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The Liouba Halsman Golschmann Collection
Descriptive Summary
Creators: The Philippe Halsman Archive
Title: The Liouba Halsman Golschmann Collection
Repository: The Philippe Halsman Archive
33 West 67th Street
New York, NY 10023
Dates: 1928-2007
Quantity: 3 Boxes, 75 folders
Identification Number: 2014.US.PH.LHG
Abstract: The collection consists of materials and records related to Liouba Halsman
Golschmann’s efforts to secure the release of her brother, Philippe Halsman from his
prison sentence for the murder of his father, Max Halsman, letters written by Philippe
Halsman during his imprisonment, and documents regarding his emigration efforts to
America. Collection materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, legal
publications, and photography equipment.
Historical and Biographical Information
Philippe Halsman (1906-1979), was born in Riga, Latvia. He was
renowned for his portrait photographs of such notables as Albert
Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Audrey Hepburn, Groucho Marx,
Bob Hope, Milton Berle, John F. Kennedy, Grace Kelly, Alfred
Hitchcock, and for his collaborations with Salvador Dali. He was
inspired while photographing comedians jumping in mid-air to
photograph other subjects in this manner, including the Duke and
Duchess of Windsor, Marilyn Monroe, and Richard Nixon.
In September 1928, Halsman was falsely accused of his father’s
murder while they were on a hiking trip in the Austrian Tyrol, an
area known for its anti-Semitism. He was sentenced to ten years
hard labor/solitary confinement in Innsbruck, Austria. His sister,
Liouba Halsman Golschmann, campaigned for his release by
garnering support from important European intellectuals,
including Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, Henri Hertz, and Paul Painlevé, who
all endorsed his innocence. After two trials, each resulting in guilty verdicts, he was pardoned
and released in 1930 (Wikipedia. 2014).
Liouba Halsman Golschmann (1909-1979), was also born in Riga, Latvia. She was instrumental
in securing her brother’s release from prison. She traveled throughout Europe to meet with
leaders such as: Ernest Bovet, Secretary General of the League for Human Rights; Wilhelm
Miklas, President of Austria; and Paul Painlevé, President of France. After his release from
prison, she sought the help of Albert Einstein and Eleanor Roosevelt’s Emergency Rescue
Committee for his emigration to America (Emanuel, 2008).
Audrey Hepburn, 1955, Philippe Halsman
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Scope and Contents
The collection is held by the Philippe Halsman Archive. It consists of materials collected and
created by Liouba Halsman Golschmann and others that relate to his murder trial. It includes
correspondence, photographs, legal documents and briefs, personal items that belonged to
Philippe Halsman such as photography equipment, newspaper clippings, books and other
ephemera. This collection has been loaned to Nicole Emanuel, in Leawood, Kansas (Appendix
A), while she conducts research for a biography she is writing of Liouba Halsman Golschmann.
Related materials included are copies of materials obtained from the Albert Einsten Archives by
Nicole Emanuel that pertain to the Einstein’s relationship with Halsman, and a recorded
interview with Liouba Halsman Golschmann.
It is three linear feet, housed in three boxes. Documents are foldered within the boxes.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by four series: Correspondence,
Newspaper Articles, Case Study Publications and
Photography Equipment and Audio. Correspondence is
arranged by four sub-series, and chronological within those
series. Chronological order is used within all other series
types, with the exception of Photography Equipment and
Audio. Because much of the collection is in languages
other than English, translations are provided with original
when available.
Administrative Information
Recommended Citation The Liouba Halsman Golschmann Collection, The Philippe Halsman Archive, New
York.
Provenance and Custodial History The Philippe Halsman Archive was established in 2011. It is housed in the same building
in New York where Philippe Halsman kept his studio for over 30 years, and contains the
materials left in his studio and apartment after his death, as well as materials and work
related to his career and personal life. It is maintained by his daughter Irene Halsman, and
his grandsons, Oliver Halsman Rosenberg and Steve Bello. It controls licensing, and print
sales of Halsman’s work. It partners with Magnum Photos for international sales and
printing. The collection is currently (spring 2014) loaned to and in the possession of
Nicole Emanuel of Leawood, Kansas.
