Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Archive for Sexology

Magnus Hirschfeld (1868 - 1935).

A Trip Around the World

The following sampler gives a first impression of the documents in our collection, which contains many more items than are shown here. The entire collection can be studied on location at our archive during regular opening hours.

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2. In Japan, China, Indonesia, and India

1. Hirschfeld speaking at a medical congress in Tokyo (spring of 1931). Seated next to Hirschfeld beneath a portrait of Albert Neisser: Keijo Dohi. [150K] 2. and 3. Postcard from Hirschfeld to Harry Benjamin, Tokyo, March 26, 1931. (The "great newspaper" mentioned by Hirschfeld was the Asahi Shimbun. See next picture) [66K and 126K]
Click here for a full size translation.

4. Newspaper report on a public lecture by Hirschfeld in Tokyo. Asahi Shimbun, April 2, 1931 (morning edition) [56K]
Click here for a full translation. 5. Hirschfeld with falculty members of the Central National University in Beijing, 1931. To the right on the staircase, wearing a dark suit (no glasses), is Li Shiu Tong, Hirschfeld's last disciple and heir. [62K] 6. Hirschfeld in China: Group portrait with the Chinese Women’s Club in Shanghai in the summer of 1931. [142K]

7. Hirschfeld between two phallic stones near Borobudur, Java, Indonesia. 1931. [57K] 8. Letter from Hirschfeld to Benjamin written in Darjeeling, India, 1931 [111K]
For full translation click here. 9. Hirschfeld with a 13-year-old mother (child marriage), in India, 1931. [66K]

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1. Hirschfeld speaking at a medical congress in Tokyo (spring of 1931). Seated next to Hirschfeld beneath a portrait of Albert Neisser: Keijo Dohi. [150K]	2. and 3. Postcard from Hirschfeld to Harry Benjamin, Tokyo, March 26, 1931. (The "great newspaper" mentioned by Hirschfeld was the Asahi Shimbun. See next picture) [66K and 126K] Click here for a full size translation.


4. Newspaper report on a public lecture by Hirschfeld in Tokyo. Asahi Shimbun, April 2, 1931 (morning edition) [56K] Click here for a full translation.	5. Hirschfeld with falculty members of the Central National University in Beijing, 1931. To the right on the staircase, wearing a dark suit (no glasses), is Li Shiu Tong, Hirschfeld's last disciple and heir. [62K]	6. Hirschfeld in China: Group portrait with the Chinese Women’s Club in Shanghai in the summer of 1931. [142K]


7. Hirschfeld between two phallic stones near Borobudur, Java, Indonesia. 1931. [57K]	8. Letter from Hirschfeld to Benjamin written in Darjeeling, India, 1931 [111K] For full translation click here.	9. Hirschfeld with a 13-year-old mother (child marriage), in India, 1931. [66K]