Haus Cramer architectural records and papers 6909165Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-10-16 18:35:44 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard2009-06-25File created.2019-05-20EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration. Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Haus Cramer architectural records and papers Cramer, Hans Berlich, Otto Bürgel, Ernst Fehr, Heinrich Göhre, Wilhelm Hackbarth, Walter Hauschild, Arthur Köhler, Richard W Kühnemund, L Laternser, Otto Landsberg, Max Lindhorst, Felix Müller, Oscar O Muthesius, Hermann, 1861-1927 Nansen, Paul Nathansohn, Paul Pfennig, Curt Posener, Julius Rein, Max Späth, L Straumer, Heinrich Taut, Bruno, 1880-1938 Vallette, Henri Paulus & Lilloe Körner & Brodersen P. Prochnow & E. Pommer Taut u Hoffmann 6909165 The majority of the materials are in German; a few are in English. 226 drawings 42 photographic prints 1 scrapbook 1 scrapbook 3 bound volumes 6 manuscript boxes 2 print boxes 1911-2004 1911-1955 Arrangement

This material is arranged in four series: Project Records; Family Papers; Restitution Documents; and Restoration/Reuse. Series are further described by subseries; the arrangement of materials within each subseries is described at the beginning of each subseries inventory.

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 Preferred Citation

Haus Cramer architectural records and papers. Located in the Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

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 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Gift of Lilian M. C. Randall, granddaughter of Hans Cramer. Accession number--2004.004.

 Biographical / Historical

Hermann Muthesius was born on April 20th, 1861, in Gross-Neuhausen in Thuringia. His father was a master mason who built numerous country churches. A local pastor recommended Muthesius to the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar as a promising candidate for higher education. From 1881-1883, he studied philosophy at Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität (now Humboldt University), before transferring to the Technische Hochschule Berlin where he studied architecture. As a complement to his formal education, Muthesius also learned the trade of masonry from his father during the two and a half years that elapsed between finishing his studies at the local school and heading to Berlin for his secondary education. Muthesius gained practical experience in a number of architectural offices, including that of Paul Wallot, the architect of the Reichstag building. From 1887-1891 he worked for the firm of Ende & Böckmann in Tokyo and from 1893-1894 he worked in the architectural offices of the Prussian government before becoming the editor of the Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung.

 Biographical / Historical

He married Anna Trippenbach, a prominent singer, in 1896. Anna Muthesius shared her husband's interest and in 1903, she published a book on reform clothing, entitled Das Eigenkleid der Frau. Muthesius traveled widely, visiting Japan, China, Thailand, India, Egypt and Italy. However, his sojourn in England proved to have the most lasting effect on his intellectual development and reputation. In 1896, he was appointed technical attaché to the German Ambassador in London. He lived in England from the time of his appointment until 1903, writing reports on railways, gasworks and other industrial installations for the Prussian Board of Trade. He also befriended many leading members of British artistic circles, including Charles Rennie Mackintosh and William Morris. Muthesius was fascinated by recent innovations in English domestic architecture and eventually wrote a three volume study on the topic, entitled Das englische Haus. Using the works of Charles Voysey, William Lethaby and Richard Norman Shaw, among others, Herman Muthesius illustrated the ground-breaking functional planning of the English house. This emphasis on a functional approach to design formed a fundamental underpinning of the Modern movement in Europe.

 Biographical / Historical

Upon his return to Germany in 1903, Muthesius put his new ideas into practice, building numerous villas in the suburbs of Berlin, including Haus Cramer, the focus of this collection. Muthesius also helped to found the Deutscher Werkbund, a trade organization heavily influenced by the English Arts & Crafts movement in its desire to bring a higher standard of artistic production to handcrafts and industrial products. Unlike the English movement, however, the Werkbund embraced the machine, and Muthesius would even go so far as to propose the idea of "types" or standardized forms for building, furniture and other industrial products. His ideas caused a rift when he presented them at a July 1914 meeting of the Werkbund, with some members aligning themselves with Muthesius, and other aligning themselves with the more individualistic ideas of Henry van de Velde who opposed standardization. Muthesius's remained influential in German architectural circles until his untimely death in a tram accident in 1927. His other publications include Stilarchitektur und Baukunst [1902] and Kleinhaus und Kleinsiedlung [1918].

