Correspondence with South African Jewish Board of Deputies

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/1289
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 109795
Dates
29 Jan 1952 - 30 Dec 1963
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • South African Jewish Board of Deputies

Biographical History

Established in 1912, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies is the representative body of the majority of South African Jewry.

Scope and Content

Correspondence on various subjects including among others: support of the Library’s funding; anti-Semitic leaflets by Scandinavian anti-Semite Einar Aberg and distributed by R. K. Rudman; exchange of materials; an enquiry for material on British fascist Oswald Mosely, related with a libel case in South Africa; or German extreme right activist Peter Kleist journalist. Contained is further a brief correspondence with the Council of Natal Jewry on the display of a Warsaw Ghetto exhibition (1960-61).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Rudman, R. K.
  • Åberg, Einar
  • Kleist, Peter

Subjects

Places

  • South Africa
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