Correspondence regarding Dokumentenwerk - with Institut für Zeitgeschichte - Kluke, Paul
Extent and Medium
13 letters
Creator(s)
- Institut für Zeitgeschichte
Biographical History
Beginning in 1954 The Wiener Library and the Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ) in Munich worked jointly on an edition of documents (Dokumentenwerk) regarding the persecution of Jews in the Nazi era. Initiated by the Ministry of Interior (BMI) and funded by the Federal Agency for Homeland Service (BHD) this project was part of larger journalistic endeavors by these two authorities to fight and prevent Antisemitism in West Germany. Due to ongoing problems the Dokumentenwerk was cancelled eventually in May 1963.
Dr Paul Otto Alfred Kluke (1908-1990) was a German historian who served as general secretary of IfZ from 1952-59.
Scope and Content
The correspondence reflects the planning phase of the Dokumentenwerk project. Its subject is the clarification of basic conceptual, financial, and personnel questions. The latter includes the decision to appoint Helmut Krausnick as one of two editors. Beside letters the bundle contains a detailed memo on a meeting of Alfred Wiener, Eva Reichmann, and Kluke at The Wiener Library (1954).
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People
- Kluke, Paul
Subjects
- Vergangenheitsbewältigung
- Publishing
- Libraries and Archives
- Jewish history
- German-Jewish dialogue
- Antisemitism, defence against
Places
- West Germany [1949-1990]
- England