Correspondence with Hammer, Walter

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/556
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110288
Dates
8 Jun 1953 - 8 Jul 1960
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Walter Hösterey, pen name Walter Hammer (1888-1966) was a German writer and publisher. A political opponent he had been interned by the Nazis in Sachsenhausen concentration camp and in prison. After the war he built up an archive of German resistance.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding enquiries by Hammer for material about several people persecuted in the Nazi era including Helmut Hirsch, Štefan Lux, and Hans Litten; the gathering and dissemination of information on the fate of people imprisoned in Nazi prisons; and the consignment of a certain correspondence of Hammer with a third person. Contained are numerous transcripts and printed material.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Litten, Hans
  • Lux, Stefan
  • Hirsch, Helmut
  • Hammer, Walter

Subjects

  • Publishing
  • Political persecution
  • Anti-Nazis

Places

  • Third Reich [1933-1945]
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