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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition	1939 Documents associated with this date: Correspondence Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence LC ASC 27/45, [10] Handwritten postcard from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated July 7, 1939 Violin informs Schoenberg of his route from New York to California. LC ASC 27/45, [11] Handwritten notecard from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated July 19, 1939 Violin thanks the Schoenbergs for their hospitality, and promises his c.v. shortly. LC ASC 27/45, [12] Handwritten coverletter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated July 20, 1939 Covering letter or note to Violin's c.v. [LC ASC 27/45, [13], including list of names. LC ASC 27/45, [13] Handwritten curriculum vitae from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, undated [July 20, 1939] Violin's curriculum vitae. LC ASC 27/45, [14] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated July 24, 1939 Violin tries to express his debt to Schoenberg for recent help. — He advises Schoenberg on how to transfer money at half the standard dollar-mark exchange rate. LC ASC 27/45, [15] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated August 24, 1939 Violin reports his progress in contacting people in the Bay Area to whom he has been given introductions. LC ASC 27/45, [16] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated September 21, 1939 Violin expresses misgivings about his situation, and is concerned that his daughter is in Amsterdam. LC ASC 27/45, [6] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated January 17, 1939 Violin informs Schoenberg that he already has his affidavit, and thanks him for his attempts. He asks Schoenberg for letters of recommendation for San Francisco. LC ASC 27/45, [7] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated May 17, 1939 Violin has been ill for three months, and is due to sail on May 27 arriving New York June 5. He asks about the cost of travel from Los Angeles, where he hopes to stay en route, to San Francisco, and gives a temporary address in New York. LC ASC 27/45, [8] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated June 13, 1939 Violin comments on American red tape. He has had to give the addresses of his supporters and asks Schoenberg to provide a testimonial if asked; and expresses gratitude for the Schoenbergs' offer of hospitality in Los Angeles. LC ASC 27/45, [9] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated June 20, 1939 Violin asks Schoenberg to write to the refugee committee in San Francisco. He will let him know his arrival time. LC ASC 7/50, [3] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated March 2, 1939 Schoenberg is pleased that Violin has his affidavit, is happy to write recommendations for him in San Francisco, and looks forward to seeing him in person soon. LC ASC 7/50, [4] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated June 6, 1939 Schoenberg writes to Violin in New York, advises him on the trip to San Francisco via Los Angeles, and hopes to be able to accommodate him/them in Los Angeles. — He regrets his powerlessness [over the affidavit]. LC ASC 7/50, [6] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated July 21, 1939 Schoenberg has written a letter of introduction and modified Violin's draft c.v., explains how he has done the latter, and advises Violin what to do with the materials. — He asks advice on how to get the best exchange rate for Mark/Dollar. OJ 10/18, [19] Handwritten calling card from Elias to Jeanette Schenker, undated [?1939] Miss Elias has missed a phone call from Jeanette and asks her to call again. OJ 10/18, [20] Handwritten letter from Elias to Jeanette Schenker dated May 21, 1939 Mis Elias rejects a suggestion made in Jeanette's previous letter. She inquires about the health of Jeanette's sister. OJ 10/3, [220] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Deutsch to Jeanette Schenker, dated May 3, 1939 Deutsch encloses a text, probably a printed note explaining why he is emigrating from Austria; he is unable to advise Jeanette about her future but hopes that they might see each other again. He will stay in Vienna until the end of May, then go to London in June and New York in the autumn. -- This is the final item in the correspondence between the Deutsch and Schenker households. OJ 11/31, [3] Handwritten picture postcard from Sophie Guttmann to Jeanette Schenker, dated June 19, 1939 Sophie writes on the anniversary of Heinrich Schenker's death, and wonders whether Jeanette visited his grave. -- Hans has been transferred to Belgrade. -- She reports on Julien, Frieda and her daughters, and Salo. OJ 11/31, [4] Handwritten letter from Sophie Guttmann to Jeanette Schenker, dated September 20, 1939 Sophie tells that Julien has been helping rescue people; she and Salo are moving to Czernowitz in November. -- She wishes Jeanette well. OJ 12/24, [10] Handwritten picture postcard from Kromer to Jeanette Schenker, dated May 24, 1939 Kromer is away, and will let Jeanette know when he returns. OJ 12/24, [11] Typewritten postcard from Kromer to Jeanette Schenker, dated July 22, 1939 Kromer apologizes for not having been in touch; Kromer's wife appends a note. OJ 12/24, [12] Handwritten postcard from Kromer to Jeanette Schenker, dated September 18, 1939 Kromer thanks Jeanette for her call and card, reports that Ratz is not in Vienna. OJ 14/10, [36] Handwritten postcard from Arnold & Rosa Weil to Jeanette Schenker, dated April 25, 1939 Rosa and Arnold report they are still in good health. OJ 14/10, [37] Handwritten letter with envelope from Arnold Weil to Jeanette Schenker, dated September 19, 1939 Arnold says that, despite "precipitate" events [in Europe], they are "unmolested." -- He reports the death of Klara Hatschek. -- Paul Schiff is due to visit Palestine. OJ 14/10, [38] Handwritten letter from Rosa Weil to Jeanette Schenker, undated [?November 1939] In a gloomy, regretful last-surviving letter, Rosa reflects on Klara's death, and speaks of their new home in Prague, with "the children." -- This is not what they had expected for their "twilight years." [She and Arnold would die in Auschwitz three years later.] OJ 14/6, [8] Handwritten letter from Wilhelm to Jeanette Schenker, dated June 1, 1939 Wilhelm sends Jeanette his thoughts about travelling and contemplation. OJ 14/7, [1] Handwritten letter from Felix Kornfeld to Jeanette Schenker, dated August 23, 1939 In probably the first such communication since 1910, Felix Kornfeld describes to his mother, Jeanette Schenker, his current difficult situation, his deportation to a concentration camp and release, his joblessness and divorce, his son (with photograph), and his urgent need to emigrate, and asks whether his mother has contacts abroad that could facilitate this. OJ 70/35, [6] Typewritten testimonial (carbon copy) from Schoenberg concerning Moriz Violin, dated July 21, 1939 Schoenberg letter of recommendation to "whom it may concern." OJ 70/71, [2] Typewritten letter of recommendation from Schoenberg to the Coordinating Committee for German Refugees, San Francisco, dated June 21, 1939 Schoenberg letter of recommendation to the Coordinating Committee for German Refugees in San Francisco.