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- 1923-1928 (Creation)
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100 frames
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Dr. George F.J. Bergmann was a German Jew who enrolled in the French Foreign Legion as a foreign national living in France in 1939. He was later interned in the notorious prison, Hadjerat M'Guil, in French North Africa and later fought for the British in a pioneer corps company. His origins are not known. He emigrated to Australia after the war. Evidently he was a keen mountaineer.
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GB 1556 WL 528 1923-1928 collection 100 frames Bergmann , George F J , fl 1923-1945 , mountaineer
Dr. George F.J. Bergmann was a German Jew who enrolled in the French Foreign Legion as a foreign national living in France in 1939. He was later interned in the notorious prison, Hadjerat M'Guil, in French North Africa and later fought for the British in a pioneer corps company. His origins are not known. He emigrated to Australia after the war. Evidently he was a keen mountaineer.
Dr. George F. J. Bergmann
Various issues of alpinist journals and correspondence on, amongst other things, the involvement of Jews in the sport of mountaineering, 1923-1928.
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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
German
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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk
See also WL 616
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Oct 2007 Bergmann , George F J , fl 1923-1945 , mountaineer Geomorphology Jews Land forms Leisure Leisure time activities Mountaineering Mountains Religious groups Sport Topography
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Dr. George F. J. Bergmann
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Various issues of alpinist journals and correspondence on, amongst other things, the involvement of Jews in the sport of mountaineering, 1923-1928.
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Open
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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
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- English
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- Latin
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German
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See also WL 616
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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English