Correspondence with Ehrlich, Dr. Ernst Ludwig

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      GB 1556 3000/9/1/370
  • Dates of Creation
      01/03/1955 - 05/06/1963
  • Language of Material
      German
  • Physical Description
      24 letters

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Correspondence regarding the exchange of published material as well as research assistance on a Silesia, especially Gleiwitz (now Gliwice/Poland) related topic from the field of Jewish history. The latter includes the provision of information on archival material in Polish archives, among them the Zydowsky Instytut Historyczny (ZHI) in Warsaw.

Administrative / Biographical History

Dr. Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (1921-2007) was a historian of Jewish studies of Jewish-Swiss-German descent. He had fled Germany to Switzerland in 1943. After the Second World War he started teaching at German universities and devoted himself to Christian-Jewish dialogue. From 1961-96 Ehrlich had served as director of B’nai B’rith Europe. See Bomhoff, H., Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich. Ein Leben für Dialog und Erneuerung, Hentrich & Hentrich Verlag Berlin, 2011.

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