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Werner Cohn Collection 1848-1980 Bulk dates: 1920-1975
No full textThe Werner Cohn Collection contains papers of members of the Cohn and related families. Documentation especially focuses on the family's experiences during the 1930s-1940s and the compensation for their losses during this period. The collection encompasses personal correspondence and papers, including official documents of family members, photographs, notes and notebooks, and a few newspaper clippings and other articles. About half the collection consists of restitution correspondence and documentation.Various materials pertaining to the Cohn Family from Berlin: recommendations; certificates, diplomas, report cards from father's study of medicine in Berlin; birth certificate; license to practice medicine in Ohio; eulogy by Rabbi Vogelstein at the death of Nauman Rosenbaum (Stettin, 1911); decree from the city of Stettin honoring Else Rosenbaum for her services with the Red Cross during WWI; Ex Libris plates; memorial book for Rabbi Sali Levi; menu and Tafellied from Ella Friedlaender and Nauman Rosenbaum's marriage; correspondence of Elsa Cohn-Rosenbaum with family members (1938-1942); correspondence regarding restitution; family treeLevi, Sali ; Friedlaender, EllaElse Rosenbaum was born on December 12, 1895 in Stettin, (then in Germany, now Szczecin, Poland), the daughter of the businessman Naumann Rosenbaum and Ella Rosenbaum née Friedländer. She had two sisters, Lotte (who married Arthur Perl) and Käthe (who married Alfred Hanff).Her father, Naumann Rosenbaum, owned the Naumann Rosenbaum Department Store in Stettin until his death in 1911. After his death his widow ran the store until it was “aryanized” by the Nazis. She later married Guido Rieß.In 1920, Else Rosenbaum married the physician James Cohn from Berlin, where the family later resided. They had a son, Werner, born in 1926. In October 1938 the Cohns immigrated to New York. James Cohn died in February 1940.In Europe, the Naumann Rosenbaum store in Stettin was bombed during an Allied attack on the city. Ella Rieß was deported; Else Cohn received official notification of her mother's death in 1945. Her sister Käthe and brother-in-law Alfred Hanff perished in the Majdanek concentration camp along with their son Hans-Jürg. The Hanffs’ other son Dietrich was sent to England, where he survived the war.In 1944 Else Cohn became a naturalized citizen of the United States. In New York City she worked as a nurse and eventually came to reside in the neighborhood of Washington Heights. Her son Werner went on to become a sociologist and taught at the University of British Columbia's Department of Anthropology and Sociology. Although many of his published works center on Roma culture (Gypsies), the subject for which he is best known, his writings also concern various other groups and topics, such as Zionists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Chinese culture and Catholics, among many others.Two other archival collections hold material on various family members: the Stettin, now Szczecin, Poland; Jewish Community Collection (AR 3790) and the James Cohn Collection (AR 6607).A booklet available in the LBI Library also contains material on Ella Rieß, grandmother of Werner Cohn: Gedenkblatt zum 25jaehrigen Amtsjubilaeum der Vorstandsmitglieder, Ella Riess, Else Dobrin [und] Clara Treuenfels; am 30 April 1928 (HQ 1172 I_78 A5).Processeddigitize
Sidonie Werner Collection. 1957
No full textThis collection contains 2 letters from Grete Stern describing the work of Sidonie Werner (1957), as well as a brief biographical sheet of Sidonie Werner by another
author (circa 1957). There is also a letter of thanks from Leo Baeck Institute regarding Greta Sterns' efforts to provide information on Werner (1957).Social worker, founder of Jüdischen Frauenbundes (JFB) and Israelitischen Humanitären Frauenvereins (home for senior women) in Hamburg.The original German language inventory is available in the folderProcessed for digitizationLinked to online manifestationdigitize
Werner Warmbrunn Collection. 1885-2006
