Birds are chirping, the sun is shining through the windows onto the wooden floor. On the dining table lies a treasure that can’t be measured in numbers: old photo albums, guest books, and a handwritten family chronicle tracing the Maier-Leibnitz family back to the year 1750. “You already know my father’s scientific career,” says Christine Raum, daughter of Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, gently stroking the leather-bound guest book. “But perhaps these pages tell you more about my father than any official document ever could.”
