Correspondence with Ainsztein, Reuben
Extent and Medium
104 letters
Biographical History
Reuben Ainsztein (1917-1981) was a British journalist of Jewish-Polish descent. Living in Belgium, he fled to Spain in 1940, where he was interned. Upon his release he got to England and joined the Royal Air Force. After the war he started a career as freelance journalist writing for , , , and also . See In Memoriam, in: , vol. 37 (1982), no. 2, p. 8.
Scope and Content
The correspondence documents Ainsztein’s long-term freelance work for The Wiener Library, primarily by contributing numerous pieces - articles, reviews, summaries - to its Bulletin. Moreover, work related fees are subject of some letters.
Conditions Governing Access
open
People
- Ainsztein, Reuben
Subjects
- Jewish press
- Survivors
- Refugees
Places
- Third Reich [1933-1945]
- Great Britain