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  1. Correspondence with Cohn, George

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding numerous restitution related information requests which concerned: the ghetto in Riga; the emigration of Jewish-German refugees to Turkey 1933-1936; the (NSBO); fatigue duty for Jews in Hungary; deportations from Berlin; the ghetto in Chernivtsi; internment camps in Italy; the ghetto in Belzyce; special terms on gold coins in Austria; a Jewish asylum in Breslau; a hospital for children in Prague; the legal situation in Danzig after the German occupation; a case of in Frankfurt am Main; the situation of married couples in Theresienstadt; and antisemitic incidents in ...

  2. Correspondence with Cohn, Ernst Joseph

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence documents the long-term and professional relation between the correspondents. It centres on the exchange of information material, work and restitution related enquiries on events or individuals related to the Nazi era, the discussion of current affairs, especially on politics and antisemitism in West Germany, and the publication of several articles by E. J. Cohn in the Library’s Bulletin. Beside letters, the correspondence contains the transcript of a newspaper article as well the transcript of a speech given by German politician Franz Böhm on a radio show. Both concern t...

  3. Correspondence with Deutscher Gewerkschaftesbund (DGB)

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding bibliographic details, information material, the scheduling of meetings, and talks Wiener Library staff members gave for the DGB. Among the correspondents is DGB chairman Ludwig Rosenberg, Jewish refugee in London during National Socialism and user of The Wiener Library at this time.

  4. Correspondence with Dienemann, Alfred

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    One handwritten and one typewritten letter about a potential remembrance ceremony for the recently passed away Leo Löwenstein.

  5. Correspondence with Bloch, Julius

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence centres on the whereabouts of the of the Jewish community in Friedberg near Frankfurt am Main. Contained are letters of several other individuals involved in the object’s tracing process. Upon his passing the acquisition of parts of Bloch’s estate is briefly discussed.

  6. Correspondence with Blank, Max

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding the 75th anniversary of the mall ‘Kogge’ in Witten. Contained is an ad prospect published on this occassion.

  7. Correspondence with Brandt, Walter A.

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding an enquiry on Walter Auerbach, and especially his activities during his exile in the UK.

  8. Correspondence with Breslauer, Walter

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence concerns various administrative, financial, and mostly historical aspects, i.e. those related to the Nazi persecution of the Jews. Particular reference deserves the discussion of a draft of a new constitution for The Wiener Library (1948-49). Beside several handwritten letters by Breslauer the correspondence contains on letter in Dutch language.

  9. Correspondence with Borkenau, Hanna

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding prosperous Jewish art collectors and patrons in (Western) Europe including short profiles of the persons in question and a CV of H. Borkenau.

  10. Correspondence with Borchard, Lucy

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence concerns Borchard’s financial contributions to The Wiener Library as well as an enquiry for writing an eyewitness account for the Library’s eyewitness testimony project.

  11. Correspondence with Bonn, Moritz Julius

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Comprising handwritten and typewritten letters the correspondence concerns an article Bonn had authored for The Wiener Library Bulletin, and the approach of influential individuals in West Germany, including its president Theodor Heuss.

  12. Correspondence with Bondy, Louis Wolfgang

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence centres on everyday issues, mainly the acquisition of books. Contained is also the copy of a certification of employment dates and salary of Bondy for his time at the Jewish Central Information Office (JCIO) in Amsterdam.

  13. Correspondence with Brueckheimer, Lassar

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding the publication of a typescript on the destruction of Jewish communities in Germany during the November Pogrom 1938, authored by late Simon Brückheimer. Beside L. Brueckheimer, the bundle of papers contains several other correspondents involved in this process including representatives of two small publishing houses. Following a microfilm copy of the Brückheimer material The Wiener Library had produced for Yad Vashem, copy right issues are addressed.

  14. Correspondence with Buckeridge & Braune

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence, with refugees Rudolf Graupner and Hans Jacobi almost exclusively, regarding restitution related information requests, and the lending of certain materials from the Library. The enquiries include among others former camps Westerbork, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Sobibor. Moreover, Jacobi’s own restitution claim in West Germany, his Library membership and his authorship of a book review, published in the Library’s Bulletin, are mentioned.

  15. Correspondence with Bund der Verfolgten des Naziregimes (BVN)

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding historical subjects and political activities of the BVN. This includes among others the terms of access to German records in British archives, information about prominent Nazis and now West German officials Werner Naumann and Wilhelm Voss, the fate of Jewish refugees on the MS St. Louis liner, the conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp in the wake of the November Pogrom in 1938, and the controversial German-Jewish author and right-wing activist Josef Ginsburg (aka J. G. Burg).

  16. Correspondence with Broh, Richard

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding a personal account for The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project, and the scheduling of meetings.

  17. Correspondence with Buxton, Dorothy Francis

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The hand- and typewritten letters concern Buxton’s offer to provide The Wiener Library with selected books and material from her private collection. She further claimed to have met and briefly interviewed Hermann Göring in Germany on March 26, 1935. Beside letters, the correspondence contains a memo about a meeting with Buxton as well as a clipping of her obituary published in .

  18. Correspondence with Buys-Plaut, Edith

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding a restitution related request to Alfred Wiener for a sworn statement about Buys-Plaut’s employment at the (C.V.). Contained is further correspondence with Max Markreich, former chairman of the Jewish community Bremen, whom she had contacted too. Besides, the options for publishing a study of Markreich’s on the Jewish community Bremen is discussed.

  19. Correspondence with Caley, T.

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Thank you note to T. Caley for sending a report on her persecution during National Socialism to the Wiener Library.

  20. Correspondence with Cahn, Walter

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding a meeting during an upcoming trip of Alfred Wiener to the Netherlands in July 1955.