Gerda L. Schulman Collection

Collection

Identifier: AR 11669

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of two folders: one containing Gerda Schulman's Austrian Heritage Collection questionnaire with biographical details of her experience in Vienna before the Anschluss and subsequent immigration, as well as degrees and professional certificates. The second folder contains publications by Gerda Schulman from her professional career as a psychologist. The second folder also includes a letter from 1938, originally published in the book Thomas Mann Letters.

Dates

1938-1993

Language of Materials

This collection is in English and Latin.

Access Restrictions

Open to researchers.

Access Information

Part of the collection is digitized. Follow the link(s) in the Container List to access the digitized materials.

Use Restrictions

There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:

Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org

Biographical Note

Gerda Schulman (née Lang) was born 1915 in Vienna, Austria. She finished her law studies at the University of Vienna just a few weeks before the Anschluss in March of 1938. She and her Dutch husband, Hans fled to Amsterdam, and they immigrated to the U.S. in 1939 where she started her studies in psychology. She eventually became a family therapist and a published author of scientific works.