Correspondence with Maybaum, Ignaz

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/959
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110693
Dates
30 Sep 1954 - 31 May 1958
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Dr Ignaz Maybaum (1897-1976) was a German-Austrian rabbi and liberal theologian. In 1935 he was interned in the concentration camp Columbia-Haus. Later he and his family emigrated to England where he lectured at the Leo Baeck college from the mid-1950s.

See Röder, W. and H. Strauss (ed.), Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration nach 1933, vol. 1: Politik, Wirtschaft, öffentliches Leben, Munich, Saur, 1980, p. 4

Scope and Content

Comprising hand- and typewritten letters the correspondence deals with an information request about Dutch professor Kornelis Heiko Miskotte and a book he had published, the consignment of primary source material, birthday wishes, and bibliographic information on Austrian writer Karl Kraus.

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People

  • Maybaum, Ignaz

Subjects

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