Eugen Mittwoch: personal papers

This collection contains some personal papers relating to Eugen Mittwoch, a Jewish Professor who worked at the University of Berlin in the 1930s. He was dimissed in 1935 due to the introduction of new Nazi legislation aimed to eliminate Jews from public office. Included is a letter regarding his dismissal from his university post (1935), letter from the German Foreign Office allowing him to pass all road barriers as employee of the new government (1918), and certificate of honorary title 'Sanitätsrat' awarded to Dr Ludwig Lipmann.

There is no further information available regarding Eugen Mittwoch and his relationship to Dr Ludwig Lipmann.

Chronological

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Donated by Ursula Mittwoch

2011/59