Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documentation regarding the 1954 "Rothmund Affair" in Switzerland, and regarding special matters related to the treatment of foreign Jews in Zurich, 1936-1957 In the file: - Documentation regarding the "Rothmund Affair": deliberation regarding the parliamentary question submitted by Hans Oprecht, a member of the Nationalrat (Swiss Parliament), to the Swiss government, 08 June 1954, related to the responsibility of Heinrich Rothmund for the entering of the letter "J" in the passports of the German Jews (Parliament session, 16 June 1954); newspaper clippings regarding this affair; answer to Oprecht's parliamentary question given by Markus Feldmann, head of the Swiss Ministry of Justice, 14 June 1954; copy of the order issued by the German Ministry of the Interior regarding the entering of the letter "J" in the passports of the German Jews, signed by Werner Best, 05 October 1938; "Taking a Stand", a letter of self-justification written by Rothmund, 01 April 1954, regarding an article in the Swiss newspaper, "Beobachter", 31 March 1954, which stirred up the "Rothmund Affair"; Rothmund's comments regarding Oprecht's "Taking a Stand" and the report presented by Professor Carl Ludwig, 10 October 1957; decision of a general meeting of SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) representatives regarding the responsibility of the Swiss government for the "J" stamp, 27 May 1954. - Documentation regarding Swiss policy regarding the granting of Swiss citizenship, including the verdict on the matter of Ilse Rosenthal-Wild, who married a stateless Jew from Germany, 1948; documentation regarding the decision of the Swiss Ministry of Justice to revoke the granting of citizenship to Eduard Von Der Heiydt, a Nazi from Germany, 1947; proposal to make it more difficult to become a citizen in the city of Zurich, presented to the municipal council, 13 June 1936. Also in the file: - Documentation regarding the cancellation of the first names of Jews of Germany, "Sara" and "Israel" from Zurich municipal documents, 1945-1946.