Helmut Rüdiger Papers

Period 1924-1966 (-1981)
Total size   1.5 m.
Consultation  Not restricted

Biography

Born in Frankenberg, Germany 1903; died in Madrid 1966 while visiting Spain; married Dora Gollin; writer, translator, journalist and syndicalist; in 1930 editor of Der Syndikalist, journal of the Freie Arbeiter-Union Deutschlands (FAUD); went to Spain in 1933, active in the anarcho-syndicalist movement; 1936-1938 one of the secretaries of the International Working Men's Association (IWMA) in Paris; took refuge in Paris in 1938; went to Sweden in 1939, after the defeat of the Spanish Republic; in Sweden one of the leading figures of the syndicalist movement; he wrote under the pseudonym Ivar Bergeren in the Arbetaren, journal of the Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation (SAC); from 1949 he contributed to the German anarchist periodical Die Freie Gesellschaft; published `El Anarcosindicalismo en la Revolucióṇ Española' 1938.

Content

Extensive correspondence with his wife Dora Gollin 1926-1962 and with other relatives 1933-1967; correspondence with Diego Abad de Santillán 1942-1948 (1966), John Andersson 1938-1950, Heinrich Bergmann 1939-1947, Rudolf Berner 1938-1946, Karl Dingler 1947-1950, Ginez García (pseudonym Egon Illfeld) 1938-1949, Emma Goldman 1938-1939, Walter Hanke 1947-1966, Georg Hepp 1947-1949, Albert Jensen 1943-1947, Albert de Jong 1946-1966, Helmut Klose 1939-1947, Carl Langer 1947, Gretel Leinau 1947-1961, Pablo Merino 1950-1952, Alfred Michaelis 1946-1955, Max Nettlau n.d., Carl Heinrich Petersen 1949-1966, Rudolf Rocker 1932-1945, Augustin Souchy 1947-1951 (1981) and with many other correspondents, in particular in Spain, Germany and Latin America; some personal documents; documents relating to the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT); typed manuscripts by himself and by others; a bibliographic list of anarcho-syndicalist literature; leaflets and press clippings.

Arrangement

The majority of the letters, written by political comrades of Rüdiger, are clearly subscribed; these letters are written by 'famous' and less known persons; in the list the names of the authors have been arranged alphabetically'; a few letters however are not arranged because they are unsigned or simply signed by a letter; the political letters written by Rüdiger have got the same arrangement; here is also made a difference between identified ('famous' and less known) and unidentified comrades.

Processing information

List made by Amanda Elsinghorst

LIST

1

Passports of Helmut Rüdiger and his wife Dora Gollin, a personal card of the CNT, the AIT and the Arbetaren.  1931, 1937-1939, 1961, 1966.  9 pieces.

2

Residence permits, identification papers, receipts, tenancy agreements and other personal documents.  1924-1940.  1 folder.

3-11

Letters from Rüdiger to his wife Dora Gollin.  1926-1962.  9 folders.

3

1926-1929.

4

1930-1934.

5

1935-1939.

6

1940-1949.

7

1950-1952.

8

1953-1955.

9

1956-1959.

10

1960-1962.

11

N.d.

12-14

Letters from Dora Rüdiger-Gollin to Rüdiger.  1928-1954.  3 folders.

12

1928-1935.

13

1949.

14

1952-1954.

15

Letter from Rüdiger to his parents.  1946.

16-23

Letters from family and (intimate) friends.  1933-1967.  8 folders.

NB. Not chronological arranged.

16

1929-1963.

17

1939-1952.

18

1939-1966.

19

1946-1963.

20

1947-1964.

21

1948-1967.

22

1949-1963.

23

1950-1960.

24-48

Letters from political comrades, with some mutual correspondence between these persons.  25 folders.
NB. In alphabetical order. For the remaining correspondence with political comrades see the numbers 49-55.

24

Abad, José Rafael. 1951-1952; Abad de Santillán, Diego. 1942-1948, 1966; Adama van Scheltema, Annie. 1953; Aguirre, José Maria. 1946; Alfarache, Progreso. 1953-1955; Alff, Wilhelm. 1951-1953; Alvarez, Juan R. 1954-1956; Alvarez, Ramon. 1946; Andersson, John. 1938-1950; Angelino, Sergio. 1953-1955; Arndt, Fritz. 1937-1952; Aufseher, I. 1945-1946.

