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Handwritten postcard from Sophie Guttmann to Jeanette Schenker, dated June 19, 1939

{recto}
[picture, captioned: Palace Hôtel à Sinaia]

[Absender:] Dr. Guttmann
Siret, Roumaine

[An:] Frau [/] Dr Heinrich Schenker,
Küb. am Semering.
Wien 89. Neue-Weltgasse 1a.

[postmark: illeg.]

[in Jeanette Schenker's hand:]
Antw. Brief [/] am 27. VI. 39

{verso}
Von meinem Alten1 Grüsse.
Siret am 19. VI. 939

Meine teuere Lilli!

Gerade heute denke ich den ganzen Tag an dich.2 Wo du nur sein kannst, wie es dir geht. – Schon sehr lange Zeit ist verstrichen seitdem ich dir geschrieben habe [–] ich hin sehr nervös. – Unser Hans3 ist nach Beograd versetzt, nachdem er 19 Jahre direkt am Lande gewohnt hat. – – – Er hat avancirt, er soll sich nur bewähren?? – Julko4 ist sehr brav, benimmt sich zu uns und den Kindern in Czer.5 sehr schön. Friedas6 grössere Tochter kommt schon in's Lyzeum, die Kleine in die IIte Klasse. Herrliche Fratzen, wenn nur Ruhe wäre! – – – Mein Alter hält sich ganz fesch, ich bin nur sehr nervös. – Schreibe wohin du gehst, ob du von deinen Verwandten welche Stütze hast? Wie steht's mit deinen Augen?? Warst du heute am Grabe Unseres grossen Bruders, deines Gatten7?? Schreibe bitte bitte sehr. Was ist mit meinem Wilhelm8? Gieb mir seine Adresse an. Mit herzlichsten Grüssen u. Küssen

verbleibe deine treue
[signed:] Sophie

© Heirs of Sophie Guttmann, permission being sought
© Transcription Ian Bent, 2008

Handwritten postcard from Sophie Guttmann to Jeanette Schenker, dated June 19, 1939

{recto}
[picture, captioned: Palace Hôtel à Sinaia]

[From] Dr. Guttmann
Siret, Rumania

[To:] Frau Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Küb. am Semering.
Wien 89. Neue-Weltgasse 1a.

[postmark: illeg.]

[in Jeanette Schenker's hand:]
Reply: letter on June 27, 1939

{verso}
Greetings from my old man1
Siret, June 19, 1939

My dear Lilli,

I have been thinking of you, today of all days, the whole day long.2 Just where you are, how you are doing. – A long, long time has gone by since I wrote to you. I am very nervy. – Our Hans3 has now been transferred to Belgrade, after having lived right out in the country for nineteen years. . . He has been promoted, he just has to prove his worth?? – Julko4 is a very good fellow; he is very kind to us and the children in Czernowitz.5 Frieda's6 older daughter has already moved to the girls' highschool, [and] the little one into the second grade. Splendid little rascals, if only there were some peace and quiet! . . . My old man keeps himself well up-to-scratch; I am just very nervy. – Write to me: where are you going, what support do you have from your relatives? How are things with your eyes?? Were you at the grave of our great brother, your husband,7 today?? Please, please write. What is my Wilhelm8 up to? Do let me have his address. With heartfelt greetings and kisses.

I remain your faithful
[signed:] Sophie

© Translation Ian Bent, 2008

COMMENTARY:
Format: printed postcard, handwritten addresses recto, handwritten message and signature verso
Sender address: Siret, Rumania
Recipient address: Küb am Semmering

FOOTNOTES:

1 i.e. her husband, [click on] Dr. Salo Guttmann.

2 June 19, 1868 was Heinrich Schenker's birthday.

3 Click on Hans Guttmann.

4 Click on Julian Guttmann.

5 Click on Czernowitz (Cernauti).

6 Click on Frieda Guttmann. Her children were Hilde and Edith.

7 i.e. Heinrich Schenker.

8 Click on Wilhelm Schenker.

SUMMARY:
Sophie writes on Heinrich Schenker's birthday, asks how Jeanette is, asks after brother Wilhelm, and reports on her husband, children, and grandchildren.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian Bent, 2008

Bent, Ian
Guttmann, Sophie
DE
Schenker Documents Online--Ian Bent
Guttmann, Sophie; Schenker, Jeanette; Guttmann, Hans; Guttmann, Frieda; Guttmann, Julian; Guttmann, Salo; Oskar; Hilde; Edith; Czernowitz
Handwritten postcard from Sophie Guttmann to Jeanette Schenker, dated June 19, 1939
OJ 11/31, [3]
1939-06-19
2008-07-15
GuttmannS
Under inquiry. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence@mus.cam.ac.uk.
Schenker, Jeanette (1939-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1945)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1945-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
IPR: Heirs of Sophie Guttmann, under inquiry; Image: University of California, Riverside; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian Bent.

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