Wernham, Reverend: Correspondence
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1556 WL 1337 |
Held at | : Wiener Library Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ › |
Full title | : Wernham, Reverend: Correspondence |
Date(s) | : 1937-1940 |
Level of description | : Collection level |
Extent | : 1 file |
Name of creator(s) | : Wernham | Reverend | fl 1937-1940 | Parish priest |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Reverend Wernham was one time parish priest at Christ Church, Forest Hill, in which parish there was also a German church. The latter's pastor, for a short time before the war, had been Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Reverend Wernham has been associated with Bishop George Bell of Chichester, who helped rescue a number of German clergy of Jewish extraction.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Correspondence of the Reverend Wernham, 1937-1940, containing letters documenting his assistance to German Jewish refugees just before and after the outbreak of World War Two. Also included is material documenting German attitudes to the political situation immediately prior to the outbreak of war.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Chronological order
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Finding aids:
Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Mr D. Watson
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.
Rules or conventions:
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.
Date(s) of descriptions:
February 2008
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