Correspondence with Sternfeld, Wilhelm
Extent and Medium
48 letters
Biographical History
Wilhelm Sternfeld (1888-1973) was a Jewish-German journalist and writer. The social democrat had emigrated to France in 1933, to Prague in 1935, and to England in 1939 where he was interned on the Isle of Man. Later he edited and worked as secretary for a number of literary organisations. See Walk, J., Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden 1918-1945, Munich et.al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 356.
Scope and Content
Correspondence mainly regarding mutual invitations, exchange of materials, birthday wishes and also on the subject of German exile literature.
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People
- Sternfeld, Wilhelm
Subjects
- Refugees
- Exile literature