Laura Selo collection

Identifier
WL2000
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 72279
Dates
1 Jan 1930 - 31 Jan 1959
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Laura Selo was the oldest of three sisters who were brought up in a middle class assimilated Jewish family in Berlin. The family later moved to Prague and the girls came to Great Britain on one of the 'Nicholas Winton' trains. Grete Gumpel, Laura's mother perished in a mass grave in Chelmno on 15 May 1942. Laura's father managed to escape to Great Britain and was intened during the war.

Acquisition

Donated 02/2007

Donor: Mrs H. Selo

Scope and Content

Laura Selo family correspondence and papers including letters from her mother Grete Gumpel to her father; also letters from the children to their father while he was interned; also documents and Red Cross letters of Else Philipps, Grete Gumpel's sister, who managed to get to Great Britain. Included is a negative of a letter by the Jewish Refugee Committee.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

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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.