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Antisemitism in Poland: Reports on Jewish schools


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 749

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Antisemitism in Poland: Reports on Jewish schools

Date(s): 1931-1937

Level of description: Collection level (fonds)

Extent: 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Lewin | Elchonon | fl 1931 | president of Verband der jüdischen Studenten Vereine in Polen

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Reports on the situation of Jewish schools in Poland in 1931 and 1937 comprising report by Elchonon Lewin, president of Verband der jüdischen Studenten Vereine in Polen on the effect of the anti-Jewish boycott movement; the fears of further restricted entry into the teaching profession; the failure of the Polish Socialist Party in opposing the antisemitic measures and the need for well known writers and professors to voice their disapproval of the current trend, 6 Jan 1931, and a report providing statistics on the state of school provision for Jewish school children and describing the extent of poverty and deprivation endured by them, 24 Feb 1937.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German

System of arrangement:

Chronological

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Physical characteristics:

The original of the first report is too fragile to be produced but a copy is available.

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Jewish Central Information Office

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
Antisemitism | Racial discrimination
Jews | Religious groups
Schoolchildren | Students
Schools | Educational institutions

Personal names

Corporate names
Polish Socialist Party

Places
Poland | Eastern Europe