Correspondence with Jordans, Hermann Dietrich von
Extent and Medium
24 letters
Biographical History
Hermann-Dietrich von Jordans was a German state official, working at West German government's press and information service.
Scope and Content
The correspondence centres on: support of The Wiener Library by German authorities by granting free book supplies; a talk given by Alfred Wiener for an informal circle of liberal German state officials in Bonn; and providing interested state officials with copies of historical documents regarding the former Wehrmacht general Erich von Manstein, who had been tried and sentenced as war criminal in 1949.
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People
- Jordans, Hermann Dietrich von
- Manstein, Erich von
Subjects
- War criminals
- Administration
Places
- West Germany [1949-1990]
- London