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Collection Freundeskreis Carl Von Ossietzky 1933-1936 (1961-1969)1933-1936 Collection Freundeskreis Carl von Ossietzky 1933-1936 (1961-1969)1933-1936 International Institute of Social History Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam The Netherlands hdl:10622/ARCH01448 © IISH Amsterdam 2021 Collection Freundeskreis Carl von Ossietzky 1933-1936 (1961-1969)1933-1936 Table of contents Collection Freundeskreis Carl von Ossietzky...................................................................................3 Context............................................................................................................................................... 3 Content and Structure........................................................................................................................3 Access and Use.................................................................................................................................4 Allied Materials...................................................................................................................................4 LISTE................................................................................................................................................ 4 BRIEFWECHSEL........................................................................................................................ 5 Mappen Nr. 2 bis Nr. 7: 1933 bis Oktober 1935................................................................ 5 Mappen Nr. 13 bis Nr. 24...................................................................................................5 Mappen Nr. 25. bis Nr. 27..................................................................................................5 Mappe Nr. 28......................................................................................................................6 Mappe Nr. 29......................................................................................................................6 DOKUMENTE..............................................................................................................................6 PRESSESTIMMEN..................................................................................................................... 7 Anlagen zum Ossietzky-Archiv................................................................................................... 8 International Institute of Social History 2 Collection Freundeskreis Carl von Ossietzky 1933-1936 (1961-1969)1933-1936 Collection Freundeskreis Carl von Ossietzky Collection ID ARCH01448 Creator Freundeskreis Carl von Ossietzky Other Creator(s) Ossietzky, Carl von Period 1933-1936 (1961-1969)1933-1936 Period (bulk) 1933-1936 Extent 0.8 m. Language list German Language of Material German Context Biographical Note Carl von Ossietzky (1889-1938), editor of Die Weltbühne and one of the opinion leaders of the intellectual left during the Weimar Republic, was imprisoned after the Nazi take-over in 1933 and transferred to a concentration camp; severely mistreated and ill, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1936 and was moved to a GESTAPO guarded private clinic, where he died in 1938. From 1933 a circle of exiled political and personal friends including Hellmut von Gerlach, Kurt Grossmann and Hilde Walter operated within the Deutsche Liga für Menschenrechte to get him released by influencing international public opinion, with the Nobel Prize nominations in 1935 and 1936 as principal means. Acquisition The collection was purchased by the IISH in 1938, see Annual Report 1938, p. 45; with accruals in 1948, see Annual Report 1948, p.33, and 1964, see Annual Report 1964, p. 17. Content and Structure Content Documents collected by Hilde Walter: correspondence between the members of the circle of friends of Carl von Ossietzky, i.e. Kurt Grossmann, Hellmut von Gerlach, Otto Lehmann-Russbüldt, Rudolf Olden, Konrad Reisner, Ernst Toller, Hilde Walter, Milly Zirker 1933-1936; correspondence by members of the circle of friends, in particular Hilde Walter, with Norman Angell, Gertrud Baer, Rudolf Breitscheid, Max Brod, Albert Einstein, Gustav Hartung, Konrad Heiden, Paul Hertz, Harold Laski, Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann, Ludwig Quidde, Ernst Rosenbusch, Kurt Rosenfeld, Hein van Wijk, Herman Wiardi Beckman and others 1933-1936; correspondence by Hilde Walter with Willy Brandt during his stay in Norway and with Frede Castberg, Mimi Sverdrup-Lunden and other Norwegians 1935-1936; two letters from Carl von Ossietzky to his family 1934, 1936; documents on the imprisonment of Von Ossietzky and on the campaign to release him and to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize 1935-1936; documents sent to the Nobel Prize Committee 1936; press clippings, pamphlets and other printed material 1934-1936; articles by Hilde Walter on Von Ossietzky 1961-1969. Arrangement Register on the correspondence in invno. 