GB 1556 WL 524 - Schaefer, Ernst (1891-): documents relating to Osram lawsuit (microfilm)

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GB 1556 WL 524 1941-1959 Collection level 97 frames Schaefer , Ernst , b 1891 , lawyer

Ernst Schaefer, born 1891, was a Jewish lawyer employed by Osram, until 30 June 1938, when, by verbal agreement he officially left the employment but was to be retained as an 'adviser' until 30 June 1941. Schaefer came to England in May 1939 shortly after his two daughters (from his second marriage to a non-Jew) arrived on the Kindertransport. His young son and wife remained in Germany.

Ernst Schaefer

This collection deals with a law suit brought by the Osram company, against a former employee, Ernst Schaefer, before the Reichsverwaltungsgericht, Berlin, 1941. The gist of the ruling is that in light of a new law affecting Jewish World War One veterans (29 December 1938) the firm was justified in terminating a previous agreement in which Schaefer was to receive a pension and other benefits.

Covering letters addressed to the Wiener Library, a copy of the court's finding and Ernst Schaefer's comments. Included are four copies of the above documentation.

Chronological

Open

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

Microfilm

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.

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Ernst Schaefer

This collection deals with a law suit brought by the Osram company, against a former employee, Ernst Schaefer, before the Reichsverwaltungsgericht, Berlin, 1941. The gist of the ruling is that in light of a new law affecting Jewish World War One veterans (29 December 1938) the firm was justified in terminating a previous agreement in which Schaefer was to receive a pension and other benefits.

Covering letters addressed to the Wiener Library, a copy of the court's finding and Ernst Schaefer's comments. Included are four copies of the above documentation.

Chronological

Open

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

• Engels

• Latijn

German

Description exists to this archive 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.

• Engels