Inter-aid committee: correspondence and papers

Identifier
WL1718
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 71151
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Jan 1939
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

Biographical History

The Inter-Aid Committee for Children from Germany and Austria was one of the charitable groups that helped organise the Kindertransporte in the 1930s. The Committee was founded in 1936 for the purpose of bringing Jewish and non-Arian Christian children to the UK.

Archival History

The papers were collected by Stella Tilling who worked for the Committee.

Acquisition

Papers re jewish refugee children- 1 folder

Donated September 2006

Donor: Ruth Calvert-Smith

Scope and Content

This collection consists of papers, correspondence and minutes of the Inter-Aid Committee for Children from Germany and Austria (Oxford Branch) relating to the placement of Jewish refugee children with families.

Correspondence and papers including lists of refugee children awaiting care homes, pamphlets entitled 'The Jews - some plain facts' (1941) (1781/5/1) and 'Benjamin Franklin and the Jews - a forgery exposed' (1718/5/2), and a photograph of one of the children (1718/3/23).
English

System of Arrangement

The papers are arranged chronologically by subject.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Subjects

Places

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.