Correspondence with Wiener, Alfred

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/1547
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110053
Dates
12 Feb 1952 - 29 Dec 1958
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • The Wiener Holocaust Library

Biographical History

Dr Alfred Wiener (1885-1964) was Jewish German activist against Anti-Semitism in general and National Socialism in particular. Leaving Germany in 1933 he survived the Nazi era in exile. An internationally regarded personality, Wiener is most prominently known as founder and longtime director of The Wiener Library.

See Barkow, B., Alfred Wiener and the making of the Holocaust library, London, Vallentine Mitchell, 1997.

Scope and Content

Comprising handwritten and typewritten letters, the correspondence contains the work related communication of Wiener with Wiener Library staff members while on official trips or on annual leave. Among the various topics dealt with are the Library’s eyewitness testimony project, a planned edition of documents on the persecution of Jews in the Nazi era (‘Dokumentenwerk’), efforts to secure the Library’s funding and the finding of new premises for the institution.

Particular reference can be made to numerous summaries of meetings which Wiener had on his trips as well as to drafts for articles he authored on various subjects. Furthermore, some press cuttings, address lists, postcards, announcements for public talks, and telegrams are contained.

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People

  • Rudas, Ruth
  • Reichmann, Eva G.
  • Wiener, Alfred
  • Aronsfeld, Caesar C.

Subjects

Places

  • London
  • Europe
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