Antonie "Toni" Dehn

Toni Dehn was faculty wife to Max Dehn from 1947 to 1952, upon his passing. She assisted in bookbinding classes and worked as registrar in the fall of 1952.

Alternative Names: Antoine Tante Landau

Relationships

Husband: BMC faculty, Max Dehn

Black Mountain College Project

Mary Emma Harris interviewed Toni in 1978 and the transcript is available from Appalachian State University under The Mary Emma Harris and Black Mountain College Project, Inc. Oral History collection.

Topics: Arrest of Max Dehn on Kristallnacht – Immigration and escape with Max Dehn through Scandinavian countries and Russia to United States – student lifein Frankfurt – Max Dehn teaching at University of Idaho, Illinois Institute of Technology, Notre Dame, St Johns – Toni Dehn study at Art Institute and work as illustrator in Chicago – hearing about BMC – comparison of student life in USA and Germany – Max Dehn walks in woods and wildflowers – interaction of geometer Dehn and Josef Albers on Albers art – Franziska Mayer (weaver) – description of photographs - Death of Max Dehn at BMC