Alte Dokumente [Old Documents, 1900-1957]

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Series[UMA-SRE-20190020] PRIVATE AND PROFESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE OF FRITZ LOEWEAccession[1988.0020] Consolidated Papers of Fritz Philipp LoeweIdentifierUMA-ITE-2019002000002Scope and ContentFolder containing assorted correpondence including letters and postcards from Fritz Loewe to his parents c.1913-1916. Also includes various certificates, photographs, CVs, identity cards and papers (some from Fritz Loewe's school days).
Topics include: Open letter to Paul von Hindenberg, President of the German Reich by Franz Boas in 1933; Fritz Loewe's incarceration by the Nazi Party in 1933 and the case brought before the court ("Der Klaeger ist Jude...", In Sachen Loewe gegen Pr. Staatsfiskus ["The plaintiff is Jewish...", Case of Loewe v The Prussian State Treasury, 1934]). Also includes a Nazi Party circular written by Rudolph Hess detailing the rules and regulations for Jewish people in courts 1934; Fritz Loewe's declined application for naturalization in Australia, 1940; Transport of Fritz Loewe's furniture and belongings to Australia in 1937; Fritz Loewe's appointment as "Life Governor" by the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind in 1957; Loewe's work as an official at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
Senders include: Franz Boas; D. Winterhoff; Fritz Loewe; The Director of Geodaetisches Institut; Deutsche Botschaft [German Embassy]; Dr. M. Auer; Preussisches Meteorologisches Institut; Preuss. Ministerium fuer Wissenschaft; Kurt Ball; J. E. Eason, Department of the Interior, Commonwealth of Australia; C. Dorno, Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos; Pickfords Limited; R. Richter, Natur-Museum Senckenberg.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2019.0020 Unit 0001

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CreatorLoewe, Fritz P.RoleProvenance

Dates

Date6 January 1900-20 June 1957

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Previous System ID2019.0020.00002Finding Aid Reference1988.0020 Unit 48/3

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Language of MaterialEnglish (eng)German (ger)

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Alte Dokumente [Old Documents, 1900-1957]