IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1542
Held at: Wiener Library
Title: Stein, Edith (1891-1942): papers regarding last will and testament
Date(s): 1999
Level of description: collection
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s): Batzdorff | Suzanne | fl 1999
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Edith Stein was born in October 12, 1891 and was a German philosopher, a Carmelite nun, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church, who died at Auschwitz. In 1922, she converted to Christianity from Judaism, was baptized into the Roman Catholic Church and was received into the Discalced Carmelite Order in 1934. She was canonized as Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (her Carmelite monastic name) by Pope John Paul II in 1998; however, she is still often referred to, and churches named for her as, Saint Edith Stein. Stein died August 9, 1942.
The depositor is her niece.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Edith Stein, 1999, comprise correspondence between Suzanne Batzdorff and Ian Montrose, with extracts relating to an aspect of the will of Edith Stein.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English and German
System of arrangement:
Arranged in original order.
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Finding aids:
Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited by Suzanne Batzdorf.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.
Date(s) of descriptions: March 2008