PC/4/3/11 - Letter, Dr Wenda Focke to Patricia Crampton, 24/3/1999

Reference code

PC/4/3/11

Level of description

Item

Title

Letter, Dr Wenda Focke to Patricia Crampton, 24/3/1999

Date/s

24/3/1999

Quantity & Format

2 leaves Typescript

Personal name

Oxford and Asquith, Julian Edward George, Earl of, 1916-2011
Khalidi, Walid
Hamburger, Michael, 1924-2007

Creator

Focke, Wenda, 1938-

Creator

Crampton, Patricia, 1925-2016

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Focke writes from Erlangen, German. She is in the process of writing a biography on Wolfgang Hildesheimer. Crampton had been helping to contact old friends of Hildesheimer and provide information on him. She had sent to Focke, a letter written by Hildesheimer ‘his letter touched me and I do thank you for the great confidence you have shown to send me this letter.’

Focke comments on Henry Lea’s biography of Hildesheimer.

‘Both you and Wolf, spoke about Your Father’s Letter. Does this letter still exist? And which was his meaning for “not giving” his daughter to Wolfgang? Was the main reason the growing anti-Semitism all over?’

Focke asks about Hildesheimer's position with regards to having children and whether it was true he wished not to leave any trace after his death.

Brief mention is made of Michael Hamburger, Julian Oxford, and Waleed al Khalidi [Walid Khalidi].

PC - Patricia Crampton Archive
- PC/4 - Wolfgang Hildesheimer
  - PC/4/3 - Correspondence with Wenda Focke (Wolfgang Hildesheimer’s biographer)
    - PC/4/3/11 - Letter, Dr Wenda Focke to Patricia Crampton, 24/3/1999

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