Correspondence to Alma Mahler, ca. 1952.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Fraenkel-Conrat, Lili.

Language:

German

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf)

Contained In:

Mahler-Werfel Papers. Folder 327.

Place of Publication:

ca. 1952.

Language Note:

In German.

Biography/History:

The correspondent, if correctly identified as Lili Fraenkel-Conrat, was the mother of the well-known German-American biochemist Heinz Ludwig Fraenkel-Conrat (1910-1999) and wife of the German Jewish gynecologist Ludwig Fraenkel (1870-1951), who was known for his endocrinological research.

Summary:

Correspondent signs herself as "Lili" and indicates that she was acquainted with Alma Mahler since the 1930s; the letter gives much biographical detail which in several important aspects confirms the assumption that she was indeed Lili Fraenkel-Conrat. Her letter describes the international odyssey of herself and her husband, Ludwig Fraenkel, during the Nazi era, including his participation in the founding of an endicrinological institute in Uruguay.