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Thank you note from Ernst Berl to Georg and Rosa Bredig

  • 1923-Oct-29

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Thank you note from Ernst Berl (1877-1946) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and his wife Rosa Bredig (1877-1933). Note thanks them for their hospitality and invites the Bredigs to stay at his home in Darmstadt, Germany in the future.

Ernst Berl, was an Austrian chemist and professor of technical and macromolecular chemistry. During World War One, he produced explosives and chemical weapons. In 1919, he accepted a position at the Technical University of Darmstadt as a professor.

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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
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  • Translated by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
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  • Council on Library and Information Resources

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  • Series I – Georg Bredig Papers, 1891-1944
  • Series I: Sub-Series I. Georg Bredig Subject File, 1900-1944
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  • Box 1, Folder 10

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Berl, Ernst. “Thank You Note from Ernst Berl to Georg and Rosa Bredig,” October 29, 1923. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 1, Folder 10. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/qlo7zs3.

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Professor Ing. Dr. Ernst Berl

Darmstadt, den 29. Oktober. 1923
Wilhelmstraße 40

Sehr verehrte, gnädige Frau, lieber Herr Kollege Bredig!

Sie gaben mir Gelegenheit in Ihrem Hause gestern ein paar überaus, angenehme Stunden zu verleben. Wollen Sie für dies kostbare Geschenk meinen herrlichen, nachhaltigen Dank entgegennehmen. Hoffentlich dürfen meine Frau und ich Sie bald in unserem Darmstädter Heim begrüssen.

In herrlichster Ergebebheit,
Ihr E. Berl

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Professor of Engineering Dr. Ernst Berl

Darmstadt, 29 October 1923
Wilhelmstraße 40

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bredig,

Yesterday, I enjoyed my short, albeit pleasant visit to your home. Please accept my lasting gratitude for your hospitality. I hope my wife and I may welcome you to our home in Darmstadt in the near future.

Yours truly,
E. Berl

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