Pavel Novak: copy personal papers

Identifier
WL1649
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 71053
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Jan 1974
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Pavel Novak was a former refugee from Czechoslovakia. Born in 1918, he spent the Second World War years in Great Britain during which time he lost his parents, sister and numerous family members, murdered in the Holocaust. Pavel returned to Czechoslovakia after the war with his wife, who was a refugee from Vienna, arriving in Great Britain on the Kindertransport. They lived there with their two children until the Russian invasion of 1968 then returned to Great Britain.

Acquisition

various docs from his wife Risa E. Novak

Donated 22 December 2006

Donor: Pavel Novak

Scope and Content

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.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Related Units of Description

  • See also Unpub memoir 4283.

People

  • Novak, Pavel

Subjects

  • Immigration
  • Kindertransport
  • Jews

Places

  • Great Britain
  • Czechoslovakia [1918-1992]
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