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  1. Martin Berger collection

    The papers reflect his interests in and membership of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, The Trade Union Centre for German Workers in Great Britain and the Free German League of Culture in Great Britain.

  2. Max Perls: Family papers

    This is a collection of correspondence from friends and family in Piaski, near Lublin, Poland and Stettin, close to the German border, to Max Perls and his wife in Chile.Correspondence from friends and family in Piaski, near Lublin, Poland and Stettin, close to the German border, to Max Perls and his wife in Santiago, Chile. Includes at -/20 a typescript poem by Friedrich Kroner, which appeared in Aufbau, Friday 14 November 1947. It was originally penned on 3 February 1944, while the author was in a slave labour camp in Thüringen

  4. Kartel Convent: Various papers

    This collection contains circulars from the KC in Great Britain and the American Jewish KC Fraternity, Inc.

  5. Max Wolff collection

    Part autobiographical , part historical part legal treatise

  6. Max Sanders: personal papers

    This collection consists of mostly original personal papers of Max Sander, a German Jew, who apparently came to Great Britain in 1939 and, according to an unidentified note died, in London in 1979. Little more is known about the subject beyond the following few details gleaned from the papers themselves.

  7. Laura Selo collection

    Personal papers including Poesie album; Lodz Ghetto bread ration card; copy family photographsReaders need to reserve a reading room terminal to access an audio interview with the donor.

  9. Bernhard Baer: A biographical account

    Biographical notes on Bernhard Baer. The notes provide details of his life, born into a German Jewish family in Berlin in 1905, and trace his experiences through the First World War and its aftermath, his escape from Nazi persecution to England in 1938 and his subsequent career as an expert in colour printing and a publisher of artists' graphic work.English Typescript 24 pagesThe account was written in note form shortly after the subject's death in 1983. It is divided into two parts: the first covering the years 1905-1948; and the second 1949-1983.

  10. Rebeka Rosenberg collection

    This is a supplement to the collective history of the Blanknstein family compiled by Sisa Svidovsky. It comprises printed translations of letters and postcards received by Rebeka (Rita) Rosenberg née Blankstein from her relatives and friends between 1939 and 1942. The letters describe family life in occupied Poland, neutral Switzerland, Great Britain at war, USA and Palestine.

  12. Edith Nussbaum: personal papers

    This collection of personal papers includes copy birth certificates, police registration documents, Jewish passport, British naturalisation certificate and restitution papers

  13. The Inter-Aid Committee for Children from Germany and Austria: papers

    The Inter-Aid Committee for Children from Germany and Austria: papers including material on individual cases; appeals and responses; correspondence; holiday hospitality and sample forms for guarantors

  14. Correspondence with Bettelheim, Joseph

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence centres on the sending of archival material, and a Dutch radio show on the capture of Adolf Eichmann. Moreover, private issues like birthday wishes, Bettelheim’s restitution case, and his nephews and niece are briefly addressed.

  15. Correspondence with Abrahamsohn, Arthur

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence centres on an information request by Abrahamson on the to substaniate his restitution claims heard in Cologne. Further letters pertain to the consignment of books and documents to the Library, birthday wishes, and Abrahamson’s contribution to The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project.

  16. Correspondence with Ainsztein, Reuben

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence documents Ainsztein’s long-term freelance work for The Wiener Library, primarily by contributing numerous pieces - articles, reviews, summaries - to its Bulletin. Moreover, work related fees are subject of some letters.

  17. Correspondence with Anglo-German Educational Reconstruction (G.E.R.)

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence concerning the dissolution of G. E. R. and the options of providing The Wiener Library with parts of the remaining archival material.

  18. Correspondence with Council for the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Jews from Germany

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence documents the everyday business between The Wiener Library and the London based Council including birthday wishes, the lending of books, the purchase of images, and primarily the exchange of published and unpublished material. Beside letters it contains á copy of the Council’s internal newsletters and a printed, not dated image of Sigmund Freud.

  19. Correspondence with Borchard, Lucy

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence concerns Borchard’s financial contributions to The Wiener Library as well as an enquiry for writing an eyewitness account for the Library’s eyewitness testimony project.

  20. Correspondence with Bonn, Moritz Julius

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Comprising handwritten and typewritten letters the correspondence concerns an article Bonn had authored for The Wiener Library Bulletin, and the approach of influential individuals in West Germany, including its president Theodor Heuss.