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© 2017, V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847107217 – ISBN E-Lib: 9783737007214 ausgefolgtworden.Auchkündigte erdieVerfolgungweitererBegünstigter am RaubderBibliothekseinesVaters (Gesellschaft zurHerausgabederDenkmäler der Tonkunst inÖsterreich,Wienbibliothek imRathaus) an, auchwaren die ausgelagertenWerkederUBWienwiederein(falschinterpretiertes)Themaund erstmals sprach erdendrittenTeil seinesPlanes, dieEditionderWerkeGuido Adlers, offenaus. FurthermoreIhavebeenwaitingfornewsaboutthemanuscripts.Therearenone.This time the line of defense against the export has hardened a lot. It seems thatmyown lawyerisgangingupwiththeforcesofnon-deliveryagainstme.Heseemstotry tolink thebusinessupwitha saleofoneofmyholdings inVienna. […] Iamsorry tohavetoaskyouagainfor interventionbyMr.Caldwell.Themanuscripts werereleasedtothewarehouseofNeusser&Riedel[…].Thisfirmgotthemanuscripts inFebruary(!!)ofthisyearandhasbeentryingtogetthenecessaryexportpermitsever since.Thecauseforthedelaywasgivenasinheritancedifficultiesafter theestateofmy sister. […]Another agenthashishands in this shadydeal. Idon’tknowwhther[sic]youshouldtransmit thispartofmyletter toMr.Caldwell,as these things are well camouflaged in Vienna, as you can see. The only answer the University ofGeorgiawould get to a direct inqiury [sic] about that tie-inwould be: „who-me?“. But amerely informational investigation by the StateDepartmentwould in all like- lyhoodresult intheofficialversionjustgiventoyou.Ifeelthatalittleharderfistwould beneeded thanamere inquiry. […] HowrottenthingsareinAustria,onecanonlyguessat.ForexampleIhaveheardfroma formerpupilofmyfatherinAustria,thatthe700booksthatweredispersedbythenazis into theprovincesofAustria, are in reality inVienna; this formerpupil ofmy father wroteme thathehad talked toanotherpupil,who toldhimthathehadseensomeof them.Iamtryingtotrackthatstorydown.EvenifIcouldhavethatstoryveryfied[sic], wecouldn’tmoverightaway,because thatwouldseriously jeopardizeourmanuscript export.Thesebooksbelongtoyourlibrary,asyouwillrecall.Ialsocannotmoveagainst the City of Vienna in order to get the Bruckner letter released, as thismovewould jeopardize themanuscripts. Only a personwhoknows his gemuetlicheWiener with theirmoralsewersystemwillgetresults.After thewholemesshasbeenclearedaway– and itwill – anotherworldwarnotwithstanding– Ihave thegreatest surprise formy dearfriendsinViennaupmysleeve:toprovethattheAssociationfortheEditionofthe Denkmaeler derTonkunst inOesterreichoperates now illegally, as the setuphas not changed since the illegal seizure of the Society by the nazis. This will be a giant wrestlingmatch: I have a tough lawyer inNewYorkalready linedup, but thathas to wait. Concerning the start of the editionofmy father’swork: if you feel thatwe shouldgo aheadinspiteofthedelaywithmanuscripts,Iamwillingtogoalong.Ofcourseitwould soundmuchmoreenticingifwecouldmentioninthememorandum,thata largemass ofunpublishedmaterial is at hand; Idont [sic] know thementalityof theRegentsor whoever has the final say. I am ready whenever you give the go-ahead signal. […] Letmethankyouforthematerialontheinaugurationofthelibrary.Iwanttogobackto MarkusStumpf196 Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY-NC-ND 4.0