 Biographical / Historical

Haus Cramer, commissioned by Hans and and Gertrude Cramer, is located at Pacelliallee 18/20 (formerly Cecilienallee 18/20) in Berlin-Dahlem. The collection contains a comprehensive set of drawings dating to the construction of the house in 1911-1914, including drawings of the exteriors, interiors and gardens. During the 1930s, the Cramer family ran into financial trouble due to the oppressive anti-Jewish policies of the Nazi government, which placed numerous restrictions on Jewish businesses. Prior to this, Hans Cramer had run a profitable import/export business dealing mostly in grains. His family was of Jewish descent, although they had converted to Lutheranism at some point during the mid-nineteenth century.

 Biographical / Historical

Hans Cramer's daughter, Charlotte, married an American and moved to New York in the early 1930s. At this point, Hans Cramer began shipping some of the family's furniture and art to his daughter. In this same year, due to his inability to pay taxes on the house and property, the city of Berlin seized his house and eventually auctioned off much of the contents. Hans Cramer, his wife Gertrud and son Frederick, followed Charlotte, emigrating to the United States in 1933. After World War II, Hans Cramer waged a long battle to gain restitution from the government of Germany for his lost property. Correspondence between Hans Cramer and his lawyer, Helmut Ruge, forms a large part of the records of the collection. According to the family, the house survived the war only to be destroyed in a gas explosion sometime during the 1950s. Julius Posener, the noted architectural historian, intervened in the 1970s and petitioned the city of Berlin to reconstruct the house for use by Stanford University, which eventually purchased Haus Cramer in 2000 to house their Bing Overseas Studies in Berlin.

 Processing Information

This collection was processed by Teresa Harris, Mellon Fellow, in 2008, under the direction of Annemarie van Roessel, Archivist, Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library.

 Scope and Content

This collection primarily contains original and reprographic architectural records, photographs, correspondence and personal and professional records related to the design, construction, and ownership of the Haus Cramer in Dahlem, Berlin, Germany, designed by German architect Hermann Muthesius in 1911-1913 for Hans and Gertrud Cramer, with later additions by Muthesius and other architects. A significant portion of the collection also documents the Cramer family's efforts to obtain restitution after World War II for the seizure of the house in the 1930s. Also included are records documenting the restoration and reuse, an effort led by noted architectural historian Julius Poesner.

 Custodial History

Lilian M. C. Randall, granddaughter of Hans Cramer, donated the collection to Avery Library, 2004.004.

 Architecture, Domestic -- Germany -- 20th century Architecture -- Germany -- Berlin -- Designs and plans Furniture -- Germany -- 20th century Gardens -- Germany -- Berlin -- Design Interior decoration -- Germany -- History -- 20th century Landscape architecture -- Germany -- Berlin Berlin (Germany) -- Buildings, structures, etc Haus Cramer (Berlin, Germany) Series I: Project RecordsSubseries 1: CorrespondenceHans Cramer to Paul Nansen, Regierungsbaumeister1933 Mar 10-1935 Jul 1111Scope and Contents

Regarding mortgage with Victoria Allgemeine Versicherungs Aktien-Gesellschaft; includes some correspondence with Victoria; Paul Nansen is Hans Cramer's cousin

Fritz & Favre, Decorative Painters, to Hans Cramer1916 Oct 1212Scope and Contents

Regarding payment for services

Habermann & Guckes to and from Hans Cramer1911 Oct 28-1911 Nov 2513Scope and Contents

Relating to the delivery and spreading of soil for the garden and lawn

Louis Hartung to Hans Cramer1922 Feb 1514Scope and Contents

Regarding water heater

Otto Laternser, Architect, to and from Hans Cramer1922 Apr 07-1923 Jan 1515Scope and Contents

Includes a letter from Otto Laternser to Hermann Muthesius and receipts for work done on the house

Hermann Muthesius to Gertrude Cramer1916 Sep 04-1917 Jun 23 and undated16Hermann Muthesius to Hans Cramer1911 Mar 01-1923 Mar 06 and undated17Scope and Contents

One letter is a fragment

Paul Nansen, Regierungsbaumeister, to Hans Cramer [1 of 2]1930 Aug 21-1934 Oct 0418Scope and Contents

