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Holding Institution: Wiener Holocaust Library

  1. Correspondence with Borchard, Lucy

    1. Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence concerns Borchard’s financial contributions to The Wiener Library as well as an enquiry for writing an eyewitness account for the Library’s eyewitness testimony project.

  2. Correspondence with Broh, Richard

    1. Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding a personal account for The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project, and the scheduling of meetings.

  3. Correspondence with Brueckheimer, Lassar

    1. Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding the publication of a typescript on the destruction of Jewish communities in Germany during the November Pogrom 1938, authored by late Simon Brückheimer. Beside L. Brueckheimer, the bundle of papers contains several other correspondents involved in this process including representatives of two small publishing houses. Following a microfilm copy of the Brückheimer material The Wiener Library had produced for Yad Vashem, copy right issues are addressed.

  4. Correspondence with Buys-Plaut, Edith

    1. Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding a restitution related request to Alfred Wiener for a sworn statement about Buys-Plaut’s employment at the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens (C.V.). Contained is further correspondence with Max Markreich, former chairman of the Jewish community Bremen, whom she had contacted too. Besides, the options for publishing a study of Markreich’s on the Jewish community Bremen is discussed.

  5. Correspondence with Cahn, Walter

    1. Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding a meeting during an upcoming trip of Alfred Wiener to the Netherlands in July 1955.

  6. Correspondence with Council for the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Jews from Germany

    1. Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence documents the everyday business between The Wiener Library and the London based Council including birthday wishes, the lending of books, the purchase of images, and primarily the exchange of published and unpublished material. Beside letters it contains á copy of the Council’s internal newsletters and a printed, not dated image of Sigmund Freud.

  7. Correspondence with Abrahamsohn, Arthur

    1. Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence centres on an information request by Abrahamsohn on the Judenvermögensabgabe ("Jewish Capital Levy") to substaniate his restitution claims heard in Cologne. Further letters pertain to the consignment of books and documents to the Library, birthday wishes, and Abrahamsohn’s contribution to The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project.

  8. Correspondence with Eisemann, Heinrich

    1. Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence about Eisemann’s advice for the Wiener Library regarding the receipt or purchase of Judaica. This includes among others a collection of items and papers related to the Mendelssohn family. Contained is also an enquiry by Eisemann for background information on an undated typescript of an Albert Einstein speech, which he had recently acquired.

  9. Correspondence with Ainsztein, Reuben

    1. Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence sheds light on Ainsztein’s long-term freelance work for The Wiener Library, primary by contributing numerous pieces to its Bulletin including articles, reviews, and summaries. Moreover, work related payments are subject of some letters.

  10. Correspondence with Anglo-German Educational Reconstruction (G.E.R.)

    1. Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence concerning the dissolution of G. E. R. and the options of providing The Wiener Library with parts of the remaining archival material.

  11. Kurt Strauss: Family papers

    This collection contains the family papers of the Jewish family of Victor and Marianne Strauss and their sons Helmut and Kurt. The family emigrated from Germany in 1939 to excape Nazi persecution. Includes transcripts and translations of a selection of Helmut Strauss's letters.Included are correspondence and papers relating to Helmut's school education in England and internment in the UK and Australia and Kurt's education in England after emigration (1697/1; Victor and Marianne's correspondence re emigration (1697/2); Victor's employment and business papers (1697/3) war compensation claims ...

  12. Stefanie and Walter Simon and Max Auerbach: family papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Walter and Stefanie Simon and Stefanie's father Max Auerbach, Jewish refugees who were forced to flee Germany in the mid 1930s because of the increasing difficulties in earning a living.Personal papers including Max Auerbach's school reports, qualifications, death certificate, two Iron Cross medals (1914-1918) and internment badges; Stefanie Simon's identify cards and passport, CV, school reports and qualifications,  birth, marriage and naturalisation certificates as well as photographs, internment badge and family history report; and Wal...

  13. Far Eastern Jewish Central Information Bureau: Correspondence

    This microfilm collection of correspondence between the Far Eastern Jewish Central Information Bureau (DALJEWCIB) and individuals and other Jewish organisations offers a valuable insight into the experiences of German and Austrian Jewish émigrés in the Far East. The personal accounts contain descriptions of the outward-bound voyage and of the climate and conditions in the host country, along with details on obtaining work and accommodation. Note that many of the letters are copies or extracts from originals. Some newsletters and newspapers are also included.

  14. International Tracing Service- Child search Branch: Papers re Lebensborn children etc

    This microfilm collection of documentation apparently emanating from the offices of the International Tracing Service deals in large part with children adopted by the Lebensborn programme.

  15. Else and Willy Heymann: personal correspondence

    This collection consists of correpondence from Grete and James Pick, who emigrated to China, to their friends Willy and Else Heymann, who had emigrated to New Zealand.Letters providing details of the procedures for refugees arriving in Shanghai, impressions of Chinese culture, James Pick's professional life in Tientsin, and Pick's return to Germany after the Second World War.Also included are a copy letter to Willy Heymann by a general who he cared for in World War I, the wedding ode for Else and Willy Heymann's wedding, Else Heymann's memoirs of her visit to Constantinople between 1917-191...

  16. Paul and Johanna Löwy: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Austrian Jewish refugees Paul Löwy (1740/2- and his mother Johanna Löwy (1740/1-)who emigrated to the UK in 1939.Personal papers including: birth, marriage and death certificates, certificates of qualifications, business licence, certificates of residence ('Heimatschein'), passports and certificates of naturalisation. Also included are a letter sent to his aunt from Buchenwald concentration camp and letters sent to his mother just after his release from Buchenwald concentration camp and from internment on the Isle of Man

  17. Marcus family: personal papers

    This collection consists of the personal papers of Helene Susanne ('Susan') Marcus and her parents Else and Eugen Marcus, Jewish refugees from Kassel, Germany who fled Nazi persecutions in the late 1930s.Personal papers comprising family correspondence including a letter addressed to Susanne from her father at internment camp Douglas, Isle of Man; Susanne's soldier's service and pay book; papers relating to compensation claims; birth and death certificates; passports and photographs. Also included are an audio recording and goodbye message from Susanne's parents for her emigration; and her ...

  18. Max and Edith Greenwood: family papers

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access this digital contentThis collection contains the personal papers of Max and Edith Greenwood, former Jewish refugees from Germany. Max Greenwood was one of the first people who fled Germany in 1933 after his medical licence was withdrawn.Family papers including Max Greenwood's qualifications and medical thesis, probate, last will, death certificate and papers relating to his restitution claim; correspondence and papers relating to the estates of Alfred Heidenheimer, Max Greenwood and Rosa Hanauer; James Greenwood's school reports and ...

  19. Eric and Käthe Curzon: personal papers and correspondence

    This collection contains the personal papers of Eric Curzon and his wife Käthe (née Kupferberg),  Jewish refugees who met in London after they had both fled Nazi German persecutions in their home towns of Vienna and Leipzig.Personal papers including Eric Curzon's documents such as qualifications; Heimatschein; birth, police clearance and naturalisation certificates; last will and testament; and a brief personal account relating to the Austrian annexation and his emigration. Also included is Käthe Curzon's correspondence from family and friends as well as a diary (1939-1941) written in ...

  20. 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...