German Jewish Organisations

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1556 WL 603
Held at	: Wiener Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: German Jewish Organisations
Date(s)	: 1930s
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 5 folders
Name of creator(s)	: Various

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Original and mimeographed documents relating to Jewish organisations in Germany in the 1930s, including correspondence of the lawyer, Willy Katzenstein, leader of the Bielefeld Jewish community, including correspondence referring to the formation of the Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland in 1933, and to the dispute between the Jüdische Gemeinde Berlin and the Reichsvertretung, Jun 1937; reports, minutes and curriculum details of the Israelitische Gartenbauschule, Ahlem; minutes, memoranda and circulars of the Jüdische Gemeinde Berlin; papers on other Jewish communal organisations including the community of Görlitz, the Preussicher Landesverband and the Verband Bayerischer Israelitischer Gemeinden; letter from the Weltverband Für Sabbathschutz to Alfred Wiener, 27 Feb 1933, enclosing a 10 day report of the organisation's activities, 8 Jan 1933; papers on Jewish schooling, 1933-1938 and circulars distributed by Nationaler Verlag (Joseph Garibaldi Huch), Berlin concerning the pamphlet 'Gerechtigkeit', 1932-1933.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
Chiefly German

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.

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:

Publication note:

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