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Holding Institution: Wiener Holocaust Library

  1. Pavel Novak: copy personal papers

    This collection comprises a school leaving certificate dated 1939, of Risa Elizabeth Novak, Pavel Novak's wife; a certificate from the Jewish Refugees Committee in London about her arrival from Austria in May 1939; and a certificate from a group of Austrian Trade Unionists in Great Britain, confirming the identity of her father and the fact that he was arrested for anti-fascist activities in 1934 and 1938.

  2. Paul Fraser collection

  3. Regensburger family papers

    This collection of papers concerns the experiences of a German Jewish family which settled in Great Britain in 1939. Correspondence and personal papers of Resi Regensburg re naturalization, the possibility of voluntary work, restrictions for aliens and the remittance of money abroad

  4. Ilse Hyman collection

    The collection primarily consists of Ilse Hyman’s correspondence after she arrived in the UK.

  5. Raschkow family papers

    This collection consists of the personal papers and correspondence of Walter Raschkow, a Jewish architect and his non-Jewish wife, Emma. It includes a set of Red Cross telegrams to and from their daughter, Ingeborg-Maria Raschkow (later Mayer) throughout World war II whilst she was in England and her parents remained in Stuttgart. Of particular interest is material relating to their marriage status as ‘priviligierte Mischehe' at 630/2 and material relating to Walter Raschkow's claim for compensation from the German government for suffering caused by the Nazis during the war at 630/4

  6. Copy list of children of Kitchener camp residents

    Copy list of children of Kitchener camp residents

  7. Löbl family papers

    This collection contains correspondence from the parents of Robert Löbl concerned with his safe custody in the UK. Also contained are photographs of Robert and printouts of Pages of Testimony from Yad Vashem Shoah Victims’ Database. 

  8. William Scheer papers

    This collection contains primarily school and college certificates of Wilhelm Scheer from his time growing up in Poland. Also included is an Italian id document, 1939; a US naturalisation certificate, 1946; sundry other material; and photographs of William Scheer and other family members.

  9. Harold Lawrence collection

    Documents and photographs relating to Harold Lawrence’s experiences of Kitchener Camp. These include the transcript of an interview conducted by Lawrence’s son.

  10. Marianne Hood: Memories of the war years in Holland

    Copy typescript autobiographical account of how a German Jewish woman spent her teenage and early adult years in Amsterdam concealing her Jewish identity.Originally from Berlin, she last saw her mother when she was put on the train to Amsterdam in 1938. She describes how she assumed a new identity, spent much of her time learning and practising the piano and how she would listen to English radio programmes and read foreign newspapers to keep abreast of events.German 9 pages 

  11. Bern Brent and Otto Bernstein: Reminiscences

    This series of reminiscences provide an insight into the lives of a German Jewish family from the end of the 19th century until the aftermath of the Second World War.Most of them recount the experiences of Otto Bernstein, the father of the depositor, who describes life growing up in late 19th century Elbersfeld and Kassel (-/1); life in turn of the century Germany and during the First World War(-/2) and his experiences as an inmate of Theresienstadt.(-/3). Bern Brent, the depositor, provides us with an account of his experiences on the ship, the 'Dunera', bringing refugees from Europe to Au...

  12. Inge-Lore Sommerfeld: personal papers

    This collection consists of the personal papers and photographs of Inge-Lore Sommerfeld, a former Kindertransportee who was sent to England aged 12.Personal papers Including correspondence, passports, school reports and qualifications, certificate of confirmation, correspondence and papers regarding employment with the BBC and Marks & Spencer, and a family tree.

  13. Goldstaub family papers

    Personal papers of the Goldstaub family

  14. Kobylinski family: correspondence during internment

    This collection consists of correspondence between Else and Sigismund Kobylinski, German Jewish refugees, during their internment on the Isle of Man in Summer and Autumn 1940. The correspondents came to Great Britain in 1939, their children having emigrated some years earlier.

  15. Peter Hulsen collection

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to listen to the audio interview with the donorRecipe book and other papers including audio interview of Peter Hulsen who describes being born in Breslau, into a wealthy, secular Jewish household; coming to Great Britain on the last Kindertransport; staying in an orphanage in Brighton for 5 years; an interview with Anna Essinger and subsequent stay of 9 months at Bunce Court School; a career in retail including 30 years at Marks and Spencer; survival of his father who worked as a translator at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials and also at Bletchl...

  16. Joe Quittner personal papers

    This collection comprises certificates; personal correspondence; material re education/ training; material pertaining to Joe Quittner's refugee experience; miscellaneous papers including detailed inventory of the collection

  17. Grete Sacki (Mayer): Personal papers

  18. Gossels family: Copy correspondence

    Collection of correspondence between members of the Gossels family who emigrated to Holland during the Second World War and certificates of incarceration at Auschwitz concentration camp for the parents Sally and Malchen Gossels (1662/1).

  19. Peter Briess collection

  20. Abraham family: Copy correspondence

    The copy correspondence in this collection documents the experiences of a German Jewish family in Berlin and England.