Guide to the Papers of Helmut Hirsch (1907-2009)
1879-2002
AR 3150 / MF 1045
Processed by Dianne Ritchey
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Electronic finding aid was encoded in EAD 2002 by Dianne Ritchey in March 2010. Description is in English.
August 2010. Microfilm inventory added. March 31, 2014 Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Descriptive Summary | |
Creator: | Hirsch, Helmut, 1907-2009 |
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Title: | Helmut Hirsch Collection |
Dates: | 1879-2002 |
Dates: | bulk 1940-1980 |
Abstract: | This collection holds the papers of the historian and author Helmut Hirsch, which focus primarily on his professional activities and connections as well as some material pertaining to his immigration experiences. Prominent in this collection is his extensive professional correspondence. Other materials included here are some personal correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, notes and research material. |
Languages: | The collection is in German, English, and French. |
Quantity: | 6.75 linear feet |
Identification: | AR 3150 |
Repository: | Leo Baeck Institute |
Biographical Note
Helmut Hirsch was born on September 2, 1907 in Barmen, Germany, the son of Emil Hirsch, a businessman and active left-wing social democrat, and Hedwig Hirsch née Fleischhacker, a milliner. From 1928 until 1932 Helmut Hirsch studied theater, philosophy, art history and journalism at Berlin, Bonn and Leipzig.
In April 1933 Emil Hirsch was arrested by the Nazis; he would be incarcerated in the Kemna concentration camp. As a result of this event, and unable to take his comprehensive exams or publish his completed dissertation on the Marxist journalist Karl Friedrich Köppen, Hirsch made the decision to leave Germany. At first he fled to the Saarland, still independent from the Nazi government; when it too became dangerous after the 1935 plebiscite returned the region to Germany, he went across the border to France along with his wife Eva Buntenbroich-Hirsch. When World War II began in 1939 Hirsch, along with other German refugees, was taken into custody and spent time in the French internment camps of Vierzon. In 1940 he volunteered for the French army where he served as a laborer (Prestataire) for them, loaned to the British Expeditionary Forces for a short time. After his eventual release, the couple went to Marseilles, where they sought and eventually acquired emergency rescue visas for the U.S. in 1941 through the assistance of Prince Hubertus zu Löwenstein and Lee De Blanc with later sponsorship by Lee de Blanc and Oswald Garrison Villard.
In 1942 Helmut Hirsch returned to his university studies. From 1942 until 1945 he studied for a time at the University of Wyoming in Laramie before continuing at the University of Chicago where he finally received his doctoral degree in 1945 with a dissertation on the history of the Saarland. In 1945 he also became a history professor at Roosevelt College, later Roosevelt University. In 1957 he returned to Germany, where he taught or lectured at various German universities, including the Düsseldorf Verwaltungs- und Wirtschaftsakademi and the Gesamthochschule Duisburg. During this time Helmut Hirsch wrote prolifically, producing many books including several biographies as well as works related to Marx and Marxism; his later books were written with the assistance of his third wife, Marianne Hirsch née Tilgner.
Helmut Hirsch died on January 21, 2009 in Düsseldorf.
Return to the Top of PageScope and Content Note
This collection documents the professional work and life of the historian Helmut Hirsch. The primary focus of the collection is on his professional activities and immigration experiences, although some documentation of his family life is also present. The collection consists largely of extensive correspondence but also includes unpublished manuscripts, and a small amount of research material and articles.
Correspondence, found in Series I: Correspondence and Series III: Addenda, primarily relates to Helmut Hirsch's professional life. Much of the correspondence is from Helmut Hirsch to publishers and colleagues. The correspondence exchanged with many publishing houses and related institutions discusses possibilities of publication or rejection of his work, payment schedules, editing of works and the status of his works accepted for publication. Correspondence with institutions where Hirsch worked as a professor, such as Roosevelt College and the University of Chicago, display his activities as professor, including classes he taught and his relationships to other professors and staff. Much of his correspondence additionally mentions his research on topics such as Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the Saar region, and Rosa Luxemburg.
This collection also contains some personal correspondence, with indications of major events in Helmut Hirsch's life, such as his wartime and immigration experiences, the birth and development of his son Helmut Villard Hirsch, and his moves within the United States and return to postwar Germany. Information on such topics will largely be found among the folders of correspondence with his parents, Hedwig and Emil Hirsch; with his son; and among the extensive correspondence of Wuppertalers, especially with that of friends such as Klaus Goebel. Some information on his immigration, reasons for fleeing Germany in the 1930s, and experiences in France will be found among the restitution correspondence, which additionally includes a large amount of legal and financial correspondence concerning his and his family members' attempts to secure restitution.
Further documentation of Helmut Hirsch's professional work in the form of manuscripts and research material comprise Series II. This series includes drafts, often with Hirsch's handwritten notations, of some of his works. Especially prominent are his transcriptions of the letters Eduard Bernstein sent to Friedrich Engels in the late nineteenth century. Some lecture texts and a small amount of research relating to various subjects within Jewish history will also be found in Series II. In addition, this series includes copies of inventories of Helmut Hirsch's papers at other archival institutions.
Return to the Top of PageArrangement
The collection is comprised of three series:
- Series I: Correspondence, 1937-1982
- Series II: Manuscripts and Research Material, 1879-1978
- Series III: Addenda, 1946-2002
Access and Use
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
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Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
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Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
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Related Material
Helmut Hirsch has collections at several other archival institutions. The archives at SUNY Albany has 3 feet of his papers (GER-043) as part of their German and Jewish Intellectual Émigré Collection.
