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  3. Aus der Emigration

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    “Aus der Emigration” (From the exile), account by Dr. Curt Rosenberg for the years of 1939 to 1948 about his emigration from Germany, life in Glasgow as a refugee, internment in Bury and the Isle of Man. He describes in vivid detail the peaceful life in Glasgow, the interesting characters among the refugees in the internment camps in Bury and Camp Hutchinson, and the variety of cultural activities organized by the inmates. Later on he returns to Glasgow, where he describes the strained relationship between the established Jews and the refugees. It includes a program of cultural activities f...

  4. Hand towel

    Paul Kuttner received the towel from his mother, Margarete Kuttner, before his immigration from Berlin, Germany, to Great Britain through Kindertransport in February 1939.

  10. Book

    1. Fred Lindheim family collection

    Picture book, So geht's schnell!, taken along by Fred Lindheim in December 1938 when his parents sent him from Frankfurt, Germany, on a Kindertransport to Belgium. His parents were able to get visas to England and the family emigrated there in 1939. They then immigrated to the US in 1940.

  11. Book

    1. Fred Lindheim family collection

    Picture book, Die Struwwel Liesse, taken along by Fred Lindheim in December 1938 when his parents sent him from Frankfurt, Germany, on a Kindertransport to Belgium. His parents were able to get visas to England and the family emigrated there in 1939. They then immigrated to the US in 1940.

  12. Asch Family Papers

    1. Nestor Winters collection

    Contains two letters from the Association of Jewish Refugees in Great Britain, informing Mrs. C. Asch of London that members of the Asch family have been liberated in Theresienstadt and have returned to Berlin, August-September 1945.

  13. Correspondence of the German Jewish Aid Committee

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains material of a correspondence between the German Jewish Aid Committee in London and couple of Refugee organizations, like the Jewish Refugee Committee/ Trainee department in Leeds, the British Committee for Refugees from Czecho-Slovakia and the York Refugee Committee. The correspondence is regarding visa and trainee possibilities for Jews who want to escape Germany or other occupied countries and stay in Great Britain. All of the organizations tried to save as many Jews as possible by the use of trainee visa for Great Britain. Unfortunately Jews who applied need to be in a ...

  16. Selected Records from the Foreign Office: Embassy and Consulates, United States of America: General Correspondence (FO 115)

    Contains general correspondence from the Embassy and Consulates of the United States of America relating to Jews, the sale in Argentina of exit permits for Jews in Nazi Germany, the evacuation of Jewish refugees from occupied Europe in 1944, and illegal immigration.