Heiner Koechlin Papers

Period (1918) 1937-1996 (2001)
Total size   0.62 m.
ConsultationNot restricted

Biography

Heiner or Heinrich Eduard Koechlin; born in Basel 1918, died in Basel 1996; anarchist, antiquarian bookseller, philosopher, publisher and writer; living some years in Paris after the Second World War; dissertation on the Paris Commune; active in organizations helping Spanish refugees; founder together with his wife, Elisa Valcarce of some self-governing building associations.

Content

Personal documents and correspondance 1937-1996; typescripts of 'Streiflichter' on libertarian socialists (Volkshochschulkurs)', 'Pierre Joseph Proudhon. Ein Comeback?', 'Zwischen Skylla und Charybdis. Die heimatlose Linke der 1930er Jahre' and 'Am Rande des Geschehens. Erinnerungen'; file on Karl Jaspers 1953-1996; manuscript 'Die Verräter. Ein Schauspiel in fünf Akten' by Werner Juker 1918; typescript ‘Die Erwartung’ by Victor Serge; obituary on Koechlin by Carlos Gilly in 'Basler Stadtbuch' 1996 and related correspondence 1997; a lot of volumes of the series 'Quelque part en Suisse' 1941-1945.

Part of the archive contains some papers of Jean Paul Samson (1894-1964), founder of the periodical 'Témoins', including correspondence with Georges Belle, Albert Camus, Antoine Borie, Jean-Jacques Morvan, Ignazio Silone, Aline Valangin, Robert Wolfsohn and others 1944-1962.