Correspondence with Kirschner, Bruno

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/773
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110505
Dates
3 May 1956 - 24 Dec 1959
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Dr. Bruno Kirschner (1884-1964) was a Jewish-German writer, Judaist and editor. He had emigrated to Palestine in 1937 where he would work for the Leo Baeck Institute later. In the late 1950s he was involved in the foundation of the Germania Judaica in Cologne, a special library for the history of German Jews.

Scope and Content

Following the (re)establishment of contact by Alfred Wiener the correspondence focuses on the recap of common friends, family members or certain events, the exchange of published material, and a restitution related enquiry on the situation of Jews in Romania in 1940/41.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Kirschner, Bruno

Subjects

  • Restitution
  • Refugees
  • Jewish communities

Places

  • Romania
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