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  1. Doris Winter (née Kahn): copy school book

    This is the copy of a school book which was originally the property of the depositor, a pupil in a school in Cologne, 1933-1934. The contents of the book were dictated by the teacher and consist of notes on the racial characteristics of the various ethnic groups which comprise the German people, also notes on the theory of racial hygiene.

  3. Henry G Plitt: Copy papers

    This collection of copy papers documents, in part, the life of Henry G Plitt, focusing, in particular, on his involvement in the capture of Julius Streicher and Robert Ley.

  4. Jakob Sporrenberg: copy documents

    This collection of copy documents deal with the war record and subsequent fate of Jakob Sporrenberg, successor to Globocnic, police chief of the Lublin area of Poland.

  5. Copy material re Jewish Brigade

    Copy material relating to the activities of the Jewish Brigade in Palestine, including photographs, newspaper cuttings and a short essay

  6. Copy papers re documentary about November Pogrom in Nuremberg

    The papers in this collection consist primarily of copy documents from the Nuremberg State Archives and relate to the trial of former SA men who were guilty of aggravated breach of the peace on Kristallnacht in Nuremberg. The papers were used for the making of a BBC TV documentary series German History, 1919-1945. The papers provide a detailed insight into the crimes committed against the Jewish population of Nuremberg on Kristallnacht (9-10 November 1938).

  7. ‘The St. Louis Affair': list of passengers who found refuge in Great Britain

    This copy list of passengers on the infamous ship, the St. Louis, was probably generated from a database at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington.

  9. B'nai Brith Leo Baeck London Lodge: Members life histories

    Personal, mostly autobiographical accounts of former German and Austrian Jewish refugees, who subsequently became members of the Leo Baeck London Lodge. Also list of authors at 1288/56.This collection of memoirs provides a rich and varied account of the experiences of German and Austrian Jewish refugees to Great Britain. They range in length from 1 page to almost book length.

  10. Documentation re Jews in Piaski, Poland

    Documentation re Jews in Piaski, Poland 

  11. Certificate that Franz Wrobel was interned in Gurs Camp

    Certificate issued by the Sous Prefecture of Oloron that Franz Wrobel was interned in Gurs Camp from October 25 1940 to 4 Aug 1941

  12. International Military Tribunal

    The signed last statements of the defendants at 192/1-20 are arranged in order of appearance at the proceedings. The Wiener Library holds both full published transcripts and translations of the statements.

  13. Copy Jewish trade register entry, Munich

    Copy extract from a register of Jewish Businesses in Munich, detailing that of Ernst Fulda 

  14. Copy papers re Zyklon 'B'

    Copy photographs of Zyklon ‘B' canisters; copy correspondence between the War Office and the London Fumigation Company re the manufacture and use of Zyklon ‘B'; military passbook of SS Gruppenführer and Generallleutnant Jakob Sporrenberg.Former references WO.208.2169; WO.309.1602; WO.311.423

  15. Copy papers re the Holocaust in Poland

    1295/1 Sheet of copy photographs containing the following 3 images: nd1) undated photograph of children in a classroom at Uzhgorod, Czechoslovakia. The children perished at Auschwitz in May 1944. The teacher was the depositor's mother. 2) undated photograph of a woman, Sarah Krischer, who was selected by Mengele in May 1944. She was 27 years old. Her 2 sisters, brother and nephews as well as parents were selected by Mengele and gassed on the day of arrival. 3) undated photograph taken in Volhynia province, Poland. The 2 men with beards were murdered. The one on the left is Rabbi I...

  16. Janina Fischler-Martinho: Memoir re the Jewish ghetto at Cracow

    This personal account entitled The Story of a Spoon was written by a survivor of the Jewish ghetto at Cracow, Poland, and describes the experiences of Jews being helped by non-Jews in the ghetto

  17. Richard Meyer: Copy papers re the Jewish community in Sinzig, North Rhine Westphalia

    These copy papers document the fate of the Jewish community in the town of Sinzig, North Rhine Westphalia.

  18. Why Auschwitz was not bombed: copy documents

    Copy documentation relating to the reasons why Auschwitz was not bombed by the allies, even when news of the atrocities had become widely known

  19. Notes re design of the Holocaust memorial, Vienna

    Notes on an interview with Rachel Whiteread about her proposed design of a concrete bunker to commemorate the Holocaust at the Judenplatz, Vienna by Ernst Eisenmayer 5 Oct 1996

  20. Copy documents re Jews in Vienna

    This material, part of which relates to an exhibition on the Viennese Jewish community during the Third Reich