Eric Warburg
A Transatlantic Life
Seiten
2025
Haus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-914979-27-9 (ISBN)
Haus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-914979-27-9 (ISBN)
The history of the transatlantic partnership has become highly topical in recent years; in fact, in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, it has been felt as a key reassurance under threat from the United States’ increasing isolationism during Donald Trump’s second term in the White House.
In her life of Eric Warburg, Jeanette Erazo Heufelder tells the story of the nephew of the art historian Aby Warburg, whose world-famous library Eric relocated to London and saved from the Nazis. Coming from a long line of German–Jewish bankers, Eric Warburg emerged from the looming shadow of preceding generations of Warburgs, and repurposed their liberal values to form the core of his own Atlantacist convictions.
Warburg spent the inter-war years working closely with the American branch of his family and their connections in government to promote the cause of international peace and stability in the wake of the Great War. After Hitler’s rise to power and the period following his fall, Warburg became a helper of escapees, an intelligence officer in the US Army, a transatlantic bridge builder, and a Cold Warrior, and with the help of the cooperation channels he set up, West German and US social groups were aligned with the West amidst the turmoil of post-war Europe.
His life, and that of Aby Warburg’s library, tells the story of Europe's twentieth century, the legacy of which continues to inform and inspire the transatlantic partnership today.
In her life of Eric Warburg, Jeanette Erazo Heufelder tells the story of the nephew of the art historian Aby Warburg, whose world-famous library Eric relocated to London and saved from the Nazis. Coming from a long line of German–Jewish bankers, Eric Warburg emerged from the looming shadow of preceding generations of Warburgs, and repurposed their liberal values to form the core of his own Atlantacist convictions.
Warburg spent the inter-war years working closely with the American branch of his family and their connections in government to promote the cause of international peace and stability in the wake of the Great War. After Hitler’s rise to power and the period following his fall, Warburg became a helper of escapees, an intelligence officer in the US Army, a transatlantic bridge builder, and a Cold Warrior, and with the help of the cooperation channels he set up, West German and US social groups were aligned with the West amidst the turmoil of post-war Europe.
His life, and that of Aby Warburg’s library, tells the story of Europe's twentieth century, the legacy of which continues to inform and inspire the transatlantic partnership today.
Jeanette Erazo Heufelder is a German ethnologist. She has become known as an author and documentary film maker of biographical and literary pieces. Peter Lewis has had careers in university teaching and publishing and now works as a freelance translator and author.
Contents
Introduction 1
1. The Setting 7
2. Becoming a Warburg Banker 25
3. Years on Standby 51
4. The Finland Connection 109
5. Lieutenant Colonel Eric M. Warburg, USAAF 131
6. Returning in Stages 171
7. Changing Times 213
Epilogue 223
Bibliography 227
Notes 251
Index 281
| Erscheinungsdatum | 27.09.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Halftones, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 135 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 304 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-914979-27-3 / 1914979273 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-914979-27-9 / 9781914979279 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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