Letter from <roleName>Senator</roleName> <persName ref="http://d-nb.info/gnd/118608819">Helmut Schmidt</persName> to <roleName>Bishop</roleName> <persName ref="http://d-nb.info/gnd/118769731">Hans-Otto Wölber</persName>, <placeName ref="http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005289">Hamburg</placeName>, <date when="1963-04-30">April 30, 1964</date> Insa Kummer Institute for the History of the German Jewsredaktion@juedische-geschichte-online.net
Beim Schlump 83, 20144 Hamburg

With the kind permission of Helmut Schmidt.

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Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Norddeutschland, Kiel, Signatur 11.02, 1693

Helmut SchmidtHamburgApril 30, 1964Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in NorddeutschlandLandeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Norddeutschland, Kiel, Nachlass Wölber, Signatur 11.02, 1693. EnglishSource:Textdeu
HELMUT SCHMIDT Senatorhandwritten annotation 2000 Hamburg 1 Johanniswall 4 Phone: 24825800 April 30, 1964 Bischop Dr. Hans-Otto Wölber, private and confidential !Hamburg 20 Heilwigstr. 22Stamp Dear Dr. Wölber!

There are no more than 2000 or 3000 Jews living in Hamburg at this time; I would consider proselytizing among them – regardless of any possible theological justification – misguided church policy. I have already heard a very bitter remark made by a Jewish person about this kind of work.

Yours faithfully Yours very truly Schmidt