Regarding conversion of house into apartments and mortgage with Victoria Allgemeine Versicherungs Aktien-Gesellschaft; includes some correspondence with Victoria; Paul Nansen is Hans Cramer's cousin

Paul Nansen, Regierungsbaumeister, to Hans Cramer [2 of 2]1934 Oct 06-1935 Sep 0619Scope and Contents

Regarding conversion of house into apartments and mortgage with Victoria Allgemeine Versicherungs Aktien-Gesellschaft; includes some correspondence with Victoria; Paul Nansen is Hans Cramer's cousin

Paul Nathansohn, Master Builder, to Hans Cramer1913 Mar 17-1916 Oct110Scope and Contents

Includes a letter from Hermann Muthesius and a letter from Paul Kretschemann, a supplier

Jakob Ochs to Hans Cramer1912 Sep 25111Scope and Contents

Mentions a cost estimate but that document is missing

Subseries 2: FilesBuilding permits1908 May 08-1913 May 05112Scope and Contents

Includes a drawing of the site

H. Höhne Fabrik für Drahtzäune und Geflechte, chain-link fence promotional materials1911 Apr 07113Note accompanying plans of Haus Cramer sent to the Municipality of Dahlem1912 Mar 26114Paul Nathansohn, Master Builder, building description and cost calculations1912 Sep 08-1913 Mar 07115Scope and Contents

Includes some letters to Hans Cramer

Allgemeine Haushaltmaschinen-Gesellschaft m.b.h., promotional literature1912 Oct 21116Bills and receipts related to the house and garden1913117Scope and Contents

Includes receipts for mason, roofer, etc.

Bills and receipts related to the house and garden1912-1914118Scope and Contents

Includes receipts for glass and contractor

Bills and receipts related to the house and garden1912-1914119Scope and Contents

Includes receipts for mason, electrical and heating equiptment

Bills and receipts related to the house and garden1915-1922120Bills and receipts related to the house and garden1916-192021Scope and Contents

Includes receipts for painting, roofer, etc.

Bills and receipts related to the house and garden192022Scope and Contents

Includes reciepts for blinds, shutters, wood/coal and correpsondence from Paul Nathanson, master builder

Bills and receipts related to the house and garden1920-192223Scope and Contents

Includes receipts for furniture, coal, among others

Bills and receipts related to the house and garden1926-192824Stahl, Fritz. "Hermann Muthesius: Haus Cramer-Dahlem." Wasmuths Monatshefte für Baukunst[1916]25Building permit for auto garage1922 Apr 2826Building permit for the conversion of Haus Cramer into apartments1933 May 1827Scope and Contents

Related to correspondence with Paul Nansen, who handled the conversion of the house into apartments

Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft Berlin (A.E.G.) Product Advertisementscirca 1910s-1920s28[Hans Cramer], notes on the building of the houseundated29Promotional Materials, miscellaneous1909-1930, undated210Subseries 3: PhotographsHaus Cramer and gardencirca 1920s211Scope and Contents

Seven photographs with multiple copies of each

Subseries 4: DrawingsOther Finding Aids

A complete inventory of these drawings may be found in thisdownloadable Excel spreadsheet.

Series II: Family PapersSubseries 1: CorrespondenceArchitects to Hans Cramer1911 Jan 16-1912 Mar 02212Scope and Contents

Offering their services for the design of the villa; includes letters from Otto Berlich, Wilhelm Göhre, Arthur Hauschild, Max Landsberg, Felix Lindhorst, Oscar Müller, Paulus & Lilloe, Curt Pfennig, P. Prochnow & E. Pommer, Heinrich Straumer, and Taut u. Hoffmann

Charlotte Cramer to Hans Cramer1949 Mar 19-1949 Mar 20213Scope and Contents

A letter mentions loan and Kinderzimmer but family states that this letter concerns the house in Mass., not Berlin

Frederick Cramer to Hans Cramer1948 Oct 10214Gertrude Cramer to Hans Cramer1937 May 09215Hans Cramer to Leopold Badt1919 Aug 09216Scope and Contents

