The letters contain primarily birthday wishes for N. Bentwich.
Correspondence with Bentwich, Norman
This material is held atThe Wiener Holocaust Library
- Reference
- GB 1556 3000/9/1/124
- Dates of Creation
- 05/01/1951 - 06/03/1963
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 6 letters
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Norman de Mattos Bentwich (1883-1971) was a British barrister and academic. He had been appointed Attorney General of Palestine after World War I. When the Nazis came to power he got engaged in refugee aid; his wife helped organising the Kindertransporte to the UK. After 1945 Bentwich was head of the United Restitution Organization. See Weltsch, R. (ed.), http://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/19775, vol. 7, 1962, p. XXVIII.
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