Ask about this item

Lot 337

German Composer Max Wolf / Jewish Musicians, 1930s / Simon Wiesenthal

Five documents concerning Jewish Musicians who left Germany in the 1930s:
1. Letter from the Reichsmusikkammer to the Jewish-German composer Max Wolf. Berlin, March 31, 1937.
2-3. Two handwritten letters from the opera singer Alexander Kipnis, 1891-1978, addressed to Max Wolf in London, 1938.
4. Program of the Synagogengemeinde concert in Duesseldorf, 1935, with the participation of Alexander Kipnis and hand signed by him.
5. Program of a concert in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, 1939, with the participation of the Jewish-American violinist, native of Ukraine, Misha Elman (1891-1967). Handsigned by Elman.
6. Program of a musical event in Westendsynagoge in Frankfurt am Main, April, 1934, and a poster announcing the event.
7. Official envelope of Dipl.-Ing. Simon Wiesenthal in Linz-Donau, Austria. Sent to Mr. Ernesto Klinger in Buenos Aires, April 1953. A year later the Center for Jewish Documentation established by Wiesenthal in Linz- was closed.
Various sizes and conditions.