Franz Szell: correspondence re Alfred Rosenberg

Identifier
WL936
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70836
Dates
1 Jan 1936 - 31 Jan 1937
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Franz Szell, an exiled Hungarian journalist apparently resident in Tilsit, Lithuania, and the author of this material, spent more than a year in the archives in Latvia and Estonia researching Alfred Rosenberg's family history with a view to publishing the open letter (936/1).

Archival History

Provenance unknown

Scope and Content

The letter seeks to demonstrate the racially mixed background of one of the Nazis most virulent exponents of Nazi racial ideology. The collection also includes copies (in several languages) of a letter addressed to Goering, Göbbels and von Neurath, amongst others, containing essentially the same information as in the open letter (936/2). The last letter is addressed to the Justice Minister, Trygre Lie, Oslo, and in addition to the information contained in the above, contains details of the author's own experiences.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Related Units of Description

  • Another version of the open letter is held at the Berlin Document Centre.

People

  • Szell, Franz
  • Rosenberg, Alfred

Subjects

  • Racial doctrine
  • Letters
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