Dr Jonas Lesser (1895-1968) was an Austrian-British editor and author. The offspring of a Jewish-orthodox family had left Austria for England after German occupation in 1938. The prolific writer was an expert on Thomas Mann and published widely on this issue.
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Comprising handwritten and typewritten letters the correspondence centres on numerous articles and reviews Lesser authored mainly for The Wiener Library’s Bulletin, but also for other magazines. This includes among others a piece about the Library for The Contemporary Review (1959) as well as a Bulletin article about Club 43, a loose association of left and liberal (Jewish-)German exiles in London (1963).
Correspondence with Lesser, Jonas