Letter from H. G. Ollendorff, Inc. to Georg Bredig, January 8, 1941
- 1941-Jan-08
Letter to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) from Curt H.J. Mayer of H.G. Ollendorff Inc. Mayer informs Bredig that they received a letter from a transport company requesting they pay for the transport and storage of boxes in his storage.
When Bredig fled from Germany he took care to pack his correspondence, books, photographs, and scientific notes and ship it to the Van't Hoff Library in the Netherlands. Bredig knew that these records were important pieces of scientific history and feared if he left them in Germany they would be destroyed by the Nazi party. Georg Bredig never lived to be reunited with his possessions. They were not able to be sent to the the Bredig family until after World War II in 1946. In 2019 the collection was acquired by the Science History Institute.
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“Letter from H. G. Ollendorff, Inc. to Georg Bredig, January 8, 1941,” January 8, 1941. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 8, Folder 9. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/3qkhscv.
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(Company Letterhead)
Jan. 8th. 1941
Prof. Georg Bredig
420 Lexington Ave.
c/o Vanadium Corp. of America
New York City
Sehr geehrter Herr Professor:
wir erhalten soeben ein Schreiben von von der Transport Mij. HOLLAND worin wie folgt steht:
“Wir haben obige Kisten noch von Ihnen auf Lager und waeren Ihnen verbunden fuer Ihre Mitteilung ob die Moeglichkeit besteht, dass wir einen Betrag zur Deckung der Transport – bzw. Lagerkosten erhalten.”
Wir bitten um gefl. Stellungnahme und bitten Sie uns wegen dieser Sache zu unterrichten.
Hochachtungsvoll,
H.G. OLLENDORFF INC.
CURT H.J. MAYER
CM:LM
(Company Letterhead)
January 8, 1941
Prof. Georg Bredig
420 Lexington Ave.
c/o Vanadium Corp. of America
New York City
Dear Professor,
We received a letter from the transportation company HOLLAND, which states:
“We still have the aforementioned boxes from you in storage and would be grateful if you could let us know if it possible to receive payment to cover the transportation and storage costs.”
Respectfully,
H.G. OLLENDORFF INC.
CURT H.J. MAYER
CM:LM
