Correspondence with Feldheim, Heinz Dietrich

Identifier

WL3000/9/1/438

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

110170

Dates

12 Apr 1955 - 11 Dec 1962

Level of Description

Collection

Languages

German

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/110170

Extent and Medium

31 items

Biographical History

Dr. Heinz Dietrich Feldheim (1908-1997) was a Jewish-German Nazi resistance fighter. After being imprisoned in the concentration camps Dachau and Buchenwald he had emigrated to England in 1939. He served in the Royal Army and became a teacher later. In 1966 he moved back to Germany.

Scope and Content

Comprising handwritten and typewritten letters, and containing a postcard the correspondence concerns various issues including among others: the authoring of an eyewitness account for The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project (1955); individuals and events related to his imprisonment in Dachau and Buchenwald (1959); the attendance of public talks and the sending of books (1960-1962).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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Related Units of Description

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

See also Feldheim’s autobiographical notes Lebenslauf eines politisch und rassisch verfolgten deutschen Juden.

People

Schneider, Paul
Poller, Walter
Heilmann, Ernst
Feldheim, Heinz Dietrich

Subjects

Places

Third Reich [1933-1945]
Great Britain

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