{"id":26,"date":"2023-04-12T11:34:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T09:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.initiative-loewensteinverein.de\/wpc\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-09-17T19:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:03:38","slug":"englische-beitraege","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.initiative-loewensteinverein.de\/wpc\/index.php\/englische-beitraege\/","title":{"rendered":"English"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Concept for the Development of a Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Association for the Promotion of Research on the L\u00f6wenstein Brothers&#8216; Biographies and Lifework (L\u00f6wenstein Research Association), M\u00f6ssingen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Preliminary Note<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s founding of the innovative textile company Pausa, and the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Staatliche Bauhaus in Weimar (Bauhaus), the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association, M\u00f6ssingen established the &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; in cooperation with the L\u00f6wenstein family descendants and partners from the M\u00f6ssingen area on July 28, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will take place ten years after members of the L\u00f6wenstein family came to M\u00f6ssingen again for the first time, on July 22, 2009, following the joint invitation of the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association and the City of M\u00f6ssingen &#8211; 73 years after the forced expropriation of the L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s Pausa Company and the family&#8217;s expulsion in late 1936.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein Research and Archive Centre has been housed in two rooms of the Old Town Hall in M\u00f6ssingen (Rathof 2) since July 2019. We would like to thank the town of M\u00f6ssingen for providing the rooms and for their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Concept for the Development of a Research and Archive Center<br>Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein: Starting Point<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this concept, the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association acts on a joint appeal that was signed in 2013 by 39 descendants of the L\u00f6wenstein family and around one hundred citizens of the region of M\u00f6ssingen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The L\u00f6wenstein Research Association took the initiative for this appeal, text as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>100 Years of the Pausa Company (1919 \u2013 2019)<br>Joint symbolic declaration of intent for the establishment of an<br>\u201cArtur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein Research and Archive Center\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to commemorate the extraordinary lifework and personal history of the Jewish founders of M\u00f6ssingen\u2019s innovative textile firm Pausa, Artur (1886 \u2013 1959) and Flora (1893 \u2013 1993) L\u00f6wenstein as well as Felix (1884 \u2013 1946) and Helene (1894 \u2013 1962) L\u00f6wenstein, and to keep alive their memory, the undersigning descendants and numerous friends in M\u00f6ssingen declare their support for the establishment of an \u201cArtur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein Research and Archive Center\u201d in M\u00f6ssingen. The L\u00f6wenstein Research Association M\u00f6ssingen will be one of the supporting organisations. Once established, the \u201cArtur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein Research and Archive Center\u201d will focus on the following subjects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Research on the Pausa founders\u2018 corporate, artistic and cultural activities in the 1920s and 1930s, the contacts to the \u201cWerkbund\u201d and other artistic groups,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the connections between the L\u00f6wenstein\u2019s Pausa as a \u201cBauhaus\u201d production site and the \u201cBauhaus\u201d locations Weimar, Dessau and Berlin, with special emphasis on Ljuba Monastirskaja\u2019s und Lisbeth Oestreicher\u2019s professional careers,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the expropriation and forced \u201caryanisation\u201d of the Pausa Company by the National Socialists, research on the committed injustices with the goal of dealing and coming to terms with them,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professional support for the facilitation of the dialogue between the descendants of Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein and the city of M\u00f6ssingen,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the relationship between the Pausa founders and the family of Adolph Lowe und Bea Lowe, ne\u00e9 L\u00f6wenstein,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the historical impact of Artur und Felix L\u00f6wenstein\u2019s lifework,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establishment and maintenance of an archive for every type of documents; providing the archived resources for researchers, students, the media, schools, and other interested parties.