Lisbeth Sokal: Personal papers

Identifier
WL1916
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 72628
Dates
1 Jan 1907 - 31 Jan 1942
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Lisbeth Schein was born into a Jewish family in Vienna on 22 September 1919. Her parents, Max (b.1877) and Nanette (b.1879) Schein,  were not able to escape the Nazis and died at Sobibor in 1942. Lisbeth managed to get to the UK on a domestic permit in September 1938. Her brother, Karl, born 26 February 1916, managed to arrive safely in the UK in early 1939 after a brief incarceration in Dachau in 1938. 
For a brief period Lizbeth worked at for the Jewish Refugees Committee at Woburn House. She met in 1944 another refugee from Vienna, David Sokal and they married in 1944. Lisbeth died in 1992 and her husband in 1971.

Acquisition

family papers- 1 folder

Donated 07.09.2013

Donor: Sheldon, Steve

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Places

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