Correspondence with Bright, Rudolf A.

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 1556 3000/9/1/205
  • Dates of Creation
      08/06/1955 - 13/06/1955
  • Language of Material
      German
  • Physical Description
      2 letters

Scope and Content

The handwritten and typewritten correspondence reflects the different views of Bright and Alfred Wiener on Germany and German culture respectively after the Holocaust.

Administrative / Biographical History

Rudolf Bright (1901-1978) was a British lawyer of Jewish-German origin. Based in Breslau (now Wrocław) he had joined the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens (C.V.). After being interned in Buchenwald concentration camp during the November Pogrom 1938, he emigrated to the UK. See Walk, J., http://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/19576, Munich et. al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 47.

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