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:
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
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