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  1. German Jewish doctors: List of suicides/ murdered

    List of German Jewish doctors who either committed suicide or were murdered between 1933 and 1939.

  2. Hebrew Committee of National Liberation: Copy letter re settlement in Palestine

    Copy letter from Hillel Kook aka Peter Bergson, chairman of the Hebrew Committee of National Liberation, to Chaim Weizmann, President of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, in which he explains in some detail his ideas for the settlement of Palestine.English 23 pages 

  3. Duke of Buccleuch and Nathan Laski: Copy correspondence re antisemitism in Germany

    Correspondence between the Duke of Buccleuch and Nathan Laski, in which Laski refutes a number of popular myths such as rich Jews flaunted their wealth; the majority of poor Jews were communist agitators; Jews dominated the British press; Jewish professionals and retailers remained popular amongst Germans even after the imposition of restrictions. Ultimately he seems to concur with the conciliatory approach recommended by Buccleuch as evidenced by the final sentence: “...I opposed the resolution [attacking Chamberlain's policy] and urged that no effort should be spared to come to an agreeme...

  4. E. Ohly: Copy family papers

    This collection of papers documents in part the experiences of a German Jewish family from Munich. The papers include original correspondence from friends and relatives and material from the Jewish organizations which arranged the details of the transport to Terezin.

  5. Regensburger family papers

    This collection of papers concerns the experiences of a German Jewish family which settled in Great Britain in 1939. Correspondence and personal papers of Resi Regensburg re naturalization, the possibility of voluntary work, restrictions for aliens and the remittance of money abroad

  6. Jewish Youth Federation, Holland: Copy report of 22nd AGM

    Report on the 22nd AGM of the Joodsche Jeugd Federatie (Jewish Youth Federation) 

  7. Anti-Nazi activities worldwide: leaflets and circulars

    The collection consists of leaflets and circulars of anti-nazi organizations in various countries across the world. Much of the material is annotated with the reference 112F, probably an early Wiener Library subject reference code, which suggests that the material was deposited shortly after it was produced.

  8. Twentsche bank, Amsterdam: Copy note re service to the Germans

    Note made on file by Groser (representative for Germany) and in the presence of a colleague, Dr. Knobloch, concerning an interview they had with van Ryk of the Twentsche Bank, who were offering their services to the GermansGerman 

  9. Telegram re mobility restrictions for Jews

    Copy telegram from Bern to Auswärtige Amt discussing the possibility of special entry in passports held by Jews from Germany and Italy designed to prevent their travel to SwitzerlandGerman 

  10. Copy letter re contract with Jewish company, Kiel

    Copy letter from Dr. Moeller, a lawyer in Kiel, to a German carpenter, who tried to avoid a contract he had entered into with a Jewish firm. 

  11. Copy letter from La Libre Parole re travel expense refund

    Copy letter from Henri Coston, at the offices of the French periodical publishers, La Libre Parole re the refund of travel expensesGerman 

  12. Office of Reichsführer SS: Correspondence and papers

    This collection of correspondence mostly emanating from the office of Reichsführer SS deals in the main with administrative matters. It includes 2 original letters from Reichsführer SS, Himmler (1144/1/14; -/23). It also includes an incomplete set of an in-house information sheet providing instructions to SS members on a variety of matters such as dress protocol for visits to concentration camps by SS members (1144/2/4); qualification for wearing the 'Death's Head' ring of the SS (1144/2/2); and orders forbidding membership of clubs deemed inappropriate.

  13. Persecution of Jews in Berlin: Various copy documents

    This collection of copy documents records the experiences of racial persecution of Jews in Berlin. It includes the following: an arrest warrant for Leo Boschwitz, (1935) for the destruction of a copy Der Stürmer (-/1) and his release from Lichtenburg concentration camp in the same year(-/2); a good conduct certificate issued by Camp le Vernet for Kurt Noher (1940) (-/5); detailed instructions issued by the jüdische Kultusvereinigung zu Berlin to Regina Montilja prior to her deportation to 'the Protectorate', (1942) (-/7); and pro forma summons to the assembly station at Grosse Hamburger Str...

  14. Elise Steiner: Copy family correspondence

    This collection comprises photocopies of the original manuscript letters and typescript transcriptions, which were produced by the depositor, date unknown. Some of the themes which recur throughout include the following: gratitude that at least one child was able to escape and moreover to continue with her education; efforts to find a place on the Kindertransport for Leo; news of the fate of other family members who had managed to emigrate to various countries; the takeover of the family business (although 'Aryanisation' is not explicitly mentioned). Despite the increasing difficulties of l...

  15. List of former inhabitants of Heilbronn

    This list of former inhabitants of Heilbronn is thought to have been sent to the depositor's mother shortly after it was created. It was produced by the office of the mayor of the city of Heilbronn in August 1964. The names are listed alphabetically by country. The circumstances surrounding its creation are unknown.

  16. A. M. Priestley: copy transcript correspondence

    This collection of copy correspondence documents the experiences of a German Jewish refugee, Frederick Sittner, whilst held in Dixon's Interment Camp, Paignton, Devon. These surviving transcripts are a fraction of a much larger collection. In addition a subsequent deposit from the same source (Accession No. NB 281 ) comprises a letter with further background material on Friedrich Sittner and his relationship with Mrs Priestley [The letter also mentions that the original correspondence was deposited at the Imperial War Museum in 1994]; a copy extract from Sittner's 'instructions' re the disp...

  17. Grossbard family: Correspondence

    This collection comprises correspondence from the friends and family of Siegfried Grossbard, a Jewish refugee from Vienna who eventually became resident in Great Britain. Much of the material was used by Michael Gordon, the depositor and son of Siegfried, in his history of his father's experience of the Nazi years Plaything of Destiny [Wiener Library OSP 497]. The latter provides a full history of the family and a commentary on the correspondence. Not all of the correspondence referred to in Plaything of Destiny is held within this collection. In particular there are no letters from the G...

  18. Wehrmacht: Copy instructions re management of troops

    Copy translation of ‘Special issue of notes for the officer corps' issued by the High Command of the Wehrmacht under the following headings ‘the morale of troops must be raised'; ‘false interpretation of the word surrender'; ‘it is urgently necessary to make clear to the troops the exact sense of this conception on the part of the general'; ‘when and why officers must save themselves'; ‘instructions for the handling of soldiers' GPS' 

  19. Plight of Hungarian jews: Mostly copy documents

    This collection contains mostly copy documents from the US legation in Stockholm to the US Department of State and concerns the possibility of saving Hungarian Jews during the Nazi era.

  20. Copy documents re Bad Aussee resistance movement and Operation Bernhard

    This collection of copy documentation relates to the Austrian resistance movement during the Nazi era and to the attempt by the Nazis to wage economic warfare by flooding Britain with counterfeit British currency in the operation named Unternehmen Bernhard, after the Gestapo officer in charge, Bernhard Krueger