Conditions Governing Access Any sensitive information found will be given to the Philippe Halsman Archive for
approval.
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Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use Any reproduction requests are directed to the Philippe Halsman Archive for judgment on
a case-by-case basis.
Languages and Scripts of the Material Elements Material elements are in English, Russian, French, Latvian, and German. Finding Aid is
in English.
Processed by: Layne Aingell, February-May 2014
Index Terms
Personal Names Bleuler, E.
Bovet, Ernest
Brockhausen, Carl Dr.
Dukas, Helene
Einstein, Albert
Emanuel, Nicole
Gamper, D. Professor
Glasers, Richard
Golschmann, Liouba
Halsman
Golschmann, Vladimir
Grunwald, Max
Gutmann, W.
Hadamard
Halsmann, Liouba
Halsman, Philippe
Halsmann, Philipp
Hertz, Henri
Hicks, Wilson
Hupka, Josef
Ita, Halsman
Kodermann, Johann
Langevin
Lothar, Ernst
Mann, Thomas
Meixner, Karl Dr.
Nathan, Otto Dr.
Painlevé, Paul
Pessler, Franz
Ratner, Austin
Richet
Roche, Elizabeth
Romer, Ruth
Ruzicka, Ernst
Scharf, Herman
Schneider, Johann
Wasserman, Jacob
Places Allemange, France
Berlin, Germany
Hamburg, Germany
Innsbruck, Austria
Lausanne, Switzerland
Murano, Italy
Paris, France
Washington, D.C.
Wein (Vienna), Austria
Subjects Anti-Semitism
Criminal Trial
Editorials
Emigration
False Confession
Imprisonment
Murder
Patricide
Photography
Photography Equipment
Prison Pardon
Propaganda
Genre/Form Terms Book
Booklet
Camera
Editorial
Ephemera
Letter
Monograph
Newspaper Article
Photograph
Postcard
Stereoscope
Telegram
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Container List and Description of the Collection
Box 1 – Series I, Sub Series A, Liouba Halsman Golshmann Correspondence
Folder Contents Date(s) Notes
I-A-1 Liouba Halsman Golschmann
mission statement – outline of her
campaign
No date Template used to present to advocates; 8
typewritten pages, original and carbon
copy; in French, no translation.
I-A-2 Liouba Halsman Golschmann’s
Checklist of letters received
No date Handwritten on lined paper, approx. 6” x
8.”
I-A-3 List of appointments; handwritten
by Liouba Halsman Golschmann
No date Handwritten on lined paper, approx. 6” x
8.”
I-A-4 Liouba Halsman Golschmann’s
address book
No date Leather cover; approx. 1.5” x 2.5”;
includes addresses for Thomas Mann,
Rabbi Max Grunwald; possible notes from
trial; not translated.
I-A-5 Telegram to Henri Hertz from
Ernest Bovet, French Secretary
General. “Returned last evening.
Will happily receive visits.”
1/13/1930 Wired from Paris
I-A-6 Letter to Liouba Halsman
Golschmann from Henri Hertz
1/26/1930 Mailed from Paris to Innsbruck ; 2 pages
with envelope
I-A-7 Letter to Liouba Halsman
Golschmann from Henri Hertz
2/14/1930 Mailed from Paris to Innsbruck; 3 pages
I-A-8 Letter to Henri Hertz from Albert
Einstein re: no official press
actions regarding Halsman’s
imprisonment
3/10/1930 Mailed from Berlin to Paris; 1 page with
envelope.
I-A-9 Letter to Liouba Halsman
Golschmann from Henri Hertz
3/21/1930 Wired from Paris to Murano, Italy; 1 page;
in German
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I-A-10 Telegram to Liouba Halsman
Golschmann from Thomas Mann;
“You are welcome to visit June
14-17.”
