von Dohnanyi, Hans (1902-1945): Mischling status

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1556 WL 835
Held at	: Wiener Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: von Dohnanyi, Hans (1902-1945): Mischling status
Date(s)	: 1939
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 1 item
Name of creator(s)	: Bormann | Martin | 1900-[1945] | private secretary to Adolf Hitler

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Hans von Dohnanyi was a Jewish 'Mischling', a term used during the Third Reich for a person deemed to have partial Jewish ancestry. He was born in Vienna, Jan 1902 and was a lawyer from 1929-1938. He worked in the Reichsjustizministerium, 1938 and as Reichsgerichtsrat at the Reichsgericht, Leipzig, 1939-1943. Whilst he was head of the political section of the Abwehr des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht he was implicated in the resistance movement and on 5 Apr 1943 was arrested, and is reported to have died in Sachsenhausen concentration camp on 8 Apr 1945.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Copy of a letter from Hitler's deputy, Martin Bormann, reporting Hitler's decision to continue employing Hans von Dohnanyi as Reichsgerichtsrat despite being a 2nd class Mischling, 17 Jan 1939. However, Dohnanyi was not allowed to join the Nazi party.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
German

System of arrangement:

N/A

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Finding aids:

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Jewish Central Information Office

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

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:
Mar 2008