Collection Summary
Georg Martin Wunderlich
Papers
1897-1951
1897-1951
MSS46748
Wunderlich, Georg Martin,
1883-1951
2,700
items
12 containers
4.8 linear feet
German
English
Collection material in
German and
English
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress
Washington, D.C.
International lawyer,
professor of law, and consultant to the Department of State. Correspondence,
diaries, notebooks, academic records, legal writings, financial papers,
photographs, memorabilia, printed matter, biographical data, military papers,
and unpublished studies primarily reflecting Wunderlich’s legal education and
career in Germany, his forced emigration as a Jew, and subsequent legal work
and teaching in the United States.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Wunderlich, Georg Martin, 1883-1951.
Organizations
American Society of International Law--Correspondence.
American Society of International Law.
International Law Association--Correspondence.
International Law Association.
United States. Department of State.
University of Pennsylvania. Law School.
Subjects
International law.
Judges--Belgium.
Judges--Turkey.
Law--Germany.
Law--Methodology.
Law--Philosophy.
Law--Study and teaching--Germany.
Law--Study and teaching--United States.
Law--United States.
Practice of law--Africa, West.
Universities and colleges--Pennsylvania.
World War, 1914-1918--Germany.
World War, 1939-1945.
Places
Germany--Emigration and immigration.
United States--Emigration and immigration.
Occupations
Educators.
Lawyers.
Provenance
The papers of Georg Martin Wunderlich, international lawyer,
professor of law, and consultant to the Department of State, were given to the
Library of Congress by Mrs. Wunderlich in 1952.
Processing History
The papers of Georg Martin Wunderlich was processed in 1954 and
rehoused in 2008. The finding aid was revised in 2011.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Georg Martin
Wunderlich is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions
The papers of Georg Martin Wunderlich are open to research.
Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to
visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to
retrieve these items for research use.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Georg Martin Wunderlich Papers,
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Date
Event
1883
Born, East Prussia
1892
1901
Attended Kőllnisches Gymnasium, Berlin, Germany
1901
1902
Attended law school, University of Leipzig, Leipzig,
Germany
1902
Attended Freiburg University, Baden, Germany
1902
1904
Attended University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1904
Passed first legal examination of state
1905
Law degree, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
1906
Doctor of laws degree, University of Leipzig, Leipzig,
Germany
1909
Passed second legal examination of state
1909
1910
On leave to study the English language and common and
international law, London, England
1910
1912
Represented the firm Daniel de Pass & Co. (London,
England) in Lűderitzbucht (now Lűderitz) in Southwest Africa (then a German
colony), whose title to the Pomona diamond mine was contested
1912
Began practice of law, Berlin, Germany
1914
Appointed Kriegsgerichtsrat (military judge advocate) with
rank of captain
1914
1917
Military judge investigating and trying cases against
soldiers and Belgians in Belgium
1917
1918
Military judge of appeal in Turkey
1918
Imperial Attorney, Brussels, Belgium
1918
1936
Returned to practice of law, Berlin, Germany
1919
1920
German legal member of the South
African-English-American-German Commission at the Hague and Amsterdam charged
with adjusting the interests in the German-Southwest African Diamond Mines in
conformity with the Versailles Treaty, resulting in the establishment of the
Consolidated Diamond Mines of Southwest Africa
1920
Became a notary, Berlin, Germany
1936
Disbarred because of being a Jew
Emigrated to the United States
1938?
Appointed lecturer, University of Pennsylvania Law School,
Philadelphia, Pa.
circa 1941
1945
Special counsel to the State Department
1951
Died
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Georg Martin Wunderlich (1883-1951) span the years
1897-1951 and consist of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, academic records,
legal writings, financial papers, photos, memorabilia, clippings, printed
matter, biographical data, military papers, and manuscripts of unpublished
studies. The papers reflect Wunderlich’s legal education at Berlin, Leipzig,
and Baden; his activities on behalf of clients in West Africa and elsewhere;
his services to the German Imperial Government during World War I as judge and
judge advocate in Belgium and Turkey; his postwar rise in Berlin to writer and
authority on international law; his emigration in 1936 to the United States;
his adjustment to the Anglo-American legal system; his teaching duties at the
University of Pennsylvania; and his services during World War II as special
counsel to the State Department. Included is correspondence concerning the
American Society of International Law and the International Law Association.
