Berlin 27
Tevet 90, 27 Jan 30
Dear Manfred,
Last Friday was Theo Callomon’s funeral. His sister, Mrs.
Dr. Schwarz, a doctor’s widow living in Breslau, showed
her amiability, as she had during her brother’s life, in her work for the
hospital as well as during the meetings of the Chevra Kadisha. But now she will
reduce her support. We will thus have to come to a new agreement with Aunt
Toni. Perhaps she will, on her own, look for a position so that she can at
least to some degree support herself.
Miss Reichenbach wrote us a card which she told us, among
other things, that she saw you in T-A [Tel Aviv?]. We are nonetheless uneasy,
as it’s been so long since we had written news from you.
Tomorrow evening there will be a Jewish Synagogue concert in
the Oranienburg Synagogue, in which Prof. Einstein will, among others, play the
violin.
As I hear, Dr. Ben-Shabetai intends to travel to Switzerland
in mid-summer.
Do you have regular mail from Lida?
I read in the Jewish Rundchau an engagement announcement:
Berlowitz (Ramat Gan) with
Michaelis; is that your friend B?
Did I already write you that Sanitaetsrat (that’s his title
now) Dr. Wallach from Jerusalem was
in Berlin and visited me?
Dr. Meier Hildesheimer, who was ¾ year in South
Africa, and collected for the Rabbinical
Seminary here, it expected back here today. Greetings to dear Fanya.
Papa
written across the top of page 2, sideways: Grapefruit, IA
Jaffa, cost 1 Mark each at Wertheim [large Berlin
department store], IA Jaffa oranges at Wertheim 35-40 pfennig
Dear Manfred,
Last week there was a man from Paramount
in NY here, he took your chocolate, which we’d wrapped into pretty packages,
back to New York with him.
Theo Callomon was in the Norbert
Hospital for a way, where he died.
It was very strange for me to be there again, where your tonsils were taken out
once.
The funeral was Friday noon,
where the sisters Stein (except for the Hamburger ones) were collected in full.
Sunday afternoon Uncle J. rang us; after that he came here
with Dr. Messenbacher for an hour. They
were here on dental business and had to go back that evening.
This afternoon I had an appointment with Mrs. Dr. Lev.
Jacobsohn. She wants to arrange a free musical evening. I and a few ladies are
to find an audience. There’s always work to be done.
How are both of you doing?
I am a bit worried not to have had a letter from you for two
weeks. Howver, the telegram! I spoke with Mrs. Scharz, Holsteiner Ufer [that’s
her address]. She asked if you ever write about her son.
Ernst has stood by Aunt Toni fabulously; took care of all
her worries quickly. All the best to you an dear Fanya. Your Mother
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