Helmut Hirsch was a prolific writer. The LBI Library holds 38 works by Helmut Hirsch, including several different editions of several of his books. Among these is his autobiography, Onkel Sams Hütte: Autobiographisches Garn eines Asylanten in den USA [JV 6895 J5 H5]. In addition, the LBI Archives hold his English memoir Yankees from the Rhine [ME 309], which focuses on Helmut Hirsch's time in Chicago and time at Roosevelt College.
Return to the Top of PageSeparated Material
The unannotated pages of Helmut Hirsch's book August Bebel: sein Leben in Dokumenten und Briefen were removed from Series II; a complete copy of the book resides in the LBI Library.
Return to the Top of PageMicrofilm
The collection is on twenty-five reels of microfilm (MF 1045):
- Reel 1: 1/1 – 1/8
- Reel 2: 1/9 – 1/15
- Reel 3: 1/16 – 1/18
- Reel 4: 1/19 – 1/22
- Reel 5: 1/23 – 2/4
- Reel 6: 2/5 – 2/11
- Reel 7: 2/12 – 2/17
- Reel 8: 2/18 – 2/42
- Reel 9: 2/43 – 3/9
- Reel 10: 3/10 – 3/19
- Reel 11: 3/20 – 3/23
- Reel 12: 3/24 – 3/33
- Reel 13: 3/34 – 4/4
- Reel 14: 4/5 – 4/12
- Reel 15: 4/13 – 4/22
- Reel 16: 4/23 – 4/31
- Reel 17: 4/32 – 5/17
- Reel 18: 5/18 – 5/21
- Reel 19: 5/22 – 5/38
- Reel 20: 5/39 – 5/60
- Reel 21: 5/61 – 6/10
- Reel 22: 6/11 – 6/23
- Reel 23: 6/24 – 7/8
- Reel 24: 7/9 – 7/32
- Reel 25: 7/33 – 8/12
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Helmut Hirsch Collection; AR 3150; box number; folder number; Leo Baeck
Institute.
Processing Information
Overfilled folders in Series I and Series III had their contents divided by topic or chronologically.
Folders in Series II and Series III were rearranged during the processing of the collection. Folders of correspondence were kept in Helmut Hirsch's designated numerical order.
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The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
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digitized materials.
Series I: Correspondence, 1937-1982 | |||
This series is in German and English with a small amount of French. | |||
5 linear feet. | |||
Arrangement:Original order. | |||
Scope and Content:This large series contains the correspondence of Helmut Hirsch, arranged in numerical order by the numbers Hirsch assigned to the folders. Each folder includes a list with accompanying remarks and descriptions of the folder contents, written by Hirsch and located at the front of the folders. Four overfilled folders of correspondence from individuals in Wuppertal ("Wuppertalers") were subdivided during processing of the collection; individuals with extensive correspondence were given their own folder with the remainder left in folders entitled "Various Individuals," with Hirsch's introductory comments located in these folders. The bulk of this series consists of professional correspondence, with discussions on numerous topics with colleagues, publishers, universities and other institutions. Some personal information may also be found among the correspondence with colleagues. A few folders include correspondence with family members, most notably with Emil and Hedwig Hirsch, Helmut Hirsch's parents, and with Helmut Villard B. Hirsch, Helmut Hirsch's eldest son. Helmut Hirsch's professional life in general will be seen in the correspondence with several publishers as well as in the correspondence with institutions for which he taught or lectured. Several of the folders of correspondence with publishing houses include documentation on contracts and payments in addition to correspondence. Letters with publishers often discuss specific works and their publication status, and occasionally mention editorial changes or comments from publishers. Publishing houses represented in this series include Rohwohlt Verlag, Verlag Friederich Oettinger, Carl Schünemann Verlag, Kiepenheuer und Witsch, Peter Humner Verlag and Aloys Henn Verlag. The folder "Amerika Du Morgenröte" provides information on the publication and distribution of this work by Helmut Hirsch. Numerous folders also hold letters with information on his work as a lecturer and professor. Most notable among these are the two folders of correspondence with Roosevelt College (later Roosevelt University), where Helmut Hirsch taught early in his career. This correspondence contains information on life at the college, contracts, college and departmental politics, grants and funding opportunities, and include letters from other professors, students, and deans; several letters derive from his time teaching in Germany, when he was on a leave of absence from Roosevelt University. The folder of letters relating to the "East and West Fellowship" derive from his time on the Fellowship committee, where he assisted in determining funding for foreign students. Helmut Hirsch also served as a visiting professor at several colleges, and