Dr Fritz Demuth (1876-1965) was a German economist and liberal politician. He emigrated to Switzerland in 1933, and later to England where he became a highly regarded figure among Germans in Exile. See Röder, W. and H. Strauss (ed.), <a href"http://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/1958">Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration nach 1933, vol. 1: Politik, Wirtschaft, öffentliches Leben, Munich, Saur, 1980, pp. 124-25.
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The correspondence throws light on the network of Demuth’s friends and acquaintances in Great Britain, and his excellent reputation. Only a fraction is with Demuth himself concerning his contribution to the Library’s eyewitness testimony project as well as the planning of certain events and potential participants. Instigated by Alfred Wiener and involving numerous contributors the larger part of the correspondence centres on arrangements for Demuth’s 80th Birthday in January 1956. Beside handwritten and typewritten letters lists of contributors to a birthday present, two postcards, and a memo on financial support for The Wiener Library by West German authorities (1957) are contained.
Correspondence with Demuth, Fritz