Scope and Contents The collection contains correspondence, documents, sketches, drafts, photographs and music relating to the pianist and composer Konrad Wolff (1907-1989) and his wife, the distinguished photographer Ilse Bing (1899-1998). It also contains significant additional material relating to Wolff’s family members including his father, the distinguished German lawyer Martin Wolff, and his mother, Marguerite Wolff née Jolowicz, who was personally charged with documenting important aspects of...

Series-level Scope and Content Note Materials relating to father of Konrad Wolff -- 1. Correspondence to family members (Konrad, Victor, Marguerite, Ilse); 2. Correspondence from colleagues; 3. Detailed list of correspondence from family members and friends, spanning 1939-1945, in Martin’s hand; 4. Death certificate; 5. Law documents (typed legal opinions, essays, excerpts from books and articles; 6. Newspaper clippings about Martin’s illustrious legal career and death; 7. Visiting cards with Martin’s name and address...

Scope and Contents Letter from HQ, Regional Military Government Bavaria, dated August 18, with an attached report in German and English regarding a request from Mathilde Ludendorff for the collection and confiscation of her and her husband's booksas being of value to the study of sources of National Socialism and antisemitism; report dated September 20 regarding "Das Manuskript Kuby-Weilheim (Gedanken zu Deutscchlands Lage und Zukunft)"; letter to Lieutenant Brill at Radio Munich Broadcast House dated October...