Total Published Records: 135,546
BRACERS Notes
Record no. | Notes, topics or text |
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73301 | BR thanks Bucher for his letter. BR will look at the points and return to the matter shortly. |
73302 | Forberger gives Kaye the details about the Carl-Heinrich Meyer case. |
73303 | Dales thinks that her correspondent's reason for refusing to ban the meeting of Waffen SS (HIAG) lacks conviction. Dales mentions how she is preparing a document which deals with the banning of meetings of the VVN and with the official recognition given to meetings of the Waffen SS and the honouring of former war criminals. She would like Farley to comment on the above mentioned issues. |
73304 | Rose informs BR about his case of political injustice. Rose wants BR to study the enclosures carefully. |
73305 | Jenny wants Farley to send back the summary if he feels that it is not full enough. |
73306 | In German. |
73307 | In German. |
73308 | In German. |
73309 | Russell describes the need to work for a general amnesty of Greek political prisoners and encloses a signed photograph (not present). See record 73256. |
73310 | BR sends his thanks to the Greek political prisoners for their kind wishes as well as Ambatielos for forwarding their letter. He mentions his correspondence in The Guardian. |
73311 | BR sends his thanks to 4 Greek political prisoners for their kind wishes. He assures them that he is doing all in his power to help bring amnesty in Greece. |
73312 | Yule informs Pym that BR has received 3 Greek letters and a book which he would like to get translated, and would Pym know anybody who would be able to do so. |
73313 | A letter to the editor. The third paragraph explains why the prisoners had been in prison for 19 years. The Nazis had interned them first. |
73314 | BR is invited to the conference which he agreed to sponsor. It is to be held at the Hotel du Palais d'Orsay on March 23-24, of 1963. All expenses will be paid for BR if he decides to attend. |
73315 | Pottle requests that he be met with an interpreter in Athens. |
73316 | Ambatielos is sending translations of three documents sent to BR. Another, in Turkish, will come later. |
73317 | Ambatielos sends BR details of three political detainees in Greece. All three have not been released despite appeals. Ambatielos suggests BR's interest in the form of a letter would be appreciated. |
73318 | Yule conveys BR's appreciation of Ambatielos' help in undertaking translations of some letters in Greek. |
73319 | BR notifies three Greek political prisoners that he has sent the General Assembly of the United Nations a letter to encourage their freedom. |
73320 | Suleimanova asks for BR's help so that her niece may emigrate to Israel. |
73321 | Wood writes that BR will certainly take up the case with the competent Soviet authorities. |
73322 | Goldblatt and Giladi thank BR for his efforts. Their brother is now residing with them in Israel. |
73323 | Schoenman informs the Lermans that the BRPF will do all that is in their power to help with their son-in-law and their grandchildren. |
73324 | BR thanks Goldblatt and Giladi for their recent letter. He is happy that their brother is now with them in Israel. |
73325 | Wood thanks Suleimanova for her recent letter and informs her that the BRPF will take up the case of her sister and her mother with the Soviet authorities. |
73326 | Dales feels that a committee which deals with the time limit on Nazi war crimes should be set up. She thinks that many Jewish organizations should become part of it. |
73327 | Farley thinks that Dales' idea to show the film It Happened Here is excellent. He agrees with her other idea about the special committee and believes that many Jewish organizations will help out. He hopes she will see Sabby Sagall soon. |
73328 | Schoenman is appalled by the persecution that Rose has endured with because he attended youth festivals as a reporter. Schoenman would like Rose to report to him immediately about his circumstances and informs him that BR will be writing to the relevant authorities. |
73329 | Schoenman informs Dales that Farley is in the Far East. |
73330 | The editor of Sozialistische Hefte would like BR to write a statement on the Bonn government's plan to halt all prosecution of Nazi criminals from May 8, 1964. |
73331 | Schoenman sends Otto a copy of BR's letter to the Daily Telegraph in hope that it will be of use to him. |
