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  2. Edgar Dreyfus: Family papers

    The papers in this collection document in part the lives of a French Jewish family and their experiences during the German occupation.

  3. Edgar Duchin: working papers re refugees from Nazi Europe

    Readers need to book  a reading room terminal to access this digital content This collection of papers relating to the fate of refugees from Nazi Europe was part of the working papers of Edgar Duchin (formerly Duchinsky), a solicitor who worked on behalf of refugees. A number of organisations dealing with the problems of refugees are represented. The papers at -/5 which document his activities viz representing the interests of individual refugees and his presence on a number of committees involved in similar work are testament to his commitment to the cause of refugees.

  4. Edia Bayer letter

  5. Edith Berliner collection

    Personal papers and correspondence

  6. Edith Herzer: correspondence re restitution

    The papers in this collection document the compensation claims made by Edith Herzer and her sister Hilde, German Jewish immigrants to Great Britain, whose parents were murdered at Auschwitz. Correspondence from the United Restitution Office in both London and Germany and compensation offices in Germany, along with forms, court decisions and affidavits, reveal the processes involved in claiming compensation for loss of profession, loss of inherited property and suffering caused by the Nazi regime.Correspondence and other papers re the claims of Edith and Hilde Herzer for compensation for los...

  7. Edith Jayne: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers (photocopies) of Edith Jayne who emigrated with her Jewish parents from Vienna to Lisbon in 1938. Due to U.S. quota restrictions they had to wait another three years until they reached their intended destination of the United States.Personal papers including photographs, birth certificate and two biographical accounts (includes affidavit for pension purposes confirming and describing her background).

  8. Edith Newton (née Kramm) collection

    This collection comprises mostly correspondence between Edith Newton née Kramm, a Jewish refugee from Austria, and Paul Newton, formerly Neugröschel, also a Jewish refugee probably from Austria. In addition there is some general correspondence including official correspondence related to Naturalisation and a collection of photographs.

  9. Edith Nussbaum: personal papers

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

  10. Edith Payne: collection

    This collection contains the personal correspondence of Edith Payne (née Guttmann). Edith was brought up in a Jewish family in Bratislava. She was studying at Caen when the Second World War broke out. She had to emigrate to England whilst her parents stayed in Bratislava. Her parents were later deported to Auschwitz concentration camp where they perished.Family correspondence comprising letters mainly sent to Edith in England from her parents in Slovakia. There are also some messages from relatives who had emigrated and some Red Cross messages dating from 1940 to 1942. The letters describe ...

  11. Edith Rothschild: family papers

    This collection contains the family papers of Edith Rothschild, a Jewish refugee who fled Nazi persecution in Frankfurt with her father Gustav Rothschild and sister Trude in 1939.Family papers including papers and correspondence with the German Jewish Aid Committee and the British Consulate relating to the family's planned emigration to England and the United States such as medical and tax clearance certificates and affidavit of support; correspondence from Martha Rothschild to her husband and children in England as well as restitution papers.English  German

  12. Edmund Hamber papers

    This collection consists of the letters which Edmund Hamber wrote to his children while he was incarcerated in Dachau concentration camp. In addition there are copy family photographs, copy article re the Hamber brothers and Kiba and sundry other material.

  13. Education Aid Society papers

    Minute books of the general committee, 1896-1946, of the musical committee, 1909-38, and of the case sub-committee, 1913-14. Cash books, 1911-46; special fund account, 1930-9; ledgers, arranged alphabetically, 1938-50; analysis of income and expenditure, 1910-29; papers relating to the Henry Lewis Bequest and Fund; memorandum on the financial position, 1937. Case files (approx. 300 files). Correspondence files, 1926-40; applications, 1939-51; agreements and record cards of students assisted 1908 onwards. Annual reports, 1898-1936, 1939-46 and 1947-8.

  14. Edward Stern collection

    This collect comprises mostly the personal papers of Edward Stern with reference to his school record, his employment history and his army record; also included are papers pertaining to his wife, Ellen and his father and mother, Heinrich and Erna.

  16. Eisler Family: Copy correspondence

    Copy and translated correspondence of Noah (Eisler ?) in Cracow to his children, Itzchok, Mala and Jacob, somewhere abroad, reporting routine everyday life.

  17. Eleanor Hess: family papers

    This collection of papers documents the life of a German Jewish refugee to Great Britain, Eleanor Hess, and, in part, the lives of family members. The papers include emigration and citizenship papers of her grandfather Emil, c1870s; certificates and First World War army records of Julius, her father; and correspondence from Eleanor and her brother, Herbert, in Brazil, to their mother, c1950s. In addition there is an unpublished memoir of Eleanor, which describes the life of a Jewish girl in Nazi Germany and the experience of emigration to a foreign land.

  18. Elias Horowitz: naturalisation certificate

    Naturalisation certificate of Elias Horowitz

  19. Eliezer Kaplan: Correspondence re Aliyah

    The correspondence consists of copy outgoing letters either authored by or forwarded to Eliezer Kaplan, and relates to the activities of Keren Hayesod (The Palestine Foundation Fund), in particular the settlement project (?) Mifal Bizaron. The letters bear a London address and a PO box in Jerusalem

  20. Elisabeth Dora Gebhardt: Copy diary extract

    Elisabeth Dora Gebhardt: Copy diary extract