6/6/1930
I-A-11 Letter to Liouba Halsman
Golschmann from Ernest Bovet
6/23/1930 In French, no translation. Sent from Le
Languedoc, Lausanne, Switzerland to
Vienna; 1 page
I-A-12 Letter to Liouba Halsman
Golschmann from Ernest Bovet
re: refusal of Philippe Halsman’s
pardon
7/3/1930 Sent from Le Languedoc, Lausanne,
Switzerland to Vienna; draft and final
letter, 2 pages
I-A-13 Letter to President Paul Painleve
from Liouba Halsman
Golschmann re: plea for release of
Philippe Halsman
7/12/1930 Sent from Vienna to Paris; 3 handwritten
pages
I-A-14 Letter to Liouba Halsman
Golschmann from Ernest Bovet
re: Doctor Pessler, Halsman’s
advocate
7/18/1930 Sent from Paris to Vienna; 2 pages, draft
and final letter
I-A-15 Letter to Liouba Halsman
Golschmann from Ernest Bovet
re: receipt of Halsman’s pardon
8/19/1930 Sent from Paris to Vienna; 1 page, with
envelope
I-A-16 Letter to Liouba Halsman
Golschmann from Albert Einstein
re: letters from Professors
Hadamard, Richet & Langevin
8/21/1930
I-A-17 Letter to Henri Hertz from Liouba
Halsman Golshmann
10/22/1930
I-A-18 Letter to Liouba Halsman
Golschmann from Richard
Glasers
1/28/1937 Viennese businessman who found Ita
Halsmann after her husband’s murder; 1
page with envelope.
I-A-19 Letter to Liouba Halsman
Golschmann from Mrs. Glaser
4/7/1937 1 page with envelope
I-A-20 Letter to Liouba Golschmann
from Albert Einstein’s Secretary,
Helene Dukas
4/1/1941 Mailed from Berlin to Vienna; 1 page.
I-A-21 Copies of translations of all
above letters
Various Photocopies for researcher so originals are
not handled.
I-A -22 Form letter sent to league of ex-
combatants to ask for intervention
No date Typewritten, no translation.
I-A-23 Photocopies of letters Various Photocopies for researcher so originals are
not handled.
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Box 1 – Series I, Sub Series B, Albert Einstein Archives Correspondence
Folder Contents Date(s) Notes
I-B-1 Photocopy of Phillipe
Halsman letter to Albert
Einstein
12/29/1930 1 page, no translation
I-B-2 Photocopy of Albert
Einstein letter to Phillipe
Halsman re: Halsman’s
request for assistance
looking for admission to
American universities
3/12/1931 Sent from Paris to Berlin; 1 page
I-B-3 Photocopy of Phillipe
Halsman to Albert Einstein
letter to re: American
university recommendations
3/16/1931 Sent from Berlin to Paris; 1 page
I-B-4 Photocopy of Philippe
Halsman letter to Albert
Einstein re: Halsman’s CV
3/19/1931 Sent from Paris to Berlin; 4 pages, with
translation
I-B-5 Photocopy of translation of
Philippe Halsman letter to
Albert Einstein re: American
University Union; MIT
tuition
4/29/1931 1 page, with translation
I-B-6 Photocopy of Albert
Einstein letter to Phillipe
Halsman re: Advising
Halsman to complete studies
in France
6/1/1931 1 page, with translation
I-B-7 Photocopy of Philippe
Halsman letter to Albert
Einstein re: Professor
Langevin’s
recommendations
6/5/1931 2 pages
I-B-8 Photocopy of Albert
Einstein letter to Phillipe
Halsman re: Advising
Halsman to stay in France
for school; Einstein will give
recommendation for
emigration to America
6/8/1931 1 page
I-B-9 Photocopy of Albert
Einstein letter to Phillipe
Halsman re:
Congratulations on receiving
immigration visa
8/27/1931 Sent from Princeton, New Jersey to Paris; 1
page, no translation
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I-B-10 Original letter from Paul
Curmel (Professor of
Mathematics, l’Ecole
Normale Superieure)
12/1/1931 Asking Einstein for referral so Philippe
Halsman may be admitted with his school
credits from Germany. Return address on
envelope: “Societe Mathematique de France,
Institue Henri Poincare,” Sent from Paris to
Allemange; 2 pages
I-B-11 Photocopy of Albert
Einstein Letter to Dr. Otto
Nathan re: becoming
advocate to Halsman,
Halsman’s endangerment
due to photographing Nazi
opponents
8/16/1940 1 page
I-B-12 Photocopy of Albert
Einstein letter to Phillipe
Halsman
12/3/1940 1 page
I-B-13 Email correspondence
between Nicole Emanuel &
Elizabeth Roche at Albert
Einstein Archives re:
Philippe Halsman’s CV; CV
contains brief bio; mentions
President Painleve, Einstein,
Professor Langevin,
Professor Richet, Professor
Hadamart, Thomas Mann
I-B-14 Photocopies of the above 2/23/2007 Photocopies for researcher so originals are not
handled.
