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  • Folders of writings and talks by Klaus Hinrichsen as well as research material collected by Hinrichsen and correspondence relating to Kurt Schwitters and other émigré and interned artists.

Folders of writings and talks by Klaus Hinrichsen as well as research material collected by Hinrichsen and correspondence relating to Kurt Schwitters and other émigré and interned artists.

1920s–2004

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Items available online are the personal papers of Klaus Hinrichsen. During 1940-41 Hinrichsen was interned in Hutchinson Internment Camp, Isle of Man. The collection documents his time there comprising of camp newspapers, poems, photographs, articles and an identification badge. Also included are his writings on the artist Kurt Schwitters who was also interned in Hutchinson Internment Camp and became a close friend.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.

Collection Owner
Klaus Hinrichsen 1912–2004
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by Klaus Hinrichsen's family in 2005.
Reference
TGA 20052

224 objects in this collection

  • Folders of writings and talks by Klaus Hinrichsen as well as research material collected by Hinrichsen and correspondence relating to Kurt Schwitters and other émigré and interned artists.

    224 Objects

    • Writings and Talks

      6 Objects

    • Subject Files, A-Z

      218 Objects

Title
Folders of writings and talks by Klaus Hinrichsen as well as research material collected by Hinrichsen and correspondence relating to Kurt Schwitters and other émigré and interned artists.
Date
1920s–2004
Description
Items available online are the personal papers of Klaus Hinrichsen. During 1940-41 Hinrichsen was interned in Hutchinson Internment Camp, Isle of Man. The collection documents his time there comprising of camp newspapers, poems, photographs, articles and an identification badge. Also included are his writings on the artist Kurt Schwitters who was also interned in Hutchinson Internment Camp and became a close friend.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.
Reference
TGA 20052

Showing 21–40 of 224 objects

Christmas card addressed to The Hospital, Hutchinson Internment Camp

Paul Henning
1940

Correspondence between Klaus Hinrichsen and the Society for Protection of Science and Learning

Collection owner: Klaus Hinrichsen
January–February 1941

Poem by Walter Heydecker

Walter Heydecker
14 January 1941

Typed proof copy of article by Klaus Hinrichsen for ‘The Camp II, Issue 5

Klaus Hinrichsen
16 March 1941

Identity badge

Unknown person(s)
March 1941

Article about the Cultural Department at Hutchinson Internment Camp by Klaus Hinrichsen

Klaus Hinrichsen
1 April 1941

Draft copy of article titled ‘Internitis - Why?’ by Klaus Hinrichsen

Klaus Hinrichsen
4 April 1941

Handwritten poems about Hutchinson Internment Camp

Klaus Hinrichsen
17 May 1941

Writings about Hutchinson Internment Camp

Klaus Hinrichsen
date not known

Typed article ‘Elements of Sculpture’ by Klaus Hinrichsen about Hutchinson Internment Camp

Klaus Hinrichsen
May 1941

Article titled ‘This He Cannot Protect’ by Klaus Hinrichsen

Klaus Hinrichsen
May 1941

Blank application form for a permit to visit

Unknown person(s)
1941

Writings by Klaus Hinrichsen

Klaus Hinrichsen
4 July 1941

Article titled ‘Surely, This Isn’t You’ by Klaus Hinrichsen

Klaus Hinrichsen
9 July 1941

Article titled ‘Verifying The Theory’ by Klaus Hinrichsen

Klaus Hinrichsen
2 June 1941

Print by ‘EK’ possibly Erich Kahn

Erich Kahn
22 February 1941

Article titled ‘How Tile Eulenspiegel wins his bet’ by Klaus Hinrichsen

Klaus Hinrichsen
16 June 1941

Envelope addressed to Klaus Hinrichsen

Unknown person(s), recipient: Klaus Hinrichsen
1942

Poem titled ‘Epilogue’ by Klaus Hinrichsen

Klaus Hinrichsen, Erich Kahn
c.1941

Article titled ‘The Little Crown’ by Michael Corvin

Michael Corvin
c.1941
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