Correspondence with Imperial War Museum (IWM)

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/638
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110370
Dates
10 May 1950 - 13 Nov 1959
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Imperial War Museum

Biographical History

The Imperial War Museum (IWM) is a British national museum organisation with its headquarters in London. Opened in 1920 it is among the world’s leading war museums.

Scope and Content

The correspondence centres on mutual information requests on various topics including among others: the sinking of the SS Cap Arcona and the SS Thielbeck as well as the German politicians and antifascists Erich Ollenhauer and Waldemar von Knoeringen. The two latter were subject of an enquiry by British far right political figure A. F. X. Baron.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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Subjects

  • Extreme right
  • Museums
  • Cap Arcona [ship]
  • Anti-fascists

Places

  • Great Britain
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