Hannelore Daniels Collection

The bulk of this collection contains Hannelore Daniel’s diaries, notes, memoirs, and creative writing. The papers are mostly written in old German script and date primarily from the period after Hannelore’s return to Germany in 1960 through her old age. The bulk of the diaries dates from the 1960s-1970s, when Hannelore lived in Heidelberg, but there are also a few diaries from Hannelore’s life in the United States. There are occasional English-language entries in all the diaries. Two diaries are written from the point of view of Hannelore’s cat and include sketches of the cat. Besides her diaries, pieces of creative writing by Hannelore are included in this collection. There is a book of poetry containing mostly Hannelore’s own poems and inserted mementos, the novel “Ssascha Bojar”, probably based on her own experiences in concentration camps, and other literary works connected to her life. Beyond the diaries and works of creative writing, there are also notebooks used in university courses. The notebooks, class note folders, and literary works cannot be clearly separated from each other, because the notebooks are often used for several purposes, and some class note folders also include diary entries. Further materials in the collection include restitution materials, clippings, and a few other papers related to her studies. Probably the only document which dates before her emigration to the U.S. is what seems to be a list of addresses of Hannelore’s fellow students in Marburg from the late 1940s, which can be found in folder 1. Hannelore’s correspondence with a lawyer regarding compensation for damage to her career and health due to persecution by Nazi Germany is included in this collection along with attestations by medical doctors and two university certificates (folder 2). There are also a few letters referring to the trial against the SS- medic Heinz Wisner to which Hannelore was summoned as witness and some clippings of articles about the Krefeld synagogue (mostly photocopies, folders 3 and 4). Three little notebooks include notes of medical consultations and lists of vocabulary. Four folders contain class notes (philosophy, medicine, literature, and languages) and excerpts from novels and academic literature handwritten by Hannelore. These folders also include programs and invitations of the Amerika Haus Heidelberg.