Anni and Walter Robinson: family photographs

Identifier
WL1778
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 71169
Dates
1 Jan 1880 - 31 Jan 1970
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Anni Rose and Walter Robinsohn got married in Hamburg in the late 1930s before coming to the UK to set up a silk and cotton print material import/export business. Anni Robinsohn died in her mid-nineties in c 1992/3 and Walter Robinsohn died aged 96 in 1995.

Acquisition

Postcards and photos of Robinsohn family

Donated November 2008

Donor: Yvonne Drinkwater

Scope and Content

This collection consists of family photographs and postcards of Anni Robinsohn and her husband Walter Robinsohn, Jewish refugees from Hamburg who emigrated from Nazi Germany to London in the late 1930s.

Personal papers including family photographs and postcards, also included are a small metal plaque of Dr Schacht, President of the Reichsbank, and a piece of painted stained glass.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Related Units of Description

  • For photographs see Photo Archive 2008/78.

Subjects

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.