Correspondence with Brilling, Bernhard

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/206
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 109510
Dates
21 Aug 1952 - 12 May 1962
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Brilling (1906-1987) was a German rabbi and historian. He served as archivist of the Jewish community in Breslau (now Wrocław) since 1927. After being interned in Buchenwald concentration camp during the November Pogrom 1938, Brilling emigrated to Palestine. In the 1950s he returned to West Germany, where he became a historian of German Jewry.

See Freimark, P. and H. Richtering (ed.), Gedenkschrift für Bernhard Brilling, Hamburg, Christians, 1988.

Scope and Content

The correspondence reflects Brilling’s prolific work as historian by pertaining to numerous articles on various topics he wrote, including a few for The Wiener Library’s Bulletin (published with the initials B. G.). Besides, the correspondence deals with the exchange of published material.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Brilling, Bernhard

Subjects

  • Jewish press
  • Jewish history

Places

  • West Germany [1949-1990]
  • England
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