73332 | Seginer wants the assistance of BR with the case of his wife and mother. He states that they are not being treated with decency in Germany. |
73333 | In German. In file is an English translation, document .185609. |
73334 | In German. In file is the English translation, document .185611. |
73335 | This statement describes the findings from an investigation in to the Lorenz Knorr case. |
73336 | This statement is a request for justice for Lorenz Knorr. |
73337 | Lange feels that Lorenz Knorr should be discharged. |
73338 | In German. In file is a brief translation of this letter, document .185617. |
73339 | BR informs Schabrod that he has written on her husband's behalf to Dr. Meyers, appealing for just treatment. |
73340 | BR thanks Dr. Bucher for the reports he enclosed on the prosecution of Nazi war criminals. |
73341 | BR is delighted by Mrs. Wils' husband's release from imprisonment. He informs her that he will take up the matter of the Jakobi family and Mrs. Klier with the West German authorities. |
73342 | BR aks Bucher to intervene in the matter of the Jakobi family and of Mrs. Klier, who are political prisoners. |
73343 | BR is delighted by the release of Schabrod's husband. |
73344 | BR requests the UN to help political prisoners in Greece. |
73345 | Ambatielos encloses an article concerning BR's letter to the UN from the Athens daily, Avgi [Dawn]. She is also sending BR a letter from Nikandros Kepessis. |
73346 | An article in Greek printing BR's letter to the UN from the Athens daily, Avgi [Dawn]. |
73347 | Kepessis is sending BR some poems he wrote in prison. |
73348 | Poems by Kepessis. |
73349 | John Kalogiannis is sending BR an article by him from a Greek newspaper. Attached is the article, document .185911. |
73350 | Wood asks the secretaries of all YCND (Youth Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) groups for permission for a BRPF fundraising effort. |
73351 | BR requests Ambatielos to forward his letter to Andreas Dambassis in Aegine Prison. |
73352 | Peristerakis informs BR that a "week of peace and disarmament" is going to take place in Athens. BR's presence is requested at this event. |
73353 | BR informs Peake that he cannot attend the luncheon. He encloses a copy of a letter of his which was published in The Guardian. |
73354 | BR is regretful that he cannot attend the event that he has been invited to and sends a statement in support of the event. |
73355 | BR thanks Kepessis for his poem and reassures him that he will do anything in his power to end the agony of political prisoners in Greece. |
73356 | BR would like Ambatielos to forward his letter to Kepessis and requests Ambatielos to translate Greek newsclippings. |
73357 | Yule encloses a letter (not present) and requests Ambatielos to translate it for Russell. |
73358 | This letter concerns Nazi war criminals. BR believes that the London Agreement should be supported by the British government and that the West German authorities should reconsider the decision to waive the time limit on war crimes by Nazis. |
73359 | In German. This letter has details about Herr Schabrod. |
73360 | Jakobi writes to describe the situation of her husband, Georg. She would like support for her husband and feels that a letter from Russell would help. |
73361 | In German. There is a list of names of people who appealed to the German President on behalf of Georg Jakobi. This letter describes Jakobi's case and asks for support by asking for signatures. |
73362 | This statement contains information on Georg Jakobi. |
73363 | In German. |
73364 | Birnberg informs BR about future actions of delegates as well as information concerning Manolis Glezos' visit to Britain. |
73365 | BR informs Peake that he cannot attend the luncheon. He encloses a copy of a letter of his which was published in The Guardian. |
73366 | Periodic information about Manolis Glezos and his actions is provided. |
73367 | BR makes a statement to the "Bertrand Russell" Committee of 100 about his views of the Greek government, political prisoners, nuclear war and other topics. He appreciates the work of his colleagues and encourages them to keep up the good work. |
73368 | The International Greek Amnesty Committee is collecting sponsors. BR is requested to head the list of British sponsors. Pym informs BR that Manolis Glezos is coming to Britain and would greatly appreciate meeting BR. |
73369 | Ambatielos is sending BR a translation of a letter as requested. |
