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  1. Gertrude Wellisch: Correspondence re emigration

    Correspondence relating to the establishment of a guarantor for Gertrude Wellisch, an Austrian Jewish refugee, including letters between various agencies and the prospective guarantor.

  2. Karl Neumann: Family papers

    This collection of family papers documents the lives of a Czech Jewish couple both before and after their arrival in Great Britain.

  4. Reichsbund der Deutschen Beamten: Circular re membership of Jewish Mischlinge

    Copy circular issued by the Reichsbund der Deutschen Beamten to all members regarding Jewish mixed race membership of the RDB, stating that whereas full Jews can no longer be members, Jews of mixed race can still be members under certain conditionsGerman 

  5. List of Theresienstadt survivors in Switzerland

    This list of survivors of Theresienstadt who were taken to Switzerland was originally published in a Swiss newspaper towards the end of the war. The depositor's grandmother's name is included.

  6. Chaja Cohn: Memoirs of German Jewish Exile, nd

    This collection of stories and reminiscences was collated by Chaja Cohn, a former refugee residing in Israel, who had spent several years in China.

  10. Report re the rescue of Jewish children in Belgium

    This copy translation of a report by Maurice Heiber detailing his exploits saving Jewish children in Belgium, was translated by his niece, Enid Wistrich, while she was still a school girl.

  13. Herbert Engel: Copy personal papers

    These copy documents provide a rare insight into the effects of Nazism and its demise on the German population.

  14. Ellinor Adler: Family documents

    This collection of family documents describes the plight of a Viennese family: an aryan woman, her Jewish husband and their daughter. In addition to some original documentation, there are 2 personal accounts by the mother, Maria Goldschmied, which cover the period from the arrival of the Nazis to the 1970s when she used to still visit her native Austria. Of particular interest are the memoirs at 1319/11-12 and material relating to Alwin Goldschmied's arrest, including a visitor's pass allowing his wife to visit him in prison which was retained and used to rebut official denials that he was ...

  15. Lisbeth Perks: Copy correspondence, some of it from Terezin.

    This copy correspondence featured in a published memoir by the depositor, some of which includes letters from family members in Terezin. The originals had been lost by the publishers. The collection consists of photocopies of the originals, typescript transcripts and translations.

  16. Lisa Grant: Family papers

    This miscellaneous collection of family papers documents the activities of a German Jewish family. It includes material on the aryanisation of the family business and the receipt of the Kriegsverdienstkreuz für Kriegshilfe, for service during the First World War. Some of the material is original.

  17. Peter Johnson: Personal papers

    Readers need to book  a reading room terminal to access this digital contentThis collection of Peter Johnson's personal papers documents his life up until the immediate post-war period. It includes school reports, family correspondence, documents re naturalisation, papers relating to his service in military intelligence, and papers relating to the former Jewish population in Hildesheim, where he was stationed at the end of the war. Also deposited by Peter Johnson, the bulk of which collection relates to the activities of the refugee social club 'Hyphen', of which he was one of the foun...

  19. Sonderfahndungsliste

    This is believed to be a typescript transcript of an Associated Press telex containing the names on the infamous Nazi Black List, a facsimile copy of which the Wiener Library holds. The list contains the names of all those whom the Nazis regarded as a potential threat to their plans and would therefore be arrested after the successful invasion of Great Britain. Details about the form and content of this edition are unknown (the depositor purchased it from a dealer)