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Language of Description: Latvian

  2. Esther Pauline Lloyd: camp diaries

    This collection consists of two surviving diaries of a British Jewish resident of Jersey, Channel Islands, whilst in internment camps first in Compiegne, France, and later Biberach, Germany. In addition to a daily account of life in the respective camps at Compiegne and Biberach, the diaries contain notes, addresses, recipes and draft letters.

  3. Former nazis in Middle East: various papers

    This collection of various papers relates to former Nazis in Muslim countries in the Middle East and German/ Arab relations in the 1960s./1: Article entitled 'Ehemalige Nazis im Dienste Aegyptens', 23 Mar 1965No author German 4 pages/2: Article entitled 'Nazi Criminals in Arab Countries', March 1965No author English 10 pages/3: Orphan document entiled 'Appendix: Some of the Leading Former Nazis in United Arab Republic Service', ndNo author English 2 pages/4: Article entitled 'Arab Anti-Semitism', ndNo author English 8 pages/5 Anti-Semitic leaflet addessed to the German people from unidentif...

  4. Adler family papers

    Collection of papers, correspondence and ephemera of the Adler family who emigrated to the UK in 1936.

  5. George Jacob Rosney: Copy war time correspondence

    War time correspondence between George J Rosney, who enlisted with the British Liberation Army, and his relatives.Includes correspondence between George J Rosney stationed with 3rd Regiment of the Royal Horse Artillery and his uncle Ludwig Mayer and cousin Hans Mayer in London (1944-1945) (1663/1-2); details of his search for his parents after the end of the war who were murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp and diary of a visit to Terezin (Theresienstadt) concentration camp where his parents were taken before being transported to Auschwitz (1945) (1663/3); correspondence by George Rosne...

  6. Adler family: official personal documents

    Collection of official personal documents, correspondence and press cuttings of members of the Adler family who emigrated to the UK in 1936. Includes certificates of birth and death, speeches, work references, certificates of naturalisation, passports, marriage certificates, declaration of acquisition of British nationality and school reports of Bruno and Meta Adler (1664/1), Erich and Ursula Adler (1664/2), Moritz Israel and Elise Mecklenburg (1664/3), and Feist and Betty Landau (1664/4).

  7. Hugo Nothmann: Printed letters

  8. Gisela and Adolf Adler: Personal papers

    This collection contains correspondence, photograph and personal papers documenting the lives of Adolf and Gisela Adler, a Jewish couple who emigrated from Nazi Germany, and their search for relatives after the war.

  9. Adolf Neumann and Margot Cahn: diaries

    This collection contains the diaries of Margot Cahn (1928-1949) (1674/1-23) and Dr Adolf Neumann (1933-1938) (1674/24-29), who met in 1933 documenting their daily lives, meetings and social events in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, until the November pogroms in 1938. Shortly after this event they both emigrated to different countries, Margot to England and Adolf to Scandinavia. Margot Cahn's life in London can be traced through her diaries until 1949. The diaries include poetry and contain memorabilia such as photographs, press cuttings, programmes as well as pressed flowers and leaves.

  10. Hubert Fritz and Liesette Nassau: Personal papers

    This collection documents the lives of Hubert Fritz and Liesette Nassau, an Austrian Jewish couple who emigrated to England in 1939. Contains correspondence relating to their efforts to emigrate and start a new life in England, gaining new qualifications and work as well as Hubert Nassau's indemnification claim and interest in sports.

  11. Curtis family: Copy correspondence

  12. Leibisch Engelberg: Personal papers

    This collection contains correspondence and official personal documents of the Engelberg family.

  13. Albert and Milda Salinger: Copy correspondence

    This collection contains copy correspondence between members of the Salinger family during World War II.Personal papers including details of the name change of Albert Salinger's daughter Judis, Judis's emigration to England, and the death of Milda Salinger's mother in 1943.German

  15. Heinrich Stern collection

    Family correspondence and papers re emigration

  17. Kurt Paucker: Memorial Service

    This collection contains transcripts of speeches held at the memorial service for Kurt Paucker on 26 April 1980.Papers including speeches by Arnold Paucker; Werner Henle, Ph.D mentor at the University of Pennsylvania, colleague and friend; and Jan Vilcek and Clifton A Ogburn, colleagues and friends. The speech by his brother tells the story of their bourgeois upbringing in the Weimarer Republic in Berlin before their education was interrupted in Nazi Germany and the family was torn apart by the Jewish persecutions

  18. Siegfried Wilhelm Rosenfeld: Personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Siegried Rosenfeld who had a successful career as a lawyer and politician before the Nazis came to power in Germany.Personal papers including correspondence with NSDAP District Management of Laufen-Berchtesgaden-Altoetting (Bavaria) regarding the borders of the district to ensure Siegfried Rosenfeld did not resettle within the district as well as his curriculum vitae.German

  19. 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.

  20. Renate Klapper: Personal papers

    This collection contains the papers of Renate Klapper, a Jewish girl from Berlin who was sent to England shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War to escape Nazi persecution whilst her family died at Auschwitz concentration camp.Personal papers including her school certificates (1684/1), wartime correspondence with her mother sent via the British Red Cross Message Bureau (1684/2), honorary membership certificate of the Royal College of Midwives (1684/3), two photocopies of her will (1684/4), two copies of her death certificate (1684/5), valuation documents of two properties in Ger...