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>With the \u201cResearch and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein\u201d, an international working level and a \u201cL\u00f6wenstein Network\u201d shall be created. This yet to be established Research Center shall present its results on the occasion of the common centennial of the founding of the Pausa Company and the founding of the Bauhaus in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>M\u00f6ssingen, in the year of Flora L\u00f6wenstein\u2019s 120th birthday, 2013<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Signatories of this Declaration of Intent, 39 descendants of Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein and their families:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Doris Angel, MBE JP, Manchester (daughter of Helene und Felix L\u00f6wenstein),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harold Livingston, London (Flora und Artur L\u00f6wenstein\u2019s son),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ann Angel, Manchester (daughter of Doris Angel), her husband Paul Fertig, PhD, and sons Ilan Fertig and Yuval Fertig,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarah Angel, London (daughter of Doris Angel), her husband, Prof. Anthony Paxton, and their children Zoe Angel, Adam Paxton und Alfie Paxton,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacqueline Cowley, New York (Harold Livingston\u2019s daughter), her husband Alex Cowley and her son Neil and her daughter Emma Cowley,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ashley Vincent Livingston, Basingstoke (Harold Livingston&#8217;s son), his wife Pupe Livingston and their daughter Paula Livingston,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ronnie Jacob, London (son of Harold L\u00f6wenstein\u2019s sister Lilo), and his wife Philippa Jacob,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anita Poulman, London (Lilo L\u00f6wenstein\u2019s daughter), her husband Stelios Poulman and their sons Andreas Poulman and Carl Poulman,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catherine Lustig-Radt, Hamburg (grand-daughter of Adolph Lowe and Beatrice L\u00f6wenstein, Felix and Artur L\u00f6wenstein\u2019s sister), her husband, Ulrich Radt, and their daughters Susanne and Eva Radt,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sandra Lustig, Hamburg (grand-daughter of Adolph Lowe and Beatrice L\u00f6wenstein, Felix and Artur L\u00f6wenstein\u2019s sister), and her husband Alex Radziewski,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roger Lustig, Princeton, (grandson of Adolph Lowe and Beatrice L\u00f6wenstein, Felix and Artur L\u00f6wenstein\u2019s sister) and his wife, Juliet Beier,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stephen Rustow, New York (grandson of Adolph Lowe and Beatrice L\u00f6wenstein), his wife Caroline Voss, and their daughters Daphne Rustow and Ada Rustow,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David Steinhardt, grandson of Paul L\u00f6wenstein (Felix and Artur L\u00f6wenstein\u2019s brother), and his wife Elaine Steinhardt,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Felix Loewenstein, Bariloche, Argentina (grandson of Walter L\u00f6wenstein, Felix and Artur\u2019s brother).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, more than 100 citizens of M\u00f6ssingen and the region signed this document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>M\u00f6ssingen, July 22nd, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Preliminary remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The now agreed concept was preceded by several working sessions, workshops, expert consultations, discussions and international communications. With the support of the \u201cLandeszentrale f\u00fcr politische Bildung Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg\u201d, the \u201cGedenkst\u00e4ttenverbund G\u00e4u-Neckar-Alb e.V.\u201d, the \u201cInitiative Hechinger Synagoge e.V.\u201d and the \u201cStuttgarter Lehrhaus &#8211; Stiftung f\u00fcr interreligi\u00f6sen Dialog\u201d as well as the \u2018Theater Lindenhof\u2019 in Melchingen and several individuals, a draft version of the concept was created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This draft was translated into English by a member of the L\u00f6wenstein family. The concept was sent to all family members for consultation and approval. A delegation from the association travelled to England in 2014 and 2018 to present the association&#8217;s ideas. After incorporating the family additions, the general membership meeting of the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association was then able to approve the final version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the final version was published in the press, the association presented the results to the Mayor of M\u00f6ssingen and the District Administrator of T\u00fcbingen, as well as the majority of M\u00f6ssingen&#8217;s municipal council parliamentary groups in a personal meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I. Purpose of the &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since it was founded in 2007, the Association for the Research of the L\u00f6wenstein Brothers&#8216; Life Work and History e.V. (L\u00f6wenstein Research Association e.V.) has done extensive research, organised publications and events, and done international networking. These activities have been based on civic initiative and volunteer work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to make the results of the Association&#8217;s work of more than ten years available to a wider public and more accessible for academic activities, a precise location and institutional framework is necessary. This shall be ensured by the founding of a &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The development of the Research and Archive Center will initiate a new division of responsibilities: The L\u00f6wenstein Research Association will focus more on commemoration and memorial activities, information and communication within the public discourse, as well as giving impulses for civic courage and democratic action. The Research and Archive Center will professionalize and consolidate the research work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>II. The L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s Pausa Company: Part of the region&#8217;s Jewish industrial heritage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over and above being a M\u00f6ssingen textile firm, the