IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1410
Held at: Wiener Library
Title: Jung, Julius (fl 1931-1944): Correspondence
Date(s): 1931-1944
Level of description: collection
Extent: 6 boxes
Name of creator(s): Jung | Julius | fl 1931-1944 | Jewish community worker
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Julius Jung, a German Jewish immigrant to Great Britain, who was an active member of a number of committees and organisations which catered to the needs of the Jewish community. In particular, he was Honorary Secretary of the B'nai B'rith Care Committee for Refugee Children (see 1410/3410, 3509, 3423 for minutes of the hostel committee meetings). As a member of the University of London Jewish Students' Union, he was also involved in assisting German Jewish academics and students who had been excluded from universities on racial grounds in 1931-1932. In addition he was secretary of the Jewish Friends Food Fund.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Correspondence of Julius Jung, with a number of organisations and individuals on Jewish refugees, issues affecting the Jewish community in Great Britain and the situation of German Jewish students and academics in Germany, 1931-1944.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English and German
System of arrangement:
Chronological
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Finding aids:
Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Jewish Central Information Office
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.
Date(s) of descriptions: March 2008