some folders hold correspondence relating to these appointments, such as his time at the University of Chicago, Lake Erie College and the University of Maryland. Hirsch also taught in postwar Germany; evidence of these positions will be seen in the correspondence with the Volkhochschule Wuppertal, Volkhochschule Braunschweig, and Gesamthochschule Paderborn. Hirsch's interest in giving lectures in Europe outside of Germany is evidenced in Series I as well, such as in the correspondence of Yugoslav Universities and with Helmut Müssener of Tyska Institutionen of Stockholm. Hirsch also gave lectures on various topics outside of academia, including his time spent teaching on educational trips for the Council on Student Travel as well as giving lectures for several German radio stations, such as Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Deutschland Rundfunk (where he talked about Germans visiting America), Radio Bremen and Radio Hamburg. Talks he gave for several German Labor Unions discussed labor history and history teaching. Among the letters of Stanley Pergellis Hirsch mentions his interest in researching German exiles in the midwestern United States. With Gerd Wollheim there is discussion of the difference in teaching methods and students between the United States and Germany. Much of Helmut Hirsch's professional correspondence discusses specific research topics with other colleagues. One such topic is his research on Rosa Luxemburg, which will be encountered in several folders of this series. Correspondence with Paul and Rosi Fröhlich, which also includes personal discussions, frequently mentions Hirsch's work on a book on Rosa Luxemburg. Correspondence with the Hoover Institution mentions a Rosa Luxemburg diary, while Georges Haupt assisted Hirsch in accumulating material on Rosa Luxemburg. In addition, there is one folder of correspondence with Feliks Tych of Warsaw, a leading scholar on Rosa Luxemburg. Another area of Hirsch's scholarly interest that is well-represented here is the work and lives of Friederich Engels and Karl Marx. Various correspondents mention research on these individuals. Among these is Maximilian Rubel, who was conducting research on Marx. W.O. Henderson's letters also contain a great deal of information on these subjects, as does correspondence with Hal Draper, author of Marx's Theory on Revolution. In addition, there is correspondence with members of the Engels family and with Walter Zadek, a relative of Eduard Bernstein, whose correspondence with Friederich Engels was the subject of one of Hirsch's books. Correspondence with the Carl S. Verlag and the Peter Hummer Verlag discuss the publication of some of Hirsch's works on Marx and Engels. Helmut Hirsch was also recognized for his knowledge of the politics and history of the Saarland. Saar research is mentioned in the folders of correspondence with Arnold Price, Quincy Wright, the Forschungsstelle für Völkerrecht und ausländisches öffentliches Recht der Universität Hamburg and with the folder of letters with the New Yorker Staatszeitung/ Chicago Abendpost. Hirsch's ideas for articles and further research on the Saar are mentioned in the correspondence with Robert Strausz-Hupe. Correspondence with Hans-Joachim Schoeps briefly mentions arguments on the Saar question. Personal correspondence is located in several areas of this collection, including among the correspondence with Helmut Hirsch's parents, Hedwig and Emil Hirsch, as well as that of his son, Helmut Villard B. Hirsch, and in the folders of restitution correspondence. The restitution files additionally include some personal papers. Correspondence of Hedwig and Emil Hirsch include letters sent to them by Eva and Helmut Hirsch, as well as some correspondence sent by Eva to her brother Franz while he was in a POW camp. Early letters by Eva Hirsch in Paris to her in-laws in England discuss Helmut's situation while in a labor camp in France, and largely detail her concerns for him and his health, as well as attempts to assist him. Letters from 1942-1945 provide a description of the Hirsch family's existence in Laramie, Wyoming while Helmut Hirsch worked on his dissertation; later letters mention the move to Chicago. Some letters discuss his academic and scholarly work and achievements. These and later letters frequently discuss the development and health of Helmut Villard Hirsch, with most of the later letters pertaining entirely to family matters. In addition, the letters of 1945-1948 hold some correspondence not addressed to Hedwig and Emil Hirsch that mention the incarceration of Franz Buntenbreich in a POW camp in Nebraska and the treatment of Eva Hirsch's family members in Cologne. Two folders in this series hold correspondence between Helmut Hirsch and Helmut Villard Hirsch when the younger Helmut