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Box 1 – Series I, Sub Series C, Philippe Halsman Correspondence from Innsbruck, Austria
Prison
Folder Contents Date(s) Notes I-C-1/3
I-C-2/3
I-C-3/3
Letters from Philippe Halsman
to Ita Halsman, Liouba
Halsman Golschmann and Ruth
Romer while in Innsbruck
prison
11/21/1928-6/18/29
11/7/1929-4/2/30
3/4/30-9/18/30
60 handwritten up to 12/18/29 - typed after;
78 letters total; kept together; being
translated from Russian; divided into 3
folders.
I-C-2 Postcard of “Halsmann Prozer”
(propaganda) Translation: “Innsbrucker, Innsbrucker!
The Halsmann trial displays the monstrous
influence and clannishness of the Jews for
all who wish to see The Jew is the master
of the German Volk! Anti-Semites, come
and help us in our struggle against our
Jewish oppressors. Jews are forbidden.”
Nationalsoziallistische Deutsch
Arbeiterpartel (NDAP) National Socialist
Labor Party (The Nazi Party) Included in the Permanent Exhibition of
the Jewish Museum of History.
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I-C-3 Brief aus der haft an eine
Freundin (Letters to a Friend
from Prison)
1930 Letters to girlfriend Ruth Romer written by
Philippe Halsman while in prison; dates
December 30, 1928-Jan. 30, 1930; written
from Innsbruck, Austria. Translation by
Austin Ratner; Ed. Karl Blanck (original in
German). Book plus translation. J.
Englehorns Nachf. Stuttgart; 1930; copy is
from Yale University Library.
Approximately 4” x 8”; black cover, gold
print; 1” thick; 219 pages. Foldered book
with papers; removed paperclips; placed
protective paper between book and
translations.
Box 1 – Series I, Sub Series D, Emigration Documents
Folder Contents Date(s) Notes
I-D-1 Philippe Halsman 1941 US1040
tax form
4/24/1940
I-D-2 Letter from Vladimir
Golschmann, conductor St.
