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Records of the "Hilfsstelle für rassisch Verfolgte bei der Evangelischen Gesellschaft Stuttgart" (K 13)

Document | Accession Number: 2006.272 | RG Number: RG-14.072M

Contains correspondence, questionnaires, newspaper articles, essays, photographs, and research material on the fate of so-called "Judenchristen" (persons of Christian faith regarded as Jews under the Nuremberg laws, also known as "non-Aryan Christians"), Roma, and other non-Jewish victims. The records pertain to factual and individual-related information concerning emigration, food parcels, restitution, NS persecution, theological arguments, and public relations. Includes an index of people who received any kind of help or assistance by the "Hilfestelle." Some of the names in the index are connected to specific information about which kind of help the person received.

Alternate Title
The assistance center for racially-persecuted persons, sponsored by the Evangelical Association in Stuttgart
Date
1939-2001
bulk:  1945-1994
Language
German
Genre/Form
Registers.
Correspondence.
Extent
121,036 digital images : JPEG ; 74.2 GB.
51 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
Credit Line
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

About This Document

Document Creator
Hilfsstelle für rassisch Verfolgte bei der Evangelischen Gesellschaft Stuttgart
System of Arrangement
The correspondence is filed in alphabetical order (names of the correspondence partners, cities or institutions)
Special Collection
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Source of acquisition is the Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. The agency Hilfsstelle für Rassisch Verfolgte bei der Evangelischen Gesellschaft Stuttgart was set up after the end of the war to help Jewish and non-Jewish survivors of Nazi persecution. The materials were collected by Pfarrer Franz Majer-Leonhard, the long-time director of the agency. The records of the Hilfestelle were placed, organized and made accessible at the Landeskirchliches Archiv National church archives (collection K 13). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project assisted in organization of records. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilms in August 2006. The entire collection was digitized in 2014.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
Conditions on Use
Restrictions on use apply. Users must sign a declaration acknowledging that they have taken notice of the Landeskirchliches Archives user regulations available at the Museum Archives reference desk. User shall obtain the written consent of the Landeskirchliches Archiv before reproducing archival material and shall provide the Landeskirchliches Archiv with a copy of all publications based on its material.

Copyright Holder
Landeskirchliches Archiv Stuttgart
 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:12:07
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