Correspondence with Abrahamsohn, Arthur

Arthur Abrahamsohn (1879-1961) was a Jewish-German lawyer from Stettin (today Szczecin, Poland). Before emigrating to England with his family in the late 1930s, he had served as head of the Jewish community in his hometown.

See Walk, J., Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden 1918–1945, Munich et. al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 4.

The correspondence centres on an information request by Abrahamsohn on the Judenvermögensabgabe "Jewish Capital Lev") to substaniate his restitution claims heard in Cologne. Further letters pertain to the consignment of books and documents to the Library, birthday wishes, and Abrahamsohn’s contribution to The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project.

For primary sources on Arthur Abrahamsohn see Collection 2214: Kenneth Ambrose personal papers and photos.

For a secondary source on Arthur Abrahamsohn see Kenneth Ambrose (formerly Kurt Abrahamsohn), The Suitcase in the Garage. Letters and Photographs of a German Jewish family, 1800-1950 (London 1996).

For information about the eyewitness testimony project and access to the compiled reports see Collection 1656: Eyewitness Testimony Collection.