Louis Symphony Orchestra, re:
Yvonne Halsman PH wife
regarding visa, $3000 he’d put
up in govt. bonds to get family
into US
11/18/1942
I-D-3 Application for Preference
Rating, form PD-1A
6/17/1943 Explains how Halsman’s skills are
beneficial to America, and how will they
help the war effort
I-D-4 Letter from Visa Review
Committee re: hearing date of
Sept 9, 1943;
8/20/1943
I-D-5 Letter from Wilson Hicks to
Interdepartmental Visa Review
Committee, Washington, DC re:
letter of recommendation to
approve Halsman’s visa
9/4/1943
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Box 2 – Series II, Newspaper Articles from the archives of Arbeiter Kammer fur Wein &
the Landesbibliotek in Vienna, Translations by Austin Ratner (all documents in one folder)
Folder Newspaper Date Title of Article Synopsis
II-1 Die Warheit (the Truth), Vienna, Juedishe
Wochenschrift (Jewish Weekly)
9/20/1929 Halsman Trial Description of
courtroom,
atmosphere in
courtroom II-1 Die Welt am Morgen
(The World in the Morning) 9/24/1929 The Way Halsman Lives in
Prison (While Awaiting
Trial)
Conversation with
mother & sister about
living conditions;
Halsman’s hopes for
trial outcome
II-1 Deutsh Arbeiter Press (German
Worker Press) 10/26/1929 Halsman, the Son of Israel;
Observations on the
Halman Trial
Editorial on anti-
Semitism during 2nd
trial
II-1 Neue Freie Press (New Free
Press) 10/27/1929 Open Letter to the
President of the Republic Plea by Jacob
Wassermann
II-1 Arbeiterzeitung (Worker’s Paper)
11/6/1929 The Questionable in the
Trial of Halsman Editorial on 2nd trial
II-1 Arbeiterzeitung (Worker’s Paper)
11/13/1929 Halsman Won’t Be
Released from Prison Refusal of Higher
Regional Court of
Halsman’s petition to
release II-1 Arbeiterzeitung
(Worker’s Paper) 11/14/1929 The Way Out of a Man in
Despair Possible confession
from other party
II-1 Arbeiterzeitung (Worker’s Paper)
11/15/1929 The Man Who Pretended to
be the Murderer of
Halsman
Arrest of Johann
Schneider, claims he
was murderer
II-1 Arbeiterzeitung (Worker’s Paper)
1/10/1930 Imagination Around the
Sensational Trial Testimony of Johann
Kodermann, witness
II-1 Arbeiterzeitung (Worker’s
Paper) 1/21/1930 Halsman’s Trial is Being
Revised Supreme court to
consider appeal
II-1 Arbeiterzeitung (Worker’s
Paper) 1/22/1930 The Fourth Trial of
Halsman Appeal proceedings
II-1 Arbeiterzeitung (Worker’s
Paper) 1/24/1930 Halsman Convicted Outcome of trial
II-1 Arbeiterzeitung (Worker’s
Paper) 2/27/1930 Epilogue to the Halsman
Trial Editorial on outcome
II-1 Arbeiterzeitung (Worker’s
Paper) 2/28/1930 Johann Schneider Again
Claims to be the Murderer
of Halsman
Outline of
Schneider’s
confession
II-1 Arbeiterzeitung (Worker’s
Paper) 3/2/1930 Johann Schneider’s Self-
Accusation Schneider’s
description of murder
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II-1 Arbeiterzeitung (Worker’s
Paper) 3/4/1930 Johann Schneider’s Self-
Accusation above continued
II-1 Arbeiterzeitung (Worker’s
Paper) 8/19/1930 The Courtroom Appeal for retrial of
Halsman’s Case
II-1 Neue Freie Press (New Free
Press) 10/1/1930 Justice Not Mercy! Editorials re: release
of Halsman
II-1 Neue Freie Press (New Free
Press) 10/5/1930 Martyrdom of the Student
Halsman Byline: Ernst Lothar
II-1 Der Stumer (Wein)
9/3/1933 The Jew and the
Newspapers; The Press of
the World Power
Jewish community’s
role in the press
II-1 Neue Freie Press (New Free
Press) 7/5/1934 Rumors Around the Grave
of Dr. Halsman in
Innsbruck
Rumors of
desecration of grave
in Innsbruck
Box 2 – Series III, Monograph Publications
Folder Title Author Description and
Preservation Notes Publication
information III-1 Der Fall Philipp Halsmann -
ein Jusstinzmord! Dr Herman
Scharf,
Advokat in
Gzernowitz
Original monograph, no
translation. Booklet
approx. 6” x 8”, light
green paperback cover;
black print. Foldered
booklet.
