Correspondence with Cohn, Josef

This material is held atThe Wiener Holocaust Library

  • Reference
    • GB 1556 3000/9/1/284
  • Dates of Creation
    • 16/03/1959 - 27/07/1961
  • Language of Material
    • German
  • Physical Description
    • 17 letters

Scope and Content

Beside the sending of information material the correspondence deals with an enquiry on West German right-wing journalist Giselher Wirsing, and a potential visit of The Wiener Library by West German politician Friedrich Jantz.

Administrative / Biographical History

Dr. Joseph Cohn (1904-1986) was a Jewish-German political scientist. He had emigrated to England in 1933, and to Palestine in 1935. Later he became secretary of Chaim Weizmann and co-founder of the Weizmann Institute in Israel. See Walk, J., http://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/19576, Munich et. al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 59.

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