Rudolf Höber Papers
1886-1961
(6 linear feet)

Ms. Coll. 44

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Table of contents Abstract
One of hundreds of German scholars displaced by the Nazis after 1933, Rudolf Höber was an early proponent of applying physicochemical methods to the analysis of the physiology of cell membranes, particularly their role in the regulation of transport, permeability, and electrical properties. For many years his Physikalische Chemie der Zelle und Gewebe (1902) and Lehrbuch der Physiologie des Menschen (1919) were the standard works in their field.

The Höber Papers consist of five linear feet of family correspondence, with a small number of professional letters scattered throughout. Although Höber's physiological research, per se, is seldom discussed, the letters provide insight into the family life and privileged social milieu of a member of the German intellectual elite in the years prior to and immediately after the First World War, his loss of position after the rise to power of the Nazis, and the conditions of his emigration to the United States, his adjustment to American life, and his attempts to bring the remainder of his family to safety during the late 1930s. The collection is arranged in two series, Correspondence (Series I, 5.5 lin. feet), which is arranged chronologically, and Publications and miscellaneous (Series II, 0.5 lin. feet), which is arranged alphabetically.
Background note
Rudolf Hoeber, ca.1950
Rudolf Hoeber, ca.1950

One of hundreds of German scholars displaced by the Nazis after 1933, Rudolf Höber was an early proponent of applying physicochemical methods to the analysis of the physiology of cell membranes, particularly their permeability and electric properties. Born into an intellectual family in Stettin, Germany (now Poland), on December 27, 1879, Höber studied at the Universities of Freiburg and Berlin before completing a medical degree at Erlangen in 1898. His dissertation was an experimental study of wound shock, Ueber experimentellen Shock durch Reizung der serösen Häute (Leipzig, 1897), yet even while he was writing it, he found himself drawn to the prospect of applying physical chemical methods to the analysis of living cells. From the time of his first academic appointment at the Physiological Institute of the University of Zurich (1897-1909), Höber therefore directed himself to an innovative course of physiological research.

As early as his first years at Zurich, Höber characterized his research interests as centering on a single question: "Was ist und was leistet die Zellmembran?" (What is the cell membrane and how does it function?). This simple question led him to a suite of pioneering studies on the fundamental physiological properties of the cell membrane, its role in the regulation of transport, permeability, and electrical properties. His Physikalische Chemie der Zelle und Gewebe (1902) was a landmark and helped cement Höber's growing reputation in the field. One of the first monographs on the subject, it was considered the standard text in cell physiology for two decades, passing through at least seven editions before 1926. Höber also published important works on intestinal resorption, the hydroxyl ion concentration of blood, the mechanism of narcosis and its influence upon permeability, and the physiological significance of colloids.

Höber was assisted in his research by his wife, Josephine Marx (1876-1941), whom he married in 1901. Josephine completed her own medical degree shortly after their marriage, becoming one of the first female physicians in Germany. The two often collaborated, even as Josephine maintained her own medical practice. They had three children, Johannes (1904-1977), Gabriele (1906-1988), and Ursula.

In 1909, Höber left Zurich for the prestigious Institute of Physiology at the University of Kiel, receiving a promotion to Ordinarius fuer Physiologie in 1912, and later becoming Director of the Institute (1915), Dean of the Medical School (twice), and eventually Rektor. At Kiel, his reputation continued to expand on the strength of his 1919 textbook Lehrbuch der Physiologie des Menschen (1919), which was as influential as Physikalische Chemie, passing through eight editions and translations into several foreign languages. His laboratory became a magnet for students from as far away as the United States and Japan and was much in demand as a lecturer throughout Europe, paying his first visit to the United States in 1929, when he attended the XIII International Congress of Physiological Sciences held at Woods Hole as president of the German Physiological Society. He and his colleagues, Albrecht Bethe and Emil Abderhalden were co-editors of essential journal Pflügers Archiv from 1918-1934.

Yet even an international reputation in his field did not insulate Höber when his country veered toward Fascism. Although neither a politician nor an activist, he earned the enmity of the Nazis when he sat on a University disciplinary court in 1931 that convicted and expelled six pro-Nazi students for their assault on a Lutheran clergyman. Within a week of Hitler seizing power in 1933, Höber himself became a target when his laboratory was taken over and he was confined to the second floor of his institute. Although he was briefly allowed to resume lecturing during the summer semester, by September he was forced into retirement by the Education Ministry of the state of Schleswig-Holstein.