was living on his own in Germany and studying there. These letters primarily include discussion of financial arrangements, some copies of Helmut Villard Hirsch's school essays and frequent discussion of family matters. In addition, Helmut Hirsch often imparts advice to his son on various subjects. Several folders in this series concern Helmut Hirsch's attempts to seek restitution for his and his family's experiences. Among the papers of the first folder of restitution papers are those documenting his early immigration to France as well as later immigration to the United States. This folder also holds documents detailing Helmut Hirsch's wartime experiences, as well as those of Eva and Hedwig Hirsch. The bulk of the restitution correspondence includes extensive legal and financial correspondence with lawyers and German government agencies focusing on restitution efforts for Hedwig, Helmut and Eva Hirsch. | |||
Box | Folder | Title | Date |
1 | 1 | Europäische Verlagsanstalt (No. 1) | 1953-1967 |
1 | 2 | Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation (No. II) | 1942-1967 |
1 | 3 | Boris Nicolaevsky (No. III) | 1942-1966 |
1 | 4 | Howard Becker (No. IV) | 1946-1961 |
1 | 5 | Academy Council, Hebrew University (No. V) | 1947-1950 |
1 | 6 | Karl and Hedda Korsch (No. VI) | 1943-1947 |
1 | 7 | Willi Huhn (Unnumbered) | 1950-1955 |
1 | 8 | Paul and Rosi Fröhlich (No. VII) | 1941-1978 |
1 | 9 | Friedrich Hirth (No. VIII) | 1949-1952 |
1 | 10 | Oswald Garrison Villard (No. IX) | 1941-1969 |
1 | 11 | International Institute of Social History (No. X) | 1949-1979 |
1 | 12 | Hans Rothfels (No. XI) | 1950-1976 |
1 | 13 | Heinrich Heine Gesellschaft (No. XII) | 1963-1978 |
1 | 14 | Verlag Friedrich Oetinger (No. XIII) | 1947-1956 |
1 | 15 | Carl Schünemann Verlag (No. XIV) | 1962-1974 |
1 | 16 | Siegfried Behn (No. XV) | 1946-1966 |
1 | 17 | Rheinischer Merkur (No. XVI) | 1956-1978 |
1 | 18 | Rheinischer Merkur (No. XVI) | 1952-1978 |
1 | 19 | Maximilian Rubel (No. XVII) | 1951-1967 |
1 | 20 | Maximilian Rubel (No. XVII) | 1968-1980 |
1 | 21 | Göttinger Universitätszeitung (No. XVIII) | 1947-1956 |
1 | 22 | Rowohlt Verlag (No. XIX) | 1961-1973 |
1 | 23 | Rowohlt Verlag (No. XIX) | 1961-1980 |
Box | Folder | Title | Date |
2 | 1 | Société D'Histoire de la Révolution Française and France Amérique (No. XX) | 1946-1955 |
2 | 2 | Atlantik Brücke (No. XXI) | 1955-1979 |
2 | 3 | Verlag J.H.W. Dietz (No. XXII) | 1965-1979 |
2 | 4 | Siegfried Marck (No. XXIII) | 1945-1966 |
2 | 5 | Ferdinand Schevill (No. XXIV) | 1941-1954 |
2 | 6 | Historische Zeitschrift (No. XXV) | 1949-1979 |
2 | 7 | Siegfried Thalheimer (No. XXVI) | 1941-1979 |
2 | 8 | Gerd Wollheim (No. XXVII) | 1947-1949 |
2 | 9 | Kiepenheuer and Witsch (No. XXVIII) | 1941-1979 |
2 | 10 | "B" | 1943-1955 |
2 | 11 | Karl Kautsky (No. XXX) | 1963-1977 |
2 | 12 | Fruma and Louis Gottschalk (No. XXXI) | 1941-1968 |
2 | 13 | Hedwig and Emil Hirsch (No. XXXII) | 1937-1941 |
2 | 14 | Hedwig and Emil Hirsch (No. XXXII) | 1942-1945 |
2 | 15 | Hedwig and Emil Hirsch (No. XXXII) | 1945-1948 |
2 | 16 | Neue Politische Literatur (No. XXXIII) | 1952-1972 |
2 | 17 | Frederick Forell (No. XXXIV) | 1942-1954 |
2 | 18 | Hans-Jürgen Leep (Der Bund) (No. XXXV) | 1948-1980 |
2 | 19 | Wuppertalers – Helmut Böger | 1967-1975 |
2 | 20 | Wuppertalers – Heinz Born | 1958-1963 |
2 | 21 | Wuppertalers – Wilhelm Boschulte | 1959 |
2 | 22 | Wuppertalers – Continuity Research Team | 1971-1972 |
2 | 23 | Wuppertalers – Joseph Druxes | 1948-1970 |
2 | 24 | Wuppertalers – Günther Ede | 1959-1973 |
2 | 25 | Wuppertalers – Erna Fleckner | 1970-1971 |
2 | 26 | Wuppertalers – Rudolf Fuchs | 1962-1965 |
2 | 27 | Wuppertalers – Klaus Goebel | 1968-1982 |
2 | 28 | Wuppertalers – Kurt Hackenberg | 1951-1958 |
2 | 29 | Wuppertalers – Bianka Halle | 1967-1969 |
2 | 30 | Wuppertalers – Ernst Junker | 1953-1980 |
2 | 31 | Wuppertalers – Cary and Clodwig Kapferer | 1963-1978 |
2 | 32 | Wuppertalers – Hans-Jürgen Leep | 1968-1969 |
2 | 33 | Wuppertalers – R. Linsel (Presse- und Werbeamt Stadtverwaltung Wuppertal) | 1970 |
2 | 34 | Wuppertalers – Gerard Martin | 1956-1977 |
2 | 35 | Wuppertalers – Herbert Mertens | 1957-1958 |
2 | 36 | Wuppertalers – Neue Ruhr Zeitung and Neue Rhein Zeitung | 1954-1977 |
2 | 37 | Wuppertalers – Oberstadtdirektor der Stadt Wuppertal | 1953-1977 |
2 | 38 | Wuppertalers – Klaus Revermann (Kulturdezernat der Stadt Wuppertal) | 1968-1975 |
2 | 39 | Wuppertalers – Rudolf-Steiner-Schule | 1958-1959 |
2 | 40 | Wuppertalers – Hellmut Schneier | 1957-1961 |
2 | 41 | Wuppertalers – Wilhelm Tonn | 1963-1969 |
2 | 42 | Wuppertalers – Various Individuals | 1946-1954, 1960-1975 |
2 | 43 | Wuppertalers – Various Individuals | 1954-1977 |
2 | 44 | Wuppertalers – Various Individuals | 1954-1981 |
Box | Folder | Title | Date |
