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Papers of Georg and Max Bredig

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Spanning the years 1891 to 1947, this collection consists of photographs, correspondence, and manuscript materials chronicling the life and career of prominent German-Jewish physical chemist Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and, to a lesser extent, his son Max. The contents of the collection are divided into two parts: materials documenting Bredig’s scientific career around the turn of the 19th century and materials documenting the Bredig family’s persecution by the Nazis and eventual escape to the United States. Of particular note are letters concerning the internment of Bredig’s daughter Marianne and her husband Victor Homburger at Camp Gurs in Vichy France, as well as the experience of Max’s colleague Alfred Schnell and his wife Eva, who hid in the Netherlands for two years before their eventual discovery and execution by Dutch Nazis in the final months of the war.

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Distillations article
Escape from Nazi Terror
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Archive Smuggled from Nazi-Era Germany Is Acquired by the Science History Institute

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