The shocking turn of events made Höber into a minor cause celebre, and with the assistance of the physiologist A. V. Hill and the Rockefeller Foundation, he soon received an invitation to join the staff at the University College, London. In the following spring, 1934, with the support of Henry C. Bazett Höber was offered a position as visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania. For several years, Höber subsisted on grant money from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars, the United Jewish Appeal, and the American Philosophical Society. He was able to bring his wife and daughter Ursula with him in 1934, and over the next three years he brought his children Johannes and Gabriele and their families. As she had in Germany, Josephine worked with Höber in his laboratory. When Höber died in Philadelphia in 1953, he was eulogized as a "pioneer and co-founder of a new direction in physiology" as well as a caring mentor. Despite the turmoil and dislocations of his life, Höber's bibliography surpassed 100 articles.


Scope and content
The papers of the German physiologist Rudolf Höber consist of five linear feet of family correspondence, with a small number of professional letters scattered throughout. Although Höber's physiological research, per se, is seldom discussed, the letters provide insight into the family life and privileged social milieu of a member of the German intellectual elite in the years prior to and immediately after the First World War, his loss of position after the rise to power of the Nazis, and the conditions of his emigration to the United States, his adjustment to American life, and his attempts to bring the remainder of his family to safety during the late 1930s. The collection is arranged in two series, Correspondence (Series I, 5.5 lin. feet), which is arranged chronologically, and Publications and miscellaneous (Series II, 0.5 lin. feet), which is arranged alphabetically.

After 1901, nearly all of the correspondence is between Höber and his wife, Josephine, with the exception being about 25 letters regarding Höber's academic positions in England and the United States after 1933, and a series of letters written by Höber to his children in Germany before 1938. The thickest documentation falls in the period 1898-1905, when Höber is in Zurich, and in the years after his emigration to the United States, while his children remained in Germany, 1935-1938. As might be expected, in this latter correspondence the Höbers are very circumspect when writing about conditions under the Nazis, at least as long as relatives remained in Germany, and they appear to have used a private code to refer to emigration or to express their views on the regime. There is little to document Höber's expulsion from Kiel in 1933.

Series II includes an interesting set of memoranda and some correspondence received by Höber while serving as Rektor of the University of Kiel, 1930-1931, as well as copies of a few his publications, some biographical materials, and an academic sash of unidentified origin. All but a few of the items in the collection are written in German, with the handwritten ones (the majority) written in the old script.

In their personal letters, all of the Höber's routinely referred to themselves and each other by affectionate nicknames, some more obscure than others. A list of these is included in the file marked "Biographical material" (Series II). This same list includes a list of code words used by the Höber's in correspondence between the United States and Germany during the Nazi period, 1933-1939. After their emigration to America, the Höbers have spelled their name Hoeber or Hober, depending on which branch of the family.

Administrative information
Restrictions
None.

Provenance
Gift of the Elfriede Fischer Hoeber, 1985.

Preferred citation
Cite as: Rudolf Höber Papers, American Philosophical Society.

Processing information
Cataloged 2003.

Additional information
Related material
The Printed Materials Department has copies of two editions of Höber's major works:
  • Höber, Rudolf, Lehrbuch der Physiologie des Menschen, 8th ed. (Bern, Switzerland, 1938).
  • Höber, Rudolf, Physikalische Chemie der Zellen und Gewebe (Bern, Switzerland, 1947).

References

Added entries
Subjects
  • Cell physiologists--Germany
  • German-Americans--Pennsylvania
  • Germany--History--1919-1933
  • Physiologists--Germany
  • Political refugees--Germany
  • Universität Kiel

    • Contributors
  • Höber, Gabriele, 1906-1988
  • Höber, Johannes U., 1904-1977
  • Höber, Josephine Marx, 1876-1941
  • Höber, Rudolf, 1873-1953
  • Höber, Ursula, 1912-1990

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    Contact information
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      Sponsor:Funds for processing the Höber Papers were provided by a gift from Elfriede Fischer Hoeber.
    Detailed inventory

    		 Series I. Correspondence 1890-1961 1 folder

    		Correspondence 1890 July 1 folder Box 1

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    		Correspondence with children in Germany 1938 January-June 1 folder Box 11

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    		Correspondence 1950-1961 1 folder Box 11

    		Correspondence n.d. 1 folder Box 11

    		Series II. Publications and Miscellaneous 1886- 1 folder Box 1

    		Christian-Albrechts-Universität.
    Catalogue     		1950/51 1 item Box 12

    		Includes mention of Physiological Laboratory, now named after Höber.

