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Hedda (Hedl) Glässner [Delmonte]

born Aussig on the Elbe (Ústí nad Labem), November 28, 1899; died Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1974

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Daughter of Theodor Glässner and Frieda (née Schiff), thus niece of Jeanette Schenker (née Schiff); mother of Heinz Georg and Gert.

Hedda married Hans Delmonte of the Hamburg Delmonte banking house; Anna Schiff reported that “her mother[-in-law] enabled her to build a villa” (OJ 14/8, [1], March 23, 1925). She and Hans initially lived in Hamburg, where their two children, Heinz Georg (1923–1997), and Gert (1925–), were born. By 1935 they were living in Berlin (Wilmersdorf, Landauerstraße 3), but by April 1938 the family was living in Lisbon, from where they emigrated to Brazil, settling in Rio de Janeiro.

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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 14/10, [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.

  • OJ 14/10, [21] Handwritten letter with envelope from Rosa Weil to Jeanette Schenker, dated May 27, 1935

    Rosa Weill admits to suffering bouts of mild depression. She regrets being unable to visit Jeanette because committed to taking Arnold away for health reasons. — She asks whether Jeanette had yet made any decisions [on her own future]. Jeanette has evidently told her of the mass of Heinrich’s papers that she will dedicate herself to [organizing and preserving]. — Hedda and Hans [Delmonte] have been staying; he is building a fish canning factory there. — Hella has forwarded a letter from Victor with photographs: he “shuts us out” more and more.

  • OJ 14/10, [34] Handwritten letter with envelope from Rosa Weil to Jeanette Schenker, dated April 2, 1938

    {Rosa Weil replies to a letter from Jeanette in Italy, the content of which cannot be fully understood but must have reflected the German annexation of Austria on March 11–13, and ensuing attacks on Jewish persons.] Rosa (in Czechoslovakia) says only “events of recent times have gripped us.” — Rosa and Arnold have just spent three weeks in Hofgastein taking the cure. She asks Jeanette how long she will stay in Italy and whether she has quit her Vienna apartment and possessions. — Paul Schiff has financial problems. — Hella’s condition is unchanged and her husband has formed another relationship. — Rosa challenges Jeanette’s low opinion of Emma Schiff (Winternitz). — Lene’s husband has been ill. — Hans and Hedl Delmonte have moved to Lisbon.