March 2010:

1. Exhibition at Humboldt University

This month, March 2010, the university’s main building (Unter den Linden 6) showed an exhibition of works by the portraitist Emil Stumpp (1886-1941): 25 lithographs depitcting famous personalities in Berlin in the early 20th century (Albert Einstein, Fritz Haber, Werner Sombart, Alfred Grotjahn, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, and others). Among them is a portrait of Magnus Hirschfeld, accompanied by a photo from the university’s Haeberle-Hirschfeld Archive. In return, the Archive has received a copy of the lithograph. Stumpp was a well-recognized artist of his time. An opponent of the Nazi regime, he was no longer allowed to work after 1933. In 1940 he was arrested and died in a Nazi prison.


Prof. Haeberle at the exhibition

2. A visitor from Israel

On March 11, Prof. Haeberle was visited by Adin Theilhaber-Talbar, the son of Felix Theilhaber. They discussed the legacy of his father in both Germany and Israel. In addition, they were very pleased to note the recent rebirth of sexology in Berlin and to speculate about its future prospects.

 
Adin Theilhaber-Talbar, Prof. Haeberle