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  1. Julius Rothschild Papers

    Official correspondence from Julius and Carry Ruth Rothschild (1957); Financial correspondence of Julius Rothschild (1955 - 1956): Passport applications (N.d.); Will of Carry Ruth Rothschild (1956); Various official papers relating to Carry Ruth Rothschild and Julius Rothschild (1939 - 1954); Death certificates (1955 - 1966).

  2. Prof. Ernst Fraenkel: correspondence and personal papers

    This collection consists of some personal papers of professor Ernst Fraenkel and correspondence between him and Kapitän Leutnant Kraus of the German Defence Ministry press office regarding Jews who fought for Germany in the two World Wars.

  3. Harold Fraser: copy correspondence from Weimar Germany

    This collection comprises two parts: a set of copy correspondence from Harold Fraser in Hamburg, to his employers, Helbert, Wagg and Co., merchant bankers based in London, circa 1923-1924 (1567/1); and a translation of a letter entitled, "A letter from my father about his experiences during the siege and the German occupation of Warsaw" (1567/2). It is not clear how the latter document relates to the depositor. The copy correspondence from Harold Fraser in Hamburg provides an insight into the economic, social and political conditions of that city and of Germany in general, covering the peri...

  4. Ernst Benedikt collection

    Photocopies of documents about Ernst Benedikt's life and of his publications, as well as digitised photographs of him and his family.

  5. Charlotte Salomon exhibition, Royal Academy: ephemera

    This collection comprises leaflets, fliers and other ephemera relating to an exhibition of the works of Charlotte Salomon, which took place at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in 1998.

  6. Copy laws, enactments and correspondence re race in the Third Reich

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.This collection of material relating to the enactment of racial laws in the Third Reich including the Sudetenland comprises drafts and copies.Begriff "Mischehe", 26 Apr 1935Verbot von Rassenmischehen, 26 Nov 1935Gesetze zum Schutze des deutschen Blutes und der deutschen Ehre, 23 Dec 1935Anträge auf Befreiung von der Vorschrift des Paragraph 3, 24 Feb 1936Durchführung des Blutschutzgesetzes, 1 Sep 1936Auslegung des Paragraph 4, 7 Dec 1936Judentempel in Tachau, 19 Dec 1938Durchführung der Nürnberger Ra...

  7. Papers of Samuel Krauss

    Correspondence, 1891-1948, including correspondence with publishers and booksellers, 1892-1936, and correspondence about student theses; diaries, 1941-7; letters of condolence on Krauss' death, obituaries, seventieth and eightieth birthday papers, family papers and photographs, notes and greetings. Manuscripts and typescripts of works by Krauss, including material on Talmudic archaeology and history, the synagogues of Bratislava, Jewish liturgy up to the close of the Mishnah, Christian legislation on the synagogues and material, not all by Krauss, relating to the Jews and Byzantium.

  8. The history of the Jewish community of Gleiwitz

    This account of the history of the Jewish community in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, during the Nazi era bears the original reference P.II.a. No.850 indicating that it was originally intended to be included in the Wiener Library eyewitness testimony series. In fact another account by the same author with slight variations already exists within this series bearing the reference P.II.a No.90. The report commences with an overview of the Jewish community in Gleiwitz replete with statistics. It then proceeds to detail the affects of increasing antisemitic measures, providing information on the fate ...

  9. Jewish photographs and assorted papers

    Studio photographs, many of First World War soldiers in uniform, but also family portraits, late 19th-early 20th century. Portrait of Levi Barent Cohen together with correspondence about him, 1936; an engraving of a portrait of Sir David Salomons. Visitors' book for South Stoneham House, 1890-1918; souvenir music score for Gounod's 'Romeo et Juliette' performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in honour of the marriage of the Duke of York and Princess Mary of Teck, 4 Jul 1893; translation of the epitaphs still visible in the Hambro Synagogue cemetery made by Dayan Mendelsohn of the ...

  11. Raschkow family papers

    This collection consists of the personal papers and correspondence of Walter Raschkow, a Jewish architect and his non-Jewish wife, Emma. It includes a set of Red Cross telegrams to and from their daughter, Ingeborg-Maria Raschkow (later Mayer) throughout World war II whilst she was in England and her parents remained in Stuttgart. Of particular interest is material relating to their marriage status as ‘priviligierte Mischehe' at 630/2 and material relating to Walter Raschkow's claim for compensation from the German government for suffering caused by the Nazis during the war at 630/4

  12. Steiner family: copy correspondence

    This collection consists of copy correspondence of the Steiner family and friends, a Jewish family living in Czechoslovakia who were dispersed by the Holocaust.Correspondence concerning efforts to arrange for emigration, living conditions for refugees going to America and updates on the lives of family members and friends.German Hungarian

  13. Miscellaneous collections

    This collection of documents and images came about as the consequence of an appeal made in the May 1962 issue of the AJR Information, by the Council for Jews from Germany, for memorabilia and documents of Germany Jewry, of historical and artistic value, for the Memorial Hall to German Jewry at the Wiener Library.

  14. Hannah Callman collection

  15. War Crimes Trials: various papers

    This collection consists of a papers relating to a number of separate war crimes trials deposited at different times from different sources.

  16. Trude and Anneliese Silberstein: correspondence

    This collection consists of original and copy correspondence addressed to Trude Silberstein and her daughter Anneliese from Trude's mother (1727/1), other family members, Anneliese's school friends and boyfriends (1727/2-10). They both emigrated to Palestine via Amsterdam to flee the persecutions of the Jews in Nazi Germany in 1939. The accrual 2014/49 has been catalogued at 1727/11

  17. Kristallnacht: List of synagogues destroyed and eyewitness testimonies

    Readers need to book  a reading room terminal to access this digital content 985/1 consists of responses, most of which are dated November/ December 1939. In addition, there is a list of respondents. The project's results comprised a set of statistics on the fate of Germany's synagogues (985/2). The fate of the synagogues was still a subject of interest in 1959 as evidenced by a copy of a letter on the subject from C. C. Aronsfeld (985/3). 985/2 also contains a list dated 1960.

  18. Inter-aid committee: correspondence and papers

    This collection consists of papers, correspondence and minutes of the Inter-Aid Committee for Children from Germany and Austria (Oxford Branch) relating to the placement of Jewish refugee children with families.Correspondence and papers including lists of refugee children awaiting care homes, pamphlets entitled 'The Jews - some plain facts' (1941) (1781/5/1) and 'Benjamin Franklin and the Jews - a forgery exposed' (1718/5/2), and a photograph of one of the children (1718/3/23).English

  19. Wolfgang and Werner Loewy: Correspondence

    This collection of correspondence documents the fate of 2 German Jewish émigré brothers and their families who managed to escape from Berlin in 1939 to Shanghai and Cawnpore, India respectively.

  20. Lizzi Grünwald collection