No full textThe Werner Warmbrunn Collection documents life and professional activities of Werner Warmbrunn and to a smaller extent, members of his immediate family. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries and memoirs, educational documents, printed materials, and unpublished poetry by David Warmbrunn and Werner Warmbrunn. Included in the collection are Werner Warmbrunn’s personal correspondence (mostly from the late 1930s); professional correspondence pertaining to his work at Stanford University and Pitzer College; as well as correspondence of his parents, David and Lilly. However, the core of the collection consists of Werner Warmbrunn’s diaries dating back to the late 1930s. Additionally, there is unpublished poetry by Werner Warmbrunn and David Warmbrunn, printed materials, and photo albums arranged topically by Werner Warmbrunn.Werner Warmbrunn was born on July 3rd, 1920, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His father, Dr. David Warmbrunn was a chemist, who owned a commercial laboratory. In 1936 the Warmbrunn family moved to Amsterdam, Holland. In 1939, his parents left Holland and settled in the United States. Werner Warmbrunn remained in Holland and attended a Quaker agricultural boarding school. In 1941 he came to the United States where he stayed with his sister on a farm near Cornell, Ithaca. He earned his BA in 1943 at Cornell University and his Ph.D. in History at Stanford University. Between 1949 and 1952 Werner Warmbrunn served as a Co-Director at the Peninsula School in Menlo Park, California. From 1952 to 1964 he was a foreign student adviser and director at Bechtel International Student Center, Stanford University. In 1963, he was invited to Pitzer College by its president, John Atherton. Werner Warmbrunn helped design the academic programs for the new college (Pitzer College, an undergraduate liberal college was founded in 1963) and developed its community. Werner Warmbrunn is the author of two books: The Dutch Under German Occupation, 1940-1945 and The German Occupation of Belgium 1940-1945. Werner Warmbrunn retired in 1991. He died in 2009.Processeddigitize
Werner Bergengrün Collection. 1941-1966
No full textThis collection contains photocopies of correspondence and obituarial material regarding Werner Bergengrün. There is
also material pertaining to Johannes Urzidil that may or may not be connected with Werner Bergengrün. The earliest correspondence is
to the Urzidils in New York from an acquaintance in England, indicating that the war will get worse but he should visit when it is
over (1941). Following the 1941 Urzidil letter are obituaries for Werner Bergengrün from 1964. There is a 1966 letter from Lotte
Bergengrün to Johannes Urzidil, indicating that Werner was sick for some time and his last poem is dated 1962. The last item in the
collection is a letter from "Fritta B." in Munich to Johannes Urzidil, exchanging greetings.Werner Bergengrün (1892-1964) was a Baltic German author. He married Lotte Hensel, a descendent of Moses
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Forgotten and Newly Discovered Author - Werner Bräunig
No full textDiese Abschlussarbeit befasst sich mit dem "vergessenen" Autor Werner Bräunig (1934-1976). Er wurde wieder im Jahre 2007 "entdeckt", als sein verbotener Roman "Rummelplatz" erschien. In den ersten zwei Kapiteln werden kurz die Geschichte und die Literatur der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (DDR) beschrieben. In dem Hauptteil beschäftigt sich die Arbeit mit dem Leben und den Werken von Werner Bräunig, hauptsächlich mit dem Roman "Rummelplatz". In diesem Teil wird auch die Bräunigs Beteiligung an dem kulturpolitischen Programm der Sozialistischen Einheitspartei Deutschlands (SED) sog. "Bitterfelder Weg" erklärt. Am Ende der Arbeit wird die Zensur in der DDR erwähnt. Gerade wegen der Zensur konnte Bräunig sein Roman nicht veröffentlichen.This bachelor's thesis deals with a "forgotten" author Werner Bräunig (1934-1976). His previously forbidden novel "Rummelplatz" was not published until 2007 and thanks to that the author was "newly discovered". In the first two chapters, the history and literature of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) are briefly described. The thesis's main part is dealing with Werner Bräunig's life and work, primarily his novel "Rummelplatz". This part also clarifies Bräunig's participation in the political-cultural program Socialist Unity Party of Germany, so called "Bitterfeld way". At the end of the thesis mentions a censorship in the GDR, because of which Bräunig could not publish his novel.Tato závěrečná práce se zabývá „zapomenutým“ autorem Wernerem Bräunigem
(1934-1976). Jeho dříve zakázaný román „Rummelplatz“ vyšel až v roce 2007 a díky
tomu byl tento autor „znovu objeven“. V prvních dvou kapitolách jsou krátce popsány
dějiny a literatura Německé demokratické republiky (NDR). V hlavní části se práce
zabývá životem a tvorbou Wernera Bräuniga, především románem „Rummelplatz“.
