Correspondence with Rathjens, Carl August

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/1121
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110855
Dates
1 Jan 1952 - 28 Nov 1958
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Prof. Dr. Carl August Rathjens (1887-1966) was a German geographer specialized on Arabian regions. For having tried to help a Jewish colleague to flee Nazi Germany he had been briefly arrested in 1940.

Scope and Content

Correspondence and biographical account of Carl Rathjens from his jouney to Saudi Arabia in 1927 until the end of World War Two.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Philby, H. St. J. B. (Harry St. John Bridger)
  • Rathjens, Carl

Subjects

Places

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Third Reich [1933-1945]
  • Yemen
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