Andrew Blau papers

Identifier
irn515564
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.202
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515564

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Andrew Blau in 1991.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of a publication and two letters relating to refugees at the Kitchener internment camp in Richborough, England, and an internment camp on the Isle of Man during World War II. In a special camp, Kitchener, in Richborough, Kent, England, some 5,000 people who needed immediate shelter were housed during an eighteen - month period from the end of Jan. 1939. These 5,000 refugees had been released from concentration camps, or their internment had been deferred by the Nazis, who were willing to let them alone on condition that they leave Germany immediately. The Home Office gave them a group entrance visa and waived the normal regulations for passports and individual permits.

Corporate Bodies

  • Kitchener Camp for Refugees.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Great Britain.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Great Britain.
  • Refugees, Jewish--Great Britain.

Genre

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.

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