"Founded in Bonn in 1952 the Bundeszentrale für Heimatdienst (now Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) is a federal public authority. Its remit is the political education and the strengthening of democratic values and processes. See Hentges, G., Staat und politische Bildung: Die Bundeszentrale für Heimatdienst bzw. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Propaganda, Public Relations und politischer Bildung,Wiesbaden, Springer VS, 2012."@en . "Documenting the close cooperation between the two institutions the correspondence throws light on the involvement of The Wiener Library in official efforts to fight Antisemitism in post-war West Germany. Contained are bound minutes of a workshop on this subject, conference proceedings, internal memos, a typescript of a survivor report on Belzec extermination camp (1955), an exposé on anti-Semitic incidents in West Germany 1959/1960, and press cuttings.

Issues addressed are among various others: an initial workshop on the fight of Antisemitism and debriefing (1953/54); certain aspects related to the Dokumentenwerk, a joint publication project of The Wiener Library and the Munich based Institut für Zeitgeschichte on the persecution of Jews during the Nazi era; questions related to the publishing of several other studies on National Socialism; financial support by the Bundeszentrale for the print and distribution of bibliographic catalogues on National Socialism compiled by the Library; internal organisational issues of the Bundeszentrale (1960/61).

"@en . "448 letters"@en . . "Correspondence with Bundeszentrale für Heimatdienst"@en . . . "This material has been digitised. Readers should book a reading room terminal to access it."@en . "WL3000/9/1/244" . . . . . "See also the numerous correspondences on the Dokumentenwerk project within the Pre-1963 Correspondence collection."@en . . .