Correspondence with Abrahamsohn, Arthur

This material is held atThe Wiener Holocaust Library

  • Reference
    • GB 1556 3000/9/1/34
  • Dates of Creation
    • 04/05/1954 - 04/08/1955
  • Language of Material
    • German
  • Physical Description
    • 12 letters

Scope and Content

The correspondence centres on an information request by Abrahamson on the Judenvermögensabgabe to substaniate his restitution claims heard in Cologne. Further letters pertain to the consignment of books and documents to the Library, birthday wishes, and Abrahamson’s contribution to The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project.

Administrative / Biographical History

Arthur Abrahamson (1879-1961) was a Jewish-German lawyer from Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland). Before emigrating to England in the mid-1930s he had served as head of the Jewish community in his hometown. See Walk, J., http://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/19576, Munich et. al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 4.

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Related Material

For information about the eyewitness testimony project and access to the compiled reports see the https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/71059.

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