3 | 1 | Wuppertalers – Volkshochschule Wuppertal | 1957-1970 |
3 | 2 | Wuppertalers – Horst Dieter Winterberg | 1958-1973 |
3 | 3 | Wuppertalers – Wuppertal Mayors (Oberbürgermeister) | 1952-1977 |
3 | 4 | Hubertus Prinz zu Loewenstein (No. XXXVI) | 1941-1976 |
3 | 5 | Stanley Pergellis (No. XXXVII) | 1944-1968 |
3 | 6 | Council on Student Travel (No. XXXVII) | 1955-1961 |
3 | 7 | Jörg Mager (Volkshochschule der Stadt Düsseldorf) (No. XXXVIII) | 1953-1967 |
3 | 8 | Amerika Du Morgenröte (No. 39) | 1946-1968 |
3 | 9 | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (No. 40) | 1953-1969 |
3 | 10 | Siegfried Balke (No. 41) | 1959-1969 |
3 | 11 | Westdeutscher Rundfunk (No. 42) | 1951-1971 |
3 | 12 | Westdeutscher Rundfunk (No. 42) | 1945-1979 |
3 | 13 | Deutschland Rundfunk (No. 43) | 1962-1967 |
3 | 14 | German Radio Specialists (No. 44) | 1950-1969 |
3 | 15 | Deutsche Welle (No. 45) | 1963-1966 |
3 | 16 | Auswärtiges Amt (No. 46) | 1958-1968 |
3 | 17 | Joseph Deutz (No. 47) | 1960-1969 |
3 | 18 | Heinrich Knappstein (No. 48) | 1951-1969 |
3 | 19 | Heinz Krekeller (No. 49) | 1950-1978 |
3 | 20 | Kultusminister (No. 50) | 1960-1966 |
3 | 21 | Dortmund Auslandsinstitut (No. 51) | 1957-1959 |
3 | 22 | Dortmund Auslandsinstitut (No. 51) | 1954-1959 |
3 | 23 | Roosevelt College (No. 52) | 1950-1969 |
3 | 24 | Roosevelt College (No. 52) | 1945-1978 |
3 | 25 | Karl (Carl) Heinrich Marx als Prediger (No. 53) | 1959-1978 |
3 | 26 | Erich Ollenhauer Lecture (No. 54) | |
3 | 27 | Eugen Kogon and Robert Schmidt (Technische Hochschule Darmstadt) (No. 55) | 1960-1963 |
3 | 28 | Karl Mommer (No. 56) | 1953-1956 |
3 | 29 | Robert Herly (No. 57) | 1948-1955 |
3 | 30 | Robert Strausz-Hupe (No. 58) | 1950-1957 |
3 | 31 | Arnold Price (No. 59) | 1954-1956 |
3 | 32 | Quincy Wright (No. 60) | 1946-1955 |
3 | 33 | Forschungsstelle für Völkerrecht und ausländisches offentliches Recht der Universität Hamburg (No. 61) | |
3 | 34 | Helmut Lauk (No. 62) | 1950-1958 |
3 | 35 | S. Léon Grumbach (No. 63) | 1946-1948 |
3 | 36 | German Government Offices on Saar Articles (No. 64) | 1950-1962 |
3 | 37 | New Yorker Staatszeitung Chicago Abendpost (No. 65) | 1950-1977 |
Box | Folder | Title | Date |
4 | 1 | Internationales Schulbuchinstitut / George Eckert (No. 66) | 1964-1978 |
4 | 2 | Internationales Schulbuchinstitut / George Eckert (No. 66b) | 1965-1985 |
4 | 3 | Institut für Marxismus-Leninismus | 1965-1969 |
4 | 4 | Hans Jürgen Friederici and Walter Markov (Karl Marx University) (No. 67) | 1964-1976 |
4 | 5 | East and West Fellowship (No. 68) | 1949 |
4 | 6 | Irene Martin (No. 69) | 1951-1978 |
4 | 7 | Engels Family (No. 70) | 1965-1972 |
4 | 8 | Peter Hummer Verlag (No. 71) | 1968-1969 |
4 | 9 | Howard and Gertrude Kershner (No. 72) | 1940-1970 |
4 | 10 | Internationales Institut für Sozialgeschichte (No. 73) | 1966-1972 |
4 | 11 | Zentralarchiv and Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (No. 74) | 1954-1970 |
4 | 12 | Lee de Blanc (No. 75) | 1940-1945 |
4 | 13 | Lee de Blanc (No. 75) | 1946-1977 |
4 | 14 | Bernhard Poll (Gesellschaft für Rheinische Geschichtskunde) (No. 76) | 1947-1970 |
4 | 15 | Leo Breuws (No. 77) | 1946-1955 |
4 | 16 | Dortmund Libraries (No. 78) | 1951-1977 |
4 | 17 | Bernadotte Schmitt (No. 79) | 1943-1971 |
4 | 18 | Vivian Stranders (No. 80) | 1952-1957 |
4 | 19 | Fritz K. Richter (No. 81) | 1947-1960 |
4 | 20 | Wilhelm Matull (No. 82) | 1963-1978 |
4 | 21 | Helmut Villard B. Hirsch (No. 83) | 1958-1963 |
4 | 22 | Helmut Villard B. Hirsch (No. 83) | 1963-1971 |
4 | 23 | Sonnenberg Kreis (No 84) | 1954-1973 |
4 | 24 | Gustav René Hocke (No. 85) | 1949-1978 |
4 | 25 | Voice of America (No. 86) | 1948-1950 |
4 | 26 | Paul Harvey (No. 87) | 1949-1955 |
4 | 27 | U.S. Attorney General (No. 88) | 1942-1955 |
4 | 28 | Henry Jacoby (No. 89) | 1949-1977 |
4 | 29 | University of Tel-Aviv (No. 90) | 1961-1978 |
4 | 30 | Restitution (No. 91) | 1939-1956 |
4 | 31 | Restitution | 1956-1958 |
4 | 32 | Restitution | 1958-1961 |
4 | 33 | Restitution | 1961-1963 |
4 | 34 | Restitution | 1964-1971 |
Box | Folder | Title | Date |
5 | 1 | American Historical Review (No. 92) | 1946-1971 |
5 | 2 | CARE/ Christian Committee for Israel (No. 93) | 1953-1956 |
5 | 3 | Edmund Silberner (No. 94) | 1965-1971 |
5 | 4 | Hochschule für Arbeit, Politik und Wirtschaft (No. 95) | 1951-1956 |
5 | 5 | Volkhochschule Braunschweig (No. 96) | 1963-1971 |
5 | 6 | Klaus Hermann (No. 97) | 1954-1971 |
5 | 7 | Hans Lamm (No. 99) | 1958-1973 |
5 | 8 | Desider Stern (No. 100) | 1967-1970 |
5 | 9 | Free University Berlin and Historische Kommission zu Berlin (No. 101) | 1954-1980 |
5 | 10 | Schweizerische Sozialarchiv (No. 102) | 1965-1980 |
5 | 11 | Neue Deutsche Biographie (No. 103) | 1964-1968 |
5 | 12 | Hans-Joachim Schoeps (No. 104) | 1956-1977 |
5 | 13 | German Labor Unions (No. 105) | 1957-1975 |
