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- 1937 (Creation)
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1 folder
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Nothing is known about the provenance of this apparently authentic account of imprisonment in Spain during the Spanish Civil war by an unidentified Austrian Jew. The events described took place in 1936 and the account was, according to the author, written in Vienna in 1937.
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GB 1556 WL 686 1937 collection 1 folder Unknown
Nothing is known about the provenance of this apparently authentic account of imprisonment in Spain during the Spanish Civil war by an unidentified Austrian Jew. The events described took place in 1936 and the account was, according to the author, written in Vienna in 1937.
Jewish Central Information Office
A typescript autobiographical account of an unidentified Austrian Jew's experience of imprisonment during the Spanish Civil War in 1936.
1 item
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 Administration of justice Civil war Disadvantaged groups Documents Europe Information sources Jews Memoirs Penal institutions Penal sanctions Political movements Prisoners Prisons Racial discrimination Religious groups Spain Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) Western Europe Primary documents
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Jewish Central Information Office
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A typescript autobiographical account of an unidentified Austrian Jew's experience of imprisonment during the Spanish Civil War in 1936.
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1 item
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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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A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
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- Administration of justice
- Political movements » Civil war
- Disadvantaged groups
- Documents
- Information sources
- Religious groups » Jews
- Administration of justice » Penal sanctions
- Political movements
- Disadvantaged groups » Prisoners
- Administration of justice » Penal sanctions » Prisons
- Religious groups
- Documents » Primary documents
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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