Leopold Schwarzschild Collection 1940-1955

Correspondence with individuals and organizations, including Clifford Case, Max Eastman, the Emergency Rescue Committee, Bruno Frank, Manfred George, Hermann Kesten, H.R. Knickerbocker, Alfred Knopf, Emil Ludwig, Erika Mann, Klaus Mann, James G. McDonald, Maxwell Perkins, Victor Polzer, Curt Riess, Ernst Rowohlt, Friedrich Sternthal, Max Warburg, Franz Werfel, and Carl Zuckmayer.Manuscripts of articles, speeches, and radio broadcasts by Schwarzschild; manuscripts and reviews of his books, including World in Trance and The Red Prussian.The following individuals are mentioned in this collection: Schwarzschild, Leopold; Case, Clifford; Eastman, Max; Frank, Bruno; George, Manfred; Kesten, Hermann; Knopf, Alfred; Knickerbocker, H.R.; Ludwig, Emil; Mann, Erika; Mann, Klaus; Marcuse, Ludwig; McDonald, James G.; Perkins, Maxwell; Polgar, Alfred; Polzer, Victor; Riess, Curt; Rowohlt, Ernst; Sternthal, Friedrich; Warburg, Max; Werfel, Franz; Zuckmayer, Carl.Born in Frankfurt am Main on December 8, 1891, Leopold Schwarzschild was a journalist, economist, and editor of Das Tagebuch, 1923-1933. He emigrated to France in 1933, where he played an active role in emigré politics, editing Das Neue Tagebuch, 1933-1939. Schwarzschild emigrated to the United States in 1940 and died in Santa Margherita, Italy, on October 2, 1950.digitize