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  1. Kurt Ferber: personal papers

    This collection, comprises a set of correspondence between Kurt Ferber and a friend in Berlin; material relating to the Kampfbund für deutsche Kultur; miscellaneous contemporary newspapers and cuttings; and unidentified notes. The correspondence is of particular interest for it provides a fascinating insight into the mentalities of 2 ordinary German citizens with special reference to their political and cultural interests. The provenance of the material is not known. Nor is anything known about the history of its custody prior to deposit. Olga Bruewitsch-Heuss' political stance is made clea...

  2. Gerda Nabe: School project

    This original school project documents a year of Hitler's rule in a series of compositions illustrated by photographs from newspapers and drawings. Produced by Gerda Nabe in 1935, it demonstrates the extent to which devotion to the nazi party and to its leader permeated German society, even to the level of school children. The project begins by reporting the elections in Saarland, when the residents chose to revert back to Germany again and provides a history of the region and its people. It goes on to commemorate the deaths of fallen nazi 'heroes'. It then marks the date that Hitler became...

  3. Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien: various papers

    The original papers in this collection document the activities of the representative organization of the Jewish cultural community in Vienna in 1939. Also included in the deposit and now housed in the Wiener Library 'Special Collections' are an original Jewish tram pass issued to Berta Brand and 2 pieces of 'Jude' badges.Correspondence and papers of the head office of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde, Wien including correspondence and statements from the housing and emigration departments of the IKW, which provide biographical details of Jews who have suffered persecution under the Nazis an...

  5. Gertrud Wilmersdörfer: copy papers

    This collection of copy papers document in part Gertrud Wilmersdörfer's pre war anti-nazi activities; the experiences of a former French Resistance colleague, Alexandre Morgune, and conditions in Ravensbrück concentration camp.

  6. Correspondence re the history of Jews in Poland

    Correspondence re the history of Jews in Poland with special reference to the blood libels of Tarnobrzeg and the 1946 Kielce pogrom. Also included is a copy translation of the historical files of TarnobrzegThis collection of copy correspondence between Michael Honey, a Polish born Jew, and a number of correspondents, deals with Polish antisemitism with special reference to the blood libels of Tarnobrzeg and the 1946 Kielce pogrom.

  8. Yom Hashoah 2013

  11. Copy letter from Austrian soldier re wartime exploits

    The letter, amongst other things, describes the systematic murder carried out by the Wehrmacht in Poland, and in particular the murder of civilians by the author's unit. The author also mentions the murder of a number of their own officers by the rank and file.

  13. Account of Nelly Wolffheim's experience

    Typescript, annotated, incomplete, account of Nelly Wolffheim's experience running the last remaining Jewish Kindergarten school in BerlinGerman 30 pages 

  14. Various eyewitness accounts

    This miscellaneous collection of eyewitness accounts, detailing anti-Semitic persecution by the nazis probably form part of the several hundred testimonies gathered in the mid- 1950s by the Wiener Library, most of which now belong in the Wiener Library 'P Series'. In fact the first item (1267/1) is an account signed 'Li. Z.' of this project, dated 14 May 1956. It is possible that the reason why the accounts in this collection were never included in the 'P Series' is that so many of them are incomplete and/ or without author.

  16. Diaries of Wilhelm Hollitscher

    This set of manuscript war-time diaries from an Austrian Jewish refugee provide a unique insight into a refugee's life and his interpretation of national events. A number of enclosures were found loose within the diaries. These have been catalogued separately [1277/16] with a note of their place of origin. Hollitscher begins his English diaries by remembering his last days in Vienna, but soon turns to a discussion of the political news of the day. In this case a secret meeting between Hitler and Mussolini. Hollitscher is furious about Hitler's treachery, abandoning South Tyrol as a gift to ...

  17. Anglo-Jewish Association: Reports and other papers

  18. The Association of Jewish Refugees in Great Britain: Board minutes and papers

    Minutes and correspondence of the board of the Association of Jewish Refugees in Great Britain, covering such subjects as restitution claims; social work; the newsletter: AJR Information; cultural activities; membership of the organisation 

  19. Doris Winter (née Kahn): copy school book

    This is the copy of a school book which was originally the property of the depositor, a pupil in a school in Cologne, 1933-1934. The contents of the book were dictated by the teacher and consist of notes on the racial characteristics of the various ethnic groups which comprise the German people, also notes on the theory of racial hygiene.