| Ref No | WIA GC/24880 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Warburg, Mary 19/02/1929 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby |
| Place1 | Rome, Palace Hotel |
| Recipient | Warburg, Mary |
| Date | 19/02/1929 |
| DateNote | FC |
| Format | typescript |
| Contents | acknowledges receipt of Frede's seminar paper; sees in it Frede's serious work; Bing had flu; Bing and [Franz] Alber went into St. Peter's church, while Warburg waited on the piazza in front of St. Peter to witness the events of 'Conciliazione'; as 'historian of the symbol' he had to take part; he spoke with people there, with the help of binoculars he could make out the Pope on the benediction balcony; the Pope blessed the crowd with both hands; Warburg and Bing went to the cinema to see the film of the event; advises Mary Warburg to go and see the film; the Pope and the King can be seen, but the Duce did not appear on the balcony of Palazzo Chigi; the film shows the village where Cardinal [Pietro] Gasparri was born and the village, called Predappio, were Mussolini was born; the fascist ministers do no longer wear black shirts, but cutaways; Warburg was fascinated by the play of expressions on the face of Mussolini, 'beautiful Caesarean wickedness'; on a dinner in the hotel with Professor [Karl] Hampe and his wife, F. Hermanin with wife and daughter, Professor Friedrich Baethgen, Paul Strack, L. Curtius, Miss Dr. [Elisabeth] Jastrow, who is the sister of Mrs. Franz Hahn |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/638 | Prag; Frede Charlotte, née Warburg (23/11/1904-12/05/2004); Dr. phil. | 23/11/1904-12/05/2004 |
| DS/UK/955 | Warburg; Mary, née Hertz (13/10/1866-04/12/1934) | 13/10/1866-04/12/1934 |
| DS/UK/1490 | Bing; Gertrud (07/06/1892-03/07/1964); Prof. Dr. phil. | 07/06/1892-03/07/1964 |
| DS/UK/1572 | Hahn; Franz | |
| DS/UK/1573 | Hahn; [Lotte] Beate, née Jastrow (1894-1970) | 1894-1970 |
| DS/UK/1582 | Hermanin de Reichenfeld; Federico (16/09/1868-29/06/1953) | 16/09/1868-29/06/1953 |
| DS/UK/1757 | Alber; Franz | |