Papers of Kurt Selby (Silbiger), 1926-2003
- Bib ID:
- 7865754
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Selby, Kurt
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [between 1926 and 2003]
- 0.30 m (2 boxes)
- Summary:
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MS 10463 comprises approximately 90 letters sent to Kurt Selby (Silbiger), who left Austria and settled in Melbourne in 1939. The letters were written by fellow Jewish Austrians seeking his assistance to escape Austria following German occupation. Translations of some of the letters by student volunteers at the University of Melbourne are also included, along with Silbiger family birth certificates, transit passes, job references and unused forms and a CD containing scans of the entire collection of letters. Included in the collection are also two bound Honours thesis from Monash University that discuss the collection of letters - 'Communication By Letter: Preliminary Observations of Emigrant Correspondence 1938-1939' by Caroline Grainger and 'Analysis of a series of letters written by Austrian Jewish refugees attempting to escape Vienna during 1939/1939 to Melbourne Australia' by Anna Hacker.
- Biography/History:
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Jewish refugee, Kurt Selby (Silbiger) was born in Vienna in 1907. After fleeing Austria shortly after the "Anschluss", he arrived in Melbourne in October 1938 and managed to establish a career as an entrepreneur.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference number: MS 10463.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1926-2003
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
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