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Stade, Lower Saxony: Jewish school girl reminiscences

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1539

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Stade, Lower Saxony: Jewish school girl reminiscences

Date(s): 1980s

Level of description: Collection level

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Curtis | John | fl 2000

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

This collection of correspondence and papers relates to the experience of a former Jewish pupil of a secondary school in Stade, Lower Saxony. The papers relate to three separate projects: an invitation by the city of Stade to Dinah Ruth Curtis, the former school pupil, along with all other surviving Jewish former residents of the city for a special reunion; a request by a historian at the city archives for biographical information relating to her persecution by the Nazis and a request by her former school to contribute material towards an exhibition on the subject of girls' education in Stade to mark the 125th anniversary of the school.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Stade, Lower Saxony, 1980s, comprise correspondence and papers relating to an invitation by the city of Stade to Dinah Ruth Curtis to attend a special reunion of all surviving former Jewish residents; Correspondence of Hartmut Lohmann regarding the historical reconstruction of life for Jews in Stade during the Nazi era; Correspondence regarding the 125th anniversary exhibition, Maedchenbildung in Stade, at the Vincent Luebeck Schule.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German

System of arrangement:

Arranged by subject.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Additional finding aids can be located within the Wiener Library reading room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by John Curtis.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.