Marianne Breslauer Family Collection 1705-1997 Bulk: 1920s to 1980s

The collection documents Marianne Breslauer’s intellectual life in form of documents; the correspondence with her family members; as well as a small amount of official letters. There is only a small amount of material that can be used to learn about her personal/professional life in form of documents or notebooks. However, there is a wealth of material about influential people like her father, Hans Schaeffer and her father-in-law, Georg Breslauer, which gives a good picture of their lives and work.Although most of the personal correspondence is listed under Marianne’s name, correspondence by other family members (Marianne’s children, her parents etc.) can be found as well. Moreover, there is a significant amount of clippings about Eva Schaeffer’s activities in Sweden.The following individuals are mentioned in this collection:Bielski, Zus; Breslauer, Albert; Breslauer, Charlotte; Breslauer, Georg; Breslauer, Heinz; Breslauer, Margot; Breslauer, Max; Breslauer, Rosa; Darrow, Marianne; Frankenstein; Frei, Magda; Gumpert, Hans; Heilberg, Frieda; Kreutzberger, Annie;Kreutzberger, Margot; Loewenthal, Hermann; Ludwig, Emil; Manovill, Susanne; Schaeffer, Ernst; Schaeffer, Eva; Schaeffer, Rudolf; Thyssen, Fritz; Troplowitz; Wagner, Nelda; Wandel, Eckhard; Weigert, Abraham; Weigert, Carl; Weigert, Karl; Weigert, Richard; Wolfes, RichardMarianne Breslauer was born on December 20, 1914 in Breslau, Silesia to Hans Schaeffer, Germany’s Secretary of State during the Weimar Republic and his wife Eva. She immigrated with her family to Sweden in 1933 and in the 1930s she moved to the US. She studied Social Studies at Columbia University and worked as a social worker throughout her life. She had various research interests, such as the Jewish life in Silesia and the Holocaust and collected various articles and clippings. She maintained a lucid and extensive correspondence with her family, in particular with her parents. These letters help to understand her situation and living conditions at the time she left Germany until her retirement in the 1990s.digitize