    		Engraving n.d. 1 item Box 12

    		Ferrari, Rodolfo and Rudolf Höber.
    "Untersuchungen über den der Sekretionsarbeit zugrunde liegenden Stoffwechsel von Leber, Niere und Speicheldruüse"     		1931 1 item Box 12

    		Pflügers Archiv für die gesamte Physiologie 232 (1933): 299-321.

    		Harms, Bernhard.
    Newspaper clippings     		1917 2 items Box 12

    		Newspaper articles on speeches by Prof. Berhard Harms from Blatt der Kieler Neuesten Nachrichten.

    		Hoeber, Johannes U..
    Leaving Germany: the account of Johannes U. Hoeber     		1938-1939 15p. Box 12

    		Translated from German by Francis W. Hoeber, Oct. 17, 2003 from letters and diary entries.

    		Höber, Rudolf.
    Academic appointments     		1906-1921 8 items Box 12

    		Printed and typed documents regarding Höber's academic appointments.

    		Höber, Rudolf.
    "An meinen lieben Ullimuz     		1942 October 14 1 item Box 12

    		Poem to his daughter.

    		Höber, Rudolf.
    Awards, certificates, etc.     		1896-1952 Photocopies Box 12

    		Copies of notification of successful examination for medical study at Erlangen (1894), approval of dissertation (1897), appointment to Kiel (1910) and promotion to Full Professor (1915), election to Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher (1922), Wiener Biologische Gesellschaft (1936); Virchow Society (1943), AAAS (1951), NYAS (1951), award from Deutsche Physiologische Gesellschaft (1951); award of Virchow Medal.
    Location of originals: Original retained by family.

    		Höber, Rudolf.
    "Begegnung"     		1900-1901 1 item Box 12

    		2 copies each of "newsletters" Novemberheft 1900, Heft 4 (Jan. 1901); Heft 5 (Feb. 1901).

    		Höber, Rudolf.
    Biographical material     		1953-1957 Photocopy, 129p. Box 12

    		Includes (inter alia): Amberson, William R., "Rudolf Höber: His Life and Scientific Work," Science 120 (1954):199-201; and Wilbrandt, W., "In Memoriam: Rudolf Höber," Experientia 9 (1953):1-3; and Wilbrandt, W., "Rudolf Höber," Ergebnisse der Physiologie, Biologischen Chemie und Experimentellen Pharmakologie 49 (1957); four typescript biographies; Höber genealogy.


    		Höber, Rudolf.
    "Das Lebendige als Objekt naturwissenschaftlicher Forschung"     		1930 1 item Box 12

    		Printed, Kiel, 1930.

    		Höber, Rudolf.
    "Membrane permeability to solutes in its relations to cellular physiology"     		1936 1 item Box 12

    		Reprint from Physiological Reviews 16 (1936): 52-102.

    		Höber, Rudolf.
    "Die Niederen Tiere"     		ca.1890s Photocopy, 129p. Box 12

    		Notebook on invertebrate zoology.
    Location of originals: Original retained by family.

    		Höber, Rudolf.
    Photograph     		ca.1950 1 item Box 12

    		Höber, Rudolf.
    Rektorats Jahr     		1930-1931 1 folder Box 12

    		Memoranda, correspondence, and notes regarding his position as Rektor at Unievrsity of Kiel.

    		Höber, Rudolf.
    "Über gemeinsam Erziehung"     		ca.1897-1910 1 AMs Box 12

    		Manuscript written while at Zurich.

    		Höber, Rudolf.
    "Ueber Experimentellen Shock durch Reizung der serüsen Häute"     		1897 1 item Box 12

    		Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Medizischen Doctorwürde der Medizinischen Facultät zu Erlangen.

    		Höber, Rudolf and Giulio Pupilli.
    "Neue Versuche über die Aufnahme von Farbstoffen durch die rotten Blutkörperchen"     		1931 1 item Box 12

    		Pflügers Archiv für die gesamte Physiologie 226 (1931): 585-599.

    		"Record des Zuhürer 1024" (Academic sash) n.d. 1 item Box 12

    		"Zur Erinnerung an den 9ten Mai" (Memorial volume of poetry) 1886 May 9 1 item Box 12

    		Miscellaneous n.d. 5 items Box 12