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  1. Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with various relief organizations in England regarding assistance to refugees and displaced persons in camps in Germany, 1945

    1. P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Correspondence with various relief organizations in England regarding assistance to refugees and displaced persons in camps in Germany, 1945 Also in the file: - Reports regarding Agudat Israel activities; - Reports regarding the situation in various communities in Germany, including Assen, Duesseldorf, Berlin and Cologne.

  2. Pavel Novak: copy personal papers

    This collection comprises a school leaving certificate dated 1939, of Risa Elizabeth Novak, Pavel Novak's wife; a certificate from the Jewish Refugees Committee in London about her arrival from Austria in May 1939; and a certificate from a group of Austrian Trade Unionists in Great Britain, confirming the identity of her father and the fact that he was arrested for anti-fascist activities in 1934 and 1938.

  4. Selected records from the India Office

    The India Office was the administration in London of the pre-1947 government of India. These files include records relating to immigration and internment policy, individual case files of Jewish refugees to India, and nominal rolls of internees.

  5. Correspondence with Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR)

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence - with AJR chairman Werner Rosenstock almost exclusively - comprises a wide variety of issues including amongst others: an AJR Information editorial on the work of the Jewish Restitution Successor Organisation; an obituary on Ludwig Foerder; publishing the memoirs of Gustav Schröder, captain of the MS St. Louis, in England; the visit of The Wiener Library by a group of young German unionists; and an appreciation of Leonard Montefiore in the AJR Information on occasion of his 70th birthday.

  6. 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.

  7. Grete Sacki (Mayer): Personal papers

  8. 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.

  9. [British Committe for refugees from Czecho-Slovakia] ; [Inquiery for leaving Czecho-Slovakia]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains copies of a form, an inquiry for leaving Czecho-Slovakia, which is offert by the British Committe for Refugees from Czecho-Slovakia.

  10. Prime Minister's Office: Confidential Correspondence and Papers (PREM 4). Selected records.

    The collection consists of selected correspondence files and reports from the Prime Minister's Office related to the Jewish situation in occupied Europe and the refugee situation in Palestine. Files originate from the record group PREM 4 at the National Archives, United Kingdom.

  11. Trunk sent to an Austrian Jewish youth after he fled

    Trunk sent to Rudolf Lappe, 19, who fled Chemnitz, Germany, for Great Britain not long after Hitler was appointed Chancellor in January 1933. Rudolf left without any prior preparation in order to get out before the borders were closed in April 1933. Later that year his father sent him this trunk with clothing in it. His father was imprisoned on racial grounds. He was released after several weeks, but was not allowed to practice his profession of law. He emigrated to England in May 1939. Rudolf returned in 1948 to the Soviet occupied zone.

  12. Control Office for Germany and Austria and Foreign Office, Control Commission for Germany (British Element), Prisoners of War/Displaced Persons Division (FO 1052). Selected records.

    Selected records of British Public Record Office fond FO 1052. Contains records relating to Jewish displaced persons, British DP policy, education and training programs for Jewish DPs, and information regarding emigration to Palestine (Operation "Grand National").

  13. Selected records from the Foreign Office: Library and the Research Department: General Correspondence from 1906 (FO 370)

    Contains general correspondence from the Library and Research Department of the Foreign Office relating to various matters including: legislation in Great Britain relating to Jews in 1939, inquiries on locations of archival collections, and resolutions and decisions from the Third Plenary Assembly of the World Jewish Congress London, 1953.

  14. Blanche Eichel collection

    Blanche Eichel was born Blanka Bachner to Julius (b. 13/02/1874) and Etel (née Weiss, b. 22/01/1878) on 24 April 1913 in Trstená. Her family were German speaking. She must have come to Britain in 1939, where she married Dezider Eichel, in London on 2 March 1940. They settled in Britain, becoming British citizens in 1948. Both Blanche’s parents were murdered in the Holocaust: the Nazis deported them to unknown camps in September 1942; Blanche was never able to discover their exact fate. Dezider Eichel was the son of Salamon and Irma (née Spitz). He was born on 8 June 1909 in Ružomberok. He...

  15. Rudolf, Philipp and Eva Manes: Personal papers

    This collection contains the diary of Rudolf Manes (1699/1) and personal papers of Philipp and Eva Manes (see also WL Doc 1346 for Philipp Manes's papers).

  16. Kobylinski family: correspondence during internment

    This collection consists of correspondence between Else and Sigismund Kobylinski, German Jewish refugees, during their internment on the Isle of Man in Summer and Autumn 1940. The correspondents came to Great Britain in 1939, their children having emigrated some years earlier.

  17. Nicholas G. Winton collection

    Contains photocopies of pages from the book "Time Zones" by Joe Schlesinger; a photocopy of a names list containing hundreds of Czech children brought to the United Kingdom by the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, Children's Section, under the leadership of Nicholas Winton; and a photocopy of an article published in the "Evening Post" 21 June 1991 entitled "Prague Reunion for Hero Father: He Rescued 664 Children."

  18. Harry Edward Anderson Collection

    This collection contains some personal papers and photographs of Harry Edward Anderson (formerly Hans Israel Abraham) who emigrated to England as a Jewish refugee upon release from Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.

  19. B'nai Brith Leo Baeck London Lodge: Members life histories

    Personal, mostly autobiographical accounts of former German and Austrian Jewish refugees, who subsequently became members of the Leo Baeck London Lodge. Also list of authors at 1288/56.This collection of memoirs provides a rich and varied account of the experiences of German and Austrian Jewish refugees to Great Britain. They range in length from 1 page to almost book length.