Editing Arthur Schnitzler (section)

== Archive ==

The majority of Schnitzler's archive, which consists of 40,000 pages worth of documents, was saved from the Nazis by a British man, Eric A. Blackall. Acting at the behest of Schnitzler's widow (actually his ex-wife), Olga, Blackhall arranged for the documents to be secretly transported to Cambridge University under a diplomatic seal. 
After the war, this created a tricky legal situation, as Schnitzler's ex-wife, Olga did not have the legal right to donate the documents. In fact, Schnitzler had bequeathed them to his son, Heinrich, who was not in Vienna at the time.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flood |first1=Alison |title=Arthur Schnitzler archive formally acquired by Cambridge University |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/01/arthur-schnitzler-archive-formally-acquired-by-cambridge-university |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=November 1, 2015}}</ref> 
During the Second World War and afterwards, Heinrich Schnitzler tried to get the documents back but did not succeed. Thomas Trenkler wrote in the newspaper ''Kurier'' that the acquisition of the documents by the British was not legitimate and that the documents should be handed to Schnitzler's remaining family in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Trenkler |first1=Thomas |title=Fall Schnitzler: "Aufgewühlte" Nachfahren |url=https://kurier.at/kultur/fall-schnitzler-aufgewuehlte-nachfahren/108.698.700 |access-date=12 June 2024 |agency=Kurier |date=January 18, 2015}}</ref> Schnitzler's grandsons, Michael and Peter, announced that they indeed wanted the documents handed over to them.