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Alt Ref No	IW/631
Title	Letters from Kenneth Jackson, 2 Queen Edith House, Queen Edith's Way, Cambridge to Ifor Williams
Description	Polerny has lost his professorship at Berlin again. Under the Nüremberg Laws of 1935 he has been deprived of full citizen rights. Two of his grandparents were Jews. Carrying on his Celtic work in private would be impossible without the status of a citizen. Polerny hopes that with the support of British Celtic Scholars he will have his rights restored. Asks IW and others to sign a document. He is having a big reading-campaign. Is giving a course of lectures in Modern Welsh. Thanks for letter and present. Thanks for getting signatures for Polerny's petition. Describes his wife. He has put his name down at the Appointments Board for any job.
Date	21/10/1936-25/10/1936
Extent	2 letters

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