Correspondence with Berent, Ernst

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/127
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 109431
Dates
3 Jan 1958 - 10 Oct 1961
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Council of Jews from Germany

Biographical History

Dr Ernst Berent (1887-1961) was a lawyer from Danzig. He was part of the board of the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens (C. V.), and served as head of the Jewish community of Danzig from 1933. In 1938 he emigrated to England. From 1955 on he served as honoray secretary for the Council of Jews from Germany.

See Röder, W. and H. Strauss (ed.), Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration nach 1933, vol. 1: Politik, Wirtschaft, öffentliches Leben, Munich, Saur, 1980, p. 53.

Scope and Content

The correspondence sheds light on Berent’s bonds with his German home. The letters centre on source material on the Jewry of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland), and a critical discussion of an anti-German article published in the Library’s Bulletin. Contained are birthday wishes as well as a letter of condolence on Berent’s passing.

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People

  • Berent, Ernst

Subjects

Places

  • Gdansk
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