Correspondence regarding Dokumentenwerk - with Institut für Zeitgeschichte - Kluke, Paul

Identifier
3000/9/1/20
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 Otto Alfred Kluke (1908-1990) was a German historian. The later university professor served as IfZ’s general secretary from 1952-59.

Scope and Content

The correspondence reflects the planning phase of the . Its subject is the clarification of basic conceptual, financial, and personnel questions. The latter includes the decision to appoint Helmut Krausnick as one of the two editors of the projects. Beside letters the bundle contains a detailed memo on a meeting of Alfred Wiener, Eva Reichmann, and Paul Kluke at The Wiener Library (1954).

Conditions Governing Access

open

Related Units of Description

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

People

  • Kluke, Paul

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Administration
  • Jewish history
  • Antisemitism, defence against
  • German-Jewish dialogue
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