Jakob Wassermann Collection
Abstract
The collection consists mainly of published and unpublished reminiscences about the author Jakob Wassermann by journalists and remote family mebers. Also included are two original autographs by Wassermann himself.
Dates
- 1922-1991
Language of Materials
This collection is in German.
Access
The Jakob Wassermann Collection may be viewed online.
Photographs have been removed to the LBI Photograph Collection.
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
Jakob Wassermann was born 1873 in Fuerth, Germany. He worked as a journalist in Germany and in Switzerland, before publishing his first novel ‘Melusine’ in 1896. He then moved to Austria where he lived alternatively in Vienna and in the spa-town Altaussee, where he died in 1934.
Extent
4 Folders
Separated Material
The physical contents of folder 1 has been removed to the Jakob Wassermann autographs collection, AR 253.
Processing Information
During microfilming and consequent digitization the original order of the collection has been disrupted.
- Title
- Inventory of the Jakob Wassermann Collection, 1922-1991 AR 2189
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The inventory is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
