PP/24/13/29 - [Letter, Ise Gropius to Jack and Molly Pritchard, 18/11/71]

Reference code

PP/24/13/29

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, Ise Gropius to Jack and Molly Pritchard, 18/11/71]

Date/s

1971

Quantity & Format

1 leaf Letters (typescript)

Personal name

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969
Guske, Wilhelm
Alfieri, Dino
Feuchtwanger, Lion, 1884-1958
Isaacs, Reginald R. 1911-1986
Forberg, Charles
Gropius, Ati

Subject

Bauhaus-Archiv (Berlin)

Creator

Gropius, Ise.

Creator

Pritchard, John Craven,

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Describes Walter Gropius' visit to Germany in 1936 to act as character witness in the trial of Dr. Wilhelm Guske. An official letter giving Gropius permission to work in England saved him from the Gestapo. At the Dutch border the reference to Dino Alfieri, the Italian Cultural Minister, had more influence than that of Lion Feuchtwanger. There are 2 Gropius Exhibitions on tour, one in America the other in Europe. Ise hopes it will eventually come to England. Reg Isaacs has received good reviews of his biography of Walter Gropius.

Ise reports that the Bauhaus Archiv has moved to Berlin. Reference to the children of Ati Gropius and Charles Forberg

PP - Pritchard Papers
- PP/24 - Walter and Ise Gropius
  - PP/24/13 - Section 13. 1970-1971 Frau Gropius/John Craven Pritchard Correspondence
    - PP/24/13/29 - [Letter, Ise Gropius to Jack and Molly Pritchard, 18/11/71]

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