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Szell, Franz (fl 1936-1937): correspondence regarding Alfred Rosenberg


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 936

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Szell, Franz (fl 1936-1937): correspondence regarding Alfred Rosenberg

Date(s): 1936-1937

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Szell | Franz | fl 1936-1937 | journalist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Franz Szell, an exiled Hungarian journalist apparently resident in Tilsit, Lithuania spent more than a year in the archives in Latvia and Estonia researching Alfred Rosenberg's family history with a view to publishing the open letter, 936/1.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Franz Szell, 1936-1937, comprise an open letter to Alfred Rosenberg, editor of the Völkische Beobachter, 1936; copies of letters to Goering, Göbbels, von Neurath, amongst others regarding Alfred Rosenberg's family history, 1936, and a letter to the Justice Minister, Trygre Lie, Oslo, 1937.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English, French and German

System of arrangement:

Arranged as in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Finding aids:

A detailed description exists 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

Existence and location of originals:

Another version of the open letter is held at the Berlin Document Centre.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: March 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Third Reich | Nazism | Totalitarianism | Political doctrines
Genealogy

Personal names
Rosenberg | Alfred | 1893-1946 | member of Nazi Party
Szell | Franz | fl 1936-1937 | journalist

Corporate names

Places