BRACERS Record Detail for 66481

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Collection code
RA2
Class no.
320
Document no.
178442
Box no.
9.45
Filed
Germany (East) - correspondence, F-49
Recipient(s)
"Statement on Heinz Brandt"
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1964/01/07
Form of letter
TS(CAR)
Pieces
2
Notes and topics

BR outlines his efforts to date in attempting to secure the release of political prisoner Heinz Brandt. BR comments that he is "abandoning private appeals" and instead urges public protest. BR mentions that he is returning the Carl von Ossietzky Medal for Peace in protest of Brandt's continued imprisonment.

Also present are various copies of the statement:

Unnumbered document, a two-page edited TS(CAR) in Farley's hand.
Document .178443, a one-page edited TS(TC) in Schoenman's hand.
Document .178444, a one-page edited TS(CAR).

Publication
B&R C64.03
Permission
Everyone
Record no.
66481
Record created
Jun 24, 2014
Record last modified
Jul 07, 2015
Created/last modified by
duncana