73370 | BR makes a statement on the Greek government's decision to ban an anti-nuclear march as well as on the imprisonment of political prisoners. |
73371 | BR informs Pym that he is willing to see Manolis Glezos if he makes a trip to Wales. |
73372 | Ignotus thanks BR on behalf of his colleagues and countrymen for BR's efforts to help the persecuted in Hungary. They are convinced BR has saved the lives of several people including Mrs. Rajk. Ignotus informs BR that Istvan Bibo, a political thinker, was imprisoned in spring 1957 and that his trial has begun. They request that BR publish his comments to assure Bibo the greatest possible protection. |
73373 | Weyl sends BR a copy of a letter to the Minister of Justice of the Land Nordrhein-Westfalen so that he can learn about recent developments. |
73374 | BR thanks Weyl for the letter of March 4 and would like to see any suggestions that Weyl has to offer concerning the actions being taken. Farley implies that BR is too busy to meet with Weyl. |
73375 | Forberger would like BR to assist him and his committee to get Georg Jakobi released. He encloses information on him for BR to read. |
73376 | In German. A translation is attached. |
73377 | In German. A translation is attached. In file is an English translation, document .185637. |
73378 | Wood informs Forberger that BR has taken up the case of Jakobi and would like Forberger to give him more information about Jakobi. |
73379 | Knorr and the Count of Westphalia announce that the German Peace Union is organizing a large Congress for Peace, Democracy and Social Progress in the Electoral Palace of Mainz. They would like BR to submit a letter of support. |
73380 | Boehm informs BR that he cannot send any new information about Jakobi. |
73381 | Wood informs Nowak that the case about her husband's imprisonment has been taken up with the German authorities. |
73382 | In German. |
73383 | Jakobi states the condition of her husband's imprisonment and would like BR to help her husband get released. |
73384 | Wood asks Wils for more information on Helmut Klier, or if she could get her someone else who can give her such information. |
73385 | Jakobi would like BR to help get her husband released. She suggests a letter of appeal will gladly answer any questions to clarify this case. |
73386 | Forberger informs Wood that he received a letter from Jakobi's wife and that he is enclosing a copy of that letter (not present). |
73387 | Schoenman thanks Forberger for the enclosure that he sent and encloses the text of a recent cable from BR to President Lübke. For the cable, see record 66632. |
73388 | Forberger informs Schoenman that Jakobi has been released from prison. He thanks BR and Schoenman for their efforts. |
73389 | Schoenman states how pleased the BRPF is to hear that Jakobi has been released from prison. |
73390 | BR writes about the unrest in Harlem. The infant mortality rate was twice as high for blacks as it was for whites 35 years ago, and that the conditions remain the same. As well, he says that the death rate was twice as high for black pneumonia patients as it was for whites 35 years ago and also remains the same. |
73391 | BR replies to Bolte's questions on imprisonment. |
73392 | Schoenman thanks Berry for her letter to BR. He promises that the BRPF will raise the matter of her family with the Soviet authorities. |
73393 | BR makes a statement concerning the deportation of his secretary from Greece on April 21, 1963. Pat Pottle went to take part in the Nuclear Disarmament March and was one of the 500 arrested. BR expresses his disgust at the whole ordeal. |
73394 | BR tells Penkaitis that he is glad his family has been allowed visas. |
73395 | Schoenman thanks Liwschitz for his letter and assures him that the BRPF will raise the matter of his daughter with the Soviet authorities. |
73396 | Russell congratulates Peristerakis on his protest. |
73397 | Peristerakis feels the demonstration was a great victory for non-violent disputes and is sorry about Pottle's deportation. |
73398 | Yule congratulates Ambatielos on the demonstrations. He sends her two letters (not present) to be translated for BR. |
73399 | BR comments on a statement made by the Foreign Office about "Communist-inspired" opposition to Greece's treatment of political prisoners. |
73400 | BR comments on a statement made by the UK Foreign Office regarding Greek political prisoners. A note states "not published". |