Collection GB 1556 WL 828 - Fraenkel, Ernst: correspondence and personal papers

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Reference code

GB 1556 WL 828

Title

Fraenkel, Ernst: correspondence and personal papers

Date(s)

  • 1919-1961 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 folder

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Ernst Fraenkel was a Jewish Professor of Economics and Social History, who was born in Breslau, Lower Silesia; served as an officer in the German army in the First World War; was a representative of the Silesian provincial Landtag in the 1930s; secretary of the Gesellschaft für die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin; emigrated to UK in 1939; returned to Germany in 1947 and became Director of the Institut für Wirtschafts und Sozialgeschichte at University of Frankfurt a. M.; died Frankfurt, 1971.

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GB 1556 WL 828 1919-1961 collection 1 folder Fraenkel , Ernst , d 1971 , Professor of Economics and Social History

Ernst Fraenkel was a Jewish Professor of Economics and Social History, who was born in Breslau, Lower Silesia; served as an officer in the German army in the First World War; was a representative of the Silesian provincial Landtag in the 1930s; secretary of the Gesellschaft für die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin; emigrated to UK in 1939; returned to Germany in 1947 and became Director of the Institut für Wirtschafts und Sozialgeschichte at University of Frankfurt a. M.; died Frankfurt, 1971.

Received Feb 1990.

Papers of Ernst Fraenkel comprising personal papers, 1919-1939, including First World War army record, and British registration card and correspondence between Kapitänleutnant Kraus of the press office of the German Ministry of Defence and Fraenkel regarding Jewish soldiers who fought for Germany during the two World Wars, 14 Apr 1961-26 Apr 1961.

Arranged in sections as follows: personal papers; correspondence.

Open

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Mostly German

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

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.

Mar 2008 Wars (events) Europe European history Fraenkel , Ernst , d 1971 , Professor of Economics and Social History German history Germany International conflicts Jews National history Religious groups UK War Western Europe World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) London England

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received Feb 1990.

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Scope and content

Papers of Ernst Fraenkel comprising personal papers, 1919-1939, including First World War army record, and British registration card and correspondence between Kapitänleutnant Kraus of the press office of the German Ministry of Defence and Fraenkel regarding Jewish soldiers who fought for Germany during the two World Wars, 14 Apr 1961-26 Apr 1961.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged in sections as follows: personal papers; correspondence.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

Mostly German

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

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Wiener Library

Rules and/or conventions used

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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Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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