Hamburg 1933, 'Enge Zeit'

Title

Hamburg 1933, 'Enge Zeit'

Shelfmark

MS. Wind 5

Summary

Papers relating to the events at Hamburg University after the Nazi surge to power in 1933, to persecution and eviction of academics in Germany in the 1930s, and to the conference and exhibition 'Enge Zeit: Spuren Vertriebener und Verfolgter der Hamburger Universität' at Hamburg University, 1991, dealing with the history of the university under the Nazi regime, including:

Folder 1: 'Enge Zeit cuttings ...': Press cuttings in German relating to the 'Enge Zeit' exhibition at Hamburg University, 1991; copies of the Oxford Magazine containing articles and letters to the editor relating to Bruno Snell, Hamburg University in 1933, 'Enge Zeit' exhibition, and German refugees in Oxford, 1989-1992; articles and correspondence relating to reactions to the 'Enge Zeit' exhibition, including a lawsuit over perceived implication that one of the Hamburg university staff in the 1930s was a member of the Nazi party; excerpts from Edgar Wind's contribution to the conference Wissenschaft und Freiheit in Hamburg, 1953, with remarks on the events at Hamburg University in 1933 and the role of Bruno Snell; letters from Martin Buist and Hans Joachim Scheel to Margaret Wind about 'Enge Zeit', 1991; photographs and photocopies of photographs of the 'Enge Zeit' exhibition, including the Edgar Wind exhibit, and of conference attendees, including Margaret Wind. Also includes an obituary for Detlev J.K. Penkert, director of the Hamburg Research Centre for the History of National Socialism, 1990. [I, 3A, i; WIND 6]

Folder 2: 'Dr Angela Bottin et al ...': Correspondence between Margaret Wind, Raymond Klibansky, Angela Bottin (organizer of the 'Enge Zeit' exhibition), Peter Fischer-Appelt, R. Nicolaysen, Sir John Burgh, Hildegard Fischer-Appelt and others relating to the 'Enge Zeit' exhibition and the exhibition catalogue, Apr-1990-Dec 1991. [I, 3A, ii; WIND 6)

Folder 3: 'Correspondence ...': Correspondence between Margaret Wind and Gerhard Lohse, 1991, with excerpts from Eckhard Krause et. al. (ed.), 'Hochschulalltag im "Dritten Reich". Die Hamburger Universität 1933-1945', Parts I and II, 1991. Also includes photocopy extracts from T. Cassirer, 'Mein Leben mit Ernst Cassirer', 1981. For correspondence relating to Cassirer and to Edgar Wind's Hamburg Lecture see also III, 5, viii and IV, 5, i. [I, 3A, 6; WIND 6]

Folder 4: Catalogue for exhibition 'Enge Zeit - Spuren Vertriebener und Verfolgter der Hamburger Universität', Feb-Apr 1991, with exhibition plan and invitation to the exhibition opening reception. Also includes publicity material relating to a Hamburg conference, Feb 1991, about the Weiße Rose resistance movement in Germany. [I, 3A, iv; WIND 6]

For Science and Freedom Conference, Hamburg 1953 (Wissenschaft und Freiheit), see also I, 12, i-ii.

Date

1953; 1989-1992

Language

German

English

Physical extent

1 box (4 folders)