de Berg, Maurice

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Authority Biography/Administrative HistoryMaurice de Berg, who died in September 1994 became an active worker in the Zionist movement after he migrated to this country from Britain in the 1920s. He was present at the inaugural meeting of the Junior Union of Sydney Zionists in 1927 and remained actively interested in Zionism all his life. His personal correspondence relates to Zionism in the 1920s and 1930s. His sister-in-law was the late Hazel de Berg, who recorded a large number of taped interviews now kept in the National Library, Canberra, and another is married to the prominent doctor, Prof. Ronald Penny.
Provenancede BERG, M (DEBERGM)
Dates(s)1929 to 1979
Scope & Content• Papers: Correspondence with Jewish National Fund, Union of Sydney Zionists, Rabbi Falk's Study Circle, David Selby. Reference to the Kimberley plan. • Printed matter: Various newspaper articles, two copies of The Young Zionistv1 no1 (February 1934); v1 no 4 (May 1934) and a report from the Young Zionist League of New South Wales from its inception 12th November 1933 to 15th March 1935