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Frieda (Friedrika) Schiff [Glässner]

born Aussig an der Elbe (Ústí nad Labem), August c14, 1878; died Ústí nad Labem, March(?) 1933

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Sister of Jeannette Schenker (née Schiff), thus sister-in-law to Heinrich Schenker from 1919; mother of Hedda Glässner.

Frieda was the fourth child and second daughter of Wilhelm (Wolf) Schiff and Emilie (née Strasser). Nothing is known of her childhood or education. She married Theodor Glässner and the couple had a daughter, Hedda, who married Hans Delmonte. Frieda and Theodor lived for a time in Hamburg and later moved to Berlin. A detailed account of Frieda’s illnesses and death is given in OJ 14/10, [5], April 19, 1933.

Jeanette corresponded with Frieda, but no items of correspondence are known to survive.

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  • Ian Bent

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Correspondence

  • OJ 14/8, [1] Handwritten letter from Anna Schiff to Jeanette Schenker, dated March 19–21, 1925

    Anna Schiff reports at length on the political activities and imprisonment of her husband Paul and provides an account of the activities of Jeanette’s other siblings and her two sons.

  • OJ 14/9, [1] Handwritten letter from Victor Schiff to Klara Hatschek, dated October 30, 1925

    Victor Schiff sends greetings to Klara Hatschek and the wider Schiff family, inquiring after Jeanette Schenker, Emil Kornfeld, and their boys. — He reports on himself and his life first in Bolivia then in Chile. — He intends to migrate to Palestine, and proclaims his belief in the future of the Jewish people in the land of Israel after 2,000 years of servitude, and its past and future contribution to the world. — In a postscript, he questions the value generally placed on “success,” and voices his philosophy of life.

  • OJ 14/10, [5] Handwritten letter from Rosa Weil to Jeanette Schenker, dated April 19, 1933

    Rosa Weill reports that she has heard nothing of her brother Victor, assuming that he will move to Palestine. —She comments sadly on the death of her sister, Frieda (Glässner), for whose cremation she, Arnold, and Trude travelled to Berlin, and describes in detail Frieda’s deteriorating condition and death. — Lene has moved from Berlin to Prague to continue her medical training — Klara is somewhat improved.

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