Correspondence with and about Senator für Inneres Berlin (West) - Lipschitz, Joachim

Identifier
3000/9/1/71
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
File
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

65 letters

Biographical History

Joachim Lipschitz (1918-1961) was a German centre left politician of mixed Jewish heritage who was hidden from the Nazis and politically persecuted by the Russians after the war. From 1955-61 he served as (minister of interior) of the city state of West Berlin.

Scope and Content

Correspondence on a variety of subjects including arrangements for a visit to London; financial support for the Wiener Library regarding the research project ; antisemitic riots in Berlin; exchange of materials; membership list of the ; the death of Joachim Lipschitz in December 1961; fate of Hermann Pister, former Commandant of Buchenwald.

Conditions Governing Access

open

People

  • Pister, Hermann
  • Lipschitz, Joachim

Corporate Bodies

  • Berlin. Senator für Inneres

Subjects

  • Buchenwald (concentration camp)
  • Antisemitism
  • Resistance
  • German-Jewish dialogue
  • Politics

Places

  • Berlin, West
  • West Berlin
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