Correspondence regarding Dokumentenwerk - with Bundeszentrale für Heimatdienst - Franken, Paul

Identifier
3000/9/1/10
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
File
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

13 letters

Biographical History

Beginning in 1954 The Wiener Library and the Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ) in Munich worked jointly on an edition of documents () regarding the persecution of Jews in the Nazi era. Initiated by the Ministry of Interior (BMI) and funded by the Federal Agency for Homeland Service (BHD) this project was part of larger journalistic endeavors by these two authorities to fight and prevent Antisemitism in West Germany. Due to ongoing problems the was cancelled eventually in May 1963.

Dr. Paul Franken was a German historian who served as head of the BHD from 1952-68.

Scope and Content

The correspondence centres on organisational issues related with the project. It reveals different approaches of Alfred Wiener and the project's board member Karl Thieme regarding the book's composition (1954) as well as internal discrepancies with Francis Carsten, the project researcher employed by The Wiener Library (1960-1961).

Conditions Governing Access

open

Related Units of Description

  • See the numerous correspondences on the project within the Pre-1963 Correspondence series.

People

  • Carsten, Francis L.
  • Thieme, Karl
  • Franken, Paul

Corporate Bodies

  • Bundeszentrale für Heimatdienst

Subjects

  • Civil Service
  • Publishing
  • Antisemitism, defence against
  • German-Jewish dialogue

Places

  • England
  • West Germany [1949-1990]
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