Antonie "Toni" Stolper (22 November 1890 – 18 October 1988) was an Austrian-German

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and

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. She fled Europe and immigrated to the

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in 1933 and moved to Canada in 1977.

Biography

Stolper was born Antonie Kassowitz, daughter of and , in

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in 1890. She studied law in Vienna and

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, earning her doctorate under

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in 1917. In 1921, she married

Gustav Stolper Gustav Stolper (25 July 1888 – 27 December 1947) was an Austrian-German economist, economics journalist and politician. Life and work Stolper was born into a Jewish family that had immigrated from Poland to Austria. In 1913 he established '' ...

, the editor of a journal called ''Der Österreichische Volkswirt'' (''The Austrian Economist''). In 1925, the couple moved to Berlin, where Gustav Stolper established a new paper, ''Der Deutsche Volkswirt'' (''The German Economist''). Toni Stolper wrote regularly for both of these publications, particularly on questions related to English and Russian economics. She became a German citizen in 1926. Toni Stolper became a friend of

Theodor Heuss Theodor Heuss (; 31 January 1884 – 12 December 1963) was a German liberal politician who served as the first president of West Germany from 1949 to 1959. His cordial nature – something of a contrast to the stern character of chancellor Ko ...

during this time in Berlin. After both Theodor Heuss and Toni Stolper lost their first spouses, the two had a loving relationship but never married. Toni Stolper was an active journalist and engaged in social politics. The Stolpers fled Berlin in 1933 but kept up correspondence with friends, among whom were important politicians and intellectuals including

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Julius Braunthal Julius Braunthal (1891–1972) was an Austrian-born historian, magazine editor, and political activist. Braunthal is best remembered as the Secretary of the Socialist International from 1951 to 1956 and for his massive three volume ''History of the ...

, and Lilo Linke.Description of th
Toni and Gustav Stolper Collection
''Digibaeck.'' Accessed 2015 May 5. She co-founded the immigrant assistance organizations Selfhelp and the American Council for Emigrés in the Professions. She published a biography of her husband in 1960 titled ''Ein Leben in Brennpunkten unserer Zeit.'' She also translated a study written by her daughter Joan Campbell on the Deutscher Werkbund in 1981, titled ''The German Werkbund: The Politics of Reform in the Applied Arts''.

References

External links

Toni and Gustav Stolper Collection
at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York, NY
Works by and about Toni Stolper
at the

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