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Archiv der American Guild for German Cultural Freedom, New York : Deutsche Akademie im Exil (Bestand)
Bemerkungen: American Guild: 1935 von Hubertus Prinz zu Löwenstein gegründete und von ihm als Generalsekretär geleitete amerikanische Organisation zur Aufbringung der Mittel für die Aufgaben einer Deutschen Akademie der Künste und Wissenschaften im Exil; nahm zunehmend die Aufgaben einer Hilfsorganisation für exilierte Schriftsteller, Künstler und Wissenschaftler wahr (bis Dezember 1940)
968 Personen-Akten, zahlreiche Sachakten, u.a. von Bertolt Brecht, Hermann Broch, Elias Canetti, Alfred Döblin, Albert Einstein, Lion Feuchtwanger, Oskar Maria Graf, Leonhard Frank, Rudolf Frank, Sigmund Freud, Hermann Kesten, Siegfried Kracauer, Erika Mann, Heinrich Mann, Klaus Mann, Thomas Mann, Robert Musil, Joseph Roth, René Schickele, Franz Werfel, Paul Zech, Stefan Zweig. Unterlagen zur Gründung und Geschäftsführung. - Vgl. Ausstellungskatalog Der Deutschen Bibliothek "Deutsche Intellektuelle im Exil: ihre Akademie und die 'American Guild for German Cultural Freedom'". - München: Saur, 1993; Begleitbroschüre für die Wanderausstellung. Leipzig, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin: Die Deutsche Bibliothek, 2000
The Bundeszentralkartei (BZK) is the central register of the federal government and federal states for completed compensation proceedings. When a claim is entered into the BZK, a number is assigned for unique identification. This BZK number refers to a compensation claim, not to a person. If a person has made several claims (e.g. for themselves and for relatives), each claim generally has its own BZK number. Often, the file number of the respective compensation authority is used as the BZK number.
This number is important for making an inquiry to the relevant archive.
Delict according to Nazi judicial system
Conduct that was first criminalized under National Socialism (e.g. the Treachery Act, ‘Judenbegünstigung’) or which the Nazi judiciary prosecuted more severely (e.g. high treason).
Reason for persecution
The reasons provided here are based on the wording in the reasons for persecution stated in the sources.
Role in the proceeding
‘Verfolgt’ refers to a person who submitted a compensation claim for damage caused by Nazi persecution. If the application was submitted by a person other than the persecuted person, this other person is designated as ‘antragstellend’ and their relationship to the persecuted person, if there is one, is noted. In the sources, the persecuted person is sometimes referred to as ‘Geschädigter’ (aggrieved party) and the applicant as ‘Anspruchsberechtigter’(claimant).
Search in Archivportal-D
You may find additional archival material on this person not related to Wiedergutmachung in the Archivportal-D.
Additional information on reason for persecution
Additional or more specific information on membership and group affiliation which were the reason for the persecution.
