Dr. Abraham Silbershein Archive: Correspondence with Simon Wiesenthal, head of the Jewish Historical Documentation Center in Linz

Dr. Abraham Silbershein Archive: Correspondence with Simon Wiesenthal, head of the Jewish Historical Documentation Center in Linz 

Dr. Abraham Silbershein Archive: Correspondence with Simon Wiesenthal, head of the Jewish Historical Documentation Center in Linz 

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Dr. Abraham Silbershein Archive: Correspondence with Simon Wiesenthal, head of the Jewish Historical Documentation Center in Linz Correspondence with Simon Wiesenthal, head of the Jewish Historical Documentation Center in Linz, which was supported by Dr. A. Silbershein, regarding collection of material against war criminals, property of Jews stolen by the Nazis, German policy in the Near East and the Mufti of Jerusalem's contacts with the Nazis (many letters are missing). There are two volumes: I - June 1946-June 1948; II - July1948-January 1950. Also in the file: - Monthly reports and the Documentation Center budget, February 1947-May 1948; - Letter regarding the trial in Innsbruck regarding the villagers' discovery of nine trunks filled with gold and precious stones, 24 April 1947; - Various letters regarding the" Becher Deposi" (?), July 1947; - Simon Wiesenthal's Curriculum Vitae, 16 July 1947; - Letter regarding Adolf Eichmann, 31 May 1948; - Copy of a confirmation regarding Walter Schellenberg's activities in transferring former inmates of Auschwitz to Sweden issued by Folke Bernadotte, Chairman of the International Red Cross, 10 July 1948; - Testimony regarding the murder of Ernst Thalmann by the Nazis, 28 August 1948; - Details regarding the YIVO Archive in Vilna which was transferred to Germany by the Nazis, 25 October 1948; - Excerpts from letters written by Slovenczik, a war criminal, regarding the mass murder of the Jews in the vicinity of Uman and regarding the Katyn Affair, 15 November 1948; - Testimonies of Meier Katz and Paul Schermann against Laipnieks, the Nazi criminal, and other Latvian criminals, 24 January 1949; - Letters regarding the discovery of property belonging to the Rothschild family, 14 February 1949; - List of the immense amount of Jewish property held by Kaltenbrunner and found in the Aussee Lake, 17 February 1949.