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  1. "Once upon four decades, 1939-1979"

    Consists of a copy of "Once upon four decades, 1939-1979" written by Margaret Collin. The volume contains testimonies of several Holocaust survivors seeking restitution from the German government. The various testimonies describe the experiences of the survivors in concentration camps, escape from the Nazis, life in hiding, episodes of suicide, and great mental anguish suffered since the end of the Holocaust. Also included are recollections of Margaret Collin about her own escape from Germany and the loss of her family. Intermingled in the text are several photocopies of Holocaust-related d...

  2. "Some Victims of the Nazi Terror"

    Consists of one magazine entitled "Some Victims of the Nazi Terror," which contains photographs and propaganda information about the Kitchener camp in Richborough, England. The magazine describes the daily lives of the mostly Jewish refugees living in the Kitchener camp. The magazine was created by the Kitchener Camp Committee. In a special camp, Kitchener, in Richborough, Kent, England, some 5,000 people who needed immediate shelter were housed during an eighteen - month period from the end of Jan. 1939. These 5,000 refugees had been released from concentration camps, or their internment h...

  3. ‘The St. Louis Affair': list of passengers who found refuge in Great Britain

    This copy list of passengers on the infamous ship, the St. Louis, was probably generated from a database at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington.

  4. 1939-1945 Star Medal and ribbon awarded to an Austrian Jewish woman for service in the British Auxiliary Territorial Division

    1. Dorit B. Whiteman collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn41455
    • English
    • 1939-1945
    • a: Height: 2.375 inches (6.032 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) b: Height: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)

    1939-1945 Star Medal and ribbon awarded to Lilly Feldmann by the British government for her military service in Palestine. In late 1938, 18 year-old Lilly felt forced to leave Vienna, Austria, because of anti-semitism and Nazi fervor. In her diary, she wrote: "It is a curse that I shall miss this home in spite of the fact that it hates and rejects me…I shall cry for you, you stupid, pitiful country.” She escaped to England where she joined the British Army and served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service Division.

  5. 1st Anniversary commemorative pin for the victims of Theresienstadt acquired by a Czech Jewish survivor

    1. Frank Meissner collection

    First anniversary commemorative pin for the May 12, 1945, liberation of Theresienstadt concentration camp acquired by Frank Meissner, whose family had been imprisoned in the ghetto/labor camp in Czechoslovakia. On September 16, 1945, there was a public ceremonial burial for 601 victims exhumed from six mass grave sites uncovered at the Small Fortress. From 1940-1945, the Small Fortress served as the prison at the Terezin camp. At the age of 16, Frank left Trest, Czechoslovakia, in 1939 to avoid the increasingly harsh Nazi persecutions of Jews. He went to Denmark with Youth Aliyah to attend ...

  8. [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.

  9. [British Committee for Refugees from Czecho-Slavakia]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Conditions for entering Great Britain are shown in the notification which the files contain. Where to apply and which kind of rights or duties the applicants have are mentioned. If the conditions have been fulfilled the permits can be obtained through the committe for refugees from Czecho-Slovakia.

  10. [Conference for the relief of German Jewry]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains the booklet version of the “Reports and Resolutions” of the “Conference for the Relief of German Jewry” held in London in October 1933. The contributions include the Report of the Sub-Committee on Migration, the Report of the Committee on Relief outside Germany, the Report of Academic Committee, the Report of Reconstruction Committee, the Report of Refugees’ Sub-Committee, the Resolutions adopted by the Conference, as well as the opening speech by Neville J. Laski and the closing speech by Chaim Weizmann.

  11. [Correspondence regarding 'das Laterndl']

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains newspaper reports, critiques and letters regarding the 'Laterndl, Wiener Kleinkunstbühne' (the Lantern). The Lantern was a small theater, founded and run by Austrian exiles in London during World War II. It was connected to the 'Austrian center', the 'Free Austrian Movement' and the 'Interniertenfond'. Opened on June 21st, 1939, it was active throughout the war years, with a break between summer 1940 and 1941, when most of the Austrian refugees were interned. The newspaper reports are published by the 'Zeitspiegel', which was a weekly published newspaper. The newspaper inf...

  12. [Correspondence regarding the immigration to Great Britain]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several letters of a correspondence between Jewish family members and friends concerning the immigration to Great Britain. In the letters informations have been exchanged, ideas have been discussed and requests, as well as help, have been declaimed. The correspondence regards furthermore questions of payment, workhours, new or better work positions, living conditions and asking general questions about problems of the refugees. All letters are written in 1939, some are handwritten and others are typed, most of the letters are in German and only a couple in English. Furtherm...

  13. [Documents concerning the formalities connected with the emigration from Austria in 1938 and life as a refugee in Great Britain]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Documents concerning the formalities connected with the emigration of Jewish citizens from Austria in 1938 after the so called "Anschluss" of Austria to the Third Reich. Additionally information pages on life as a refugee in Great Britain, employement regulations, official German questionaires regarding emigration, official instructions for children boarding one of the "Kindertransports" as well as containing lists with adresses and general advice.

  14. [Documents concerning the formalities connected with the emigration from Austria in 1938 and life as a refugee in Great Britain]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Documents concerning the formalities connected with the emigration from Austria in 1938 and immigration to Great Britain, including important details for life as a refugee in Great Britain, containing lists, adresses, advice and contacts for refugess from Austria after the "Anschluss" of Austria to the Third Reich in 1938. The documents also contains a list regarding children who are about to be sent to Great Britain on a so called "Kindertransport".

  15. [Documents from the estate of Julius Bloch regarding emigration to the United States]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Documents from Julius Bloch in January 17th 1939 sent from London via telegraph to his family (in Frankfurt/Main and New York) and the answer he received about the preparations for emigration to the United States as well as the restrictive laws concerning cash money of Jews in the Third Reich.

  16. [Documents from the estate of Julius Bloch]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Documents from Julius Bloch in January 17th 1939 from London to his family (in Frankfurt/Main and New York) and the answer of them about the (preparations for the) migration to New York and the restrictive laws concerning money of Jews in the Third Reich.