Fragment of a letter related to Hans Cramer's import business

Hans Cramer to Ilse Schiftan1937 Sep 12217Scope and Contents

Relating to transport of furniture to Charlotte Cramer in New York

Lionel M. Ettlinger to Hans Cramer1941 Dec 29-1943 Mar 11218Scope and Contents

Lionel Ettlinger thanks Hans Cramer for his recommendation to the Department of Justice

Franz Heckner, Decorative Painter, to Hans Cramer1930 Feb 28219Scope and Contents

Offering their services for the decoration of the villa

Dr. G. Nahrath, Lawyer, to Hans Cramer1920 Dec 29-1921 Jan 05220Scope and Contents

Regarding Hans Cramer's Import Business

Landscape Architects to Hans Cramer1911 Mar-1912 May 2331Scope and Contents

Offering their services for the design of the garden; includes letters from Heinrich Fehr, Richard W. Köhler, L. Kühnemund, Körner & Brodersen, Max Rein, L. Späth, and Henri Vallette

Neighbor to Hans Cramer1912 May 08-1912 May 1232Scope and Contents

Regarding acquiring a 1-2 meter wide strip of Cramer's property along the border of their adjacent properties

Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer, to and from Charlotte Cramer-Sachs1972 Dec 04-1973 Aug 2733Scope and Contents

Relating to Hans Cramer's will, a copy of which is included; letter in need of conservation belongs with this material

Ilse Schiftan to Charlotte Cramer1937 Apr 2634Scope and Contents

Relating to transport of furniture to Charlotte Cramer in New York

Paul Schur Möbeltransport to and from the Cramer Family [1 of 2]1933 Jan 16-1936 Sep 0835Scope and Contents

Relating to transport of furniture to Charlotte Cramer in New York

Paul Schur Möbeltransport to and from the Cramer Family [2 of 2]1936 Aug 01-1940 Jan 0936Scope and Contents

Relating to transport of furniture to Charlotte Cramer in New York

Karl Sturm to [Hans Cramer]1912 Jan 14-1912 Jan 2037Ernst Bürgel, Architect, to Hans Cramer1921 Nov 1138Scope and Contents

Offering his services for the design of the villa

Subseries 2: Financial Records/Real Estate RecordsAccount Book, Bau-Terrain Cecilien Allee 18/20, Dahlem1912-191839Scope and Contents

Includes lists of books, oil paintings, and art objects along with some bills which had been inserted into the account book

Land register and tax documents relating to the parcel of land for Haus Cramer, Dahlem [1 of 3]1911 Jun 02-1927 Nov 02310Land register and tax documents relating to the parcel of land for Haus Cramer, Dahlem [2 of 3]1913 Apr 04-1927 Mar 31311Scope and Contents

Includes letters denying extension on the remaining mortgage payments for the land and a notice of building codes which need to be met

Land register and tax documents relating to the parcel of land for Haus Cramer, Dahlem [3 of 3]1915 Feb 12-1927 Nov 03312Gustav Schroeder, Land Surveyor and Engineer, to Hans Cramer1928 Feb 21313Scope and Contents

Regarding the cost of dividing the property in the land register

Rudolf Erhard to Hans and Gertrude Cramer1929 May 15-1929 May 17314Scope and Contents

Regarding the sale of the property

Notarized statement regardings Hans Cramer's property in Dahlem and the mortgages on that property1929 Aug 12-1930 Mar 04315Rental contract for Else Cramer's apartment on Deidesheimerstrasse 9, Berlin1930 Aug 25316Wirtschafliche Kurzbriefe über Steuer-Verkehrswesen, Wirtschaftskunde. [Financial short letters about taxes, transportation and economics]1932 Nov 29317Scope and Contents

Document discussing tax policies

Inventories of contents of house, related to the seizure for non-payment of taxes[1933-1934]318Amtsgericht [District Court], Berlin-Lictherfelde, to Hans Cramer1933 Mar 07-1940 Sep 30319Scope and Contents

Regarding taxes

Pfändungsprotokoll [Record of Seizure]1933 Nov 17320Scope and Contents

Seizure of assets due to an inability to pay taxes; related to restitution claims because Hans Cramer asserted that the laws affecting Jews made it difficult to make a living and therefore pay his taxes