The material is in English and German.
Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is arranged by topic or type of file.
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78046748]
Container List
Container
Contents
1
Biographical data, first lecture,
undated
undated
1
School and university, transcripts
and records,
1902-1906
1902-1906
1
Correspondence, examination for the
degree of Doctor Utriusque Juris at the Faculty of Laws at Leipzig,
1905-1907
1905-1907
1
Notebook, work concerning study
during Referander,
1907-1908
1907-1908
1
Typescript, Wissenschaftliche
Arbeit while Referander,
1909
1909
1
Referander, personal records,
referander career, Eignen Personalakten: Band I,
1883, 1904-1906
1883, 1904-1906
1
Eignen Personalakten, Band II:
continuation of work as Referander,
1907-1910
1907-1910
(2
folders)
1
Personalakten, Band III:
miscellaneous documents, vaccination certificate, police residential permits,
firearms permits, publication of Banna, marriage certificate,
1912-1923
1912-1923
2
Admission to the Berlin bar,
1910
1910
2
Generalakten, betreffend,
anwaltskammer, Band I
2
1910-1922
1910-1922
2
1923-1929
1923-1929
2
Generalakten, betreffend, vorstand
der anwaltskammer,
1930-1933
1930-1933
2
Vorstand der anwaltskammer, Band
II,
1933
1933
3
Correspondence, Colegio de
Escribanos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina,
1922-1924
1922-1924
3
Meine zulassung zum reichsgericht
3
Band I,
1932-1933
1932-1933
3
Band II,
1933
1933
3
Anwaltskammer
3
Band III,
1930-1933
1930-1933
3
Band IV,
1934-1935
1934-1935
4
Generalakten, betreffend, antrage
nuf ernennung zum notar
4
Band I,
1919-1928
1919-1928
4
Band II,
1928-1933
1928-1933
4
Band IV(?),
1933-1935
1933-1935
4
Reichsnotarkammer,
1935-1936
1935-1936
4
Miscellaneous,
1933
1933
4
Duplicate material,
1945-1946, undated
1945-1946, undated
5
Stadtgemeimde Buenos Aires,
Argentina,
1926
1926
5
Britische Botschaft,
1923-1925
1923-1925
5
Deutsche Bank und
Disconto-Gesellschaft
5
Band I,
1933
1933
5
Band II,
1933-1934
1933-1934
5
Militarpersonalakten, Band I,
1914-1916
1914-1916
6
Eigene militarpersonalakten, Band
II, Bruxelles und Jildirim,
1916-1918
1916-1918
(2 folders)
6
Militarpersonalakten, Band III,
attestations for decorations,
1917-1918, 1935
1917-1918, 1935
6
Services as civilian judge in
occupied Belgium and details of his malaria,
1917-1919
1917-1919
6
Militarpersonalakten, citations,
1916-1918
1916-1918
6
Eigene Personalakten, Band IV,
military and civilian occupation in Belgium,
1917-1918
1917-1918
6
Naturalization of Wunderlich and
his daughters,
1938-1945
1938-1945
7
Papers pertaining mostly to
Wunderlich’s disbarment and loss of his notarial seal,
1935-1936
1935-1936
7
Correspondence, American Society of
International Law and International Law Association,
1928-1935
1928-1935
7
International Law Association
7
1935-1936
1935-1936
7
1937
1937
7
Termination of memberships,
1935
1935
7
Primarily International Law
Association
7
1938-1940
1938-1940
(2 folders)
7
1941-1944
1941-1944
7
American Branch of the
International Law Association,
1944-1948
1944-1948
8
Correspondence, post in British
Colonial office or in the colonies; Malcolm McDonald correspondence; Union of
South Africa with the archival list of his gift,
1933-1948
1933-1948
8
Letters of introduction and
reference, clippings,
1935-1943
1935-1943
(2 folders)
8
War activities and job seeking,
1938-1943
1938-1943
(4
folders)
8
Letters, clippings, reports,
1933-1944
1933-1944
9
Committee work; Federal Bureau of
Investigation reports, copies of
Aufbau
and
West Kuste
, war effort letters of aliens and American Association of Former
European Jurists,
1941-1944
1941-1944
(2 folders)
9
Letters, article “Preparing an
International Bill of Rights, the German Conception of Fundamental Rights,”
1944
1944
9
American Association of European
Lawyers,
1943-1945
1943-1945
9
Letters of recommendation, M.
