Correspondence with Gerald Reitlinger's 'The Final Solution'

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/514
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110246
Dates
14 May 1954 - 22 Aug 1956
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Deutscher Caritasverband
  • Jewish Agency for Palestine
  • Rijksinstituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie
  • Institut für Zeitgeschichte
  • Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany
  • Council for the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Jews from Germany
  • Colloquium
  • Bundeszentrale für Heimatdienst

Biographical History

Gerald Roberts Reitlinger (1900-1978) was a British (art) historian and scholar. Published in 1953 his book The Final Solution: The attempt to exterminate the Jews of Europe 1939-1945 was one of the first comprehensive studies of the Holocaust.

Scope and Content

Involving various individuals and organisations the correspondence documents the role The Wiener Library played in the process of adapting Reitlinger’s study The Final Solution for its publication in West Germany. The main covered subjects are translation, funding and editing. Contained is an undated report or transcript respectively about the published version of the book.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Hess, Otto H.
  • Franken, Paul
  • Brügel, Johann Wolfgang
  • Reitlinger, Gerald
  • Luckner, Gertrud
  • Grossmann, Kurt R. (Kurt Richard)

Subjects

  • Holocaust
  • Final Solution (nazi terminology)
  • Publishing

Places

  • West Germany [1949-1990]
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