Correspondence with Castonier, Elisabeth

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/262
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 109566
Dates
1 May 1960 - 5 Dec 1963
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Elisabeth Castonier, nee Borchardt (1894-1975) was a German writer. When the Nazis came to power she left the country and settled in England eventually. Beside publishing books, she also wrote for several newspapers. See Castonier, E., Stürmisch bis heiter: Memoiren einer Aussenseiterin, Frankfurt am Main, Ullstein, 1988.

Scope and Content

Containing handwritten and typewritten letters the correspondence deals with two main subjects. One concerns German physician Georg August Weltz, who was tried, but not sentenced at the Nuremberg Medical Trial for experiments with inmates of Dachau concentration camp. The other one comprises numerous information requests on events and figures related to the Weimar Republic or the Third Reich. In order to complete her memoirs Castonier needed to clarify various details from these periods.

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Related Units of Description

People

  • Weltz, Georg August
  • Castonier, Elisabeth

Subjects

Places

  • Third Reich [1933-1945]
  • Weimar Republic [1919-1933]
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