Collection GB 1556 WL 1041 - Lord Fisher of Camden: documents (1936-1941)

1 folder

All that is known about the provenance of this material is that it was in the possession of Lord Fisher of Camden, one time president of the Board of Jewish Deputies. On the death of his wife in the early 1990s (Lord Fisher himself had died some 15 years previously), the material was found by her executor in Lord Fisher's library and subsequently deposited at the Wiener Library.

GB 1556 WL 1041 1936-1941 collection 1 folder Unknown
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All that is known about the provenance of this material is that it was in the possession of Lord Fisher of Camden, one time president of the Board of Jewish Deputies. On the death of his wife in the early 1990s (Lord Fisher himself had died some 15 years previously), the material was found by her executor in Lord Fisher's library and subsequently deposited at the Wiener Library.

Deposited in 1992.

Papers of Lord Fisher of Camden, 1936-1941, comprise a Gestapo file of correspondence and reports relating to the political reliability of Heinrich Niemöller, retired clergyman and father of Martin and Wilhelm Niemöller. It contains original correspondence between the Gestapo offices in Düsseldorf, Bielefeld and Wuppertal, the Reichssicherheitshauptamt and the Reichspressekammer, 1936-1941. The collection also includes a report from the commandant of Dachau concentration camp to the Gestapo, Düsseldorf, relating to Leo Lorch, a Jewish inmate, 1938.

Arranged in original order.

Open

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

German

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) Antisemitism Concentration camps Dachau concentration camp Gestapo x Geheimes Staatspolizei Humanitarian law International conflicts Jews Nazism Political doctrines Racial discrimination Religious groups Totalitarianism War War crimes World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)

Deposited in 1992.

Papers of Lord Fisher of Camden, 1936-1941, comprise a Gestapo file of correspondence and reports relating to the political reliability of Heinrich Niemöller, retired clergyman and father of Martin and Wilhelm Niemöller. It contains original correspondence between the Gestapo offices in Düsseldorf, Bielefeld and Wuppertal, the Reichssicherheitshauptamt and the Reichspressekammer, 1936-1941. The collection also includes a report from the commandant of Dachau concentration camp to the Gestapo, Düsseldorf, relating to Leo Lorch, a Jewish inmate, 1938.

Arranged in original order.

Open

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

• English

• Latin

German

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

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.

• English