Correspondence with and about Senator für Inneres Berlin (West) - Lipschitz, Joachim
Extent and Medium
65 letters
Creator(s)
- Berlin. Senator für Inneres
Biographical History
Joachim Lipschitz (1918-1961) was a German centre left politician of mixed Jewish heritage who was hidden from the Nazis and politically persecuted by the Russians after the war. From 1955-61 he served as Innensenator (minister of interior) of the city state of West Berlin.
Scope and Content
Correspondence on a variety of subjects including arrangements for a visit to London; financial support for the Wiener Library regarding the research project Berliner Widerstand 1933-1945; antisemitic riots in Berlin; exchange of materials; membership list of the NS-Ärztebund; the death of Joachim Lipschitz in December 1961; fate of Hermann Pister, former commandant of Buchenwald.
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People
- Pister, Hermann
- Lipschitz, Joachim
Subjects
- Antisemitism
- Resistance
- Politics
- German-Jewish dialogue
- Buchenwald (concentration camp)
Places
- Berlin, West