Correspondence with Böll, Heinrich

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/172
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 109476
Dates
21 Feb 1959 - 10 Oct 1961
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Germania Judaica

Biographical History

Heinrich Theodor Böll (1917-1985) was one of the most outstanding German authors of the post-war era and laureate of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972. In his works the former Nazi opponent dealt with the then recently founded Federal Republic of Germany in a critical way. His works have been translated in more than 30 languages. See Vormewg, H., Der andere Deutsche: Heinrich Böll. Eine Biographie, Cologne, Kiepenheuer&Witsch, 2002.

Scope and Content

The correspondence centres primarily on the establishment of the Germania Judaica in Cologne, a special library for the history of German Jews, and the related consignment of books. It contains one handwritten and one typewritten letter by H. Böll, who was personally acquainted with Alfred Wiener after both had met in early 1959.

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People

  • Böll, Heinrich

Subjects

  • Nobel Prize winners
  • Libraries and Archives
  • German literature
  • German-Jewish dialogue

Places

  • Cologne
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