The Eduard Frank correspondence with Joseph Brod consists of a collection of letters written between Eduard Frank and Joseph Brod from 1953 to 1981. Eduard Frank was born in historical Sudetenland, now part of the Czech Republic. After settling in Germany following World War II, Frank authored one book, Gustav Meyrink, Werk und Wirkung (1957) and served as editor on another book, Das Haus zur Letzten Latern: Nachgelassenes und Verstreutes (1973). Joseph Brod (1908-2001) was a Holocaust survivor from Austria who eventually settled in the United States. Aside from the correspondence, the collection also includes a folder of photographs sent from Brod to Frank.

Eduard Frank was born circa 1905 to a Catholic family in historical Sudetenland, now part of the Czech Republic. Frank received a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Commerce of Vienna. He worked as a grammar school teacher in historical Czechoslovakia until World War II, when he was drafted into the German army. After the war, Frank was forced from Czechoslovakia alongside others considered to be German, eventually settling in Germany. Frank resumed his teaching in Germany and authored one book titled Gustav Meyrink, Werk und Wirkung (1957) and served as editor on another book, Das Haus zur letzten Latern: Nachgelassenes und Verstreutes (1973).

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