Home  / PP/24/14/122 - [Letter, Ise Gropius to Jack Pritchard, 26/11/73]

PP/24/14/122 - [Letter, Ise Gropius to Jack Pritchard, 26/11/73]

Reference code
PP/24/14/122
Level of description
Item
Title
[Letter, Ise Gropius to Jack Pritchard, 26/11/73]
Date/s
1973
Quantity & Format
1 leaf Letters (typescript)
Personal name
Stein, Joseph
Isaacs, Reginald R. 1911-1986
Lorcher, [---?],
Schacht, Hjalmar
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
Leeuw, C. H. van der
Subject
Germany -- Social history and conditions -- 1933-1945
Bauhaus
Alderwerke (Frankfurt am Main)
Volta Theatre Conference (1934 : Rome)
Creator
Gropius, Ise.
Creator
Pritchard, John Craven,
Administrative/Biographical history
recipient
Scope and content
Ise Gropius describes the mood in Germany in 1934, the rise to power of the Nazi regime and the opposition to the Bauhaus. She refers to Herr Loercher [sic], Schacht, Hitler and the Alderwerke

She also describes how the Gropiuses escaped to England, via the Volta Theatre Conference in Rome, with the help of a friend, Kees [C.H.] van der Leeuw, and their subsequent journey to America

She also mentions Reg Isaacs and Joseph Stein
Powered by CollectionsIndex+ Collections Online