25

Bakels, Arthur. 1949-1953; Becquet, R.1958-1963; Bennek, Theodor. 1951; Benner, Fritz. 1939-1951; Bergmann, Heinrich. 1939-1947; Berner, Rudolf. 1938-1956; Bernhardt, Robert. 1949-1950; Bollotten, Burnett. 1950-1953; Bonás, Juan. 1945-1946; Brupbacher, Fritz. N.d.; Brupbacher, Paulette. 1946-1951.

26

Caltofen, R. 1949-1954; Carlson, Marie. 1952.

27

Day, Hem. 1949-1954; Delgado, Rafael. 1966; Dingler, Karl. 1947-1950; Doménech, J.Juan. 1950-1951; Drewes, Heinrich. 1947-1948; Duhamel, Morvan. 1955.

28

Ebmeier, Joachim. 1965-1966; Entrich, Werner. 1950-1956.

29

Fidanza, Alfredo. 1954; Fischer, Ruth. 1947-1949.

30

Garcia, Ginez. 1938-1963; NB. Synonymous with Illfeld, Egon. Gassner, Marie. 1947; Goldman, Emma. 1938-1939; Gourbil, Jeanette. 1961-1965; Grossner, Hildegard. 1947-1948; Guérin, Daniel. 1966;

31

Hanke, Walter. 1947-1966.

32

Hepp, Georg. 1947-1949; Hilse, Max. 1947-1948; Hing-Kater, Martha. 1946; Holmquist, Gunnar. 1945-1946, 1954; Huppertz, Wilhelm. 1947.

33

Icaza, Jorge. 1949-1964; Iglesias, Abelardo. 1953-1965; Illfeld, Egon; See Garcia, Ginez. Ishill, Joseph. 1946-1960.

34

Janson, Olov. 1938-1939; Jensen, Albert. 1943-1955; Johansson, Axel. 1950-1953.

35

Jong, Albert de. 1946-1966; Jong, Rudolf de. 1958-1965; Juliot, N. 1946-1948.

36

Kent, Victoria. 1955, 1960; Kettenbach, August. 1947-1950; Kirschey, Helmut. 1941, 1946; Kjellén, Thore. 1951-1952; Klose, Helmut. 1939-1955; Kniestedt, Fr. 1946; Koch, Bernard. 1947-1949; Kohl, Oskar. 1947-1954; Kraschutzki, Heinz. 1946-1948; Kronheffer, G.A.1944-1950.

37

Lagant, Christian. 1959-1965; Lagerlöf, Jolke. 1950-1957; Lahner, Johann. 1953; Lamberet, R. 1954; Langer, Carl. 1947; Lazarévitch, Ida. 1954-1955; Lehning, Arthur. 1938; Leinau, A.1947-1949; Leinau, Gretel. 1947-1963; 38. Leonhard, Susanne. 1951-1955; Leval, Gaston. 1952-1959, 1966; Lewin, Arthur. 1947; Linow, Fritz. 1949-1956; Lizcano, Manuel. 1965; Loe, Erik. 1952, 1955; Lojewski, V.1951; Lopez, Juan. 1955; Ludwig, Rudolf. 1947-1951.

39

Mañas, Joaquin. 1955; Maurer, Wilhelm. 1950-1954; Mayer, Lola. 1949; Maywald, Gerda. 1953; Meier-Pfaller. Josef. 1952; Meister, Karl. 1928 and n.d.; Mercier Vega, Louis. 1954-1959.

40

Merino, Bernardo. 1951-1955; Merino, Pablo. 1950-1952; Merker, Egon. 1950-1953; Mestre, Ricardo. 1946, 1955; Michaelis, Alfred. 1946-1956; Milstein, Oscar. 1958-1964; Morales, Miguel. 1964; Moscú Gonzalez, Casto. 1956-1962; Munoz, François. 1955.

41

Naske, Karl Ernst. 1963-1965; Naumann, Hans. 1951-1958; Nettlau, Max. 1932 and n.d..

42

Obst, Charlotte. 1946-1947; Oestreich, Paul. 1932-1933; Oll, Joe. N.d.; Olsen, Jeanette. 1954-1955.

