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 14/9, [2] Handwritten letter from Victor Schiff to Paul Schiff, dated December 19, [1925]

After lightly sketching the history of the Jews from farming to trade, Victor Schiff describes in detail his trading life in Bolivia, his settling in Chile, the promptings of his three sons, and his resolve to settle in Palestine (“the land of Israel”). The original letter was preceded and concluded by material in Hebrew not provided in Anna Schiff’s transcription.

OJ 14/8, [12] Handwritten letter from Paul & Anna Schiff to Heinrich & Jeanette Schenker, dated June 23, 1926

Paul Schiff sends his thanks for the first Meisterwerk yearbook; he is highly critical of his brother Viktor’s intention to emigrate to Palestine on grounds of nationalistic idealism. Anna thinks that her husband and his brother are not all that dissimilar, despite having different outlooks on life.