Hudson, Max Gutzwiller, W. Kiesselbach, R. Bisschop, and H.
Bussche-Haddenhausen,
1935-1939
1935-1939
9
Memoranda and clippings,
Department of State and Office of Foreign Liquidation Commissioner,
1945-1946
1945-1946
9
U.S. government, internal
government forms, memoranda, official requests, etc., and applications for
jobs,
1943-1947
1943-1947
(3
folders)
10
Applications and correspondence,
International Monetary Fund, letters of appreciation to Wunderlich,
1947
1947
10
Schatzel-Wunderlich correspondence,
1946-1949 Personal documents, 1928,
1935-1936
1946-1949 Personal documents, 1928,
1935-1936
10
International Law Association,
American Branch,
1951
1951
10
Miscellaneous,
1918-1920, 1931, 1937-1938
1918-1920, 1931, 1937-1938
10
Second Potomac Investment Co.,
1938-1939 Copies of publications, 1911-1913, 1919,
1927-1932, 1940, undated
1938-1939 Copies of publications, 1911-1913, 1919,
1927-1932, 1940, undated
10
Typescript of two unpublished
studies: 1) some problems of military occupation, 2) allegiance of a resident
alien enemy during enemy occupation, undated Typescript, preparing an
international bill of rights: the German conception,
1943
1943
10
Manuscript of allegiance of an
alien resident during enemy occupation,
1943, undated
1943, undated
11
Diary Montag,
1900-1901
1900-1901
11
Concert and theater book,
1897-1929
1897-1929
11
Account book, personal,
1915-1918
1915-1918
11
Reise Erinnerungen,
1898-1899
1898-1899
11
Kassabuch,
1928-1933
1928-1933
11
Various photographs, passports,
and police identification,
1907-1935, 1947
1907-1935, 1947
11
Printed matter
11
Zeitscrift fur Colonialrecht
XVI,
1914
1914
11
Der belgische stitzstreik,
insbesondere die deutschen Staatsanwaltschaften in Belgien,
1930
1930
11
Die Gerichtsbarkeit der
heeresgruppe Yildrim,
1932
1932
11
Die Notwendigkeit der Einfuhrung
einer verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit in den deutschen schutzgebieten,
1913
1913
12
Die rechtliche Stellung von
Verpfander Pfandeigntumer und Pfandschuldner beim Fahrnispfande nach deutschem
burgerlichen Rechte,
1906
1906
12
Report of the proceedings of the
twenty-first annual meeting of the American Branch of the International Law
Association,
1942
1942
12
Legal problems of the mortgage
banks,
1937
1937
12
American Foreign Law Association:
Proceedings No 16, “Certain Trust Concepts under German Law,”
1937
1937
12
Reviews and notices of
dissertation,
1906
1906
12
Manuscript of an article and
correspondence,
University of Pennsylvania Law Review
, “Some problems of military occupation,”
1943
1943
(2 folders)
12
Miscellaneous,
1931-1939
1931-1939