GB 1556 WL 1519 - Wittenberg, Gunter (fl 1940s-1950s): Copy personal papers

Identity area

Reference code

GB 1556 WL 1519

Title

Wittenberg, Gunter (fl 1940s-1950s): Copy personal papers

Date(s)

  • 1940s-1950s (Creation)

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Extent and medium

1 file

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Gunter Wittenberg was a former German Jewish refugee from Berlin.

Repository

Archival history

GB 1556 WL 1519 1940s-1950s Collection level 1 file Wittenberg , Gunter , fl 1940s-1950s , Jewish refugee

Gunter Wittenberg was a former German Jewish refugee from Berlin.

Deposited by Joe Bord in 2000.

Papers of Gunter Wittenberg, 1940s-1950s, comprises copies of his personal papers, including an extract from his diary covering the early years in this country and correspondence and papers relating to his work history.

Arranged in original order.

Open

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

German and English

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

See also Unpublished Memoir 4185, My Seven Years' War, for an account by his wife, Eva Wittenberg, of her life as a refugee in this country.

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.

March 2008 Diaries Documents Information sources Jews Literary forms and genres Literature Migrants Nonfiction Primary documents Prose Refugees Religious groups Wittenberg , Gunter , fl 1940s-1950s , Jewish refugee

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited by Joe Bord in 2000.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of Gunter Wittenberg, 1940s-1950s, comprises copies of his personal papers, including an extract from his diary covering the early years in this country and correspondence and papers relating to his work history.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged in original order.

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

German and English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See also Unpublished Memoir 4185, My Seven Years' War, for an account by his wife, Eva Wittenberg, of her life as a refugee in this country.

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 copies

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Description identifier

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.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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