Dr Kurt Wilhelm (1900-1965) was a German Rabbi. After being ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York he had served in numerous German cities. In 1935 he emigrated to Palestine. Wilhelm moved to Stockholm in 1948 and became Chief Rabbi of Sweden. 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. 388.
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Following a visit of The Wiener Library the correspondence centres on the exchange of published and unpublished material, Wilhelm’s support of securing funding for the Library, and his assistance with some Library issues related with Sweden. The latter includes for instance a request for help in finding an interviewer for The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project. Contained is a copy of a review of a Leo Baeck Yearbook authored by Wilhelm.
Correspondence with Wilhelm, Kurt