V této části je také vysvětlena Bräunigova účast na kulturně-politickém programu
Sjednocené socialistické strany Německa tzv. „Bitterfeldské cesty“. V závěru práce je
zmínka o cenzuře v NDR, kvůli které nemohl Bräunig svůj román publikovat.Katedra cizích jazykůDokončená práce s úspěšnou obhajobo
Werner and Vera Gamby Family Collection 1885-2013 1939-1945
No full textThe collection primarily focuses on the immigration of Werner and Vera Gamby from Hamburg to New York. In addition, it documents the immigration of Vera Gamby's parents and the attempted immigration and later deportation of Werner's mother, aunt, and other family members. The collection also contains documentation and research on family genealogy and photographs of family members. The collection includes correspondence, photographs and photo albums, official documents, family trees, and unpublished manuscripts by family members.Werner Max Gembicki was born on November 15, 1915, the son of Ludwig and Camilla (née Kemlinski) Gembicki. He had two older siblings, a sister, Lizzie and a brother, Siegfried. Werner attended the private Bertram School in Hamburg and acquired his Abitur in 1935 at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums. Although he had wished to study law and become a diplomat, that path was impossible for him once Jews were forbidden to attend university. He then found a position working for a Jewish import firm for leather and fur. During the 1930s he also met a young woman, Vera Cohn, while playing tennis.Vera Cohn was born on June 15, 1915 in Frankfurt am Main. She was the daughter of Raphael and Erna Cohn and had an identical twin sister, Ilse. Raphael Cohn had served in World War I and in 1934 received the Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer. After the years of inflation the Cohns moved to Hamburg. Vera Cohn had wanted to study architecture, but after the ban on attending university she attended a secretarial school instead. On April 9, 1937 she and Werner married. On August 8, 1937 their son Peter was born.On Kristallnacht Werner was arrested while at work and spent the next six weeks in the concentration camp Sachsenhausen. After his realeas the Hamburg Jewish Community helped him to enter the Kitchener Camp for refugees in Kent, England, where he stayed from July 1939 through April 1940.On November 22, 1939 Vera Gamby and her son Peter along with her parents sailed from Rotterdam to join her sister and brother-in-law in New Rochelle, New York. Vera Gamby found a position in domestic work in a private household. In May 1940 Werner arrived in New York as well. In his first years in the United States Werner held various jobs, iuntil he eventually found a position in an import firm as a clerk in the marketing department.Camilla Gembicki and her sister Toni Kemlinski still remained in Hamburg. Werner's sister Lizzie had died in 1937, and his niece and nephew Herma and Gerd Schwab were also still in Hamburg. In 1941, Camilla, Toni, and the children were deported to Riga, Latvia, where they perished.In 1945 Werner and Vera received American citizenship and changed their surname to Gamby. During the 1940s they had two more children, Dorothy Lizzie and Monica Camilla. In 1968 the Gamby family moved to Mamaroneck, New York. Werner worked for decades in the textile import industry. He established his own firm, W. Gamby & Co. He died in 2014; Vera Gamby died in 2011.Finding aid available onlineProcesseddigitize
Accounting and the Birth of the Notion of Capitalism
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to cast a new light on the post-Sombartian debate. It contributes to some understanding of the birth of the concept of capitalism itself. The author argues that the history of how the concept of capitalism was invented is an example of the influence of accounting ideas on economic and sociological thinking.capitalism; accounting; Karl Marx; Werner Sombart
Author – Narrator – Defendant: A legal Approach to Werner Kofler\u27s Voice
No full textGernot Waldner nähert sich dem Phänomen Stimme am Beispiel des Autors Werner Koflers aus juristischer Perspektive. Der Beitrag analysiert detailliert die rhetorischen Strategien in den Akten jenes Prozesses, den der Journalist Michael Jeannée 1991 anlässlich einer Passage in Koflers Der Hirt auf dem Felsen wegen üblicher Nachrede anstrengte. Waldner zeigt nicht nur Widersprüche der Argumentationen auf, sondern leitet daraus Auswirkungen auf Koflers Poetik ab. Koflers Prosa Üble Nachrede – Furcht und Unruhe erscheint in dieser Lesart als Verarbeitung des Prozesses und als formale Reaktion auf konkrete juristische Vorgehensweisen, wie etwa die Identifikation einer Erzählstimme mit dem Autor.
