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Emil Raas Collection

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Emil Raas 1910-1993 (Creator of the collection)
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Photograph by unknown, ca. 1943.Photograph in the posession of the Raas family.

Emil Raas (1910-1993), during his law study in Bern, invited Else Lasker-Schüler to a reading for the Jewish Students' Organization while she was in exile in Switzerland. Even though there was an age difference of more than 40 years between them he became one of her best friends, with the nickname Mill given by her. He passed the state examinations in 1934, and later also acted as her lawyer in immigration matters.

Reference Code
ARC. 4* 1821
Dates
1933-1977
Consists of
0.4 meters..
Languages
German;
Description
The collection includes correspondence between Else Lasker-Schüler and advocate Emil Raas in Bern and comprises 268 letters from Lasker-Schüler, including postcards and letter fragments, a few of her poems, articles about her and 88 letters from Emil Raas to Lasker-Schüler (most of them typewritten copies, some drafts in his handwriting and photocopies).;האוסף כולל התכתבות בין אלזה לסקר-שילר לעו"ד אמיל ראס בברן וכולל 268 מכתבים של לסקר-שילר, כולל גלויות ושברי מכתבים, כמה משיריה, מאמרים עליה ו-88 מכתבים מאמיל ראס ללסקר-שילר ( רובם עותקים מודפסים, כמה טיוטות בכתב ידו והעתקים מצולמים).
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  • The Archives Collection of the National Library of Israel The Archives Collection of the National Library of Israel
Title Emil Raas Collection.
Additional Titles כותרת בעברית: אוסף אמיל רז.
Collection of Emil Raas.
Notes The original letters of Emil Raas to Lasker-Schüler are part of the Else Lasker-Schüler Archive (ARC. Ms. Var. 501). A CD with a Swiss radio programme on Emil Rass and on Else Lasker-Schüler broadcasted in March 2015 was transferred to the sound collection.
Citation Note ARC. 4* 1821 Emil Raas Collection, Archives Department, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem
Host Item Emil Raas Collection
Level of Description Fonds Record
Biographical summary Emil Raas (Bern 1910 - 1993) was a Jewish lawyer in Bern, friend and supporter of Else Lasker-Schüler during her stay in Switzerland and her advocate in visa issues. As the vice-president of the Jewish student organization in Bern he invited her in 1933 for a reading, and after a lengthy walk through the city and conversations they became close friends. Her nickname for him was Mill, the extent of their friendship can be see in the vast number of letters kept in this archive. In 1934 Raas passed the state examinations for law in Bern, and established with his friend Georges Brunschvig (1908–1973) a law office. From 1935 until 1937 they represented the"Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund" and the "Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Bern" in a lawsuit regarding the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion", which is also known as the Berner Prozess. In 1938 Raas and Brunschvig published the book "Vernichtung einer Fälschung". Der Prozeß um die erfundenen ›Weisen von Zion‹" (Zürich). Raas also represented Else Lasker-Schüler in regard to her immigration problem with Swiss authorities, but in the end could not prevent her being expelled from the country.
Ownership history The archive was permanently deposited in the National Library of Israel by Raas' daughters, Ruth Livne (Jerusalem) and Maryse Raas (Switzerland), in June 2006.
Language Note The material is completely in German.
Credits Emil Raas Collection, The National Library of Israel. Digitization and cataloguing of this fonds was funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG / German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy - EXC 2176 'Understanding Written Artefacts: Material, Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures', project no. 390893796. The research is conducted within the scope of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universität Hamburg.
National Library system number 990029064050205171
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When using this material, please acknowledge the source of the material as follows:

Emil Raas Collection, The National Library of Israel. Digitization and cataloguing of this fonds was funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG / German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy - EXC 2176 'Understanding Written Artefacts: Material, Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures', project no. 390893796. The research is conducted within the scope of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universität Hamburg.

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