Barbara Kingsley, 1995 (via H.K. Frensdorff- distant cousin of Barbara)

The collection primarily comprises letters written by Herbert Kauffmann to his brother, Werner, and one letter from Werner to Herbert. Werner later changed his name to Vernon Kingsley. There are also translations of all the letters, which essentially form a 17-page manuscript with an introduction to Herbert's life, general notes, footnotes, and transcriptions of the originals. A family tree of the Kauffmann family is also included

Herbert Ludwig Kauffmann was born in 1911 in Hanover. When in 1933 he was no longer allowed to study at the university in Germany, he moved to France to continue his studies, graduating with a doctorate in Philosophy from the Sorbonne in 1935 or 1936 and then working at the Institut International de Collaboration Philosophique. When the war started, he was interned as an "enemy alien" though he was Jewish. He was held in an internment camp which was in the territory occupied by the Germans in June 1940. It is presumed he was deported or killed immediately as no sign of him was ever found. Herbert was the brother of Werner Kauffmann, Barbara Kingsley's husband

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