Correspondence with Thieme, Karl

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/1397
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 109903
Dates
2 Jul 1953 - 31 Aug 1963
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Prof. Dr. Karl Thieme (1902-1963) was a Christian German historian who had been dismissed from university by the Nazis and had to emigrate later. In the post-war era he played an eminent role in the Christian-Jewish dialogue in West Germany.

Scope and Content

Correspondence on several subjects including research on the history of German Jewry, the exchange of published material, and the Dokumentenwerk project, a planned edition of documents on the Nazi persecution of Jews The Wiener Library and some German partners were working on. Contained are some memos.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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Related Units of Description

  • See also the further correspondences on the Dokumentenwerk project within the Pre-1963 Correspondence collection, including another one with Karl Thieme.

People

  • Thieme, Karl
  • Luckner, Gertrud

Subjects

  • Publishing
  • Judeo-Christian relations
  • German-Jewish dialogue

Places

  • West Germany [1949-1990]
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