Sources
Works and records cited in this dossier. Numbered references in the account lead to entries here.
- Wiggershaus Frankfurt Governance Reconstruction Rolf Wiggershaus. 1995.
Complete existing research record
Frankfurt founding-circle dossier
Entered through a partial scholarship in 1926, became a full assistant in 1930, edited the Institute journal, and participated in exile planning. His literature and mass-culture work remains distinct from other members' programs.
Geography
Frankfurt, Geneva, and New York. Locations are recorded only at the precision supported by the sources.
Evidence and locators
Wiggershaus pp.
Assessment boundary
Formal membership, employment, funding, collaboration, political affiliation, and intellectual influence remain separate relations. Open the full evidence memo
Why this person matters
Institute assistant, journal editor, and member of the administrative group involved in the exile transition.
Verification boundary
Membership, employment, collaboration, and influence are recorded as different relationship types. Shared membership is preserved as evidence but is not treated as proof of agreement or influence by itself.
Verified relationship
memberOfInstitute: Institute for Social Research
Evidence basis
Research Memo: Frankfurt Institute to Columbia