L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s Pausa Company had a large impact on the whole Schw\u00e4bische Alb region and its textile industry. Already in the nineteen-twenties, the Pausa Company developed into an internationally successful firm, a global player. In its early years, the company had established strong ties to the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s Pausa Company reflects a highly innovative industrial heritage. Its expropriation was part of the suppression of modern Jewish culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; is to explore the significance of the L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s Pausa Company as a distinctive part of active Jewish industrial heritage in the region. It will examine and describe the roles that Artur and Flora L\u00f6wenstein and Felix and Helene L\u00f6wenstein played as pioneers of industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Research Center is to explore the complex interactions and influences between Jewish companies and the textile industry, Jewish as well as non-Jewish, at various locations in the region (i.e. Hechingen, Bronnweiler, Albstadt), in order to illustrate the development of economic and cultural modernity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, through its research on the L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s Pausa Company, the &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; would like to contribute to the city&#8217;s historic research effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Focusing on aspects of industrial culture, including its own historic heritage, could also enhance M\u00f6ssingen&#8217;s appeal as a business location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>III. Main topics for the &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work of the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association to date has resulted in the following 15 main topics for the &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220;. This list may be augmented in the course of the Research Center&#8217;s activities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Research on the Pausa founders&#8216; entrepreneurial, artistic and cultural activities in the 1920s and 1930s, including a focus on their contacts to the &#8222;Werkbund&#8220; and other artistic associations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the connections between the L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s Pausa Company as a &#8222;Bauhaus&#8220; production site and the &#8222;Bauhaus&#8220; in Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin, with a special focus on Ljuba Monastirskaja&#8217;s and Lisbeth Oestreicher&#8217;s careers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the connections between the L\u00f6wensteins&#8216; Pausa Company and Bauhaus artist Friedl Dicker-Brandeis&#8216; work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the L\u00f6wensteins&#8216; Pausa Company&#8217;s significance as part of regional Jewish industrial culture, as well as on the Pausa Company&#8217;s interactions with other Jewish and non-Jewish businesses in the area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the L\u00f6wensteins&#8216; Pausa Company&#8217;s significance for the development of M\u00f6ssingen&#8217;s economic, social, and political structures in the 1920s and 1930s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the L\u00f6wensteins&#8216; Pausa Company&#8217;s influence on Armi Ratia&#8217;s artistic work and the founding of the Marimekko Company in Finland in 1951.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continuation of the research on the ties and cooperation between the L\u00f6wenstein family and the circle of Bauhaus artists in Stuttgart around Lily Hildebrandt in the 1920s and 1930s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the contacts and cooperation between the L\u00f6wensteins&#8216; Pausa Company and other artistic networks of the period&#8217;s avantgarde.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the expropriation and forced &#8222;Aryanization&#8220; of the Pausa Company by the National Socialists, including evaluating and coming to terms with these in justices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the L\u00f6wensteins&#8216; Pausa Company&#8217;s international activities and impact.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the connections between the Pausa Company&#8217;s founders and the family of Adolph Lowe and Beatrice Lowe, n\u00e9e L\u00f6wenstein.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the Pausa founders&#8216; entrepreneurial, artistic and cultural life work, its influences and public reception. Research on Felix Loewenstein&#8217;s work in Bolton, Greater Manchester, in particular his founding of the Helios Company, commissioned by Sir Thomas Barlow. Research on innovative (avant-garde) aspects of Felix Loewenstein&#8217;s designs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professional support for the moderation of the dialogue and exchange of ideas between Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s descendents and the citizens of M\u00f6ssingen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development and maintenance of an archive for documents of all kinds, as well as the provision of the archived material for scholars, the media, schools, and other interested persons and institutions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preparation of educational material and teaching units on the history, influences, and reception of the L\u00f6wensteins&#8216; Pausa Company and its work.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Further topics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Research on Helene L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s (1894 \u2013 1962) und Flora L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s (1893\u20131962) contributions to the L\u00f6wensteins&#8216; Pausa Company&#8217;s success.