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Otto Frank and the University of Heidelberg

In 1908, Otto Frank took a summer semester of art history at the University of Heidelberg. ​

Event

May 9, 1908 - Aug. 1, 1908

49.411237 N 8.706219 E

Grabengasse 1

Heidelberg

Duitsland

Otto Frank was enrolled for the summer semester at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg with effect from 9 May 1908. His certificate for completion of the semester is dated 1 August 1908.[1] His field of study was art history.[2]

Otto Frank took the following courses:

  • Introduction to Philosophy, under Wilhelm Windelband.
  • History of Greek Art, under Friedrich von Duhn.
  • History of Italian painting, under Henry Thode.
  • Flemish painting of the 17th century, under Alfred Peltzer.
  • Mythology, under Lefmann.
  • Greek inscriptions, under Von Duhn.

Here Otto Frank met Nathan Straus, son of the co-owner of Macy's department store in New York, who was studying for two semesters at the University of Heidelberg in 1908-1909.[3]

According to his registration form, Otto lived at 62 Leopoldstrasse, with Louis Weber as his landlord.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Universitätsarchiv Heidelberg, StudA 1900-09/10 Frank, Otto: 'Studien- und Sittenzeugnis Dem Herrn Otto Frank'.
  2. ^ Universitätsarchiv Heidelberg, StudA 1900-09/10 Frank, Otto : 'Anmeldung Sommer-Semester 1908'. Hij betaalt zijn docenten in totaal 95 RM (= Rijksmarken), de toehoordertoeslag bedraagt 5 RM, de ziektekosten 4 RM en de ongevallenverzekering 0,30 RM. Universitätsarchiv Heidelberg, Rep 29/5 Belegblatt A623: 'Zahlung Sommersemester 1908 Otto Frank'.
  3. ^ In een brief aan Eleanor Roosevelt had Nathan Straus het over drie semesters. Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Collectie, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_172: Brief Nathan Straus mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 19 april 1957. Volgens de inschrijfboeken van de universiteit ging het om twee semesters, Personal-Verzeichnis der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg, Winter-Halbjahr 1907/08 , ibidem, Sommer-Halbjahr 1908.
  4. ^ Zie noot 2. Weber was makelaar in onroerend goed en hypotheken, alsook woningbemiddelaar. Hij woonde in dezelfde straat op nummer 31, Adressbuch der Stadt Heidelberg nebst den Stadtteilen Neuenheim, Schlierbach und Handschusheim für das Jahr 1908, Heidelberg 1908, p. 81 en 293.