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  1. Adler family: official personal documents

    Collection of official personal documents, correspondence and press cuttings of members of the Adler family who emigrated to the UK in 1936. Includes certificates of birth and death, speeches, work references, certificates of naturalisation, passports, marriage certificates, declaration of acquisition of British nationality and school reports of Bruno and Meta Adler (1664/1), Erich and Ursula Adler (1664/2), Moritz Israel and Elise Mecklenburg (1664/3), and Feist and Betty Landau (1664/4).

  2. Elise Steiner: Copy family correspondence

    This collection comprises photocopies of the original manuscript letters and typescript transcriptions, which were produced by the depositor, date unknown. Some of the themes which recur throughout include the following: gratitude that at least one child was able to escape and moreover to continue with her education; efforts to find a place on the Kindertransport for Leo; news of the fate of other family members who had managed to emigrate to various countries; the takeover of the family business (although 'Aryanisation' is not explicitly mentioned). Despite the increasing difficulties of l...

  3. Diaries of Wilhelm Hollitscher

    This set of manuscript war-time diaries from an Austrian Jewish refugee provide a unique insight into a refugee's life and his interpretation of national events. A number of enclosures were found loose within the diaries. These have been catalogued separately [1277/16] with a note of their place of origin. Hollitscher begins his English diaries by remembering his last days in Vienna, but soon turns to a discussion of the political news of the day. In this case a secret meeting between Hitler and Mussolini. Hollitscher is furious about Hitler's treachery, abandoning South Tyrol as a gift to ...

  4. Unity Mitford Collection

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  5. Selma Kahn Papers

    The collection consists mainly of unpublished manuscripts of autobiographical novels, short stories and poetry by Selma Kahn in various versions. Unfortunately, many of her manuscripts are undated, so that it is not always possible to clarify when a text was written. Her novels are largely autobiographical and focus on subjects including the First World War, the rise of national socialism in rural Germany, the Holocaust, refugee experience and the experience of return to Germany. The collection also contains a small number of documents and photos relating to Selma Kahn's personal and family...

  6. Lasker family: papers

    This collection contains the papers of the Lasker family, a Jewish family from Breslau. The parents, Alfons and Edith Lasker, were deported in 1942 leaving their two daughters Anita and Renate behind. Both sisters survived Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps but their parents perished.

  7. Peter Gray collection

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  8. Papers of the Hon. P.E.H. Samuel

    Personalia and literary works, including the typescript of a novel, `Time is come around: a tale of Hong Kong's centenary', late 1940s, and Philip Samuel's recollections, 1987 (4 files) Business correspondence and papers relating to the Association of Jewish Youth, Bayswater Jewish Schools, the Inter-University Federation of Great Britain and Ireland, the Joint British Committee for the Reconstruction of East European Jewry (ORT-OZE), and the Union of Jewish Literary Societies, 1922-38 (13 files) Letters to his mother, 1909 41 (32 files); letters to his father, 1917 45 (16 files); letters f...

  9. Joseph and Mary Rath: personal papers

    Personal papers including family correspondence and official documents collated in preparation for emigration such as work references, birth and school certificates, Josef Rath's medical certificate and confirmation of adoption, Mary Futterweit's Heimatschein and passport and a Kitchener Camp transit pass.It also includes papers and publications relating to Josef Rath's military service such as Pioneer Corps training notes British Army release book and certificate, bank notes ('Quittungen') issued at Theresienstadt concentration camp photographs (see photo archive).In addition there are pos...

  10. Papers of Chief Rabbi J.H.Hertz

    Personal papers, c.1904-70, including early letters from Hertz's children, Hertz's marriage certificate, British naturalisation papers and other private papers, correspondence of Rose Hertz and other family members, private papers and correspondence of Daniel Hertz, letters of congratulation and condolence, and family photographs. Correspondence relating to Hertz's appointment as rabbi of Adath Yeshuran, Syracuse, and rabbi of the Orach Chaim Congregation, New York, 1893-1913. Private papers and correspondence, 1913-46: correspondents include King George V and the royal family, Herbert Mert...

