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Holding Institution: Wiener Holocaust Library

  1. Airborne leaflet

    Leaflet “Sieg im Osten 1917-1940” No. 338German 

  2. Simson Klein collection

    The collection contains Simson's and Mary's letters to each other and to the authorities on the subject of Simson's interment on the Isle of Man as an enemy alien. There are also some digital copies of photographs of the Kleins.

  3. Anti-Jewish enactments in the Reichsprotektorat

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.It also includes some material on the deportation of Jews from Vienna, Prague and Brünn. In addition there is some reference to the deportation of Gypsies from Berlin and former Czechoslovakia. The papers provide a detailed insight into the logistics of deportation including the appropriation of belongings over the years 1939-1944. Reference is made to the preparation of Theresienstadt as a camp for deported Jews.Correspondents include the Zentralstelle jüdische Auswanderung, Prague; Israelitische Ku...

  4. Fürth family papers

    This collection consists of correspondence, documents and personal papers of the Fürth family, a family with Jewish roots, which has it's origins in the town of Susice, near Pilsen in the Czech Republic. They founded a paper mill in 1869, which was later run by Emil Fürth, grandfather of Peter Fürth, the main character of this family history, who was himself the son of paper manufacturer, Eugen Fürth. With the annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland, Emil and his wife Sophie, Eugen and Peter fled to France and their paper factories were confiscated along with property in the Czech Republi...

  5. Jewish Relief Unit volunteers: Index cards

    Jewish Relief Unit volunteers: Index cards 

  6. 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

  7. Heydecker: family papers

    This collection contains personal papers and correspondence of the Heydecker family, German Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany who settled in Great Britain shortly before the outbreak of World War II.

  9. Birkenau: copy report re poison trace

    This collection comprises documents concerning the existence of poison traces in the debris taken from the crematorium at the death camp of Birkenau. It includes a request (887/1) from the Committee Investigating German War Crimes in Poland to the Institute of Toxicological Experts in Krakau to investigate and report on the extent to which various items salvaged from Birkenau contain traces of poison. the items include 25.5 kg of human hair; zinc metal sheets which covered the vent openings of the crematoria; mortar from the walls; and various metal objects. The report (887/2) concludes tha...

  10. Copy Correspondence re news of the Holocaust

    This collection of copy correspondence is concerned with the question of the first dissemination of information about the Holocaust. In particular the correspondence between historians and protagonists addresses Martin Gilbert's assertion that the first news of the Final Solution came via Chaim Pazner, worker in the Palestine Office in Geneva during the war. Correspondence from Dr S. Scheps, former director of the Palestine Office, Walter Laqueur, historian and co-author of Breaking the Silence, Gerhart M. Riegner, head of the World Jewish Congress, amongst others.Also included are some cop...

  11. Documentation re the publication of Auschwitz in England

    This collection consists of correspondence and contracts regarding the publication of Auschwitz in England , by Mavis M. Hill and L. Norman Williams. The collection consists primarily of correspondence and contracts re the publication of the book and issues relating toa BBC broadcast of a dramatisation of the book. In addition there is a copy transcript of the testimony of Dering during the trial (1418/146).

  13. Various copy papers re 'The Dunera' refugee transport ship to Australia

    These various copy papers document the experiences of the German and Austrian internees transported to Australia on the 'Dunera' in 1940 and their subsequent detention in camps in Australia. The collection consists of copy personal and official papers relating to time spent at the camp; copy official papers relating to the passage of the 'Dunera' and the allegations of ill treatment on board and copy newspaper cuttings reporting the same. In addition there is contemporary copy correpondence of Herbert Goldsmith relating to the 'Dunera' affair.

  14. Wilhelm Keitel: Letter re promotion of Pinckvoss

    Original letter from Wilhelm Keitel, chief of staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, to General Dollmann regarding the promotion of ‘Pinckvoss'.

  18. Directions on the disposal of Jewish property prior to evacuation to Litzmannstadt, nd

    Document entitled ‘guidelines for the handling of the property of Jews sent to Litzmannstadt', containing specific instructions on how the property of Jews must be handled, quoting the authority of several laws and ordinances 

  19. Miscellaneous collections

    This is an artificial collection of 3 unrelated deposits

  20. Hannah Callman collection