62. International Institute of Social History 3 Collection Freundeskreis Carl von Ossietzky 1933-1936 (1961-1969)1933-1936 Processing Information List revised for purposes of digitization by Eva van Oene in 2015. Subjects Geographic Names Germany Persons Walter, Hilde Brandt, Willy Themes Political prisoners/Political trials Pacifism/Peace movements Concentration camps/Internment camps/Forced labor camps Fascism and Nazism/ Fascist and Nazist movements and parties/Anti-fascist movements Material Type Archival material Access and Use Access Not restricted Restrictions on Use For reasons of protection of the original documents, only the scans are available for use. Preferred Citation Collection Freundeskreis Carl von Ossietzky, inventory number ..., International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam Allied Materials Alternate Form of Material Complete archive digitized as part of the Centrale Project 2012-2016. LISTE International Institute of Social History 4 Collection Freundeskreis Carl von Ossietzky 1933-1936 (1961-1969)1933-1936 23 Mappen Briefwechsel 28 Mappen Pressestimmen 9 Mappen Diverse Dokumente BRIEFWECHSEL Mappen Nr. 2 bis Nr. 7: 1933 bis Oktober 1935 2 Hellmuth von Gerlach mit Hilde Walter . Ende 1933 bis 1 August 1935. 3 Hellmuth von Gerlach mit diversen Persönlichkeiten. 1933 bis Juli 1935. 4 Rudolf Olden und Ika Olden mit Hilde Walter . April 1934 bis Dezember 1934. 5 Rudolf Olden mit diversen Persönlichkeiten (unda. Toller , Wittfogel , Budzislawski , Es und Hamilton ) Juni bis November 1934. 6 Hilde Walter mit diversen Persönlichkeiten ( Th. Mann , P. Olberg , Budzislawski , Lehmann-Russbüldt , Breitscheid und Toller ). Februar 1934 bis August 1935. 7 "Amerika" Briefwechsel diverser Persönlichkeiten in Amerika (Befreiungsaktion). Briefwechsel zwischen Europa und Amerika, vorwiegend um den Nobelpreisvorschlag von Jane Addams (Originaltelegramm Addams). Dezember 1933 bis Oktober 1935. Mappen Nr. 13 bis Nr. 24 Chronologisch geordneter Briefwechsel zwischen diversen Persönlichkeiten in der Zeit vom 1 August 1935 bis 1 Dezember 1936 mit Originalbriefen von zahlreichen bekannten Politikern, Gelehrten und Schriftstellern verschiedener Nationalität (u.a. Thomas Mann , Heinrich Mann , Ludwig Quidde , Emil Ludwig , Ernst Toller , Rudolf Olden , Konrad Heiden und Paul Hertz ). 13 1 August 1935 bis 30 September 1935. 14 1 Oktober 1935 bis 20 November 1935. 15 21 November 1935 bis 14 Dezember 1935. 16 15 Dezember 1935 bis 31 Dezember 1935. 17 1 bis 15 Januar 1936. 18 16 bis 31 Januar 1936. 19 1 bis 29 Februar 1936. 20 1 März 1936 - 31 März 1936. 21 1 April bis 31 Mai 1936. 22 1 Juni bis 31 Juli 1936. 23 1 August bis 30 September 1936. 24 1 Oktober bis 1 Dezember 1936. Mappen Nr. 25. bis Nr. 27 Briefwechsel zwischen Paris und Oslo worin in vertraulicher Form die geheimen Umstände der Kandidatur Ossietzkys erörtert werden. 25 International Institute of Social History 5 Collection Freundeskreis Carl von Ossietzky 1933-1936 (1961-1969)1933-1936 Hilde Walter mit Mimi Sverdrup-Lunden und Willy Brandt . 23 August 1935 - 30 Juni 1936. 26 Hilde Walter mit Mimi Sverdrup-Lunden und Willy Brandt . 2 Juli 1936 - 24 November 1936. 27 Hilde Walter mit Prof. Frede Castberg (mit einem Einführungsschreiben aus Genf). Oktober-November 1936. NB. Mit Brief Gertrud Baer an Hilde Walter 29.9.1936. Mappe Nr. 28 Korrespondenz zwischen dem Europa-Verlag, Zürich und diversen Mitgliedern des "Sonderausschuss", Paris. Hierzu nachträglich eingeordnet aus anderen Korrespondenzmappen diverse Briefe, die sich auf einen Streitfall um die Herausgabe einer Biographie beziehen. 28 Briefwechsel diverser Persönlichkeiten mit dem Europa-Verlag, Zürich. Oktober- Dezember 1936. Mappe Nr. 29 29 Zwei Originalbriefe Ossietzkys. 1934, 1936. DOKUMENTE Eingaben, Denkschriften, Werbeschriften, Presseinformationen und Begründungsschriften für die Nobelpreiskandidatur. 8 Memorandum als Manuskript herausgegeben von der deutschen Liga für Menschenrechte Ortsgruppe Prag Ende des Jahres 1934; signiert als "herausgegeben vom Freundeskreis Carl von Ossietzkys" de facto: Unter Protest und ohne Mitwirkung einzelner Freunde C.v.O's beziehungsweise gegen deren Willen in der vorliegenden Form hergestellt und verbreitet. 9 Englische Fassung des Memorandums in Mappe 8. 10 Englische Übersetzung zu Mappe 8. Handgeschrieben. Neue verbesserte Übersetzung, hergestellt durch Vermittlung der International Women's League for Peace and Freedom in Genf nachdem die hektographierte englische Übersetzung in Mappe 9 international kritisiert und abgelehnt worden war. 11 Frist- und Formgerechte Vorschläge an das Nobelkomité Oslo für den Friedensnobelpreis 1935. 1. Vorschlag Hellmuth von Gerlach (Brief und Denkschrift). Bestätigung durch das
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