  11. Henri and Grete Falkenstein

    This collection contains the personal papers of Henri and Grete Falkenstein, a German Jewish couple who emigrated together with their children to the UK in 1937.Personal papers including correspondence and documents for emigration such as tax clearance certificate ('Unbedenklichkeitsbescheinigung'), Abmeldeschein, contract for the sale of Grete Falkenstein's inherited property, notice of departure, application for a naturalisation certificate; as well as correspondence and papers relating to the restitution claims by the Falkenstein and Sonneborn families.Also included are a copy of 'Bundes...

  12. Arno Jacobius: personal correspondence

    This collection contains the personal correspondence of Arno Jacobius, a Jewish boy from Berlin who arrived in England on a Kindertransport in May 1939, aged 14. His stepbrother Roman Gärtner and his uncle Leo Levy emigrated separately to England. Arno's mother, Johanna Jacobius, however perished at Auschwitz concentration camp.Personal correspondence of Arno Jacobius including letters from his mother, his stepbrother Roman Gärtner, his uncle Leo Levy from Kitchener camp in Kent, and other relatives and friends. The correspondence concerns Arno's new life in Scotland, the anticipated e...

  13. Gerald Jayson, Edith Bown and Robert Sugar: articles re Jewish refugee farm

    This collection contains two articles relating to the Jewish refugee settlement farm in Millisle, County Down, Northern Ireland.Articles: the first article published in The Jewish Monthly (October 1990) was written by Gerald Jayson (formerly Jacobowitz). The second article in the Belfast Jewish Chronicle (September 2005) was written by another refugee, Robert Sugar. He was six years old when he arrived from Vienna. His parents survived the war.English

  14. Papers of V.D. Lipman

    General correspondence and papers, 1943-90 (12 files); two series of research materials, including papers relating to Jewish buildings and ritual baths, on Hebrew scholarship in the sixteenth century, and Jewish labour; papers relating to the New West End Synagogue, London, 1887-1979; ritual murder, and Jews in British urban society, 1880-1914 (23 files) Papers relating to his publications, 1981-9 (6 files) Papers relating to teaching and academic institutions, including papers for his course at University College, London, 1981-90 (9 files) Papers on the national heritage, architectural con...

  15. Estrea Aelion: copy jubilee album

    This collection consists of a copy jubilee album (translation from French) relating to the life and times of Estrea Aelion for her seven great-grandchildren in celebration of her hundredth birthday in May 1984, compiled by Jacqueline Golden. Estrea Aelion, of Greek Jewish origin, came to England in 1934. Her brother's family remained in Greece during the German occupation. Several of family members perished in concentration camps but her sister-in-law and niece survived in hiding in Athens.Album containing photographs and details of Estrea Aelion's life and that of her grandchildren an...

  16. 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 ...

  17. Waging peace: Darfur children's drawings and other material

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  18. Neuengamme trials: Papers of J. C. Giffin

    The collection primarily consists of handwritten notes, presumably by Giffin, on the trials. These cover the testimony provided by the witnesses for the prosecution and the defence made by the accused. In addition there are several official British documents on the case, including the depositions. There are also some statements by the defendants’ lawyers, as well as German press cuttings on the case.

  19. Joseph and Mary Meisel: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Mary and Joseph Meisel, Jewish refugees from Vienna. Included are birth and marriage certificates, school reports and qualifications, passport and certificates of identification, Joseph Meisel's work references, Mary Meisel's medical and tax clearance certificates, naturalisation certificates, correspondence regarding the fate of the couple's parents as well as Joseph Meisel's restitution claim papers and family photographs.The collection also contains the memoirs of Max Perls concerning his marriage with Else Neumann, in which he describes th...

  20. Bergmann family: Internment letters

    This collection contains letters sent by Jewish refugee Dr Walter Manfred ('Fred') Bergmann, a medical surgeon, to his wife Ruth Bergmann, first from an internment camp in Huyton, Liverpool and then, after transfer of the camp, from Douglas on the Isle of Man (1687/1-41). (See also transcripts and translations of letters 1687/14-41 (1687/2).) There is only one letter written by Ruth Bergmann to her husband. She and her children found refuge in a hostel in Cheshire with the help of the Quakers. The letters document the family's efforts to obtain Fred's release and his life at the internment ...