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  1. Cecil Roth file: Documents re Italian Jewry

    Readers need to reserve a terminal in the reading room to access a digital version of this archive.This collection of material documenting the experiences of Italian Jewry is in 2 parts: Cecil Roth's essays and memoranda on the history and experience of Italian Jewry in general (507/I); and his original correspondence concerning the fate of individual Italian Jews during the Nazi era (507/II).

  2. Thomas Cook and Son Ltd: Storage record book

    This storage record book of Thomas Cook's Lisbon depot, is thought to be significant because it apparently contains the names of many Jews who left possessions during the years 1942-1943, much of which remained unclaimed, and was presumably disposed of by Thomas Cook staff in due course. The following notes were supplied by the depositor, who was (in 1977-1978) the Thomas Cook General Manager for Europe and who retrieved the volume from the Lisbon office of Thomas Cook

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Ernst Geiduschek: Memoir and other papers

    Original typescript account of arrest in Vienna and incarceration in Dachau concentration camp in the immediate aftermath of Kristallnacht and other related papers

  6. Peter Briess collection

  7. Travelling Exhibition 'The Wandering Jew': Antisemitic postcards

    2 postcards from the exhibition 'The Wandering Jew', with postmark Bremen, 1939

  8. International Bureau for the Right of Asylum Aid to Political Refugees

    The reports and other papers in this collection concern a proposed international convention on the problem of refugees from Nazi Germany, in France.

  9. Documentation re the publication of Auschwitz in England

    This collection consists of correspondence and contracts regarding the publication of Auschwitz in England , by Mavis M. Hill and L. Norman Williams. The collection consists primarily of correspondence and contracts re the publication of the book and issues relating toa BBC broadcast of a dramatisation of the book. In addition there is a copy transcript of the testimony of Dering during the trial (1418/146).

  10. 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 

  11. Berta Einstein: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Jewish refugee Berta Einstein who emigrated to London in 1939 just before the outbreak of the Second World War.Personal papers Including birth certificate, qualifications, work references, letter of recommendation by the Jewish Religious Committee of Memmingen, correspondence with the Co-ordinating Committee for Refugees regarding her application for work in England, list of items taken to England, medical certificate as well as photographs and correspondence with family and friends.

  12. William Scheer papers

    This collection contains primarily school and college certificates of Wilhelm Scheer from his time growing up in Poland. Also included is an Italian id document, 1939; a US naturalisation certificate, 1946; sundry other material; and photographs of William Scheer and other family members.

  13. Sudetendeutsche Partei (Henlein)

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.Correspondence and papers relating to the Sudetendeutschepartei:Various documents about the party's illegal activities and the following report:Zivile Mitwirkung an der Reichsverteidigung im Protektorat (1 Oct 1944)With the following sub-headings: Erkundung; Meldedienst; Kampfbereitschaft; Kampfesorganisation; Aufenthaltsverteilung; Befestigungen im Lande; Verkehrsmittel- und Versorgungssicherung

  14. Regent's Park School: copy documentation

    Copy documentation regarding Regent's Park School, London NW3.

  15. German war time propaganda: correspondence and papers

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.The subject matter of this microfilm collection of correspondence and papers, emanating from the Nazi propaganda ministry, is the book Germany must Perish, by Theodore N. Kaufmann; in particular how its dissemination could be used to fulfil Nazi propaganda ends.Correspondence and papers concerning the book Germany Must Perish, by Theodore N. Kaufmann Newark, New Jersey, 1941; mainly correspondence of Reichsamtleiter Tiessler of the NSDAP Reichspropagandaleitung about the preparation and diffusion of ...

  16. A.P. Peres: correspondence with Dr E. Benes and other papers

    These papers document, in part, the activities of Czech exiles in London during the war and the situation in Czechoslovakia in the immediate post war years. The papers include correspondence between Alfred Pavel Peres and the president of Czechoslovakia, Eduard Benes.

  17. Inge-Lore Sommerfeld: personal papers

    This collection consists of the personal papers and photographs of Inge-Lore Sommerfeld, a former Kindertransportee who was sent to England aged 12.Personal papers Including correspondence, passports, school reports and qualifications, certificate of confirmation, correspondence and papers regarding employment with the BBC and Marks & Spencer, and a family tree.

  18. Jan de Jong: diaries

    This collection consists of the translated diaries of Jan de Jong, a Dutch Jew who went into hiding during the Nazi-German occupation of the Netherlands. He later perished at Sobibor extermination camp. The diaries document his life in hiding in the Netherlands, where he frequently moved to avoid arrest, and comments on the worldwide political and military developments. There were originally 11 diaries of which the first five were lost. Diaries number 6 to 11 were hidden in the attic of family friends in Arnhem. The last one was badly damaged and destroyed. The original documents include ne...

  19. Julius Bloch: Correspondence

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access the digital version of this archive.This microfilm collection of correspondence documents the experiences of Julius Bloch and family and friends, some of whom managed to escape Nazi occupied Europe, and others, who did not. The papers include correspondence from his brother in Gurs concentration camp in the French Pyrénees, where he died.

  20. 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 ...