse
  • Subject Wolfsberg, Ilse, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968, Emigration and immigration, Transatlantic voyages, Passenger ships
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Ilse Wolfsberg to Max Bredig, June 17, 1943

  • 1943-Jun-17

  Ilse Wolfsburg writes to Max Bredig (1902-1977) about her fiance, Fritz Hochwald's (1897-1968) immigration to the United States. She says Hochwald has been released from the Miranda De Ebro concentration camp, and is…

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

  Letter from Ilse Wolfsberg to Max Bredig, May 13, 1943

  • 1943-May-13

  Ilse Wolfsburg writes to Max Bredig (1902-1977) about Fritz Hochwald's (1897-1968) immigration to the United States. She discusses cabling money to Hochwald and her hopes that Hochwald will be in America before any more…

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

  Letter from Ilse Wolfsberg to Ilse Hayn, April 27, 1943

  • 1943-Apr-27

  Ilse Wolfsberg writes to her friend Ilse Hayn to request help locating her fiancé, Fritz Hochwald, in Spain. Wolfsberg believes Hochwald is staying at a hotel in Madrid, Spain after being released from the Miranda de…

  • Author Wolfsberg, Ilse
  • Addressee Hayn, Ilse
  • Subject Wolfsberg, Ilse, Emigration and immigration, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968, Miranda de Ebro (Concentration camp)
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Ilse Wolfsberg to Max Bredig, August 6, 1942

  • 1942-Aug-06

  Ilse Wolfsberg writes to Max Bredig (1902-1977) about sending money to Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968), who is in an internment camp in Spain. She also relays a message Hochwald sent her a few months earlier.

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Wolfsberg, Ilse
  • Subject Wolfsberg, Ilse, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Hochwald, Werner, 1910-1989, World War (1939-1945), Internment camps, Nazi concentration camps, Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Kasimir Fajans to Max Bredig, March 15, 1943

  • 1943-Mar-15

  Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975), a Polish American chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan, informs his friend and mentee, Max Bredig (1902-1977), that he will be glad to serve as a character witness…

  • Author Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975
  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975, Emigration and immigration, Citizenship
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Kasimir Fajans to Max Bredig, July 14, 1943

  • 1943-Jul-14

  Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975), a Polish American chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan, informs his friend and former mentee, Max Bredig (1902-1977), that he wrote a positive reference in support…

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Kasimir Fajans to Max Bredig, November 25, 1940

  • 1940-Nov-25 (Written)
  • 1940-Dec-09 (Recieved)

  Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975), a Polish American chemist and professor of chemistry at the University of Michigan, informs his friend and colleague, Max Bredig (1902-1977), that he is forwarding Bredig two letters from…

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975, University of Michigan, Emigration and immigration
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Grete Ostwald to Georg Bredig, August 1939

  • 1939-Aug-18

  Grete Ostwald, an archivist and the daughter of the famous German physical chemist, Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932), thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for donating two items related to her father's legacy to the Wilhelm…

  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Author Ostwald, Grete, 1882–1960
  • Subject Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Archives
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  3 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Ilse Wolfsberg to Max Bredig, May 19, 1943

  • 1943-May-19

  Ilse Wolfsberg informs Max Bredig (1902-1977) that her fiancé, the German scientific patent expert Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968), finally received an American visa. She describes the plans for his arrival in New York and…

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Wolfsberg, Ilse
  • Subject Wolfsberg, Ilse, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Emigration and immigration
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  5 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Anny van der Sluys to Max Bredig, September 21, 1945

  • 1945-Sep-21

  Anny van der Sluys, a Dutch antifascist resistance member and humanitarian, thanks Max Bredig (1902-1977) for his correspondence and a recent package that he sent her. She informs Bredig that she has not heard anything…

  • Author Van der Sluys, Anny
  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Van der Sluys, Anny, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Netherlands
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  2 items
  Business correspondence, Postcards

  Postcard from Heinrich Wieland to Georg Bredig, December 1922

  • 1922-Dec-12

  Heinrich Wieland (1877-1957), a German chemist and the winner of the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into bile acids, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for his hospitality. Wieland is visiting Karlsruhe to…

  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Creator Of Work Wieland, H. (Heinrich), 1877-1957
  • Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Wieland, H. (Heinrich), 1877-1957, Nobel Prize winners, Thank-you notes
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  4 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Anny van der Sluys to Hans Jolowicz, July 19, 1945

  • 1945-Jul-19

  Anny van der Sluys, a Dutch antifascist resistance member and humanitarian, informs Hans Jolowicz of the tragic deaths of his sister, Eva Jolowicz Schnell (1913-1944), and brother-in-law, Alfred Schnell (1900-1944).…