M. Cramer, Affidavit of ownership of abandoned furniture from Haus Cramer1934 Jan 02321Scope and Contents

M. Cramer asserts that the furniture abandoned by his brother has been his property since that time

Correspondence between Finanzamt Zehlendorf and Charlotte and Fritz [Friedrich] Cramer1934 Jan 17-1954 Mar 16322Scope and Contents

Related to auction of house contents by the district of Zehlendorf; also includes a much later document which may have been prepared as part of the restitution suit

[Hans Cramer] to Dr. W. Beuck1934 Jul 06323Hans Cramer to the Amtsgericht (District Court), Berlin-Lichterfelde1934 Oct 23-1940 Mar 30324Scope and Contents

Regarding taxes

Hans and Gertrud Cramer to the Landesfinanzamt [Tax Authority], Berlin1934 Nov 19325Scope and Contents

Protesting decision by the Finanzamt concerning the taxes on the property

Auction records, inventories1935 Nov 19326Victoria zu Berlin, Insurance Company, to Hans Cramer1939 Apr 1741Hans Cramer to Victoria zu Berlin, Insurance Company1939 Apr 3042Hans Cramer to Dr. Max Israel1939 May 09-1940 Feb 0543Scope and Contents

Hans Cramer consulted with Dr. May regarding his tax problems

Dr. Max Israel May to Hans Cramer1939 May 26-1940 Mar 0144Scope and Contents

Hans Cramer consulted with Dr. May regarding his tax problems

Correspondence, Frederick H. Cramer to American Kommandatur1948 Jun 1645Scope and Contents

Regarding sending the remaining pieces of furniture in Germany to the family in the US; includes official and handwritten lists of auctioned pieces

Hans Cramer, draft of request for license to ship remaining furniture to Charlotte and Friedrich Cramer46Scope and Contents

Includes chronology of events leading to the departure from Germany and auctioning of possessions by government

Steuerliche Fragen mit Bezug auf G.m.b.H. [Inquiries Related to Hans Cramer's Import/Export Business]47Subseries 3: GeneralCertification of origin of imported grain1916 Aug 0248Scope and Contents

Related to Hans Cramer's import business

Hans Cramer, Statement of support for Oscar Metzger's petition for United States citizenship1943 Mar 0549Scope and Contents

Oscar Metzer was an employee of Hans Cramer in Berlin

Haus Cramer, tree in corner of garden1926410Junge Kunst in Europa1931 Jan411Scope and Contents

Includes articles on Bruno Paul and Heinrich Tessenow, among others

Financial notes, miscellaneousundated412Scope and Contents

Unrelated to the house in Berlin

Notice regarding the installation of a police public address system1927 Oct 12413Untitled poem1939 Jul414Scope and Contents

Poem possibly authored by Charlotte Cramer

Scrapbook of Haus Cramer8Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of Haus Cramer and a handwritten document entitled "Wuensche für den Bau", along with a description of the property

Series III: Restitution DocumentsSubseries 1: CorrespondenceCorrespondence and documentation relating to the dissolution of H.S. Cramer G.m.b.H.1933 Mar 31-1939 Jan 05415Scope and Contents

Reichsgesetzblatt originally filed with these papers--now filed with the correspondence with the Jewish Organization

Hilda Barth to Hans Cramer1952 Nov 18416Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on In der Halde 12

Hans Behmack, Rechtsbeistand, to Hans Cramer1953 Mar 28-1955 Jul 30417Claims against Victoria Insurance Company, note inserted in file418Charlotte Cramer-Sachs to Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer1951 Jun 12-1960 Mar 01419Frederick Cramer to Hans Cramer1951 Jul 19-1953 May 19420[Frederick Cramer] to Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer421Correspondence between Hans Cramer and American Federation of Jews from Central Europe1949 Mar 10-1949 Mar 29422Scope and Contents

Includes Information Bulletin on Restitution Developments and a copy of the Reichsgesetzblatt concerning the expatriation of the German Jews

Hans Cramer to Hans Behmack, Rechtsbeistand1953 Mar 23-1955 Aug 07423Hans Cramer to the Central Filing Agency, Bad Naumheim, drafts424Hans Cramer to Charlotte Cramer-Sachs1950 May 06-1951 Jun 15425Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on Im Dol 45 and correspondence with Dr. Helmut Ruge

Hans Cramer to and from the U.S. Department of State [1 of 2]1946 Jul 12-1948 Nov 22426Scope and Contents

Includes copies of letters to the Finanzamt für Liegenschaften regarding claims on house in Dahlem

Hans Cramer to and from the U.S. Department of State [2 of 2]1948 Dec 08-1949 Jan 11427Scope and Contents

Includes articles fromAufbau,relating to restitution claims.

