Correspondence regarding Dokumentenwerk - with Guttsman, Wilhelm Leo

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/24
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 109328
Dates
26 Jun 1958 - 3 Mar 1959
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.

Wilhelm Leo Guttsman (1920-1998) was a British scholar and librarian of Jewish-German descent. He had come to England after being imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp in 1938. In the late 1950’s he was hired by The Wiener Library as project researcher.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding the freelance employment of Guttsman by The Wiener Library and his task to write a chapter (‘The failure of the many’) for the planned Dokumentenwerk publication. Contained are a project outline as well as a discussion note by Guttsman.

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

  • Guttsman, W.L.

Subjects

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

Places

  • West Germany [1949-1990]
  • England
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