Grossbard family: Correspondence

Identifier
WL1149
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70265
Dates
1 Jan 1922 - 31 Jan 1962
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • German Jewish Aid Committee

Acquisition

Donated Dec 1991

Donor: Michael Gordon

Scope and Content

This collection comprises correspondence from the friends and family of Siegfried Grossbard, a Jewish refugee from Vienna who eventually became resident in Great Britain. Much of the material was used by Michael Gordon, the depositor and son of Siegfried, in his history of his father's experience of the Nazi years Plaything of Destiny [Wiener Library OSP 497]. The latter provides a full history of the family and a commentary on the correspondence. Not all of the correspondence referred to in Plaything of Destiny is held within this collection. In particular there are no letters from the Grossbard brothers whilst inmates of Dachau and Buchenwald in 1938.

System of Arrangement

The material has been arranged chronologically into two groups: correspondence and papers from friends, family and others,1149/1/1-291; correspondence from Otto Morawetz, 1149/2/1-166.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

People

  • Morawetz, Otto
  • Grossbard family

Subjects

Places

  • Argentina
  • Australia
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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