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  1. Rachel A. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Rachel A., who was born in Berlin, Germany in 1921. She recalls celebrating Easter and Christmas; moving to Kiel in 1926; antisemitic abuse in school; moving to Frankfurt in 1931; Nazi demonstrations; leaving school in March 1933; her parents changing her name to the more "Aryan"-sounding "Dora"; traveling to Switzerland in April 1933; moving to Manchester; assistance from the Jewish community, her first contact with other Jews; attending nursing school in London in 1938; the school's evacuation to Wales in September 1940; and emigration to the United States in 1940. ...

  6. [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.

  8. Papers of Rabbi H.F.Reinhart

    Correspondence and papers relating to the West London Synagogue, including correspondence with individuals, papers from religious classes and papers about alterations to and the decorations of the synagogue. Correspondence and newspaper articles relating to Reinhart's resignation, 1957. Correspondence, papers and financial material for the Westminster Synagogue. General correspondence files, including material on the building of the Seymour Hall, 1934, the foundation of new synagogues within the Association of Synagogues in Great Britain, the Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief and...

  10. Ursula Nelson collection

    Photographs (two albums, two loose photographs) and certificate from the Deutscher Makkabikreise, 1938, both related to Ursula Kantorowicz (later Nelson), documenting her childhood in Germany and young-adult years as an emigre in England. Photograph albums include images of Nelson's parents and relatives in Germany, childhood friends, her life in Britain after emigration, including her friends and work, and her first husband, Leslie Smith.

  12. Correspondence with Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbürger Jüdischer Glaubens (C.V.)

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence centres on two major subjects. One concerns The Wiener Library’s claim for the recently detected library of the C.V. (1947-1952) and includes background information on the library’s confiscation by the Nazis, its rediscovery on Czechoslovakian soil after the Second World War, and individuals and body’s involved in the process of negotiating its future ownership. Besides, a meeting of former members in London on occasion of the 60th anniversary of the C.V. is arranged. Triggered by a research enquiry on anti-Nazi resistance in Berlin from 1933-45, a second major subject co...

  20. Testimony of Robert Kien, born in Ostrava,, Czechoslovakia, 1902, regarding his experiences in Poland including assistance to refugees in Krakow and Britain

    1. O.59- Erich Kulka Collection: Documentation and testimonies regarding the struggle of the Jews of Czechoslovakia against the Nazis

    Testimony of Robert Kien, born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1902, regarding his experiences in Poland including assistance to refugees in Krakow and Britain Born in Ostrava. Escape to Poland, 1939; assistance to Jewish refugees in Krakow organized by Czechoslovakian Zionists, 1939; British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia in Poland, role of Herman Field; participation of Czechoslovakian Jews; cooperation of the Czechoslovakian Consulate; classification applications for British visas; escape to Britain, 1939; Communist influence; cooperation with HICEM (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society ...