  • Addressee Jolowicz, Hans, 1909-1987
  • Author Van der Sluys, Anny
  • Subject Van der Sluys, Anny, Schnell, Alfred, 1900-1944, Schnell, Eva, 1913-1944, Westerbork (Concentration camp), Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Jolowicz, Hans, 1909-1987
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  4 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Anny van der Sluys to the Schnell family, July 9, 1945

  • 1945-Jul-09

  Anny van der Sluys, a Dutch antifascist resistance member and humanitarian, informs the Schnell family of the tragic deaths of their family members, Alfred Schnell (1900-1944), and his wife, Eva Jolowicz Schnell…

  • Author Van der Sluys, Anny
  • Subject Van der Sluys, Anny, Schnell, Eva, 1913-1944, Schnell, Alfred, 1900-1944, Netherlands, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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  3 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Marianne Homburger to Max Bredig, September 21, 1937

  • 1937-Sep-21

  Marianne Homburger (1903-1986) tells her brother, Max Bredig (1902-1977), the household items that were packed and picked up from their home in Karlsruhe, Germany. She additionally mentions various bedlinens and…

  • Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject House furnishings, Emigration and immigration, Jews, German, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
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  2 items
  Business correspondence, Postcards

  Postcard from Carl Neuberg to Georg Bredig, September 1912

  • 1912-Sep-12

  Carl Neuberg (1877-1956), a German biochemist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending him a scientific paper, which will be typeset.

  Neuberg was an early pioneer of modern biochemistry, the director of the Kaiser…

  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Author Neuberg, Carl, 1877-1956
  • Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Neuberg, Carl, 1877-1956, Science publishing
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  59 items
  Photographs

  Photograph album belonging to Max Albert Bredig

  • Circa 1925 – 1927

  An album belonging to Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977), the majority of which contains photographs of Max with his family and friends participating in leisure activities such as hiking and boating. Notably, there is a…

  • Creator Of Work Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934, Families, Vacations, Switzerland--Alps, Swiss, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Laboratories, Bredig, Rosa, 1877-1933
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  Video Recordings

  It Didn't Just Happen

  • Undated

  This is a promotional film for the National Plastics Hall of Fame, at the time housed in the National Plastics Center and Museum in Leominster, Massachusetts. Frank S. Marra narrates this short presentation about some…

  • Creator Of Work National Plastics Center & Museum, The Plastics Academy
  • Subject Plastics, Plastics industry and trade, Science museums
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter Excerpt from Paul Homburger, January 26, 1941

  • 1941-Jan-26

  Paul Homburger (1882-1965) describes the two groups of people that are permitted to leave the Gurs concentration camp in France.

  • Author Homburger, Paul Philipp, 1882-1965
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Homburger, Paul Philipp, 1882-1965
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Ilse Wolfsberg to Franz Friedrich Nord, February 13, 1941

  • 1941-Feb-13

  Ilse Wolfsberg updates Franz Friedrich Nord (1889-1973) on the immigration case of her fiancé, Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968), who is interned at the Miranda de Ebro Camp in Spain. She additionally asks Nord if he would be…

  • Author Wolfsberg, Ilse
  • Addressee Nord, Friedrich Franz, 1889 -1973
  • Subject Wolfsberg, Ilse, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Internment camps, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Nord, Friedrich Franz, 1889 -1973, Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968
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  4 items
  Business correspondence

  Letter from Dr. Moritz Straus to Max Bredig, December 1940

  • 1940-Dec-22
  • 1940-Dec-26

  Moritz Straus provides information to Max Bredig (1902-1977) on how to send financial assistance to Max's sister and brother-in-law, Marianne and Viktor Homburger, who are interned in the Gurs concentration camp in…

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Straus, Moritz
  • Subject University of California, Berkeley, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Gurs (Concentration camp), Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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  4 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Marianne Homburger to Max Bredig, December 14, 1937

  • 1937-Dec-14

  Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) offers words of encouragement to her brother, Max Bredig (1902-1977), and describes her family life in Karlsruhe, Germany in late 1937.

  • Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Families, Jews, German
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Marianne Homburger to Max Bredig, April 16, 1940

  • 1940-Apr-16

  Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) inquires about the well-being of her father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), after his arrival in New York in early 1940. She additionally discusses the status of her family's affidavits of…

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Marianne and Viktor Homburger to Georg and Max Bredig

  • Circa 1941

  After being freed from the Gurs internment camp in France, Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) and Viktor Homburger (1888-1968) write a joint letter to Max Bredig (1902-1977) and Georg Bredig (1868-1944) from Lisbon,…

  • 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, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Emigration and immigration
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Marianne and Viktor Homburger to Georg and Max Bredig, January 25, 1941

  • 1941-Jan-25

  Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) and Viktor Homburger (1888-1968), who are interned in the Gurs concentration camp in France, thank Max Bredig (1902-1977) and Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending them food parcels. They…

  • 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)