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Holding Institution: Wiener Holocaust Library

  1. Leslie Dockray collection

    Correspondence between stamp collectors relating the life changes which befell a German collector with Jewish antecedents between 1934 and 1959

  2. Government of Italian Somaliland: directive to the commandant of Danane concentration camp

    It is a contemporary copy bearing the stamp of Danane Concentration Camp and the signature of the commandant, Colonel Eugenio Mazzucchetti.

  3. Löwy/ Cohen Family collection

    This collection includes a report about the experiences in Bergen Belsen, family correspondence, family photographs and material about the history of Sombor's Jewish community

  4. Copy police removal order regarding Stefan Zweig books, Leipzig

    Copy police removal order regarding Stefan Zweig books, Leipzig 

  5. Letter from unidentified Frenchman

    The writer describes himself as French and explains that he came to England in 1940 to put himself at the disposal of General de Gaulle. The purpose of the letter is to ask permission of the British authorities to allow his Swiss born wife to come to England.

  6. League of nations: papers re refugees

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.This microfilm collection of documentation deals with the role of the League of Nations, in particular with regard to the problem of Jewish refugees in Nazi Germany, c1938-1939. The papers include minutes, agenda, reports and memoranda of the Refugees Committee of the League of Nations.Documentation on the role of the League of Nations Refugee Committee with particular regard to the fate of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany including the following.Memorandum re treatment of refugees in Great Britain,...

  7. Leo Löwenstein: copy documents re deportation

    The documents appear to represent a rare example of a successful attempt to prevent the deportation of a Jew from Berlin during the peak of the period of Jewish deportations.

  8. Antisemitism in Europe: Cuttings and reports

    Collection of newspaper cuttings and reports concerning antisemitism in several European countries both during and after the Second World War.

  9. Antisemitism in Holland: records

  10. George Vulkan collection

    The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence between Abraham and Amalie's children in England, Scotland and Austria, in particular letters to Marcel and his sister Regina (Regi). A major theme of the letters is the attempts to help the family members in Austria escape to Britain and the frustrations arising out of the difficulty of this. There are also materials on German, Austrian and Czechoslovakian refugees’ life in Britain in the 1940s, as well as notes and texts written by George Vulkan on his family history.

  11. Freddie Edwards collection

    This collection contains the personal papers of Frederick Edwards, formerly Fritz Meyer, and includes birth, naturalisation and school certificates; driving licences; British army records and sundry correspondence

  12. Lodz Ghetto: Postcards

  13. Annie Vallance collection

  14. United Nations War Crimes Commission: records

    Lists of alleged war criminals, files of charges brought against them, minutes of meetings, reports, correspondence, trial transcripts, and related documentation about the activities of the United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC), its committees, and individuals identified as alleged war criminals, including evidence compiled against them and records related to their prosecution by national tribunals. One significant group of these records consist of files about individuals who were identified by the UNWCC as war criminals, including the charge files that were compiled against them, ba...

  15. 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 ...

  16. Jewish business papers

    This collection consists of headed note paper and proforma bill of 2 Leipzig-based Jewish printing companies. In addition, an account of the history of the family business is provided by the depositor, who is related to the family.

  17. Dr. Hans Israel Gumpert: copy notification re replacement of role as executor

    Copy notification regarding the replacement of role as executor by Dr. Hans Israel Gumpert.

  18. Index of names of nazis

    INDEX of Names: of Nazis (including collaborators and earlier ideologues) suspected, accused and/or convicted of war crimes; and of Nazi war crime trials (1955-2004)This INDEX was compiled from names mentioned in articles and reports on war crime trials (WWII), which were largely held in West Germany, but some took place in the East, all between 1955 and 2004. Most of these articles were contemporary with the actual trials, and most were written in German. These articles on microfilm are part of the Archive Collection of the Wiener Library, London. The articles are filed under sections: G5....

  19. Nazi propaganda against Great Britain: documents

  20. Copy affidavits and other papers re conditions at Auschwitz

    This collection of copy papers was created by Duncan Little whilst researching his book, "Allies in Auschwitz: The Untold Story of British POWs Held Captive in the Nazis' Most Infamous Death Camp, Clairview Books, 2009.The collection consists mostly of copy authenticated affidavits of former British serviceman who had also been Auschwitz inmates. In addition there are notes about other inmates' experiences, the originals of which are held in private collections; transcript interview with a former inmate and affidavits from those accused of war crimes.Note that items 1624/37-38 were added la...