Correspondence regarding Dokumentenwerk - with Institut für Zeitgeschichte - Krausnick, Helmut
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Correspondence regarding Dokumentenwerk - with Institut für Zeitgeschichte - Krausnick, Helmut
Beginning in 1954 The Wiener Library and the Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ) in Munich worked jointly on an edition of documents () regarding the persecution of Jews in the Nazi era. Initiated by the Ministry of Interior (BMI) and funded by the Federal Agency for Homeland Service (BHD) this project was part of larger journalistic endeavors by these two authorities to fight and prevent Antisemitism in West Germany. Due to ongoing problems the was cancelled eventually in May 1963.
German historian Dr. Helmut Krausnick (1905-1990) was a highly regarded expert on National Socialism. He worked as researcher at the IfZ, and was appointed its director in 1959. Together with Alfred Wiener Krausnick served as editor of the planned .
Correspondence regarding Dokumentenwerk - with Institut für Zeitgeschichte - Krausnick, Helmut