Friedrich Adler Papers

Period (1848-) 1879-1966
Total size   4.25 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Friedrich Adler: born in Vienna 1879, died in Zurich, Switzerland 1960; physicist, internationalist, social democrat; secretary of the Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei in Österreich (SDAP) 1911-1914 and 1918-1923; became a symbol of the antiwar wing in the labour movement when he shot the Austrian Prime Minister Karl Strügkh in 1916; under the influence of the revolutionary public opinion in Austria after the Russian revolution, he was released from prison in 1918; became chairman of the Arbeiter- und Soldatenrat; founder of the International Working Union of Socialist Parties (IWUSP) in 1921; secretary of the Labour and Socialist International (LSI/SAI) 1923-1946; after the `Anschluss' with Germany, leader of the Auslandsvertretung der oesterreichischen Sozialisten (AVOES) founded in Paris in 1938; fled to the USA in 1940; founder and chairman of the Austrian Labor Committee (ALC) in New York in 1942; opposed the restoration of an independent Austria in 1945 and lived until his death in Zurich.

Kathia Adler: maiden name: Katja Ja. Germanickaja; born in Lidá, Lithuania, Russia 1879, died in Zurich 1969; physicist, studied in Zurich; married Friedrich Adler in 1903.

Content

Friedrich Adler papers:

Period 1879-1939: correspondence 1899-1918, including a letter by Ernst Mach 1913 and photocopies of letters by Adler from prison; correspondence with Oscar Pollak and many others 1919-1939; personal documents 1890-1952; manuscripts of his pamphlet `Die materialistische Geschichtsauffassung und ihr Verhältnis zur Ethik' 1898; letters and documents concerning the trial for his murder of Stürgkh, his apology speech and press clippings 1912, 1914-1917; file on the International Socialist Conference in Brussels 1914 and Stockholm 1917; manuscripts by others and printed material.

Period 1940-1960: Personal papers 1940-1960: correspondence, including a letter by Albert Einstein 1945; notes on historical research from the fifties; manuscripts of speeches and some articles, including `Zur Geschichte des Scheiterns der Arbeiter Internationale' n.d.; album in memory of his 75th birthday 1954.

Auslandsvertretung der oesterreichischen Sozialisten (AVOES) and the Austrian Labor Committee (ALC): records 1940-1945, consisting of documents relating to meetings; correspondence with Julius Braunthal, Hugo Breitner, Wilhelm Ellenbogen, Otto Leichter, Schiller Marmorek and many others; documents mainly relating to Austrian socialists in exile and their organizations in the USA and in other countries; correspondence relating to applications for visa for the USA, Mexico and Cuba, on behalf of many persons; correspondence with, and documents relating to American authorities and other organizations, including the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC) and the Club der Österreichischen Sozialisten.

Kathia Adler papers: correspondence with Rafail Abramovič 1960, Annie Adama van Scheltema-Kleefstra 1955-1965, Julius and Tini Braunthal 1956-1966, Fedor and Lidija Dan 1931-1960, Otto Leichter 1945-1965, Oscar and Marianne Pollak 1923-1963 and others 1899-1966; family correspondence with Friedrich Adler 1899-1959, with her children Alice, Emmi and Felix Adler 1912-1966 and other relatives 1902-1935; personal documents 1894-1951. NB. Part of the Friedrich Adler papers at the Verein für Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung in Vienna, Austria.

Processing information

List made by Manfred Marschalek in 1995

Alternate Form of Material

Microfilms (1995).

Microfilms

Location of originals

Microfilms in possession of the Verein für Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung in Vienna