Correspondence with Plaut, Dr. Menko

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/1094
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110828
Dates
9 Jul 1952 - 1 Sep 1959
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Prof. Dr. Menko Plaut was an Israeli agricultural scientist of German descent. He had emigrated to Palestine in 1936. Plaut was a close friend of Alfred Wiener and father of Wiener’s son in law, the husband of his daughter Eva.

See Walk, J., Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden 1918-1945, Munich et. al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 298.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding the purchase of books, the publishing of an obituary in the Jewish Chronicle, and birthday wishes. Included are also a brief correspondence with the United Restitution Office (URO) regarding a restitution related affidavit for Menko Plaut (1956), a brief correspondence with the cultural department of the West German Ministry of Interior (1957), and a copy of the renewed certificate by the university Marburg awarding Plaut with the doctoral degree (1959).

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People

  • Plaut, Menko

Subjects

Places

  • Israel
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