Reverend Wernham: Correspondence

Identifier
WL1337
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70428
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Jan 1940
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Anglo-German Friendship Society

Biographical History

The Reverend Wernham was one time parish priest at Christ Church, Forest Hill, in which parish there was also a German church. The latter's pastor, for a short time before the war, had been Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Reverend Wernham has been associated with Bishop George Bell of Chichester, who helped rescue a number of German clergy of Jewish extraction.

Acquisition

(emigration documents and letters); doc. 1337

Donated August 1998

Donor: Mr D. Watson

Scope and Content

Correspondence of Reverend Wernham including material relating to his activities assisting German and Austrian Jewish refugees

This collection of correspondence of the Reverend Wernham contains letters, which document his assistance to German Jewish refugees just before and after the outbreak of war. Also included is material documenting German attitudes to the political situation immediately prior to the outbreak of war.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

People

  • Wernham, Reverend

Subjects

  • Refugees
  • Letters

Places

  • Great Britain
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