Long-term correspondence on various topics. Letters from the pre-war period centre on the options of Jewish-German emigration to South America, with a focus on Brazil or Bolivia (1936-37). The post war correspondence covers various subjects including the Kartell Convent and the Centralverein; reservations against ‘Yekkes’ (German speaking Jews) among international Jewry; Weil’s research and publication on the Dreyfus affair and Roman orator Cicero; activities in the field of restitution, and various other current affairs (1951-61). After his passing, additional correspondence contains condolence announcements, a memorial service, and radio broadcasts about Weil (1961-63). The correspondence comprises reports about Jewry and Jewish life in certain South American or Caribbean countries, press cuttings, undated documents, and transcripts of a radio show of Weil as well as a public talk given by him.
See also Weil’s <a href" https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/RecordView/Index/7084">Reports on South America as a haven for refugees from Nazi Germany.
Dr Bruno Weil (1883-1961) was a jurist and liberal politician of Jewish-German descent. A member of the Kartell-Convent (K.C.) student fraternities and vice president of the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens (C.V.) since 1926, he was well acquainted with Alfred Wiener. Weil left Germany in 1935. Before settling in the US eventually, he had visited South America to explore immigration options for German Jews. See Walk, J., <a href"http://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/1957">Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden 1918-1945, Munich et. al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 380.
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Correspondence with Weil, Bruno
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