Correspondence with Lask, Gustav

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/860
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110594
Dates
10 Aug 1955 - 6 Oct 1956
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Gustav Lask (1876-1961) was a Jewish-German Businessman and World War I veteran. Upon being shot and severely wounded during the November Pogrom in 1938 he had emigrated to England where he campaigned for the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR). See Walk, J., Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden 1918-1945, Munich et. al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 216.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding the consignment of an excerpt from Lasks’ prewar diaries to The Wiener Library. Concerning his experiences of the November Pogrom 1938 this excerpt was later merged into the Library’s eyewitness testimony collection.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

This material has been digitised. Readers should book a reading room terminal to access it.

Related Units of Description

  • For information about the eyewitness testimony project and access to the compiled reports see the Eyewitness Testimony Collection.

    The excerpt from his diary supplemented an earlier account by Lasker on the same subject. This early account is part of The Wiener Library’s collection of eyewitness reports regarding the November Pogrom and can be accessed here.

People

  • Lask, Gustav

Subjects

Places

  • Third Reich [1933-1945]
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