Correspondence regarding Dokumentenwerk - with Geis, Raphael

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 1556 3000/9/1/16
  • Dates of Creation
      04/01/1954 - 17/01/1955
  • Language of Material
      German
  • Physical Description
      10 letters

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding a board meeting as well as the scheduling of a separate personal meeting related with the Dokumentenwerk project.

Administrative / Biographical History

Beginning in 1954 The Wiener Library and the Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ) in Munich worked jointly on an edition of documents (Dokumentenwerk) regarding the persecution of Jews in the Nazi era. Initiated by the Ministry of Interior (BMI) and funded by the Federal Agency for Homeland Service (BHD) this project was part of larger journalistic endeavors by these two authorities to fight and prevent Antisemitism in West Germany. Due to ongoing problems the Dokumentenwerk was cancelled eventually in May 1963.

Dr. Robert Raphael Geis (1906-1972) was a German scholar of Jewish studies. He had emigrated to Palestine after being imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp in the wake of the November Pogrom 1938. Serving as rabbi for the West German state of Baden-Württemberg from 1952-56, he was a member of the Dokumentenwerk board.

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Related Material

See the numerous correspondences on the Dokumentenwerk project within the Pre-1963 Correspondence series.

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