5 | 14 | Berlin Professors of Journalism (Emil Dovifat and Fritz Eberhard) (No. 106) | 1950-1967 |
5 | 15 | Radio Station WIND-Chicago (No. 106) | 1955? |
5 | 16 | Yugoslav Universities (No. 107) | 1953-1957 |
5 | 17 | City of Porz am Rhein (No. 108) | 1969-1970 |
5 | 18 | U.S. State Department (No. 109) | 1947-1959 |
5 | 19 | Turin University of European Studies (No. 110) | 1955-1972 |
5 | 20 | University of Chicago (No. 111) | 1943-1978 |
5 | 21 | Dietrich Gerhard (No. 112) | 1959-1968 |
5 | 22 | Radio Bremen (No. 113) | 1969-1970 |
5 | 23 | Radio Hamburg (No. 114) | 1952-1957 |
5 | 24 | Hans Lehmann (No. 115) | 1949-1977 |
5 | 25 | Karl D'Ester (No. 116) | 1947-1957 |
5 | 26 | Landmannschaft Schlesien and Schlesische Rundschau (No. 117) | 1956-1974 |
5 | 27 | Wilmont Haacke and Walter Hegemann (No. 118) | 1955-1974 |
5 | 28 | William Otto Henderson (No. 119) | 1966-1981 |
5 | 29 | Karl Thieme (No. 120) | 1950 |
5 | 30 | Rogier Pagosie (No. 121) | 1949-1950 |
5 | 31 | Fritz Epstein (No. 122) | 1954-1958 |
5 | 32 | Aloys Henn Verlag (No. 123) | 1969-1979 |
5 | 33 | Hoover Institution (No. 124) | 1968 |
5 | 34 | Georges Haupt (No. 125) | 1969-1978 |
5 | 35 | Peter Fuchs (No. 126) | 1970-1979 |
5 | 36 | Heinz Sperling (No. 127) | 1948-1952 |
5 | 37 | Otto M. Hess (No. 128) | 1962-1978 |
5 | 38 | Ilse Dronberger (No. 129) | 1943-1969 |
5 | 39 | Ilse Dronberger (No. 129) | 1970-1976 |
5 | 40 | Ilse Dronberger (No. 129) | 1976-1980 |
5 | 41 | Hal Draper (No. 130) | 1973-1978 |
5 | 42 | Hubert Schiel (No. 130) | 1955-1956 |
5 | 43 | Joachim Radkau (No. 131) | 1972-1977 |
5 | 44 | Germania Judaica (No. 131) | 1968-1972 |
5 | 45 | Helmut Müssener (Tyska Institutionen, Stockholm) (No. 132) | 1975-1978 |
5 | 46 | Walter Zadek (No. 133) | 1978 |
5 | 47 | Henry Pachter (No. 134) | 1971-1978 |
5 | 48 | Feliks Tych (Warsaw) (No. 135) | 1973-1978 |
5 | 49 | Hermann Diederichs (No. 136) | 1976-1978 |
5 | 50 | Leo Baeck Institute | 1979 |
5 | 51 | Gesamthochschule Paderborn (No. 137) | 1974-1979 |
5 | 52 | Dieter Fricke (Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena) (No. 138) | 1976-1979 |
5 | 53 | Wilhelm Schönarzt (No. 139) | 1964-1979 |
5 | 54 | Lecture Tour in Würtemberg – Hohenzollern (No. 140) | 1951 |
5 | 55 | Lake Erie College (no. 141) | 1960-1966 |
5 | 56 | Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia (No. 143) | 1971-1980 |
5 | 57 | Arthur and Lynn Fields (No. 144) | 1949-1952 |
5 | 58 | West German Presidents, Chancellors and Other State Officials (No. 145) | 1951-1980 |
5 | 59 | Jacques Grandjonc (University of Provence) (No. 146) | 1974-1978 |
5 | 60 | Vernon Lidtke (John Hopkins University) (No. 147) | 1971-1981 |
5 | 61 | August-Bebel Stiftung (No. 149) | 1949-1951 |
5 | 62 | University of Maryland (No. 150) | 1956-1969 |
Series II: Manuscripts and Research Material, 1879-1978 | |||
This series is in German and English. | |||
1.2 linear feet. | |||
Arrangement:Divided into two subseries: Manuscripts and Research Material. | |||
Scope and Content:This series consists of the material Helmut Hirsch used in the creation of his published books and articles. Subseries 1 holds drafts of published works, including extensive notes used in his work Eduard Bernsteins Briefwechsel mit Friedrich Engels. Other manuscripts include several lecture texts, among them those used in radio presentations for Radio Bremen and Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Several manuscripts pertain to Karl Marx or focus on Marxists. The research material of Subseries 2 consists of a small amount of photocopied primary and secondary sources collected by Helmut Hirsch on topics pertaining to Jewish history. Other research material documents his own life, primarily consisting of inventories of his papers at other archival institutions. | |||
Subseries 1: Manuscripts, 1879-1974 | |||
This series is in German and English. | |||
1 linear foot. | |||
Arrangement:Topical. | |||
Scope and Content:Subseries 1 is comprised of manuscripts of Helmut Hirsch's essays, lectures and translations; accompanying material such as a small amount of correspondence and notes is included as well. The majority of this subseries relates to his work on the letters sent by Eduard Bernstein to Friedrich Engels. This material consists of photocopies of Bernstein's handwritten letters and Hirsch's typed transcriptions of the letters, including extensive notations, and culminated in the book Eduard Bernsteins Briefwechsel mit Friedrich Engels. Among the other manuscripts and some lectures and articles. Three of the lecture texts were intended for the radio: "Der junge Moses Hess" and "Sozialismus: Ideal von Gestern oder Heute? Zum Lebenswerk von Henry Jacoby" played on Westdeutscher Rundfunk, while "Interview mit der Geschichte (XIV): Ferdinand Lasalle" was featured on Radio Bremen. Most of the articles focus on specific political figures, especially those who espoused Marxism or socialism. | |||
