Correspondence with Mendelssohn, Peter de

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/967
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110701
Dates
9 Jun 1953 - 23 Jun 1963
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Peter de Mendelssohn (1908-1982) was a British-German writer and historian. Due to his Jewish background he had emigrated to Austria in 1933 and later to London. He reported from the Nuremberg trials and played a vital role in establishing a democratic press system in post-war West Germany. De Mendellsohn was married to Jewish-Austrian writer Hilde Spiel. See Pross, H., ‘Mendelssohn, Peter de’, in: Neue Deutsche Biographie, Vol. 17, Berlin, Duncker&Humboldt, 1994, pp. 63-65.

Scope and Content

Comprising letters with Peter de Mendelssohn as well as his wife Hilde Spiel, the correspondence deals with Mendelssohn’s offer to deposit parts of his private collection at The Wiener Library, and some requests for bibliographic information.

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People

  • Spiel, Hilde
  • Mendelssohn, Peter de
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