Gunter Wittenberg: copy personal papers

Identifier
WL1519
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70476
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Jan 1959
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Wittenberg, Gunter

Biographical History

During the war years he became a secret intermediary, the confidant of such major figures as Chaim Weizmann and Albert Einstein, as well as hundreds of others, for whom he was able to arrange escapes, on account of his dual nationality and familiarity with Gestapo extortion techniques.

Acquisition

Diary, letters, documents` of Gunter WitteNB erg

Donated December 2000

Donor: Joe Bord

Scope and Content

This collection consists of the personal papers of Gunter Wittenberg, a former German Jewish refugee from Berlin. The papers contain an extract from his diary covering the early years in this country and correspondence and papers relating to his work history.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Related Units of Description

  • See also Unpublished Memoir 4185, My Seven Years' War, for an account by his wife, Eva Wittenberg, of her life as a refugee in this country.

Subjects

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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