A) Engels-Bernstein Letters | |||
Box | Folder | Title | Date |
6 | 1 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 1-10 | 1879-1881 |
6 | 2 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 11-20 | 1881-1882 |
6 | 3 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 21-30 | 1882 |
6 | 4 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 31-40 | 1882 |
6 | 5 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 41-50 | 1882 |
6 | 6 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 51-60 | 1983 |
6 | 7 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 61-70 | 1883 |
6 | 8 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 71-80 | 1883-1884 |
6 | 9 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 81-90 | 1884 |
6 | 10 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 91-100 | 1884 |
6 | 11 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 101-110 | 1884 |
6 | 12 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 111-120 | 1884-1885 |
6 | 13 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 121-130 | 1885-1886 |
6 | 14 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 131-140 | 1887-1890 |
6 | 15 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 141-150 | 1890-1892 |
6 | 16 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 151-160 | 1892-1893 |
6 | 17 | Engels-Bernstein Letters – 161-174 | 1894-1895 |
B) Other Manuscripts | |||
Box | Folder | Title | Date |
6 | 18 | August Bebel, Mensch und Politiker – Lecture at the Volkshochschule Düsseldorf | 1967 |
6 | 19 | August Bebel: sein Leben in Dokumenten und Briefen - Book | 1968 |
6 | 20 | Befreiung der Rheinischen Juden | 1973 |
6 | 21 | Carl L. Bernays – Collected Articles | 1972 |
6 | 22 | Carl Ludwig Bernays – Handwritten Notes | undated |
6 | 23 | Heine und Marx | 1966 |
6 | 24 | Imperialismus: eine Studie von J.A. Hobson | 1969 |
6 | 25 | Interview mit der Geschichte (XIV): Ferdinand Lasalle | 1969 |
6 | 26 | Interview mit [Ferdinand] Lasalle | undated |
6 | 27 | Der junge Moses Hess: sein Leben in Bonn, Köln und Wuppertal | 1969 |
6 | 28 | Karl Marx und die Bittschriften für die Gleichberechtigung der Juden | 1968 |
6 | 29 | Marx/ Engels und der Rassismus | 1976 |
6 | 30 | Marxist "Anti-Semitism"? | 1976 |
6 | 31 | Schlussfolgerungen aus neueren Entwicklungstendenzen im Politischen und Sozialökonomischen Leben der Bundesrepublik | 1971-1973 |
Box | Folder | Title | Date |
7 | 1 | Sozialismus: Ideal von Gestern oder Heute? Zum Lebenswerk von Henry Jacoby | 1974 |
7 | 2 | Une lettre inconnue de Laura Lafargue | 1968-1969 |
Subseries 2: Research Material, 1843-1848, 1949-1978 | |||
This subseries is in German and English. | |||
0.2 linear foot. | |||
Arrangement:Topical. | |||
Scope and Content:Subseries 2 contains research material used by Helmut Hirsch in his professional endeavors. Included are photocopies of original documents as well as copies of clippings, articles and publications. The first portion of the subseries primarily holds photocopies of documents used by Hirsch in his research. The initial folder is comprised of photocopies of pages of the Appenzeller Zeitung that provide data on anti-Jewish violence during the revolutions of 1848. The folder of material on Elsa Laske-Schüler, a poet/ writer from Wuppertal, also includes a published article by Helmut Hirsch in a Wuppertal publication where he briefly describes his ancestry. The folder "Infamous Decree" holds copies of entries on Napoleon's "Jewish Decree" (Juden-Dekret) of March 17, 1808 as well as a copy of a handwritten original document from 1843. Material on Moses Hess consists of copies of letters by him. The second area of Subseries 2 comprise material on Helmut Hirsch. The bulk of this material is the inventories of his papers held at the archives of SUNY Albany and the Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv as well as his papers at the University of Kansas and the Tyska Institutionen at the University of Stockholm, Sweden. These papers are similar to the introductory sheets found in most folders of Series I. There is also a biographical article on Helmut Hirsch written on the occasion of his seventieth birthday and one folder of unidentified notes and loose correspondence, some with extensive handwritten notes. | |||
A) Jewish History | |||
Box | Folder | Title | Date |
7 | 3 | Appenzeller Zeitung | 1848 |
7 | 4 | Else Lasker-Schüler | 1968-1971 |
7 | 5 | Infamous Decree | 1843 |
7 | 6 | Moses Hess | 1809-1845, 1972 |
B) Helmut Hirsch | |||
Box | Folder | Title | Date |
7 | 7 | Article about Helmut Hirsch | 1978 |
7 | 8 | Correspondence and Unidentified Notes | 1964-1973 |
7 | 9 | Helmut Hirsch collection at SUNY-Albany | 1973-1978 |
