Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 10:44:44 -0500 (EST)
Subject: M-TH: (Fwd) Fwd: Lost Mises Archives Found (fwd)



It was once suggested that the socialist countries should erect a statue
to Ludwig von Mises for having alerted them to the calculation problem.
Here comes this bit of news... it was actually written up by Hans-Hermann
Hoppe in a recent WALL STREET JOURNAL article...
 -Chris
==========================================Chris Matthew Sciabarra, Ph.D
Visiting Scholar
New York University Department of Politics
Email:      sciabrrc-AT-is2.nyu.edu
Website:    http://pages.nyu.edu/~sciabrrc
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From: "Scott A. Kjar" <70402.3124-AT-CompuServe.COM

Researchers in the archives of the Soviet Union have 
discovered a huge cache of materials on Ludwig von Mises.

In the 30s, after Mises had already moved to Switzerland, 
he still maintained his apartment in Vienna.  He had books, 
notes, and correspondence there, since he anticipated being 
able to move back eventually, after the fall of the Nazis.

One day, the Nazis went to his apartment, and confiscated 
everything.  They took his personal letters, his drafts of 
articles and books not yet published, his jotted ideas, 
lecture notes, minutes from meetings he had attended, 
everything.

After the end of WW II, this material fell into Soviet hands, 
where it was carefully logged and archived.  The Soviets 
apparently even added additional information, acquired 
>from spies and informants they had in place in Vienna for
many years.  Thus, this cache apparently even includes 
transcriptions of lectures he gave as a professor, or 
lectures to local businessmen, and even conversations 
he had with high-ranking political officials of Austria.

This material, recently uncovered, is primarily in German, 
and some perhaps in Russian.  Thus, it will require 
translation before it is accessible to us.  In
the meantime, the Mises Institute has commissioned Guido 
Hulsmann, a young Misesian scholar in Germany, to review 
the material, and to finally write the definitive biography 
of Mises, a task never before undertaken.  With access to
this huge bank of information, Hulsmann will be able to 
provide insights into Mises's daily life, including even 
glimpses into his personal life, through love letters to 
his wife, correspondence with friends, and other such personal
mementos.

It is expected to take 2 years to fully research this 
material.  Fortunately, Hulsmann speaks and writes German, 
French, and English, as well as some Russian,
so he will be creating a document that, once completed, 
will be immediately accessible to people all over the world.

The Mises Institute is currently raising funds for this 
effort.  It is expected that Hulsmann will be flying between 
Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Russia, and New York to 
complete this project, and will likely be providing "gifts" to
Russian archival clerks in order to assure timely and 
thorough access to the material.

For further information about this awesome project, 
write to The Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn University, 
Auburn AL 36830.




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