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  1. Wegrzyn family: papers

    This collection contains the papers of the Wegrzyn family who originally came from Galicia, Poland, but had moved to Berlin by the 1920s. The family fled Nazi persecution against Jews by emigrating to Shanghai shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War.Wegrzyn family papers including are marriage and birth certificates, tax clearance certificate, driving licences, family register and an album of family photographs. Also included is correspondence from Chaja Wegrzyn's sister Grete Harpuder from Berlin and from relatives in Galicia concerning their constant hopes and efforts for emig...

  4. Ludwig Steiner: Dachau concentration camp release permit

    This collection contains a photocopy of Ludwig Steiner's release permit ('Entlassungsschein') from Dachau concentration camp. Due to his Jewish background Steiner was arrested and spent one year at Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg and later Dachau concentration camp before being released mortally ill in September 1940.

  5. Neumann and Mendel Business and Family papers

    This collection of family papers and business papers comprises several separate deposits, made some time after Luise Neumann's death in the 1980s. This is a good example of a collection of business papers of a former Jewish Company in Germany which was taken over as part of the Nazi aryanisation process, containing a range of records one would expect to see in a business archive as well as documents referring specifically to the persecution of the owners on the grounds of race [1023/1/39 and 1023/1/13]. The collection also contains papers which document the experiences of the family as they...

  6. Derek Gordon Cole collection

    The papers in this collection document the activities of Lieutenant Cole as a guard in a POW camp in Rimini, Italy, in 1946 where elements of the 14th Waffen-SS Galizien Division were held captive; and later in Palestine where he was involved in operations to prevent illegal Jewish immigration and anti-terrorist operations.

  7. Ruth Singer collection

    Various passports and id cards

  8. Felix Nasimow: Correspondence

  9. Lily Freeman collection

  10. NSDAP Gauleitung Westfalen-Nord: circulars and information sheets

    This collection of circulars and information sheets distributed by the regional offices of the NSDAP Westfalen- Nord is evidence of the way in which the Nazi party hierarchy was able to disseminate information and instructions to the regional and area offices. The subjects covered are wide and varied, ranging from orders re the evacuation of women and children; intructions regarding restrictions of Mischlinge and Gypsies; advice on how to deal with enemy propaganda etc.The material has been arranged chronologically, ranging in date from April through to August 1941 with gaps between issues....

  12. Kurt Josef Stangl: Ahnenpass

    Kurt Josef Stangl: Ahnenpass. In addition to the original document there is also a copy and English translation of the printed introduction.The Ahnenpass traces the descent of the family back to the 18th century.

  13. Archiv für die Gesamte Psychologie: extract

    Typescript extract from a psychology journal which asserts a difference between aryans and non-aryans with respect to the appreciation of music.

  14. Josef Mengele: Copy papers

    This collection consists of copy papers which document Josef Mengele's early life and career in the SS and also his life in exile in South America.

  15. John Goldsmith family documents

  16. Twentsche bank, Amsterdam: Copy note re service to the Germans

    Note made on file by Groser (representative for Germany) and in the presence of a colleague, Dr. Knobloch, concerning an interview they had with van Ryk of the Twentsche Bank, who were offering their services to the GermansGerman 

  19. Hungarian-American Council for Democracy: Appeal for help

    This appeal by Bela Lugosi, president of the Hungarian- American Council for Democracy, New York, is accompanied by a leaflet exorting kinfolk to oppose the Hungarian regime which is sympathetic to the Nazis.

  20. Miscellaneous leaflets

    This collection of leaflets and other printed ephemera contains both German material, advertising art exhibitions and the like, c1930s, and British armed forces information leaflets etc.