Hans Cramer to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York1946 Aug 29-1946 Sep 05428Hans Cramer to Frederick Cramer1952 Jul 03429Hans Cramer to Magistrate of the City of Berlin, Department of Finance1946 Jul 12-1947 May 06430Hans Cramer to Marian Peisert1953 Mar 06-1958 Oct 15431Hans Cramer to Herr Reissner1954 Mar 15432Hans Cramer to Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer [1 of 13]1948 Mar 06-1948 Dec 22433Hans Cramer to Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer [2 of 13]1949 May 23-1949 Dec 10434Hans Cramer to Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer [3 of 13]1950 Mar 07-1950 Nov 05435Scope and Contents

Includes copy of official claim for restitution

Hans Cramer to Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer [4 of 13]1951 Jan 31-1951 Dec 27436Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on Cecilien Allee 18/20 and Im Dol 45

Hans Cramer to Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer [5 of 13]1952 Jan 10-1952 Dec 1151Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on Cecilien Allee 18/20; includes original file folder

Hans Cramer to Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer [6 of 13]1953 Mar 05-1953 Dec 2752Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on Cecilien Allee 18/20 and In Der Halde 12

Hans Cramer to Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer [7 of 13]1954 Jan 04-1954 Oct 0153Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on In der Halde 12 and Im Dol 45

Hans Cramer to Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer [8 of 13]1955 Feb 02-1955 Dec 2754Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on Cecilien Allee 18/20

Hans Cramer to Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer [9 of 13]1955 Aug 1155Scope and Contents

Draft of letter with supporting material, including worksheets regarding Hans Cramer's claims

Hans Cramer to Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer [10 of 13]1956 Jan 10-1956 Nov 2956Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on Pacelli Allee 18/20

Hans Cramer to Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer [11 of 13]1957 Jan 14-1957 Dec 2757Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on Pacelli Allee 18/20; includes original file folder

Hans Cramer to Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer [12 of 13]1958 Jan 14-1958 Dec 2258Scope and Contents

Regarding Lawsuit against Berlin; includes a newspaper article on the claims program

Hans Cramer to Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer [13 of 13]1959 Jan 14-1959 Oct 2759Original file folder for correspondence between Hans Cramer and Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer510Han Cramer to Alfred Toepfer1958 Feb 18511Scope and Contents

Two copies of the letter

Hans Cramer to Jean [?]1951 Aug 01-1951 Sep 07512Bernard Fischbein, Chief, Central Filing Agency, to Hans Cramer1949 Jul 29513Jewish Restitution Successor Organization to Hans Cramer1951 Apr 09-1953 Oct 30514Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on Im Dol 45

Jewish Restitution Successor Organization to and from Dr. Helmut Ruge1952 Dec 12-1953 Jul 02515Marian Peisert to Hans Cramer1953 Mar 14-1958 Mar 20516Pohle Family to Hans Cramer and Charlotte Cramer1933 Sep 24-1934 Sep 25517Scope and Contents

The Pohle Family helped the family with matters related to the house after they had left Germany

Reichstelle für Devisenbewirtschaftung [National Board for the Regulation of Foreign Exchange] to Hans Cramer1932 May 07-1936 Mar 13518Scope and Contents

Regarding taxes on his Berlin-based business once he emigrated to the United States; also includes an official assessment of his assets as a Jew

Dr. A. Reithinger to Hans Cramer1953 Oct 26-1953 Oct 27519Scope and Contents

Includes handwritten drafts of letters to Dr. Ruge regarding the content of Dr. A. Reithinger's letters

Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer, to Hans Cramer [1 of 13]1948 Mar 24-1948 Dec 16520Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer, to Hans Cramer [2 of 13]1949 Mar 03-1949 Oct 10521Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on Cecilien Allee 18/20