43

Pakalns, Carlos R. 1945-1955; Paul, Willi. 1947-1966; Pauner Sospedra, Francisco. 1956-1964; Peirats, José. 1964; Penído, José. 1946-1948; Penkert, Sibylle. 1965-1966; Pérez Bárcena, Luis. 1965; Petersen, Carl Heinrich. 1949-1966; Pilarski, Tom Alfons. 1957-1958; Posthumus, Nicolaas W. 1936; Pradas, J.García. 1940-1955; Prince, Jacobo. 1947-1957; Proix, Robert. 1966; Prudhommeaux, André. 1959-1960.

44

Reede, Walter. 1947; Reinicke, Karl. 1949-1951; Rieger, Ernst. 1947; Rocker, Fermin. 1966; Rocker, Rudolf. 1932-1945; Rubenstein, Hilde. 1959-1960.

45

Souchy, Augustin. 1947-1951, 1981.

46

Vásquez, Mariano R. 1938; Visa, Antonio. 1938, 1948.

47

Wehren, S. 1944; Weigl, Hans. 1947-1951; Weiland, Alfred. 1949, 1967; Wigham, Wilfred S. 1953; Winkelmann, Willi. 1939-1940.

48

Zarcía, Marcelino. 1940; Zipperlens, Hermann. 1947, 1949; Zufall, Gustav. 1946.

49-54

Letters from other political comrades, with some mutual correspondence between these persons.  1932-1971.  6 folders.
NB. In alphabetical order.

49

A

50

B

51

C-E

52

F-J

53

K-O

54

P-Z

55

Letters from unidentified political comrades.  1925-1966.  1 folder.

56

Copies of letters from Rüdiger to his political comrades.  1934-1966.  1 folder.
NB. In alphabetical order.
Abad de Santillán, Diego. 1946; Decker, F. 1951; Hepp, Georg. 1950; Hernández, Miguel. 1945; Jensen, Albert. 1946; Kaupisch, W. 1951; Kronheffer, G.A. 1940; Leinau, Gretel. 1951; Lindstam, E. 1946; Linow, Fritz. 1950; Marckwald, Mr. 1938; Örter, Fritz. 1934; Penido, José. 1946; Paul, Willy. 1959; Penkert, Mrs. 1966; Plivier, Theodor. N.d.; Prince, Jacobo. 1949; Schad, Fritz. 1947; Souchy, Augustin. 1951; Weber, Günther. 1951.

57

Letters from Rüdiger to unidentified political friends.  1939-1965.  1 folder.

58-63

Notebooks by Rüdiger. N.d.  6 folders..

64

Manuscripts by Rüdiger. N.d.  1 folder.

65

Typescript by Rüdiger. N.d.  1 folder.

66

Articles by Rüdiger.  1946-1966.  1 folder.

67

Typescripts by Rüdiger on anti-Nazism.  1940.  1 folder.

68

Typescript by Rüdiger on Gustav Landauer. N.d.  1 folder.

69

Manuscript by Rüdiger and his wife Dora Gollin on Francisco Pi y Margall. N.d.  1 folder.

70

'El Anarcosindicalismo En La Revolución Española'.  1938.  1 folder.
NB. The book is personally signed by Rüdiger.

71

Bibliographic list of anarchosyndicalistic literature. N.d.  1 folder.
NB. It is probably composed by Rüdiger.

72

Typescript by Dora Gollin.  1928-1929.  1 folder.

73

Pamphlet on the silver jubilee of the school in Chemnitz.  1928.  1 folder.

74

Accounts, circulars, pamphlets and other miscellanous documents.  1929-1966.  1 folder.

75

Pressclippings on various cases.  1931-1953.  1 folder.

76

Juridical documents on the condemnation of activists of the FAUD (Freie Arbeiter Union Deutschlands) by the nazis.  1942, 1953.  1 folder.

77

File on the 50th anniversary of Helmut Rüdiger.  1953.  1 folder.

78

File on the death of Helmut Rüdiger.  1966.  1 folder.

79

Manuscript, articles, typescripts and printed material written by several authors.  1941-1965 and n.d.  1 folder.
NB. It is possible that some of them are written by Rüdiger.

80

Article by Garcia Pradas on Russia and the Spanish Civil War. N.d.  1 folder.

81

Biography by Ahto Uisk on Helmut Rüdiger.  1969.  1 folder.

82

Pamphlet 'Freiheit und Sozialismus' by Rodríguez.  1937.  1 folder.

83

Biography by Rudolf Rocker on his wife Milly Witkop- Rocker.  [1955].  1 folder.