Correspondence with Blumenfeld, Kurt

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/166
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 109470
Dates
10 Nov 1953 - 27 Oct 1959
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Kurt Yehuda Blumenfeld (1884-1963) was a German Zionist and close friend of Hannah Arendt. Among others he had served as secretary of the Zionist Union for Germany and as general secretary for the World Zionist Organization. He fled to Palestine in 1933 where he continued his work. See Walk, J., Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden 1918–1945, Munich et. al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 38.

Scope and Content

Containing only one letter by Blumenfeld the correspondence centred apparently on philosophical, political and historical aspects of the state Israel and its development.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Blumenfeld, Kurt

Subjects

Places

  • Israel
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