Dr. Helmut Ruge, Laywer, to Hans Cramer [3 of 13]1950 Jan 12-1950 Dec 29522Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer, to Hans Cramer [4 of 13]1951 Jan 09-1951 Dec 19523Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on Cecilien Allee 18/20 and Im Dol 45

Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer, to Hans Cramer [5 of 13]1952 Jan 25-1952 Nov 14524Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on Im Dol 45

Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer, to Hans Cramer [6 of 13]1953 Jan 16-1953 Dec 23525Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on Im Dol 45

Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer, to Hans Cramer [7 of 13]1954 Jan 02-1954 Sep 14526Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on In der Halde 12 and Im Dol 45

Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer, to Hans Cramer [8 of 13]1955 Jan 22-1955 Dec 05527Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on Cecilien Allee 18/20 and Pacelli Allee 18/20; includes original file folder.

Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer, to Hans Cramer. [9 of 13 ]1956 Jan 04-1956 Dec 12528Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on Cecilien Allee 18/20 and Pacelli Allee 18/20

Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer, to Hans Cramer [10 of 13]1957 Jan 07-1957 Dec 21529Scope and Contents

Regarding Claims on Cecilien Allee 18/20 and Pacelli Allee 18/20; includes original file folder.

Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer, to Hans Cramer [11 of 13]1958 Jan 10-1958 Dec 16530Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer, to Hans Cramer [12 of 13]1959 Jan 08-1959 Oct 24531Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer, to Hans Cramer [13 of 13]1960 Feb 03-1960 Apr 04532Ilse Schiftan to and from Charlotte and Hans Cramer1933 Sep 25- 1940 Dec 1661Scope and Contents

Ilse Schiftan helped the family with matters related to the house after they had left Germany

Willi Schweig, Custodian of Properties Transferred Under Duress in Greater Berlin, to Hans Cramer1949 May 1862Alfred Toepfer to Hans Cramer1958 Feb 2563Scope and Contents

Includes copy of letter from Alfred Toepfer to Dr. Helmut Ruge

Alfred Toepfer to Dr. Helmut Ruge, Lawyer1958 Feb 2564Scope and Contents

Three copies of the letter

Subseries 2: FilesMuthesius, Hermann. "Die Häuser Rümelin in Heilbronn und Cramer in Dahlem." Dekorative Kunst1918 Oct 0165Scope and Contents

Two copies; Note mentions that a copy was sent to the Cramer's lawyer, Helmut Ruge, who handled the family's claims for restitution; water damage in need of conservation

Notes on restitution claims and inventory of house contents1935 Oct 21-1954 Mar 0366Notes attached to file folder regarding entities responsible for claims1948 Sep 0167Newspaper articles from Aufbau on the topic of restitutions1949 Aug 19-1949 Dec 0168Notes on meetings with Dr. Helmut Ruge and Mr. Ladewig, Office of Reparations1953 Apr 27-1953 Apr 2869Claim for the determination of losses due to displacement or war1954 Mar 19610Bundesrückerstattungsgesetz (Federal Restitution Laws)1957611Scope and Contents

Includes some notes on the text

Partial Judgement by the District Court of Berlin1958 Aug 01612Description of house and site613Inventory of furniture in the Turnhalle614Notes on restitution claims615Series IV: Restoration/ReusePhotographs of Haus Cramer after gas explosion1949 Feb616Scope and Contents

Includes pamphlet on the property

Correspondence, Charlotte Cramer-Sachs to Judge Rifkind1957 Feb 0271Scope and Contents

Regarding the possible use of Haus Cramer by American scholars in Berlin; Includes images from articles on Haus Cramer

Correspondence, Klaus Curtius, Deutsche Generalkonsul, to Charlotte Cramer-Sachs1969 Oct 16617Scope and Contents

Regarding the preservation of Haus Cramer; includes copy of letter from Klaus Curtius to Rolf Schwedler, Senator für Bau- und Wohnungswesen and an article byJulius Posener on the house

Correspondence, Dr. Franz Josef Strauss to Alexander Sachs1969 Oct 20618Scope and Contents

Regarding the preservation of Haus Cramer

Correspondence, Dr. Helmut Ruge to Charlotte Cramer-Sachs1976 Nov 15-1976 Nov 25619Scope and Contents

