Correspondence with Komitee der Antifaschistischen Widerstandskämpfer in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (KdAW)

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/796
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110528
Dates
7 Feb 1957 - 5 Sep 1963
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Komitee der Antifaschistischen Widerstandskämpfer in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik

Biographical History

Founded by former anti-Nazi resistance fighters in 1953 the Komitee der Antifaschistischen Widerstandskämpfer was an East German organisation tasked with the cultivation of anti-fascist traditions. It was closely related with the SED, the communist party.

Scope and Content

Correspondence mainly with Rudolf Wunderlich, former Anti-Nazi resistance fighter and survivor of Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Aside from the consignment of published material by the Committee the letters focus on enquiries for archival material from The Wiener Library. This includes an exhibition related request for photographs from Sachsenhausen concentration camp for the new Sachsenhausen memorial to be built (1960) as well as a request for a report about Flossenbürg concentration camp related to the trial of a former inmate of this very camp (1962). Contained is a New Year card from 1960.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Wunderlich, Rudolf

Subjects

Places

  • East Germany [1949-1990]
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