November 3, 1929;
published by Cernauti
III-2 L’affaire Halsmann Henri Hertz Original monograph &
photocopy; foldered
booklet with copy;
removed paperclips;
placed protective paper
between booklet and
copy; booklet approx. 6”
x 8”, light brown
paperback cover; black
print; 72 pages; quite
brittle; article pp. 22-28
1930 Revue Mensuelle
Internationale; 4, Rue
des Deux-Ponts, Paris
III-3 Max halsmanns Ermordung -
Der Schlussel zur Warnheit Dr. Ernst
Ruzicka Original monograph &
photocopy. Booklet
approx. 6” x 8”, light
brown paperback cover;
black print. Foldered
booklet with copy;
removed paperclips;
placed protective paper
between booklet and
copy.
Publisher; Krystall-
Verlag Wein, Berlin
1930, 133 pages
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III-4 Der Fall Halsmann Dr. Carl
Brockhause
n, Dr. Franz
Pessler, Dr
Josef Hupka
Monograph approx.. 6” x
8”, brown paperback
cover; black print; 135
pages; quite brittle;
photos of crime scene.
No translation. Foldered
booklet with papers;
removed paperclips;
placed protective paper
between booklet and
translations. Made
repairs to cover with
paper tape as necessary.
Schriften der
Osterreichischen Liga
fur Menschenrechte
(Austrian League for
Human Rights). Der
Fall Halsmann. Wein:
Gilhofer & Ranschburg,
1931
III-5 Das Fakultatsgutachten im
Fall Halsmann W. Gutmann
& Prof. E.
Bleuler
Original monograph, no
translation. Booklet
approx. 6” x 8”, orange
paperback cover; black
print; 95 pages. Foldered
booklet
Publisher: Drei Masken
& Verlag, Berlin, 1931,
printed in Germany
III-6 The Psychological Problem in
the Halsmann Case by
Theodor Erismann
(Innsbruck)
Original monograph plus
translation (original in
German) translated by
Austin Ratner. Booklet
approx. 6” x 8”, light
blue cover, black print; 9
pages. Foldered booklet
with papers; removed
paperclips; placed
protective paper between
booklet and translations.
Bericht ueber den
Kongress der
Deutschen Gellschaft
fuer Psychologie
Hamburg 12, 1932 pp.
322-331
III-7 An Open Letter to Professor
Marbe in Response to his
Publication “The Prosecution
of Philipp Halsmann”
Prof. Dr.
Karl
Meixner,
Chair of the
Institute of
Court
Medicine of
the
University
of
Innsbruck.
Copy of monograph plus
translation (original in
German) translated by
Austin Ratner
Originally published in
Archiv fur
Kriminologie, 92:5/6
1933 June pp. 177-224
III-7 Open Letter to Professor
Marbe Prof. D.
Gamper,
Chairman of
the
Psychiatric
Clinic in
Prague
(formerly
Innsbruck)
Copy of monograph plus
translation (original in
German) translated by
Austin Ratner.
Orginally published in
Archiv fur Kriminologie
92:5/6 1933 June pp.
177-225
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Box 3, Series IV, Photography Equipment and Audio
Item Description
Stereo Realist camera bag & camera Leather case, gold print, approx. 8”x4”x1.5”; Philippe Halsman’s stereo
camera; no date.
Unis France Stereoscope viewr Wood; 2 viewfinder lenses; 2”x2”x4”; no date
12 stereoscope cards Sepia; no dates; stamped on back: “Zahn - Klinik, M. Halsmann,
Kalkstrasse 30, Ecke der Scharrenstrasse”; belonged to Max Halsman;
photos of mountains, beach, family. Before 1928.
Compact Discs 14 compact discs, “Liouba Golschmann Spoken Word,” copyright Nicole
Emanuel, 2005
References
Emanuel, N. (2008). Philippe Halsman, a personal story. In Touch, 9(1), 8-13.
Wikipedia, (2014). Philippe Halsman. Retrieved
fromhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Halsman
Appendix A
Letter from Philippe Halsman Archive, 2014.