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continuation of the research on the public role played by the L\u00f6wensteins&#8216; Pausa Company and the L\u00f6wenstein family before, during, and after the general strike in M\u00f6ssingen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the L\u00f6wenstein family&#8217;s ties to the Jewish Community and other religious communities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the L\u00f6wenstein families&#8216; public life before the founding and after the expropriation of the L\u00f6wensteins&#8216; Pausa Company.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The L\u00f6wensteins&#8216; Pausa Company&#8217;s history and impact from the perspective of inter-religious dialogue.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research on the L\u00f6wenstein family&#8217;s ties to the State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart (Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden K\u00fcnste Stuttgart).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This list can be augmented in the course of the Research Center&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; will develop its own work program every two years, based on the specific focus on topics to be researched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work program will include short-term as well as long-term research projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IV. The Archive<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IV.1 Archive Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur und Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; primarily collects reproductions, digital reproductions, and photocopies, not the originals, of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>documents (such as identification cards and passports, letters, contracts, correspondence, business transactions, legal documents, court rulings, municipal decisions, etc.),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>documents on the company&#8217;s expropriation and the restitution lawsuit,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>photographs, graphics, drawings, etc.,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fabrics, fabric designs, table cloths, items for exhibition, etc.,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>secondary literature, publications, books, etc.,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>correspondence with Bauhaus artists, and others,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>further sources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On a small scale, original documents will be also be archived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IV.2 Reception History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, traces of the history of remembrance, commemoration, and reception will be archived, such as traces of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>repression,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>denial,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>remembrance,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>commemoration of the L\u00f6wensteins&#8216; role in the history of the Pausa Company after 1936.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The documentation of the commemoration activities since 2006\/2007 will be a central part of the Archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the contemporary mentions of the L\u00f6wensteins&#8216; Pausa Company and its impact, i.e. in newspapers, periodicals, catalogues, the internet, will be archived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>V. Mobile Exhibition as Part of the Archive&#8217;s Publicity Work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In support of the Archive&#8217;s public outreach, a mobile touring exhibition is to be created. The exhibition should be easy to set up (i.e. with around 20 roll-ups), and will be shown in public spaces, as an enhancement of classroom lessons. It will be linked to educational material. &#8211; The mobile touring exhibition is now finalised. The exhibition is in german language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VI. Communication Media<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; will utilize various media:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Research and Archive Center will create and maintain its own website.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Center will publish brochures and newsletters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Center can present publications on its research work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Research Center can create exhibitions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Research Center can organize meetings, symposia, and events.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Research Center will set up a digital off-line archive.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By the friendly permission of the Andreas Felger Culture Foundation (Andreas Felger Kulturstiftung), it may use the logo created by the M\u00f6ssinger artist Andreas Felger in 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Archive will publish a periodical, documenting its work, that will be offered for sale, and also be displayed at the Archive, the public library, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VII. Networking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; is to be linked to local, regional, national, and international networks, including the City of M\u00f6ssingen, archives, museums, educational institutions, libraries, art and artists&#8216; organisations, religious institutions, research institutes, universities, the regional textile industry, schools, local trade and commerce, local and regional social partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Research Center cooperates with the Memorial Site Network G\u00e4u-Neckar-Alb (Gedenkst\u00e4ttenverbund G\u00e4u-Neckar-Alb).