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Documenting the close association between the Library and the Institute the correspondence deals with a variety of subjects. This includes: the constant exchange of materials; the gathering and dissemination of information regarding former Nazis and certain historical matters; letters of support for The Wiener Library; the mutual introduction of scholars to work at the institutions, including for instance Miriam Novitch; articles for and style of Wiener Library Bulletin, including a review of Gerald Reitlinger’s ‘The Final Solution’ (1953); discussions and support of certain research projects, including the Library’s Nuremberg war crime trials documents project or its eyewitness testimony project; Alfred Wiener’s restitution claim for the expropriation of his assets during the occupation of The Netherlands (1957); the mutual support of getting access to relevant source material or certain archives, including Dutch Refugee Committee files. The bundle additionally contains some internal WL memos about meetings with Louis de Jong, a progress report of the Rijksinstituut (1956), shipping papers, and numerous other not dated items.
Correspondence with Rijksinstituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie