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Jacobs, Maj: Civil Defence Forces


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 633

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Jacobs, Maj: Civil Defence Forces

Date(s): 1933-1970s

Level of description: collection

Extent: 3 folders

Name of creator(s): Jacobs | fl 1933-1970 | Major

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Jacobs was a Major in the Civil Defence Forces during World War Two.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Maj Jacobs, Civil Defence Forces, 1933-1970s, possibly once used for an exhibition. Includes correspondence and papers on the war-time and post-war activities of Maj Jacobs; photographs; facsimile of the Ex-Serviceman, Issue No. 64, Dec 1949; Wacht im Westen: Frontzeitung für Heer und Marine, 2 May 1945, in which Admiral Donitz, Commander-in-Chief of the German forces, announces the death of Hitler and Frankfurter Zeitung, 23 Mar 1933.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Original order

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Physical characteristics:

Much of the material is in facsimile form, having, apparently, previously formed part of an exhibition.

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Paul Hollander, Oct 1986.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Defence | State security
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names
Jacobs | fl 1933-1970 | Major

Corporate names

Places