Bono Wiener Papers

Title: Bono Wiener Papers

Inclusive Dates: 1940-1996

ID: RG 1452

Extent Information

7.5"; 1 5"lgl; 1 2.5"lgl

Creators

Wiener, Bono (1920-1995)

Administrative/Biographical History

Born in 1920 in Lodz. Active in the Bund since adolescence. In the Lodz ghetto possessed a radio receiver and was active in protest groups. Settled in Australia in 1950. Active in the Bund, the Australian Labor Party, the Jewish Community Council of Victoria, the World Council for Yiddish and in Holocaust-commemorating institutions. Died in 1995.

THIS COLLECTION WAS ORIGINALLY ACCESSIONED AS RG 1512

Subjects (links to similar collections)

Australia
Ghettos, Holocaust
Holocaust and Aftermath
Jewish Labor Bund
Poland
Politics and Political Parties
Resistance, World War II
Socialism

Forms of Material (links to similar genres)

Documents - Papers

Administrative Information

Acquired: 10/27/1996.

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Description: Manuscript and transcription (by Nokhem Reinhartz) of the surviving part (1940, 1943-44) of Wiener's diary, written in the Lodz ghetto. Also other manuscripts and transcriptions, including lists of Bundists, summary minutes of Bund meetings, lists of discussion topics, platforms of the Bund group and lists of books in the Bund's library--all written in the ghetto. Copies and originals of announcements of the Jewish administration of the ghetto and of opposition groups. Clippings relating to Wiener's activities after liberation.