Correspondence with Abrahamsohn, Arthur

Identifier
3000/9/1/34
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
File
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

12 letters

Biographical History

Arthur Abrahamson (1879-1961) was a Jewish-German lawyer from Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland). Before emigrating to England in the mid-1930s he had served as head of the Jewish community in his hometown. See Walk, J., , Munich et. al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 4.

Scope and Content

The correspondence centres on an information request by Abrahamson on the to substaniate his restitution claims heard in Cologne. Further letters pertain to the consignment of books and documents to the Library, birthday wishes, and Abrahamson’s contribution to The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project.

Conditions Governing Access

open

Related Units of Description

  • For information about the eyewitness testimony project and access to the compiled reports see the .

People

  • Abrahamson, Arthur

Subjects

  • Personal narratives
  • Restitution
  • Refugees
  • Expropriation
  • Jews

Places

  • Cologne
  • Szczecin
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