Correspondence with Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund (SIG)

Established in 1904 the Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund (SIG) is an umbrella organisation and representative body of most of the Jewish communities in Switzerland. 

Correspondence with Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund (SIG) 

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Documenting the close association between both institutions the correspondence - mostly with the SIG's PR department ‘JUNA’ - deals with various issues. Beside the mutual gathering and dissemination of information on numerous matters recurring subjects are: the SIG’s annual grant for The Wiener Library; monitoring and fight of Antisemitism, including cases related to Swiss antisemites René Sonderegger (1953) and Francois Genoud (1953-1956) as well as German director Veit Harlan (1954-1962); arrangements for a series of talks to be given by Alfred Wiener in Jewish communities in Switzerland (1953-1954); the consignment of material by SIG, including published and unpublished eyewitness accounts of Holocaust survivors and archival material on the Bern trial in 1933-35 (1959).

Beside letters the correspondence contains newspaper cuttings, transcripts and photo copies, memos and reports, an SIG circular, telegrams, and a survey on the antisemitic movie Jud Süβ.

 

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