Fonds Bundesarchiv, BArch N 1197 - Weber, Alfred

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History of the Inventory Designer: Preliminary Remarks<br />First contacts between the Federal Archives and Alfred Weber have been established since August 1954, when the Federal Archives asked him for the estate of his brother Max and his sister-in-law Marianne Weber.<br />Alfred Weber replied, among other things, that he had his own estate put in order for a similar transfer to take place. As probably the most interesting part of his estate for the Federal Archives, he formulated: " ... an exchange of letters from the period between 1911 and 1925, which is only conducted with a holiday interruption, and in which a statement is made on all intellectual and political events of the day". This daily correspondence between him and his partner of many years, Else Jaffé - von Richthofen, actually lasted from 1910 until the end of the twenties. Else Jaffé later provided the letters with covers and gave thematic and local references. This correspondence was sent to the Federal Archives in 1956 by Alfred Weber in a sealed box. According to the contract, however, the seal could not be broken before September 4, 1986, so that the correspondence could only be opened and indexed by the Federal Archives after this date. In 1987, on the initiative of Prof. Dr. Rainer Lepsius, the transcription of Alfred Weber's letters began. The volumes 105 to 140, which contain these transcriptions, can only be used with the permission of Professor Lepsius until further notice. <br />Other parts of the estate have been traced by the Federal Archives over years and various stops. In 1963 Mrs. Jaffé handed over a further part of the estate of Alfred Weber to Dr. Mommsen, then head archivist. This is Alfred Weber's correspondence with his family. In June 1965, Dr. Mommsen was able to send a provisional list of the estate of Alfred Weber to Else Jaffé, who was now over 90 years old. Volumes 33 - 37 were temporarily closed at that time. They contain matters concerning the University of Heidelberg; a special focus is on denazification and reorganization of the university, which is why detailed personnel documents can be found there. During this time Alfred Weber acted as a trustworthy reviewer and was in contact with the rectorate of the university on the one hand and the American military government on the other.<br />In the meantime, the papers - except for the above-mentioned ones - have been published. Transscriptions (volumes 105-140)- within the framework of the General Conditions of Use of the Federal Archives, accessible without further restrictions<br />Koblenz, 31 March 2000<br />Vera Derschum<br />Biographische Angaben / Lebenslauf<br />Alfred Karl David Weber was born in Erfurt on 30 July 1868 and attended the Universities of Tübingen, Bonn and Berlin after graduating from grammar school, where he received his doctorate degree. In 1899 he habilitated in Berlin as a private lecturer in economics. He then followed a call to Prague, where he was appointed full professor in 1904, and then came to Heidelberg in 1907, where he was still living in 1933.<br />Weber's first scientific work was initially based entirely on pure economic theory. The book "Über den Standtort der Industrien: Reine Theorie des Standorts" (1909, 2nd ed. 1927). Later, the manifold links between national economic issues and political, socio-psychological, and historical-philosophical contexts led him to sketch the work plan and outline of a sociology, a work that was interrupted by the war. After the collapse in 1919 he actively participated in the foundation of the Democratic Party and later also in the work of the Socialization Commission.<br />After the war, in which only the small font "Gedanken zur deutschen Sendung" (1915) was written, Weber mainly dealt with the problems of Germany's position in Europe and the economic and social shaping of this Europe: "Germany and the European Cultural Crisis" (1914), "Germany and Europe 1848 and Today" (1924), "The Crisis of the Modern Idea of the State in Europe" (1923), and "Ideas on Sociology of State and Culture" (1927).