Ref No | WIA GC/29432 |
Title | du Bois-Reymond, Lili to Warburg, Mary 19/06/1919 |
Writer | du Bois-Reymond, Lili |
Place1 | Eumaion, [Plön] |
Recipient | Warburg, Mary |
Date | 19/06/1919 |
DateNote | in 'du Bois' file |
Format | manuscript, letter-card |
Contents | thanks her for letter; is very pleased to read that Warburg's health has improved; complains about her sleeplessness; times are bad, hopes that 'we' [Germany] will not sign the treaty papers; is very grateful that Lola [du Bois-Reymond] has returned from Versailles 'unhurt'; Lili's friends, Liepmanns, will move from Kiel to Hamburg; her daughter Lea visited her at Whitsun and is working with German Youth organisations; Lili has coined a phrase: 'gib mir 14 Punkte auf denen ich stehen kann und ich hebe die Welt aus ihren Angelsachsen' [give me 14 points on which I can stand and I will rid the world of its Anglo Saxons' - a pun on the word 'Angeln' and 'Angelsachsen'; the '14 points' refer to the Wilson 14 points of 08/01/1918] and asks her to tell it to Warburg; she had a letter from [Maurice] Sterne, that he was very unhappy about the marriage and that he would come to Germany as soon as possible; his drawings and paintings are appreciated in America |
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Persons
Code | PersonName | Dates |
DS/UK/745 | du Bois-Reymond; Lili Hermine, née Hensel (24/06/1864-22/10/1948) | 24/06/1864-22/10/1948 |
DS/UK/955 | Warburg; Mary, née Hertz (13/10/1866-04/12/1934) | 13/10/1866-04/12/1934 |
DS/UK/1543 | Horwitz; Lea, née du Bois-Reymond (c.1899 -) | c.1899 - |
DS/UK/1545 | du Bois-Reymond; Lola (c.1894-) | c.1894- |
DS/UK/1652 | Sterne; Maurice (08/08/1878-23/07/1957) | 08/08/1878-23/07/1957 |