Correspondence with Kirsch, Leonard

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/772
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110504
Dates
19 Feb 1954 - 26 Jun 1963
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Dr Leo Kirsch was a Jewish-German lawyer who had fled to England after the Nazis came to power. Since 1956 he was partner in a newly formed law office in London specialized on Jewish restitution claims against West Germany.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding various subjects including personal matters, like support for Kirsch’s daughter during a stay in London or the description of a trip to Israel, as well as professional matters, like a restitution related enquiry on details of the expulsion and eviction of Jewish Poles from Nazi Germany in October 1938.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Kirsch, Leo

Subjects

  • Restitution
  • Refugees
  • Jews
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