7 | 10 | Helmut Hirsch Papers at Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv | undated |
7 | 11 | Helmut Hirsch Papers at Various Institutions | undated, 1949 |
Series III: Addenda, 1946-2002 | |||
This series is in German and English. | |||
0.55 linear foot. | |||
Arrangement:Alphabetical. | |||
Scope and Content:Series III contains items Helmut Hirsch added to the collection. Many of the folders in this series accompany the correspondence of Series I, therefore Hirsch's file numbering has been retained, although in a few cases the numeration varies from that used in Series I. The bulk of this series, like the bulk of the collection, consists of Helmut Hirsch's correspondence. Most of this correspondence pertains to professional matters such as discussion of research, publication of his works, and references to reviews written by Helmut Hirsch. Several folders pertain to his research on Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Correspondence with the Europäische Verlagsanstalt concerns both his translation of a work on Engels and the publication of a work on Marx. Notable is the correspondence with W.O. Henderson and Lawrence Cranberg, which discusses Henderson's search for the last will of Friedrich Engels and the relationship between Engels and Marx. Correspondence with the Institut für Marxistische Studien und Forschungen includes the question of what Karl Marx's life and work meant to Helmut Hirsch personally, along with Helmut Hirsch's answer. Two large folders in this series hold correspondence from Wuppertalers, similar to that of Series I. Among the topics mentioned are the fate of family members left behind in Germany and biographical information on Emil Hirsch. Several letters discuss the establishment of an exhibit at the Wuppertal Stadtmuseum on Jews in Wuppertal during the Third Reich. In addition to correspondence, Series III also holds a few articles by Hirsch, one folder of biographical articles on him, and further lists of his papers located at SUNY Albany. The biographical articles focus on the publication of his memoir, Onkel Sams Hütte: autobiographisches Garn einen Asylanten in den USA. | |||
Box | Folder | Title | Date |
7 | 12 | Article – Stammte Margarethe Meyer-Schurz aus einer ursprünglich jüdischen Familie? | 1982 |
7 | 13 | Article – Vom Zarenhaß zur Revolutionshoffnung | 2000 |
7 | 14 | Biographical Articles | 1995 |
7 | 15 | Correspondence – Edith Alexander | 2002 |
7 | 16 | Correspondence – Europäische Verlagsanstalt (No. I) | 1976-1977 |
7 | 17 | Correspondence – International Institute for Social History (No. X) | 1978-1981 |
7 | 18 | Correspondence – Heinrich-Heine-Gesellschaft (No. XII) | 1980 |
7 | 19 | Correspondence – Rheinischer Merkur/ Christ und Welt (No. XVI) | 1979-1982 |
7 | 20 | Correspondence – Rowohlt Publishers (No. XIX) | 1980-1982 |
7 | 21 | Correspondence – J.H.W. Dietz and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (No. 22) | 1978-1983 |
7 | 22 | Correspondence – Wuppertalers (No. XXXV) | 1946-1982 |
7 | 23 | Correspondence – Wuppertalers (No. XXXV) | 1959-1983 |
7 | 24 | Correspondence – Roosevelt University (No. 52) | 1956-1982 |
7 | 25 | Correspondence – Institute for Marxism-Leninism (No. 66b) | 1979-1983 |
7 | 26 | Correspondence – Shlomo Na'am and Walter Grab (No. 90) | 1979-1982 |
7 | 27 | Correspondence – Historical Commission, Berlin (No. 101) | 1980-1982 |
7 | 28 | Correspondence – W.O. Henderson and Lawrence Cranberg (No. 119) | 1981-1982 |
7 | 29 | Correspondence – Aloys Henn Publishers (No. 123) | 1978-1979 |
7 | 30 | Correspondence – Nachrichtenamt der Stadt Köln, City Administration and SPD (No. 126) | 1964-1981 |
7 | 31 | Correspondence – Ilse Dronberger (No. 129) | 1959-1982 |
7 | 32 | Correspondence – Germania Judaica (No. 131b) | 1980-1982 |
7 | 33 | Correspondence – Feliks Tych (No. 135) | 1980-1982 |
Box | Folder | Title | Date |
8 | 1 | Correspondence – Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia (No. 143) | 1979-1982 |
8 | 2 | Correspondence – Institut für Marxistische Studien und Forschungen (No. 152) | 1982-1983 |
8 | 3 | Correspondence – Hermann Weber (No. 153) | 1980-1983 |
8 | 4 | Correspondence – Deutsches Literatur Archiv (No. 154) | 1977-1983 |
8 | 5 | Correspondence – Marx-Engels-Lenin Institute Moscow and Bonn Embassy of the USSR (No. 155) | 1966-1983 |
8 | 6 | Correspondence – Werner Halweg (No. 156) | 1973-1981 |
8 | 7 | Correspondence – Karl Heinrich Rengstorf (No. 157) | 1963-1965 |
8 | 8 | Correspondence – U.W. Kitzinger (No. 158) | 1961-1966 |
8 | 9 | Correspondence – Klaus W. Jonas (No. 159) | 1975-1983 |
8 | 10 | Correspondence – Otto Dann (No. 160) | 1978-1983 |
8 | 11 | Correspondence – Deutsche Bibliothek (No. 161) | 1970-1983 |
8 | 12 | SUNY Albany Material – Lists | undated, 1971-1980s |