Correspondence regarding Dokumentenwerk - with Heilbrunn, Rudolf

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/17
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 109321
Dates
19 Jul 1954 - 22 Oct 1954
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Beginning in 1954 The Wiener Library and the Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ) in Munich worked jointly on an edition of documents (Dokumentenwerk) regarding the persecution of Jews in the Nazi era. Initiated by the Ministry of Interior (BMI) and funded by the Federal Agency for Homeland Service (BHD) this project was part of larger journalistic endeavors by these two authorities to fight and prevent Antisemitism in West Germany. Due to ongoing problems the Dokumentenwerk was cancelled eventually in May 1963.

The historian Dr Rudolf M. Heilbrunn (1901-1998) was a Jewish-German Holocaust survivor. In the early 1950s he was one of the editors of a similar BMI and BHD book project related to the Dokumentenwerk.

Scope and Content

Editing a compendium on German Jewry Heilbrunn asks Alfred Wiener to submit an article on emigration during the Nazi era, and requests assistance with the search for other contributors to this book.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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Related Units of Description

  • See the numerous correspondences on the Dokumentenwerk project within the Pre-1963 Correspondence series.

People

  • Heilbrunn, Rudolf M.

Subjects

  • Vergangenheitsbewältigung
  • Survivors
  • Publishing
  • Jewish history
  • German-Jewish dialogue
  • Antisemitism, defence against

Places

  • West Germany [1949-1990]
  • England
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