Correspondence with Kersten, Kurt

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/763
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110495
Dates
13 Jul 1957 - 2 Sep 1957
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Kurt Kersten (1891-1962) was a Jewish-German historian, journalist and author. He had survived the Holocaust under precarious conditions in exile. After the war he wrote for several journals.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding source material about the arrest of German social democratic politicians Rudolf Breitscheid and Rudolf Hilferding in France, and the latter’s death in the Gestapo prison in Paris.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Kersten, Kurt
  • Hilferding, Rudolf
  • Breitscheid, Rudolf

Subjects

  • Social Democracy
  • Political persecution

Places

  • France
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