Author – Narrator – Defendant: A legal Approach to Werner Kofler\u27s Voice: Gernot Waldner approaches the phenomenon of voice from a legal perspective using the example of Werner Kofler. The contribution provides a detailed analysis of the rhetorical strategies in the files of the court case following journalist Michael Jeannée filing for defamation because of a passage in Kofler\u27s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen. He not only shows contradictions in the arguments but deduces effects on Kofler\u27s poetics. From this perspective, Kofler\u27s prose piece Üble Nachrede – Furcht und Unruhe emerges as a working through of the court case and as a formal reaction to concrete legal procedures, for instance identifying narrative voice with the author.Gernot Waldner approaches the phenomenon of voice from a legal perspective using the example of Werner Kofler. The contribution provides a detailed analysis of the rhetorical strategies in the files of the court case following journalist Michael Jeannée filing for defamation because of a passage in Kofler’s Der Hirt auf dem Felsen. He not only shows contradictions in the arguments but deduces effects on Kofler’s poetics. From this perspective, Kofler’s prose piece Üble Nachrede – Furcht und Unruhe emerges as a working through of the court case and as a formal reaction to concrete legal procedures, for instance identifying narrative voice with the author
Consciousness from a classical physical-science perspective based on a new paradigm
No full textThis is Essay 5 of the Collection of 'Essays on Cognitive Physical Science' in the repository UPSpace of the University of Pretoria.Quantum physics has a long history of interest in consciousness, stemming from the conviction, seeded by famous names, that consciousness is "fundamental to nature" and is, thus, somehow contributory also to quantum events. One of the more recent ideas (by Stuart Hameroff and Roger Penrose) is that the brain is a quantum computer and that a particular component of neurons acts as a quantum object responsible for the emergence of consciousness. In the 2017 New Scientist monograph Your Conscious Mind the present scientific vision is summarised as "We still don't know whether it [consciousness] is real or an illusion". And it is speculated "that physicists will [one day perhaps] identify consciousness as a distinct kind of matter". This odd suggestion calls for physicists to bring systematic classical thinking back to the subject of consciousness. In the past, such thinking, based on the well-tested Ansatz approach, has failed miserably for consciousness, because of a self-reassuring mainstream orthodox paradigm about the function of consciousness, viz. that consciousness, assisted by the "unconscious" state, is in charge of Man's reasoning and behaviour. The new approach pursued here is the opposite thereof, viz. it is based on the new unorthodox paradigm that the nonconscious (not unconscious) state of mind is in charge of human reasoning and behaviour, and that what a person's mind becomes conscious of has previously been entirely worked out and put into action in the nonconscious state. On this basis, the author has derived a purely classical self-compatible description of the nature and function of consciousness. The key proposition is that general consciousness derives from self-consciousness, which in turn is posited to be a mental sensation of organism-wide wake state feedback from local cellular metabolism. The details have been written up here in a first short form. In a postscript it is also shown how the age-old problem of 'free will' is solved in terms of the new vision of consciousness.hj201
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