Fate of Trade Union Leaders in Germany
Extent and Medium
2 electronic resources (10, 1 pages)
Creator(s)
- International Transport Workers' Federation (author)
Scope and Content
The file contains typewritten correspondence between the Wiener library and the International Transport Workers' Federation. It addresses the fate and whereabouts of trade union leaders in Germany during the years of 1933 to 1938. Many of them where mistreated and killed by the SA. In a letter by Walter Auerbach he urges caution to publish names from a list of unionists still imprisoned in Germany for fear of their safety. An article from "Faschismus" No. 12, 1937 discusses the circumstances of the death of Valentin Schmetzer, a former district manager of the International Trade Workers' Federation.
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Note(s)
Details of bibliographical references are in the content file.
Type scripts and newspaper clips
Detailed dates of material: 1937, 1941
Electronic access only
Also available on microfilm reel 110 : frames 252-261
Title viewed: 03/30/2022
People
- Auerbach, Walter, 1905-1975
- Wiener, Alfred, 1885-1964
- Schmetzer, Valentin
Subjects
- Labor unions.
- Persecution--Germany--History--20th century--Archival resources.
- National socialism--Germany--1918-1933--Sources.
Places
- Germany--Officials and employees--Political activity--History--20th century.
- Germany--Social policy--1933-1945.