Dr. Heinz Dietrich Feldheim (1908-1997) was a Jewish-German Nazi resistance fighter. After being imprisoned in the concentration camps Dachau and Buchenwald he had emigrated to England in 1939. He served in the Royal Army and became a teacher later. In 1966 he moved back to Germany.
For information about the eyewitness testimony project and access to the compiled reports see the <a href"https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/7105">Eyewitness Testimony Collection. See also Feldheim’s autobiographical notes <a href"https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/6607"> Lebenslauf eines politisch und rassisch verfolgten deutschen Juden.
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Comprising handwritten and typewritten letters, and containing a postcard the correspondence concerns various issues including among others: the authoring of an eyewitness account for The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project (1955); individuals and events related to his imprisonment in Dachau and Buchenwald (1959); the attendance of public talks and the sending of books (1960-1962).
Correspondence with Feldheim, Heinz Dietrich