six postcards to alexander berkman
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Multilingual Anarchy Collection
Six Postcards to Alexander Berkman
Zes Postkaarten naar Alexander Berkman
Six cartes postales à Alexander Berkman
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Short Biography
Alexander Berkman (November 21 1870 – June 28 1936) was a Russian-
American writer and a leading member of the anarchist movement of the 19th
and early 20th centuries. He was the lover of Emma Goldman. In 1892, he tried
to kill Henry Clay Frick because of his involvement with the Homestead Strike.
During World War I, he was deported along with Emma Goldman and other
foreign-born American anarchists as a result of the Anarchist Exclusion Act.
Continuing to write and speak to the poor, Berkman died in France in 1936.
Korte Biografie
Alexander Berkman (21 november 1870 - 28 juni 1936) was een Russisch-
Amerikaanse schrijver en een vooraanstaand lid van de Anarchistische
Beweging van de 19e en begin 20e eeuw. Hij was de minnaar van Emma
Goldman. In 1892 probeerde hij Henry Clay Frick te vermoorden vanwege zijn
betrokkenheid bij de Homestead Strike. Tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog werd
hij gedeporteerd samen met Emma Goldman en andere buitenlandse geboren
Amerikaanse Anarchisten als gevolg van de “Anarchist Exclusion Act.” Hij
bleef schrijven en spreken aan de armen, Berkman stierf in Frankrijk in 1936.
Biographie brève
Alexander Berkman (21 Novembre 1870 - le 28 Juin 1936) était un écrivain
Russo-Américain et un membre important du mouvement Anarchiste du 19ème
et début du 20ème siècles. Il était l'amant d'Emma Goldman. En 1892, il a
essayé d’assassiner Henry Clay Frick à cause de sa participation à la grève de
Homestead. Au cours de la Première Guerre mondiale, il a été expulsé avec
Emma Goldman et autres Anarchistes américains nés à l'étranger à la suite de la
Loi d'Exclusion Anarchiste. Il continue à écrire et à parler aux pauvres,
Alexander Berkman est mort en France en 1936.
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August 22, 1931
Dear friend, a ***** experience shows these figures: 15 $
by Pistal Order N.Y.: 105 shilling 90g--by Am.Sept.Ca,
[cadily] here at Bank: 105.83g--by Jel., calling A Dark:
104.701--notes sold here at Bank would bring 105.99.
Thus notes 105.99--pistal order N.Y. 105.90--A.Ex.Ca
105.83--Jel. 104.70--this is in favour of ***tes evidently,
as the cost of A.E. ****** must be added, no doubt
besides loss of time at ***ds. The ********* ******* at
home here. **** ********
29 AOUT 1931
Monsieur
A. Berkman
6, rue Trachel, 6
Nice
(Nizza)
A.-M.
France
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Wien; Dec. 17. 1931
All the wishes of the season to Mrs. G. and yourself and
wishes for a better year to come. All is so very quiet in
our midst. I am working away at retelling the old time and
six of the best of friends have gone this year. I am well
otherwise and hope you are too.
Best greetings, M. Nettlau
M. Alexandre
Berkman
6, rue Trachel
Palais Galatele
Nice
Nizza
(Südpiavkesich)
A.-M.
France
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Wien, Dec 16, 1932
Very best Christmas and New Year greetings and wishes.
Let us keep up health and spirit. This was an ugly year
and things get worse all around me. Worst of all is the
apathy about ideas and the discrimination, **********,
best ****etion of the ideas of some is anything to become
english ****** of ****, one more like by ***** *** ***.
I hope you *** long better *********. ** *** *** and
****** **** please **** N.
M. Alexandre
Berkman
22, Avenue Mon
Plaisir, 22
Nice
A.-M.
France
(Nizza
Südpiavkesich)
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Postcarte
V., same address,
Dec. 18, 1933
All the compliments of the season to madam and yourself,
I suppose you and most others consider me dead and
gone--and not a single friendly word as a **********.
Well, best wishes to all of you.
M.N
Monsieur
Alexandre
Berkman
101, Boulevardde
Cessole, 101
Nice
Nizza
[Alpes-Mar.]
(France)
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April 4, 36
Dear friend A.B., happy Easter to you and may your
health be satisfactory. Some day from someone I hope to
hear about you; at present I am still ***ing myself a letter
and thus am worthy of news. Do get well with a will.
Your for L. N.
Nizza
Monsieur
Alexandre
Berkman
patient,
Hospital Pasteur
Nice
Alpes-Maritimes
France
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