Correspondence with Warburg, Eric Moritz
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Eric Moritz Warburg (1900-1990) was a German banker and member of the Jewish-German-American Warburg family. He emigrated to the US in 1938 and returned to Europe after the Second World War. Warburg was widely regarded for his endowments to strengthen the German-American relations in the post war era. See Vielhaus, R. (ed.), Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie (DBE), vol. 10 (Thies-Zymalkowski), 2nd edition, Munich et.al., K. G. Saur, 2008, p. 412.
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Correspondence with Warburg, Eric Moritz
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The correspondence centres on antisemitic publications in which 'U.S. American capitalists' and especially members of the Warburg family are denigrated as alleged financiers of Hitler and the National Socialist movement. This refers to publications by Swiss antisemites René Sonderegger and Werner Zimmermann as well as to two articles in the West German daily press. Further subjects are the consignment of source material related to the Warburg family and applications by The Wiener Library for annual funding.
Containing only few letters to and from Eric Warburg the correspondence comprises primarily letters with other individuals. Contained are some press cuttings referring to the antisemitic publications.
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