Correspondence with Carsten, Francis Ludwig

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/261
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 109565
Dates
25 Nov 1957 - 26 Oct 1961
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • The Wiener Holocaust Library

Biographical History

Prof. Dr. Francis Ludwig Carsten (1911-1998) was a British historian of Jewish-German origin. His family had immigrated to England in 1936, where Carsten was appointed professor at the University of London. Germany was the main subject of his work. Berghahn, V., ‘Francis L. Carsten 1911-1998’, in: Geschichte und Gesellschaft, vol. 25, 1999, pp. 504-10.

Scope and Content

The correspondence throws light on Carsten’s involvement in two publication projects of The Wiener Library including the planned Dokumentenwerk, a work on persecution and extermination of European Jewry between 1933 and 1945, as well as On the Track of Tyranny, a book published on occasion of Leonard Montefiore's 70th anniversary. In both cases Carsten’s contribution comprised editorial and authorial works.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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Related Units of Description

  • See also the numerous correspondences on the Dokumentenwerk project within the Pre-1963 Correspondence collection including another one with Francis Ludwig Carsten.

People

  • Carsten, F. L. (Francis Ludwig)
  • Brügel, Johann Wolfgang

Subjects

  • Publishing
  • Libraries and Archives
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