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  1. Vera Bier: restitution claim papers

    This collection consists of the restitution claim papers of Vera Bier whose parents and brother perished in the Holocaust.War compensation claims relating to destroyed family property in Aachen, damage to her education, loss of finances, and deprivation of liberty and death of her family.

  2. Salomon and Fried Hess: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Salomon and Frieda Hess who emigrated to South Africa in 1939 whilst their disabled son Alfred Hess stayed behind at a psychiatric hospital until he was deported in 1942.Personal papers Including correspondence with the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich's Association of Jews in Germany) regarding legal guardianship and payment of maintenance costs for Alfred Hess as well as the management of their financial assets in preparations for emigration. Also included are papers relating to a restitution claim by Salomon and Frieda Hess.

  3. Altmann family: restitution papers

    This collection contains the restitution and indemnification claim papers relating to properties previously owned by the Altmann family in Frankfurt, Kattowitz (Katowice, Poland) and Beuthen (Bytom, Poland).Compensation and indemnification papers. 

  4. Alice Bloemendahl: Theresienstadt eyewitness account

    This collection contains an eyewitness testimony relating to Terezin concentration camp by Alice Bloemendahl.This is the only surviving letter that she sent to friends in Hamburg whilst she was at Terezin. Bloemendahl describes the cultural, artistic and intellectual activities as well as improvements to the camp implemented by the Jewish inmates.

  5. Gerald Jayson, Edith Bown and Robert Sugar: articles re Jewish refugee farm

    This collection contains two articles relating to the Jewish refugee settlement farm in Millisle, County Down, Northern Ireland.Articles: the first article published in The Jewish Monthly (October 1990) was written by Gerald Jayson (formerly Jacobowitz). The second article in the Belfast Jewish Chronicle (September 2005) was written by another refugee, Robert Sugar. He was six years old when he arrived from Vienna. His parents survived the war.English

  6. Irene White: papers relating to Eli Alkana and the Holocaust in Luckenwalde

    Readers should reserve a reading room terminal to access this digital contentThis collection consists of material relating to Eli Elkana (Georg Michelsohn), a Jewish poet and dentist from Dessau (now Saxony Anhalt), who was persecuted by the Nazis as early as 1932/33 for his opposing ideas and writings. He, his wife and his daughter managed to emigrate whilst other family members perished in the Holocaust.Personal papers Including Eli Elkana's manuscripts of 'