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  1. Harold Lawrence collection

    Documents and photographs relating to Harold Lawrence’s experiences of Kitchener Camp. These include the transcript of an interview conducted by Lawrence’s son.

  2. 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...

  3. Altmann family: restitution papers

    This collection contains the restitution and indemnification claim papers relating to properties previously owned by the Altmann family in Frankfurt, Kattowitz (Katowice, Poland) and Beuthen (Bytom, Poland).Compensation and indemnification papers. 

  4. Deutsche Arbeitsfront: Documents

    The bulk of this microfilm collection consists of material emanating from the Deutsche Arbeitsfront. Included are documents marked 'secret' which record the prevailing views within the Deutsche Arbeitsfront on the extent of industrial action in the Third Reich and other issues relating to industrial relations. There is also a considerable amount of correspondence from the DAF to the company Wilhem Edel, margarine manufacturers, covering a variety of matters related to worker/ employee relations. In addition there are number of publications and periodicals on the subject.The provenance is un...

  5. Ernst Schaefer: Documents re law suit brought by Osram

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access the digital version of this archive.This microfilm collection of documents deals with a law suit brought by Osram, against a former employee, Ernst Schaefer before the Reichsverwaltungsgericht, Berlin, 1941. The gist of the ruling is that in light of a new law affecting Jewish WWI veterans (29 December 1938) the firm was justified in terminating a previous agreement in which Schaefer was to receive a pension and other benefits.The collection includes covering letters addressed to the Wiener Library, a copy of the court's finding and ...

  6. Klara Rosenzweig: copy correspondence

    Copy correspondence from a German Jewish woman inmate of a number of French concentration camps. Klara Rosenzweig, the author of the correspondence, writes to her children and husband, who reside in Scotland, describing conditions in the camps etc.

  7. Antisemitic coloured painting

    Antisemitic painting, coloured, possibly page of a book or broschure, of 'Judensau'The main picture shows the common motive of the 'Judensau' in connection with three Jews who are wearing so-called 'Jew-hats'. Moreover, the picture shows a devil that should be recognized by horns on his head. Coloured painting, possibly a page of a book; "Pag. 392 printed in the top right corner.Headline: "Au weih [Rabbi Ansehl?] au au Mausch auwei au au Under the Headline: Picture of an injured body of a child. Banner under the picture: "Diese Abbildung stehet zu Frankfurt am Maijn am Bruecken Thurm abgema...

  9. Michael Siegel collection

  10. Evian Conference: records

    Readers need to reserve a terminal in the reading room to access a digital version of this archive.This collection contains minutes, reports, speeches and correspondence of the Evian conference and its various sub-committees.

  11. World Jewish Congress conference on antisemitism: records

    Readers need to reserve a terminal in the reading room to access a digital version of this archive.Country survey on anti-Semitism: Great Britain, 23 framesCountry survey on anti-Semitism: France, 22 framesCountry survey on anti-Semitism: Sweden, 7 framesCountry survey on anti-Semitism: Switzerland, 5 framesCountry survey on anti-Semitism: Austria, 6 framesCountry survey on anti-Semitism: Belgium, 7 framesCountry survey on anti-Semitism: Italy, 7 framesCountry survey on anti-Semitism: Greece, 3 framesReport by the Federal German Ministry of the Interior, 9 framesSurvey of Anti-semitism and ...

  12. Dr. Lilli Segal: correspondence and papers

    This collection consists of mostly copy correspondence between Lilli Segal and various individuals and organisations covering such subjects as the debate over how many people were murdered during the Holocaust; the activities of Nazi doctors; the extermination of Jews, Gypsies and Russians in Auschwitz; and concentration camp memorials.

  13. Dr. Hans Wollenberg: correspondence

    This is a collection of letters received by Dr. Hans Werner Wollenberg from his family, mainly his grandmother in Berlin and his parents in Königsberg, but also brothers and cousins. The volume also includes some letters he wrote to his parents as a student in Munich.The correspondence begins with a few letters congratulating him on his success at school and on passing his final school exam in 1910. The bulk of the letters were written in 1911 when he was studying medicine at Munich. There is quite a lot of correspondence about money and the necessity to be very careful with it. The highlig...

  14. Papers of I.M. Greenberg

    Jewish Chronicle Birmingham Jewish Recorder Jewish Chronicle Correspondence and papers relating to the , 1935-46; papers dealing with refugees, resettlement, on Palestine, Israel Aliya, United Zionist Revisionists and general Zionist matters, 1939-49; material relating to Shelach, Arab refugees, 1948-9, to Irgun and to Herut. General correspondence and notes, together with correspondence and material dealing with Jewish defence, anti-Semitism and associated subjects; army correspondence chiefly with M. Gollop and L. Rabinowitz; correspondence with M. Trau, Lord Nathan, Neville J. Laski, Leo...

  15. K Ronau: Letters and Adolf Eichmann testimony

    Correspondence from the Embassy of Israel to K Ronau regarding his assistance with the compilation of protocols and recording of testimonies for the Adolf Eichmann trial. Included is a copy of Hungarian born Lili Bernstein's (alias Lily Mathe) testimony recorded by K Ronau in December 1960.

  16. Copy documents re Heinrich Himmler

    Readers need to reserve a terminal in the reading room to access a digital version of this archive.This microfilm collection comprises 3 parts, which correspond to files or folders. The first 2 folders [501(1) and (2)] contain a variety of documentation of and about Heinrich Himmler, both before and during his time as Reichsführer SS. This had been collated from a number of archives and subsequently deposited by Roger Manvell, co-author of Heinrich Himmler, William Heinemann Ltd., 1965. Each document is preceded by a detailed description and/ or summary in English. Note that many of the doc...

  17. Pauline Howard: personal papers

    This collection consists of the personal papers (photocopies) of Pauline Lilly Howard, a Jewish woman who emigrated to Shanghai with her first husband Herbert Markstein in 1939 to escape Nazi persecutions in Germany. After the Second World War she moved to the United States with her second husband, William Howard.Personal papers including school reports; birth, marriage and divorce papers; extract of the Directory of Jewish Refugees; Shanghai Municipal Police census form; identity cards and foreigners' residency certificate; affidavit in lieu of a passport for her emigration to the U.S.; U....

  18. Otto Bondy: personal papers

    This collection consists of the personal correspondence of Otto Bondy, German Jewish immigrant to Great Britain and civil engineer, and that of his wife, Ursula Meyer.

  19. Adolf Eichmann Trial: Transcripts and other papers

    This document collection contains two separate archival fonds. The Eichmann trial papers include verbatim transcripts of the trial proceedings and of the Eichmann appeal proceedings. They are copies of simultaneous translations and as such may not be completely accurate. Full transcripts of the trial and appeal proceedings are at 621/1-2. Incomplete copies of the same are at 621/4-5. The copies, translations and transcriptions of mainly Nuremberg documents which are evidence of Eichmann's involvement in the extermination of European Jewry at 621/3 were deposited by the Institute of Jewish A...

  20. Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland: Correspondence with the Council for German Jewry

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.The material consists mainly of emigration arrangements for German Jews, includes original letters from Dr. Leo Baeck and Otto Hirsch. Folders 606/3-7 contain correspondence re the possibility of emigration to Kenya.