[Letters - Fritz Loewe, Else Loewe, UK Home Office, The University of Melbourne, Kurt Wegener, etc]

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Series[UMA-SRE-20190020] PRIVATE AND PROFESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE OF FRITZ LOEWEAccession[1988.0020] Consolidated Papers of Fritz Philipp LoeweIdentifierUMA-ITE-2019002000010Scope and ContentBundle of letters and postcards, particularly correspondence between Fritz and Else Loewe c. 1930s. Also includes Morning Post London newspaper article "Coldest place in word - Scientist's view of great ice-cap - Arctic airway of future" 19 March 1936, a CV of Fritz Loewe c. 1936 and work testimonials for Fritz Loewe 1924. Of particular interest in this inventory item are letters from the Vice Chancellor and other staff at The University of Melbourne to Fritz Loewe regarding his move to Melbourne and appointment at the university, an offer of permanent residency in the UK from the UK Home Secretary 12 December 1935, a letter from Kurt Wegener to Fritz Loewe (with Wegener encouraging Loewe to return from Cambridge to Berlin to personally clear up Loewe's problems with the authorities) 17 April 1935 and a letter from the office of Hermann Göring, Der Reichsminister der Luftfahrt [Aviation Minister], informing Fritz Loewe of his dismissal from the aviation ministry, 20 May 1935.
Topics include: Personal and family matters; Fritz Loewe's received grant from the Professional Committee for German Jewish Refugees in 1935; Fritz Loewe's proposed Arctic summer air route between Europe and America; Fritz Loewe's Polar Medal Award in 1955; The German Consul's refusal to renew Fritz Loewe's passport in 1937; Fritz Loewe's permission to enter Australia in 1936 and arrangements for his work at The University of Melbourne; Fritz Loewe's application for naturalization in Australia in 1943; Fritz Loewe's Carnegie Lectureship offer (telegram by Dr. Priestley) in 1938; Fritz Loewe's election as a Foreign Member of the Royal Geographical Society, London in 1937; Urgings for Fritz Loewe to discontinue working in Germany and relocate to Australia ("Professor Laby...is very doubtful indeed of the wisdom of your making any attempt to carry out any further investigations in Germany...Professor Laby emphasises the importance of your arriving in Australia at the first possible moment" K. H. Bailey, The University of Melbourne 10 December 1936); Offer of permanent residency in the United Kingdom from the Home Secretary to Fritz Loewe in 1935; Fritz Loewe's investigation and hearing by the German authorities in 1935; Fritz Loewe's dismissal from his post with the German aviation mininstry.
Senders include: Fritz Loewe; Else Loewe; A. J. Makower, Professional Committee for German Jewish Refugees; Acting Secretary, Post-Master General's Department; A. W. Greig, The University of Melbourne; Der Deutsche Botschafter; Vice Chancellor, The University of Melbourne; J. Morgan, CSIRO; Dr. Priestley, The University of Melbourne; Foreign Secretary, Royal Geographical Society; K. H. Bailey, The University of Melbourne; Walter Adams; Academic Assistance Council; Kurt Wegener; Carl Gablenz; Dr. Sander (?); Hermann Göring, Der Reichsminister der Luftfahrt; Lisa Riedel.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2019.0020 Unit 0002

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CreatorLoewe, Fritz P.RoleProvenance

Dates

Date2 June 1924-14 November 1968

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Previous System ID2019.0020.00010Finding Aid Reference1988.0020 Unit 48/2

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Language of MaterialEnglish (eng)French (fre)German (ger)

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[Letters - Fritz Loewe, Else Loewe, UK Home Office, The University of Melbourne, Kurt Wegener, etc]