Correspondence with Hilfestelle für Rasseverfolgte

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/604
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110336
Dates
29 Mar 1954 - 8 Apr 1963
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Hilfsstelle für Rasseverfolgte bei der Evang. Gesellschaft Stuttgart
  • Evangelische Hilfsstelle für ehemals Rasseverfolgte
  • Evangelische Hilfsstelle für ehemals Rassenverfolgte

Biographical History

The Hilfestelle für Rasseverfolgte bei der evangelischen Gesellschaft Stuttgart was established in September 1945 to cater to the needs of so called 'Christian Jews'- Jews who had converted to Christianity. Originally founded in Berlin it re-established itself in Stuttgart on the initiative of the local Jewish community.

Scope and Content

Correspondence on various subjects including requests for books and other material; the question of the Jewish roots of Thomas Theodor Heine; the influence of Judaism in the Soviet Union; Maimonides; translations of the Talmud; statistics on postwar Jewish population in West Germany, on those murdered by the Nazis/ persecuted Jews in Baden Württemberg, and on war graves in Europe; material on the ‘Jewish Question’. Contained are several postcards.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

This material has been digitised. Readers should book a reading room terminal to access it.

People

  • Majer-Leonhard, Fritz

Subjects

  • Talmud
  • Statistics
  • Racial persecution
  • Protestant churches/ Protestantism
  • Judaism
  • Jewish Question

Places

  • Stuttgart
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