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  1. Papers of the Stott family of Hertfordshire relating to Jewish refugees

    Correspondence with refugee committees, including the German Jewish Aid Committee, the Germany Emergency Committee and with individual refugees, about supporting them in the UK; letters about the Adler family, along with letters from the Adler family, and about other refugees, 1938-45; correspondence with Victor Gollancz and Professor A. V. Hill. Papers relating to internment in the UK including `Some observations after four weeks' internment' at Onchan Internment Camp, Isle of Man. Photographs of refugees and their families, 1938-83. Pamphlets and publications on refugees.

  3. Reports on South America as a haven for refugees from Nazi Germany

    This collection of reports focuses on South America as a haven for German Jewish emigration. According to the editor's introduction they were published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency Inc. with a view to being published in various (unspecified) newspapers. This particular edition was presumably written for the American market, since the reports are in English and are printed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which was, by then, based in New York.The reports cover Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay and discuss the climate, geography, demographics and politics of each country. The first 3 reports...

  8. Correspondence with Loewenthal, Josef

    1. Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Comprising handwritten and typewritten letters the correspondence centres on information or material about the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens (C.V.) and the Kartell-Convent der Verbindungen deutscher Studenten Jüdischen Glaubens (K.C.). Furthermore, an article on emigration is mentioned which Alfred Wiener had published in the Deutsche Universitaetszeitung (DUZ).

  9. Correspondence with Loewenstein, Karl

    1. Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence on bibliographic information regarding the Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten (RjF; Reich Federation of Jewish Front Soldiers).

  12. German Jews in Austria: miscellaneous papers

    This material documents the plight of German Jewish refugees in Austria, 1933-1934.

  13. Refugee organisations: reports and other papers

    Miscellaneous collection of reports and other papers, which are concerned with the plight of refugees from Nazi Germany.

  14. Ina Felczer: photographs of refugee hostel in Harrogate

    This collection contains two digital photographs of refugees at a girls' hostel in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Arriving in the UK Ina Felczer initially stayed in Leeds before being sent to the hostel in Harrogate.

  15. Refugee organisations UK: notes

    These contemporary notes on the various refugee aid committees based at Bloomsbury House, London, give some idea of the provision, which existed for refugees during the war.

  16. Correspondence with Leibholz, Louise

    1. Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding a restitution related enquiry by Leibholz for an affidavit of her employment at the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens (C.V.) from 1921-33. Contained are brief correspondences with former C.V. officials Ernst Gottfried Lowenthal, Johannes Rohse, Hans Reichmann and Kurt Friedländer.

  18. International Refugee Organization, Bad Kissingen: reports

    These papers consist of information sheets; administrative and provisional orders; and printed IRO statistics on the occupational skills of refugees.

  19. File

    1. W.P. Crozier's Confidential Foreign Affairs Correspondence

    Patria Manchester Guardian The file contains correspondence and reports concerning domestic and foreign affairs, including reports of the treatment of Jewish refugees by British soldiers, Libya, Finland, and Jewish refugees aboard in the wake of the disaster. Domestically, the file contains materials concerning rationing, the evacuation of British children, air raid reports, and interviews with Anthony Eden. There are also materials concerning the circulation, sales, advertisement,and accounts of the .

  20. Reunion of the Kindertransportees: correspondence

    This collection consists of correspondence from former German Jewish refugees, who came to Great Britain on the Kindertransporte, and who attended the reunion of former Kindertransportees, organised by Bertha Leverton in 1989