Metadata: German Jewish Organisations
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- The Wiener Holocaust Library
- Holding institution (official language):
- The Wiener Holocaust Library
- Postal address:
- 29 Russell SquareLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomWC1B 5DP
- Phone number:
- Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7636 7247
- Web address:
- https://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/
- Reference number:
- 603
- Title:
- German Jewish Organisations
- Title (official language):
- German Jewish Organisations
- Creator/accumulator:
- Katzenstein, Willy, 1874-1951, lawyer
- Date(s):
- 1930/1939
- Language:
- English
- German
- Extent:
- 5 folders
- Scope and content:
- 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.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- A German lawyer, a leading figure in liberal Judaism in Westphalia and a politician of the German Democratic Party (DDP) .
- Access points: persons/families:
- Katzenstein, Willy
- Access, restrictions:
- Open
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/70553
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
- Author of the description:
- Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
- Wiener Library