<br />Since Weber was in any case about to retire after the summer semester of 1933, he was able to avoid direct confrontations with the National Socialists. But even without office and duty he continued to work tirelessly. In his fields of knowledge were "Cultural History as Cultural Sociology" (1935), "The Tragic in History" (1943) and "Farewell to History to Date - The End of Nihilism? (1945), among other things, fruits of this work. Since 1946 he has also appeared as co-editor of the Heidelberg journal "Die Wandlung" and in the movement against proportional representation. His previous books were: "Prinzipien der Geschichts- und Kultursoziologie" (1951), "Der dritte oder der vierte Mensch - vom Sinn der geschichtlichen Dasein" (1953-1954), as well as 1955 "Einführung in die Soziologie". In autumn 1954 Josef Kepeszczuk published and edited a biography of all Weber's works and writings. <br />Weber was a member of the Academies of Science of Munich and Berlin. In June 1950, before the Congress for Cultural Freedom in Berlin, he announced his immediate resignation from the Soviet-controlled Berlin Academy of Sciences <br />because his name had been put under a telegram of homage to Stalin without his knowledge.<br />In May 1951, his name again went through the German press. Weber expressed strong reservations against the Schuman Plan, which was a great achievement, but lacked effective public scrutiny.<br />At the beginning of 1954 Weber was elected a member of the Order Pour le mérite (Peace Class) in Bonn as successor to the late historian Friedrich Meinecke. He is also an honorary member of the German Academy for Languages and Poetry.<br />In December 1957 Weber, together with ten other Heidelberg university professors, spoke out against the stationing of nuclear weapons in the Federal Republic of Germany and thus supported the statement of the 18 German atomic scientists.<br />Little weeks before his 90th birthday Weber died on 2 May 1958 in Heidelberg.<br /><br />Description of the holdings: Personal papers; material on scientific work, including correspondence with publishers; correspondence, especially with politicians and scientists (1901-1957); documents on matters concerning the University of Heidelberg, especially from 1933 and 1945/1946; materials on the rearmament of the Federal Republic of Germany and on the stationing of nuclear weapons as well as on the German Democratic Republic. (status: 1977) - Special conditions of use -<br /><br />Content characterization: Preliminary remark<br />First contacts between the Federal Archives and Alfred Weber have been found since August 1954, when the Federal Archives asked him for the estate of his brother Max and his sister-in-law Marianne Weber.<br />Alfred Weber replied, among other things, that he had his own estate put in order for the same transfer. As probably the most interesting part of his estate for the Federal Archives, he formulated: " ... an exchange of letters from the period between 1911 and 1925, which is only conducted with a holiday interruption, and in which a statement is made on all intellectual and political events of the day". This daily correspondence between him and his partner of many years, Else Jaffé - von Richthofen, actually lasted from 1910 until the end of the twenties. Else Jaffé later provided the letters with covers and gave thematic and local references. This correspondence was sent to the Federal Archives in 1956 by Alfred Weber in a sealed box. According to the contract, however, the seal could not be broken before September 4, 1986, so that the correspondence could only be opened and indexed by the Federal Archives after this date. In 1987, on the initiative of Prof. Dr. Rainer Lepsius, the transcription of Alfred Weber's letters began. The volumes 105 to 140, which contain these transcriptions, can only be used with the permission of Professor Lepsius until further notice. <br />Other parts of the estate have been traced by the Federal Archives over years and various stops. In 1963 Mrs. Jaffé handed over a further part of the estate of Alfred Weber to Dr. Mommsen, then head archivist. This is Alfred Weber's correspondence with his family. In June 1965, Dr. Mommsen was able to send a provisional list of the estate of Alfred Weber to Else Jaffé, who was now over 90 years old. Volumes 33 - 37 were temporarily closed at that time. They contain matters concerning the University of Heidelberg; a special focus is on denazification and reorganization of the university, which is why detailed personnel documents can be found there. Alfred Weber acted as a trustworthy reviewer during this time and was in contact with the rectorate of the university on the one hand and the American military government on the other.<br />In the meantime, the papers - except for the above-mentioned transcriptions (volumes 105-140) - can be viewed without further restrictions within the framework of the general conditions of use of the Federal Archives <br />Koblenz, March 31, 2000<br />Vera Derschum<br /><br />citation method: BArch N 1197/...

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