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Holding Institution: Wiener Holocaust Library

  1. Aron Adolf Neiss collection

    This collection contains the personal papers of Aron Adolf Neiss and his family, former Jewish refugees from Vienna. The Neiss family originally came from Poland but had moved to Vienna by the 1920s. Aron and his son emigrated to England in July 1939.Personal papers including birth and marriage certificates, certificates of family origin ('Heimatschein'), Herbert Neiss' tax clearance certificate, passports, Aron Neiss' certificate of naturalisation and power of attorney relating to his restitution claim. Also included are personal correspondence, papers relating to the sale of the family ho...

  2. Refugee camps in Switzerland: Various records

    Readers need to reserve a terminal in the reading room to access a digital version of this collection.This microfilm collection of copy records documents the official policy regarding the management of refugees in Switzerland and the day to day running of refugee camps. The papers consist of memoranda, circulars and minutes of meetings of camp leaders.Copies of instructions issued by the Eidgenossisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartment, Polizeiabteilung, Arbeitslager für Emigranten including:Miscellaneous memoranda, 24 Apr 1940- 10 Apr 1942, 14 pp, including 'Reglement für die Lagerführung, Pr...

  3. Arnold Zweig: copy correspondence to Joyce Weiner

  4. Czechoslovak Jewish relief organisations: Correspondence and papers

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digtal version of this archive.This microfilm collection of documentation contains correspondence and papers relating to the activities of Jewish relief organisations in Czechoslovakia, mainly the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia and the American Joint Distribution Committee. Also examples of official guarantee forms etc for entry into Great Britain, c1939.Correspondence and papers re relief work for Jews in post war Czechoslovakia including a memo from the Council of Jewish Communities in Bohemia and Moravia and ...

  5. Correspondence with United Restitution Organization (URO) - Office London

    1. Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Documenting a close cooperation and the process of mutual gathering and dissemination of information the correspondence deals with various issues. Recurring subjects are: restitution related enquiries on individual fates as well as on certain or regional aspects of the Nazi persecution and expropriation of Jews; endeavours and difficulties to ensure sufficient monetary support by other Jewish organisations, mainly the Claims Conference; the discussion of current political and compensation related affairs in Germany; aspects of post-war lives of (German) refugees and Holocaust survivors; URO...

  6. Correspondence with Spitzer, Fanny

    1. Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Including numerous individuals, the correspondence centres on the set-up of a document collection on Jewish life and fate throughout the Nazi era (1951-54) instigated by Spitzer and carried out by her jointly with The Wiener Library and the Association of Jewish Refugees. Another focus is Spitzer’s contribution to the Library’s eyewitness testimony project, especially by approaching members of the Leo Baeck London Lodges (1954-57). Further subjects are enquiries on certain topics (internment of Jewish members of the Foreign Legion in Northern Africa, German judges, camps in German occupied ...

  7. Correspondence with K.C. Association of Old University Students in Great Britain

    1. Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence documents the involvement of The Wiener Library in various K.C. activities in the UK. This includes a K.C. gathering at the Library (1955), a public talk by C. C. Aronsfeld (1959), arrangements for a birthday event for Eugen Strauss (1959), a remembrance ceremony for the late Bruno Weil (1962), and Alfred Wiener’s participation in a K. C. Brain Trust meeting (1963).Beside letters the correspondence contains four different copies of K.C. circulars.

  8. Brand family: correspondence

    This collection of original correspondence from members of the Brand family in Vienna to Max Brand in England dates mostly from the period of Max's arrival in England shortly before the outbreak of war until the deportation of the Brand family to the death camps.

  9. Log book of the Rover Scout Crew at Hay Internment Camp, NSW, Australia

    This log book documents the activities of a group of Austrian and German Jewish refugees whilst internees at Hay Internment Camp NSW, Australia. They formed themselves into a group called the Rover Scout Crew whilst on passage to Australia on the infamous 'Dunera Voyage' in July/ August 1940.

  10. Wilfrid Israel: correspondence

    This collection consists of original correspondence from Wilfrid Israel to Diana Hopkinson, English friends of the former, who first met at Lola Hahn Warburg's Wannsee home.

  11. Gunter Wittenberg: copy personal papers

    This collection consists of the personal papers of Gunter Wittenberg, a former German Jewish refugee from Berlin. The papers contain an extract from his diary covering the early years in this country and correspondence and papers relating to his work history.

  12. Henni Lesley: copy family documents

    Little is known about the subject of this collection, save that which can be gleaned from the papers themselves. It appears that Henni Lesley, formerly Lewin, formerly a Jewish resident of Berlin, was at one time imprisoned at Lichtenburg Concentration Camp (1541/1); that she probably emigrated to Great Britain shortly after her release(circa 1938/9); and that her parents were deported East in March 1943, never to be seen again (1541/4).

  13. Moritz Steinhäuser: Personal papers

    Personal papers pertaining to the imprisonment of Moritz Steinhäuser in Buchenwald concentration camp, the preparation of his emigration, and his life as refugee in Shanghai.

  14. Fritz Mangold: Copy internment letters

    This collection contains photocopies of letters sent by Jewish refugee Dr Fritz Mangold to his wife when he was interned at the Isle of Man. His wife lived in London with their children Thomas and Gloria. The letters document his life in internment, his health and stays at hospital, a visit from his wife and children, domestic matters and discussions about arrangements for his release. Includes summary of the contents in English 

  15. Steffi Cohn: Letters from Siegfried Hoenich

    This collection contains personal correspondence from Dr Siegfried Hönich to his financée Stephanie ‘Steffi’ Cohn in Berlin. The last letters were sent to Steffi in England after she had fled anti-Jewish persecutions in Nazi-Germany. The letters document Hönich’s life in Frankfurt am Main and their efforts to emigrate.

  16. Rosenthal family: Copy Gestapo documents

    This collection contains copies of the files of the Rosenthal family compiled by the Gestapo immediately prior to their deportation and murder at Auschwitz.Documents including declaration forms of financial assets confiscated by the state. The family requested to see these documents as part of their compensation claim at the Restitution Office in Berlin in 1966.

  17. Margot Weinberg: personal correspondence

    This collection contains letters sent to Margot Weinberg by her family in Berlin. Includes summary in EnglishIncludes press cuttings relating to the events taking place in Nienburg to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the November pogroms in 2005. The correspondence documents the increasingly difficult situation for Jews in Berlin and Margot's health and love life.

  18. Marion Roth: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers and correspondence of Marion Roth who was subject to Nazi persecution of Jews and emigrated on a 'Kindertransport' to England in 1939. The material relates to Marion Roth's restitution claim, inheritance and pension.

  19. Herta Berg: family recipe notebooks

    This collection consists of two note books containing family recipes by Herta Berg, an Austrian Jew who sought refuge in the UK with her family in 1938. One of the books contains recipes from her sister Teta.

  20. Erich Hirschowitz: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Erich Hirschowitz, a German Jew who emigrated to Paris as a refugee in 1933.Included are his school and university qualifications; French identity card; speech held by Erich and Ernst at Adele and Bernhard Hirschowitz's wedding in 1932 and notes on his experiences in exile in 1933. Also includes family photographs, press cutting and six prints of '"Die alte Stadt" Mappe II: Bilder aus dem alten Berlin'