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- 1933-1956 (Creation)
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68 frames
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Biographical history
This material documenting the persecution of Jews in Danzig during the 1930s was donated by two members of the former Danzig Jewish community: Mr Berent, representative of the board of the Jewish community; and Dr Erwin Lichtenstein, representative of the Danzig synagogue community and editor of the independent Danziger Rundschau, who later became a lawyer in Tel Aviv and representative of the circa 1500 strong former Danziger Jewish community in Israel.
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GB 1556 WL 509 1933-1956 Collection level 68 frames Dr Erwin Lichtenstein and Mr Berent
This material documenting the persecution of Jews in Danzig during the 1930s was donated by two members of the former Danzig Jewish community: Mr Berent, representative of the board of the Jewish community; and Dr Erwin Lichtenstein, representative of the Danzig synagogue community and editor of the independent Danziger Rundschau, who later became a lawyer in Tel Aviv and representative of the circa 1500 strong former Danziger Jewish community in Israel.
Dr Erwin Lichtenstein and Mr Berent
Correspondence and reports of meetings between the Danzig Jewish Community and the Senate of the Free City of Danzig regarding anti-Semitism in Danzig, 1933-1935.
Two memoranda to support a compensation/ restitution application for persecuted Danziger Jews, 1956.
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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.
Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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 Administration of justice Antisemitism Compensation Danzig Europe European history German history Germany Human rights violations Jews Lichtenstein , Erwin (fl 1933-1973) , writer National history Nazism Political doctrines Racial discrimination Religious groups Senate of the Free City of Danzig Totalitarianism Western Europe
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Dr Erwin Lichtenstein and Mr Berent
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Correspondence and reports of meetings between the Danzig Jewish Community and the Senate of the Free City of Danzig regarding anti-Semitism in Danzig, 1933-1935.
Two memoranda to support a compensation/ restitution application for persecuted Danziger Jews, 1956.
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Chronological by group.
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Open
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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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German
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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
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- Administration of justice
- Interethnic relations » Ethnic discrimination » Antisemitism
- National history » European history
- Human rights violations
- Religious groups » Jews
- National history
- Political doctrines » Totalitarianism » Nazism
- Political doctrines
- Religious groups
- Political doctrines » Totalitarianism
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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