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Further information can be found in the non-public list in the appendix.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VIII. Supporting and funding organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The supporting organization of the &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; is the Association for the Promotion of Research on the L\u00f6wenstein Brothers&#8216; Biographies and Life Work, M\u00f6ssingen (L\u00f6wenstein Research Association).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Research and Archive Center will dispose of its own premises (comprising of at least two rooms: one space for the archive, and one space for work and meetings).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As one possibility, the Research and Archive Center may attain a different legal form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Research Center&#8217;s work is to be financed by donations and grants, by proceeds from events, and from the sale of Andreas Felger&#8217;s logo print, as well as by acquired academic funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its initial stage, work at the Research Center will be done on a volunteer basis, as well as with temporary service contracts for individual projects. As development of the Research Center progresses, efforts towards creating more permanent jobs will be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An advisory board is to be appointed, including members of the family and network partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein can establish its own statute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conditions for the free use of the work and research results of the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association in text, voice, image and moving image produced on a voluntary basis<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Unanimous resolution of the general meeting of the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association e.V. on April, 2 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As L\u00f6wenstein-Forschungsverein e.V. (M\u00f6ssingen), we are happy to offer our research and work results for free, public use (open content). As a condition for free use, however, we require that the source is correctly cited. It is an expression of appreciation if the name of the organisation with its voluntary civic commitment or the names of the authors are appropriately cited as the source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creative Commons CC-BY applies (free use with attribution to the author or rights holder; editing is permitted).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unlawful use of our research results may constitute plagiarism and therefore be legally inadmissible. The University of Stuttgart writes: &#8222;Plagiarism as a form of intellectual theft consists of passing off scientific findings, hypotheses, ideas or formulations of others as one&#8217;s own. The use of sources and literature is unauthorised if the necessary evidence is omitted.&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Board of the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association reserves the right to take appropriate action against plagiarism and to condemn it publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photos used by the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association e.V. on its own website and in publications are subject to copyright and may not be used without the consent of the persons or institutions responsible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The L\u00f6wenstein-Forschungsverein e.V. prohibits the use of the texts, audio files, video files and images on its website as data material or training basis for GPTs and other variants of generative IT. Exceptions must be agreed in writing with the board of the association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concept for the Development of a Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein Association for the Promotion of Research on the L\u00f6wenstein Brothers&#8216; Biographies and Lifework (L\u00f6wenstein Research Association), M\u00f6ssingen Preliminary Note On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s founding of the innovative textile company Pausa, and the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Staatliche Bauhaus in Weimar (Bauhaus), the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association, M\u00f6ssingen established the &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; in cooperation with the L\u00f6wenstein family descendants and partners from the M\u00f6ssingen area on July 28, 2019. This will take place ten years after members of the L\u00f6wenstein family came to M\u00f6ssingen again for the first time, on July 22, 2009, following the joint invitation of the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association and the City of M\u00f6ssingen &#8211; 73 years after the forced expropriation of the L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s Pausa Company and the family&#8217;s expulsion in late 1936. The Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein Research and Archive Centre has been housed in two rooms of the Old Town Hall in M\u00f6ssingen (Rathof 2) since July 2019. We would like to thank the town of M\u00f6ssingen for providing the rooms and for their support. Concept for the Development of a Research and Archive CenterArtur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein: Starting Point With this concept, the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association acts on a joint appeal that was signed in 2013 by 39 descendants of the L\u00f6wenstein family and around one hundred citizens of the region of M\u00f6ssingen. The