Letters from Hillis Menze I: Kiechlinsbergen, Frankenfeld  Schocken Institute for Jewish Research, library ; The Papers of Karl Wolfskehl

Signatur: Sch.Wolf./III/1/F55; Blatt 1-42 

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Frankenfeld (Gernsheim), Kiechlinsbergen, 1920-1921 [ca.]. - 12 letters and envelopes, Deutsch. - Brief

Inhaltsangabe:   Files 55-60 contain letters sent by Hillis Menze (signed as "Greifhillgreif") to Karl Wolfskehl (addressed as "Greif"). Several letters seem to be incomplete.  The letters of files 55-57 were primarily written from the agricultural settlement of Frankenfeld (Gernsheim) in Hesse, a "Lebensreform" project of young people who focused - besides working the farm -, on body culture (dance and gymnastics), art, literature and social work.  The letters are almost entirely undated but must have been written in the period between approximately 1920 to fall 1921 when the agricultural settlement in Frankenfeld was dissolved. To single letters, there are stamped envelopes attached.  In the letters of file 55, Hillis Menze describes: life at the settlement, agricultural activities; nature of Frankenfeld and surroundings; conflicts in the group and a fire partly destroying the barns of the settlement; pertains to the end of the project in Frankenfeld.  One letter obviously predates Hillis Menze's time in Frankenfeld and is sent from Kiechlinsbergen.

Bemerkung:   See also correspondence with other members of the Frankenfeld settlement from the Karl Wolfskehl Papers: Marie Buchhold (file 48); Emilie Herrmann (File 61 and 62); Katrin Warnshold (file 53); letters to Hillis Menze (files 70 and 75). 

Objekteigenschaften: Handschrift

Pfad: The Papers of Karl Wolfskehl / Series III: General Materials / Subseries 1: Correspondence of Karl Wolfskehl

DE-611-HS-3442145, http://kalliope-verbund.info/DE-611-HS-3442145

Erfassung: 13. November 2018 ; Modifikation: 6. Dezember 2018 ; Synchronisierungsdatum: 2025-05-22T16:35:57+01:00

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