Forwards correspondence with Herr Stoehr, the Senator für Wissenschaft und Kunst, regarding the use of Haus Cramer by Stanford in Berlin

Correspondence, Dr. Julius Posener to Charlotte Cramer-Sachs1976 Dec 04-1991 Aug 09620Posener, Julius, Dr. "Excerpts from Opening Remarks of Speech by Julius Posener on the Occasion of the Hermann Muthesius Exhibit at the Akademie der Kunste, West Berlin"1977621Scope and Contents

Two copies

Correspondence, Charlotte Cramer-Sachs to Dr. Julius Posener1977 Jan 03-1993 Apr 02622"Berlin-Dahlem Pacellialle 18-20 Wiederaufbau eines Landhauses von Herman Muthesius"1977 Mar623Scope and Contents

Signed by Julius Posener; publication of the Senator für Bau- und Wohnungswesen; includes photocopy

Invitation and telegram relating to the inauguration of Stanford University's Program in Berlin1978 Jan 06-1978 Jan 16624"Stanford-in-Berlin back in business with new program and a new home." Campus Report1978 Feb 01625"Renovated Berlin villa is dedicated." The Stanford Observer1978 Feb626Cramer-Sachs, Charlotte. "Erinnerungen an Einen Garten"1978 Apr 08-1978 Jul 27627Scope and Contents

Includes a plan of the garden and a letter from the government in Berlin, thanking Charlotte Cramer-Sachs for her help in reconstructing the garden

Muthesius. Architettura Monografie19818Scope and Contents

Inscribed "For Charlotte, with love, P & R, September 1984" P & R refers to Pooh Randall (Lilian né Cramer) and Richard Randall, Jr.

Correspondence, Pooh (Lilian) and Richard Randall to Charlotte Cramer-Sachs1984 Sep 18628Scope and Contents

Letter accompanying the Muthesius monograph, given to Charlotte by the Randalls; inserted into the book with a color photograph of the house, marking the section dealing with Haus Cramer

Posener, Julius. Fast so alt wie das Jahrhundert19908Scope and Contents

Inscribed "Für Frau Charlotte Cramer Sachs, in deren Haus ich und der Student verliebt habe, Herzlichst, Julius Posener 30.11.90"

Text on the artist Charlo, on the letterhead of Mrs. Alexander Sachs629Scope and Contents

Found at the back of Julius Posener's Fast so alt wie das Jahrhundert

Photographs of Haus Cramer and S-Bahn Station in Dahlem1993 Jul630Muthesius, Hermann. Style-Architecture and Building-Art: Transformations of Architecture in the Nineteenth Century and its Present Condition19948Packet of information on Haus Cramer1995 May 08-2001 Nov 15 and undated631Scope and Contents

Includes multiple descriptions of the house, an excerpt from a book on the restoration of the house, a photo of members of the Stanford program with a portrait of Charlotte Cramer, and some correspondence between Charlotte Cramer-Sachs and Stanford.

Correspondence, Dr. Karen Kramer, Director of the Stanford in Berlin Study Center, to Charlotte Cramer-Sachs1995 Jul 31-2001 Dec 17632Scope and Contents

Faxed letter and photocopies, includes articles on the purchase of Haus Cramer by Stanford University and photographs of an event at the house in July of 2001

Correspondence, Charlotte Cramer-Sachs to Dr. Karen Kramer1998 Jan 15633Scope and Contents

Includes material on the purchase of Haus Cramer by Stanford

Photographs of Haus Cramer and garden1999 Oct634Report on the reconstruction of Haus Cramer, Jana John and Linda Bollenberg2000 Apr 03-2000 Apr 24635Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence between Charlotte Cramer-Sachs and Jana, John and Linda Bollenberg

Correspondence, Bettinna Biedermann to Charlotte Cramer-Sachs2004 Feb 04636Scope and Contents

Regarding inclusion in a book on prominent residents of Dahlem

"Berlin-Dahlem Cecilienallee 18-20"637Scope and Contents

Three copies

Photograph of Haus Cramer638Scope and Contents

Found with bills and receipts

Posener, Julius, Dr. "Ein unersetzliches Berliner Haus: Fragen zum anscheinend unaufhaltsamen Abriß unserer Villenvororte." Der Tagesspiegel639Scope and Contents

Four copies