Fritz Jellinek archive

Fritz Jellinek 1892-1966 (Creator of the archive)
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Description

The archive comprises Jellinek's literary estate and correspondence. It includes published and unpublished books, essays, papers and articles on cultural, literary, philosophical, political and economic subjects. Especially interesting is an interview with the Czech foreign minister, Benesch, in June 1933, relating to the Jews in Germany and Czechoslovakia.

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Reference Code
ARC. Ms. Var. 453 Fritz Jellinek archive
Dates
1934-1966
Consists of
0.5 m.
Languages
German; English;
Title
Fritz Jellinek archive.
Additional Titles
כותרת בעברית: ארכיון פריץ ילינק.
Archive of Fritz Jellinek.
Citation Note
ARC. Ms. Var. 453 Fritz Jellinek archive, Archives Department, the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem.
Host Item
Fritz Jellinek archive
Former Call Number
Ms. Var. 453
Level of Description
Fonds Record
Biographical summary
Jellinek was born in Brno, Moravia in August 1892. He was director of the Jellinek & Seidl weaving plant in Brno and turned it into an international company. After he emigrated to London in 1938, he established a weaving mill in Huddersfield, which he managed until 1957. In Czechoslovakia he was also a well-known journalist and he wrote on literature, economics, and other public (including Jewish) affairs. He expanded these interests after he moved to England. Neither a Zionist nor a Jewish communal worker, he felt deeply about the Jewish community and individual and saw Palestine as a cultural center of World Jewry. He represented Czech Jewry on the Administrative Council of the Jewish Agency and attended the World Jewish Congress in 1936 and during the Second World War he was on the committee in England for the establishment of a Jewish Brigade. His older brother, Oskar Jellinek, was one of the leading novelists of the Prague Circle.
Ownership history
The archive was given to the National Library in 1970 by his widow, via the British Friends of the Hebrew University.
Language Note
The material in the archive is in German and English.
National Library system number
990026570950205171

Tags

Jellinek, Fritz, 1892-1966 World Jewish Congress -- World Jewish Congress -- Archives Czechoslovakia Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Archives -- History -- 20th century -- Archives

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