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Deutsche Kunst im Wandel der Zeiten by Wilhelm Müseler with Signed Letter from Ambassador Ernst Wendler to the UNC German Language Department (May 26, 1937)

Deutsche Kunst im Wandel der Zeiten by Wilhelm Müseler with Signed Letter from Ambassador Ernst Wendler to the UNC German Language Department (May 26, 1937)

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Deutsche Kunst im Wandel der Zeiten, or German Art through the Ages by Wilhelm Müseler is a photographic comparison of famous works of art by the author. The 206-page work was published in 1937 by Safari-Verlag in Berlin, Germany. Just four years prior, Judea declared war on Germany resulting in pockets of anti-German sentiment throughout the United States. To counteract this, the German Consulate-General in New Orleans, Louisiana offered to foreign language departments at American universities entire collections of German literature. This was one such offering to the head of the German department at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Signed on the first page is "Olin Henry Borum". View the Veteran's Information section for more details regarding Borum's life and military service. Beneath Borum's signature is the national eagle with "Gabe des Deutschen Reichs", or "Gift of the German Reich". Adhered to the first page's reverse is an original May 26, 1937 dated letter signed by Ernst Wendler, Germany's ambassador to Bolivia from 1938 to 1941, and to Thailand from 1943 to 1945. Wendler served as the New Orleans office's General Consul from 1934 to 1937 when he was succeeded by Edgar von Spiegel. The body of the letter is translated below:

"Dear Professor,

The German Committee for Technical Education in Berlin has published a guide to the German technical school system and has thereby created a very valuable record of vocational training institutions in the territory of the Reich.

I assume that it is convenient for you to have this guide at hand in case of any inquiry, and therefore take the liberty of sending you a copy by special mail.

With special respect, Your very devoted

[Signature]

(Dr. E. Wendler)

General Consul"

Provenance

Private Collection, Williamsburg, Virginia

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This book is in very good condition for its age, with intact binding and a rarely present, albeit damaged, original dust jacket. The dust jacket will, unfortunately, but likely arrive in a lesser state than it appears here.

Veteran's Information

Olin Henry Borum was born on November 3, 1917, in Spencer, North Carolina. Borum attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he earned a B.S. in chemistry and studied the German language. Following his graduation in 1938, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1941. He served as an intelligence officer in the Seventh Army, in the European Theater of Operations, and interrogated captured German prisoners of war. Borum was honorably discharged in 1946 and returned to UNC where he earned both his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemistry, with honors. At the rank of Major, Borum enlisted in the Air Force during the Korean War and taught chemistry at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point until 1955. He continued his service into the Vietnam War, eventually achieving the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1976 as the chemical weapons Research and Development Administrator with the U.S. Army Headquarters Materiel Command in Washington, D.C. Borum died on January 22, 2008, at the age of 90 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Made available to the new owner below are Borum's obituary and gravesite.

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