Correspondence with Abrahamsohn, Arthur

Identifier

WL3000/9/1/34

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

109338

Dates

4 May 1954 - 3 Sep 1955

Level of Description

Collection

Languages

German

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/109338

Extent and Medium

12 letters

Biographical History

Arthur Abrahamsohn (1879-1961) was a Jewish-German lawyer from Stettin (today Szczecin, Poland). Before emigrating to England with his family in the late 1930s, he had served as head of the Jewish community in his hometown.

See Walk, J., Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden 1918–1945, Munich et. al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 4.

Scope and Content

The correspondence centres on an information request by Abrahamsohn on the Judenvermögensabgabe ("Jewish Capital Levy") to substaniate his restitution claims heard in Cologne. Further letters pertain to the consignment of books and documents to the Library, birthday wishes, and Abrahamsohn’s contribution to The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project.

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Related Units of Description

For primary sources on Arthur Abrahamsohn see Collection 2214: Kenneth Ambrose personal papers and photos.

For a secondary source on Arthur Abrahamsohn see Kenneth Ambrose (formerly Kurt Abrahamsohn), The Suitcase in the Garage. Letters and Photographs of a German Jewish family, 1800-1950 (London 1996).

For information about the eyewitness testimony project and access to the compiled reports see Collection 1656: Eyewitness Testimony Collection.

People

Abrahamsohn, Arthur

Subjects

Places

West Germany [1949-1990]
Third Reich [1933-1945]
Szczecin
Cologne

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