Correspondence with Bright, Rudolf A.

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/205
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 109509
Dates
8 Jun 1955 - 12 Jul 1955
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Rudolf Bright (1901-1978) was a British lawyer of Jewish-German origin. Based in Breslau (now Wrocław) he had joined the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens (C.V.). After being interned in Buchenwald concentration camp during the November Pogrom 1938, he emigrated to the UK.

See Walk, J., Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden 1918–1945, Munich et. al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 47.

Scope and Content

The handwritten and typewritten correspondence reflects the different views of Bright and Alfred Wiener on Germany and German culture respectively after the Holocaust.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Bright, Rudolf A.

Subjects

  • Postwar
  • Culture

Places

  • West Germany [1949-1990]
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