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Der Alte:
Concurring with Michael here, Frieda was a cousin to MvR from the Metz area. (Anyone know if she was a first cousin or distant one?) Frieda had a sister named Else and Manfred had a sister named Ilse. Maybe that’s where people become confused with the sister vs. cousin relationship between them? Else married a man named Jaffe who ran around with Max Weber, but I haven’t heard about the Thomas Mann involvement. I, too, would be interested in the story behind the Lawrences living in England.
Amy
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