Collection GB 1556 WL 985 - Kristallnacht: lists of synagogues destroyed and eyewitness testimonies

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 1556 WL 985

Titre

Kristallnacht: lists of synagogues destroyed and eyewitness testimonies

Date(s)

  • 1939-1960 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Collection

Étendue matérielle et support

1 folder

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

The bulk of the material in this collection was collected on the initiative of the Wiener Library in 1939. Former rabbis of synagogues in Germany who had managed to escape to Great Britain were asked to supply information on the fate of their synagogues. 985/1 consists of these responses, most of which are dated November or December 1939. In addition, there is a list of respondents. The project's results comprised a set of statistics on the fate of Germany's synagogues.

Histoire archivistique

GB 1556 WL 985 1939-1960 collection 1 folder Various

The bulk of the material in this collection was collected on the initiative of the Wiener Library in 1939. Former rabbis of synagogues in Germany who had managed to escape to Great Britain were asked to supply information on the fate of their synagogues. 985/1 consists of these responses, most of which are dated November or December 1939. In addition, there is a list of respondents. The project's results comprised a set of statistics on the fate of Germany's synagogues.

Jewish Central Information Office

Papers concerning Kristallnacht, 1939-1960, notably includes responses from rabbis to the Wiener Library, regarding the fate of their former synagogues in Germany during Kristallnacht, 1939; statistics on the fate of synagogues in Germany during Kristallnacht, 1939 and 1960; a translation of a Nazi document regarding the fate of synagogues in Germany during Kristallnacht and copies of contemporary Nazi newspaper extracts describing events on the same night, undated.

Arranged in original order.

Open

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

German and English

A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.

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.

March 2008 Wars (events) Europe Germany Human rights violations International conflicts Jews Nazism Persecution Pogroms Political doctrines Religious groups Religious institutions Third Reich Totalitarianism War Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Jewish Central Information Office

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Papers concerning Kristallnacht, 1939-1960, notably includes responses from rabbis to the Wiener Library, regarding the fate of their former synagogues in Germany during Kristallnacht, 1939; statistics on the fate of synagogues in Germany during Kristallnacht, 1939 and 1960; a translation of a Nazi document regarding the fate of synagogues in Germany during Kristallnacht and copies of contemporary Nazi newspaper extracts describing events on the same night, undated.

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

Accroissements

Mode de classement

Arranged in original order.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

Open

Conditions de reproduction

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

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

German and English

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

Instruments de recherche

A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Zone des sources complémentaires

Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

Unités de description associées

Descriptions associées

Zone des notes

Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Lieux

Mots-clés - Noms

Mots-clés - Genre

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

Identifiant du service d'archives

Wiener Library

Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

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.

Statut

Niveau de détail

Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

Langue(s)

  • anglais

Écriture(s)

    Sources

    Zone des entrées