Collection GB 1556 WL 936 - Szell, Franz (fl 1936-1937): correspondence regarding Alfred Rosenberg

Identity area

Reference code

GB 1556 WL 936

Title

Szell, Franz (fl 1936-1937): correspondence regarding Alfred Rosenberg

Date(s)

  • 1936-1937 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 folder

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Franz Szell, an exiled Hungarian journalist apparently resident in Tilsit, Lithuania spent more than a year in the archives in Latvia and Estonia researching Alfred Rosenberg's family history with a view to publishing the open letter, 936/1.

Repository

Archival history

GB 1556 WL 936 1936-1937 collection 1 folder Szell , Franz , fl 1936-1937 , journalist

Franz Szell, an exiled Hungarian journalist apparently resident in Tilsit, Lithuania spent more than a year in the archives in Latvia and Estonia researching Alfred Rosenberg's family history with a view to publishing the open letter, 936/1.

Jewish Central Information Office

Papers of Franz Szell, 1936-1937, comprise an open letter to Alfred Rosenberg, editor of the Völkische Beobachter, 1936; copies of letters to Goering, Göbbels, von Neurath, amongst others regarding Alfred Rosenberg's family history, 1936, and a letter to the Justice Minister, Trygre Lie, Oslo, 1937.

Arranged as in Scope and Content.

Open

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

English, French and German

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

Another version of the open letter is held at the Berlin Document Centre.

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 Genealogy Nazism Political doctrines Rosenberg , Alfred , 1893-1946 , member of Nazi Party Szell , Franz , fl 1936-1937 , journalist Third Reich Totalitarianism

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Jewish Central Information Office

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of Franz Szell, 1936-1937, comprise an open letter to Alfred Rosenberg, editor of the Völkische Beobachter, 1936; copies of letters to Goering, Göbbels, von Neurath, amongst others regarding Alfred Rosenberg's family history, 1936, and a letter to the Justice Minister, Trygre Lie, Oslo, 1937.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged as in Scope and Content.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

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

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English, French and German

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Institution identifier

Wiener Library

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area