Collection GB 1370 WIA, Karl Ernst Krafft - KRAFFT, Karl Ernst (1900-1945)

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GB 1370 WIA, Karl Ernst Krafft c 1929-1964 collection 6 boxes Krafft , Karl Ernst , 1900-1945 , astrologer

Karl Krafft was born in Basel, Switzerland, 1900 and studied mathematics at university before becoming a well-known astrologer in the German-speaking world. From the mid-1930s he became popular with the leaders of the Nazi regime and moved to Germany, becoming personal astrologer to Rudolf Hess. He later published a pro-German interpretation of Nostradamus. Krafft fell out of favour during the early 1940s and died of typhus in January 1945.

Received from Ellic Howe.

Working papers and correspondence of astrologer Karl Ernst Krafft, c 1929-1938, on topics including Cosmology; Astrology and Political-Cultural Affairs; and correspondence of Ellic Howe dealing with the Krafft Papers, 1957-1964.

Arranged in sections as follows: Working Papers and Correspondence. Correspondence by Ellic Howe dealing with the Krafft Papers.

Archive material is accessible for the purpose of private study and personal research and within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Archive reading room. Access is with permission from the Institute Director and by prior appointment only. Potential users are advised to browse the Institute website and contact the Archivist, Dr des Claudia Wedepohl, before planning a visit. Access to individual items in the Warburg Institute Archives may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act.

Photocopies, at the discretion of the archivist, may be provided for research use only (working papers: up to 10% of any archive pressmark; correspondence by authors for whom the department doesn't hold copyright: up to 10% of the institutes holdings). Traditional photography is allowed at the discretion of the archivist, no digital cameras. Scans and digital photographs can be ordered at the discretion of the archivist. Requests to publish original material have to be submitted to the Archivist.

German and English

Collection level description available on-line at the University of London Research Services website

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Apr 2008 Political doctrines Totalitarianism Nazism Third Reich Spiritualism Mysticism Krafft , Karl Ernst , 1900-1945 , astrologer

Received from Ellic Howe.

Working papers and correspondence of astrologer Karl Ernst Krafft, c 1929-1938, on topics including Cosmology; Astrology and Political-Cultural Affairs; and correspondence of Ellic Howe dealing with the Krafft Papers, 1957-1964.

Arranged in sections as follows: Working Papers and Correspondence. Correspondence by Ellic Howe dealing with the Krafft Papers.

Archive material is accessible for the purpose of private study and personal research and within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Archive reading room. Access is with permission from the Institute Director and by prior appointment only. Potential users are advised to browse the Institute website and contact the Archivist, Dr des Claudia Wedepohl, before planning a visit. Access to individual items in the Warburg Institute Archives may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act.

Photocopies, at the discretion of the archivist, may be provided for research use only (working papers: up to 10% of any archive pressmark; correspondence by authors for whom the department doesn't hold copyright: up to 10% of the institutes holdings). Traditional photography is allowed at the discretion of the archivist, no digital cameras. Scans and digital photographs can be ordered at the discretion of the archivist. Requests to publish original material have to be submitted to the Archivist.

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German and English

Collection level description available on-line at the University of London Research Services website

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais