Correspondence with Moses, Siegfried

Identifier

WL3000/9/1/995

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

110729

Dates

14 Jun 1956 - 28 Sep 1957

Level of Description

Collection

Languages

German

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/110729

Extent and Medium

11 letters

Biographical History

Dr Siegfried Moses (1887-1974) was an Israeli lawyer and politician of German descent. The vice president of the Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden had fled to Palestine in 1937. Later he was appointed Israel’s first state control officer, and served as president of the Leo Baeck Institute.

See Röder, W. and H. Strauss (ed.), Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration nach 1933, vol. 1: Politik, Wirtschaft, öffentliches Leben, Munich, Saur, 1980, p. 509.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding difficulties with Yad Vashem and the Claims Conference related with The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project, and arrangements with third persons regarding a gift for Siegfried Moses’ 70th birthday.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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Related Units of Description

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

People

Moses, Siegfried

Subjects

Libraries and Archives
Personal narratives

Places

Israel
England

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