L\u00f6wenstein Research Association took the initiative for this appeal, text as follows: 100 Years of the Pausa Company (1919 \u2013 2019)Joint symbolic declaration of intent for the establishment of an\u201cArtur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein Research and Archive Center\u201d In order to commemorate the extraordinary lifework and personal history of the Jewish founders of M\u00f6ssingen\u2019s innovative textile firm Pausa, Artur (1886 \u2013 1959) and Flora (1893 \u2013 1993) L\u00f6wenstein as well as Felix (1884 \u2013 1946) and Helene (1894 \u2013 1962) L\u00f6wenstein, and to keep alive their memory, the undersigning descendants and numerous friends in M\u00f6ssingen declare their support for the establishment of an \u201cArtur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein Research and Archive Center\u201d in M\u00f6ssingen. The L\u00f6wenstein Research Association M\u00f6ssingen will be one of the supporting organisations. Once established, the \u201cArtur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein Research and Archive Center\u201d will focus on the following subjects: With the \u201cResearch and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein\u201d, an international working level and a \u201cL\u00f6wenstein Network\u201d shall be created. This yet to be established Research Center shall present its results on the occasion of the common centennial of the founding of the Pausa Company and the founding of the Bauhaus in 2019. M\u00f6ssingen, in the year of Flora L\u00f6wenstein\u2019s 120th birthday, 2013 Signatories of this Declaration of Intent, 39 descendants of Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein and their families: In addition, more than 100 citizens of M\u00f6ssingen and the region signed this document. M\u00f6ssingen, July 22nd, 2016 Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein Preliminary remarks The now agreed concept was preceded by several working sessions, workshops, expert consultations, discussions and international communications. With the support of the \u201cLandeszentrale f\u00fcr politische Bildung Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg\u201d, the \u201cGedenkst\u00e4ttenverbund G\u00e4u-Neckar-Alb e.V.\u201d, the \u201cInitiative Hechinger Synagoge e.V.\u201d and the \u201cStuttgarter Lehrhaus &#8211; Stiftung f\u00fcr interreligi\u00f6sen Dialog\u201d as well as the \u2018Theater Lindenhof\u2019 in Melchingen and several individuals, a draft version of the concept was created. This draft was translated into English by a member of the L\u00f6wenstein family. The concept was sent to all family members for consultation and approval. A delegation from the association travelled to England in 2014 and 2018 to present the association&#8217;s ideas. After incorporating the family additions, the general membership meeting of the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association was then able to approve the final version. Before the final version was published in the press, the association presented the results to the Mayor of M\u00f6ssingen and the District Administrator of T\u00fcbingen, as well as the majority of M\u00f6ssingen&#8217;s municipal council parliamentary groups in a personal meeting. I. Purpose of the &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; Since it was founded in 2007, the Association for the Research of the L\u00f6wenstein Brothers&#8216; Life Work and History e.V. (L\u00f6wenstein Research Association e.V.) has done extensive research, organised publications and events, and done international networking. These activities have been based on civic initiative and volunteer work. In order to make the results of the Association&#8217;s work of more than ten years available to a wider public and more accessible for academic activities, a precise location and institutional framework is necessary. This shall be ensured by the founding of a &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220;. The development of the Research and Archive Center will initiate a new division of responsibilities: The L\u00f6wenstein Research Association will focus more on commemoration and memorial activities, information and communication within the public discourse, as well as giving impulses for civic courage and democratic action. The Research and Archive Center will professionalize and consolidate the research work. II. The L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s Pausa Company: Part of the region&#8217;s Jewish industrial heritage Over and above being a M\u00f6ssingen textile firm, the L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s Pausa Company had a large impact on the whole Schw\u00e4bische Alb region and its textile industry. Already in the nineteen-twenties, the Pausa Company developed into an internationally successful firm, a global player. In its early years, the company had established strong ties to the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau. The L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s Pausa Company reflects a highly innovative industrial heritage. Its expropriation was part of the suppression of modern Jewish culture. The &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; is to explore the significance of the L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s Pausa Company as a distinctive part of active Jewish industrial heritage in the region. It will examine and describe the roles that Artur and Flora L\u00f6wenstein and Felix and Helene L\u00f6wenstein played as pioneers of industry. The Research Center is to explore the complex interactions and influences between Jewish companies and the textile industry, Jewish as well as non-Jewish, at various locations in the region (i.e. Hechingen, Bronnweiler, Albstadt), in order to illustrate the development of economic and cultural modernity. In addition, through its research on the L\u00f6wenstein&#8217;s Pausa Company, the &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; would like to contribute to the city&#8217;s historic research effort. Focusing on aspects of industrial culture, including its own historic heritage, could also enhance M\u00f6ssingen&#8217;s appeal as a business location. III. Main topics for the &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; The work of the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association to date has resulted in the following 15 main topics for the &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220;. This list may be augmented in the course of the Research Center&#8217;s activities: Further topics This list can be augmented in the course of the Research Center&#8217;s work. The &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; will develop its own work program every two years, based on the specific focus on topics to be researched. The work program will include short-term as well as long-term research projects. IV. The Archive IV.1 Archive Documents The &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur und Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; primarily collects reproductions, digital reproductions, and photocopies, not the originals, of On a small scale, original documents will be also be archived. IV.2 Reception History In addition, traces of the history of remembrance, commemoration, and reception will be archived, such as traces of The documentation of the commemoration activities since 2006\/2007 will be a central part of the Archive. In addition, the contemporary mentions of the L\u00f6wensteins&#8216; Pausa Company and its impact, i.e. in newspapers, periodicals, catalogues, the internet, will be archived. V. Mobile Exhibition as Part of the Archive&#8217;s Publicity Work In support of the Archive&#8217;s public outreach, a mobile touring exhibition is to be created. The exhibition should be easy to set up (i.e. with around 20 roll-ups), and will be shown in public spaces, as an enhancement of classroom lessons. It will be linked to educational material. &#8211; The mobile touring exhibition is now finalised. The exhibition is in german language. VI. Communication Media The &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; will utilize various media: VII. Networking The &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; is to be linked to local, regional, national, and international networks, including the City of M\u00f6ssingen, archives, museums, educational institutions, libraries, art and artists&#8216; organisations, religious institutions, research institutes, universities, the regional textile industry, schools, local trade and commerce, local and regional social partners. The Research Center cooperates with the Memorial Site Network G\u00e4u-Neckar-Alb (Gedenkst\u00e4ttenverbund G\u00e4u-Neckar-Alb). [Further information can be found in the non-public list in the appendix.] VIII. Supporting and funding organizations The supporting organization of the &#8222;Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein&#8220; is the Association for the Promotion of Research on the L\u00f6wenstein Brothers&#8216; Biographies and Life Work, M\u00f6ssingen (L\u00f6wenstein Research Association). The Research and Archive Center will dispose of its own premises (comprising of at least two rooms: one space for the archive, and one space for work and meetings). As one possibility, the Research and Archive Center may attain a different legal form. The Research Center&#8217;s work is to be financed by donations and grants, by proceeds from events, and from the sale of Andreas Felger&#8217;s logo print, as well as by acquired academic funds. In its initial stage, work at the Research Center will be done on a volunteer basis, as well as with temporary service contracts for individual projects. As development of the Research Center progresses, efforts towards creating more permanent jobs will be made. An advisory board is to be appointed, including members of the family and network partners. The Research and Archive Center Artur and Felix L\u00f6wenstein can establish its own statute. Conditions for the free use of the work and research results of the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association in text, voice, image and moving image produced on a voluntary basis Unanimous resolution of the general meeting of the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association e.V. on April, 2 2025 As L\u00f6wenstein-Forschungsverein e.V. (M\u00f6ssingen), we are happy to offer our research and work results for free, public use (open content). As a condition for free use, however, we require that the source is correctly cited. It is an expression of appreciation if the name of the organisation with its voluntary civic commitment or the names of the authors are appropriately cited as the source. Creative Commons CC-BY applies (free use with attribution to the author or rights holder; editing is permitted). The unlawful use of our research results may constitute plagiarism and therefore be legally inadmissible. The University of Stuttgart writes: &#8222;Plagiarism as a form of intellectual theft consists of passing off scientific findings, hypotheses, ideas or formulations of others as one&#8217;s own. The use of sources and literature is unauthorised if the necessary evidence is omitted.&#8220; The Board of the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association reserves the right to take appropriate action against plagiarism and to condemn it publicly. The photos used by the L\u00f6wenstein Research Association e.V. on its own website and in publications are subject to copyright and may not be used without the consent of the persons or institutions responsible. The L\u00f6wenstein-Forschungsverein e.V. prohibits the use of the texts, audio files, video files and images on its website as data material or training basis for GPTs and other variants of generative IT. 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