Bequest Hermann Rössler

Hermann Rössler (1895-1976) was born in Bohemia in 1895 and grew up in Neustrelitz in the former Free State Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He was the son of the author and actor Carl Rössler. Hermann Rössler himself was an author and translator and published, among other things, the crime novel "Expresszug des Teufels" in 1921. After the National Socialists' rise to power, Hermann Rössler emigrated to Norway and subsequently in 1940 to Great Britain. He then migrated to Canada in 1945. Hermann Rössler died in 1976. The bequest Hermann Rössler contains after description, demetallization and filing 12 archival units with a total extent of 0.5 running meters. During indexing between September and October 2021, the processor Sophia Steinmetz reorganized the collection. The record group is now structured in two sections. The section "opus" ("Werk") contains Hermann Rössler's autobiographical writings. The section "correspondence" ("Korrespondenzen") covers correspondence between Hermann Rössler, his brother [?] and third parties. These include private correspondence, as well as business documents regarding royalty payouts (Tantiemen-Ausschüttungen) for plays and publications.