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- 1850s-1939 (Creation)
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c250 frames
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Dr. Käthe Spiegel was the daughter of the Professor of Public Law at the German University of Prague, and for many years senate member of the Parliament of Czechoslovakia, Dr. Ludwig Spiegel. She trained as a historian and librarian and worked as her father's secretary. She also worked for a number of other mostly student organisations in Prague. Letters of reference suggest that she probably emigrated to Great Britain in 1939.
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GB 1556 WL 521 1850s-1939 collection c250 frames Spiegel , Käthe , fl 1939 , historian
Dr. Käthe Spiegel was the daughter of the Professor of Public Law at the German University of Prague, and for many years senate member of the Parliament of Czechoslovakia, Dr. Ludwig Spiegel. She trained as a historian and librarian and worked as her father's secretary. She also worked for a number of other mostly student organisations in Prague. Letters of reference suggest that she probably emigrated to Great Britain in 1939.
Jewish Central Information Office
This collection consists of two parts: Käthe Spiegel's personal and family papers, including obituaries of her father; and an essay entitled 'Studieen zum Werke des Agathokles', a cover title for a critique of Mein Kampf.
2 groups: Personal and family papers; her own writings
Open
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
German
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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk
Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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. Oct 2007 European history German history National history Nazism Political doctrines Spiegel , Käthe , fl 1939 , historian Third Reich Totalitarianism
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Jewish Central Information Office
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This collection consists of two parts: Käthe Spiegel's personal and family papers, including obituaries of her father; and an essay entitled 'Studieen zum Werke des Agathokles', a cover title for a critique of Mein Kampf.
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2 groups: Personal and family papers; her own writings
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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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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk
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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