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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Eduard Frank correspondence with Joseph Brod
Creator:
Frank, Eduard
Creator:
Brod, Joseph (1908-2001)
Identifier/Call Number: 6246
Physical Description:
1.04 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1953-1981
Abstract: 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.
Language of Material:
German
, English
, French
.
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).
Joseph Brod was born in Vienna of historical Austria-Hungary to a Jewish family on June 2, 1908. In the late 1930s, Brod was
taken into Nazi custody and held at the Dachau concentration camp for many months, where he maintained infrequent correspondence
with his father, Emil Brod. Joseph married Martha Brod and worked as a cost accountant administrator for various employers
throughout his life, such as Wards. His work brought him to places such as Shanghai and Manila, and eventually to the United
States. Joseph and Martha Brod moved multiple times between Chicago, Illinois and San Diego, California. After retiring from
accounting, Joseph Brod engaged in some scholarship and translations for works written in German. Joseph Brod died on September
18, 2001.
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Eduard Frank correspondence with Joseph Brod, Collection no. 6246, Special Collections, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the USC Max Kade Institute for Austrian-German-Swiss Studies via Cornelius Schnauber, circa 2006.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Austrians -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Exiles -- Austria -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Germans -- Czech Republic -- Sudetenland -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Archival resources
Jews, Austrian -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Personal correspondence
Photographs
Brod, Joseph (1908-2001) -- Archives
Frank, Eduard -- Archives