Correspondence with Breslauer, Walter

Identifier
3000/9/1/201
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
File
Languages
  • German
  • English
  • Dutch
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

52 letters

Biographical History

Dr. Walter Breslauer (1890-1981) was British lawyer of Jewish-German origin. Among others he was head of administration of the Jewish community of his hometown Berlin since the early 1930s. In 1936 he emigrated to England where he was later appointed vice president of the Council for the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Jews from Germany. See Walk, J., , Munich et. al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 46.

Scope and Content

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.

Conditions Governing Access

open

People

  • Breslauer, Walter

Corporate Bodies

  • The Wiener Library

Subjects

  • Libraries and Archives
  • Racial persecution, Jews
  • Refugees

Places

  • England
  • Third Reich [1933-1945]
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