Correspondence with Bundeszentrale für Heimatdienst

Documenting the close cooperation between the two institutions the correspondence throws light on the involvement of The Wiener Library in official efforts to fight Antisemitism in post-war West Germany. Contained are bound minutes of a workshop on this subject, conference proceedings, internal memos, a typescript of a survivor report on Belzec extermination camp (1955), an exposé on anti-Semitic incidents in West Germany 1959/1960, and press cuttings.

Issues addressed are among various others: an initial workshop on the fight of Antisemitism and debriefing (1953/54); certain aspects related to the Dokumentenwerk, a joint publication project of The Wiener Library and the Munich based Institut für Zeitgeschichte on the persecution of Jews during the Nazi era; questions related to the publishing of several other studies on National Socialism; financial support by the Bundeszentrale for the print and distribution of bibliographic catalogues on National Socialism compiled by the Library; internal organisational issues of the Bundeszentrale (1960/61).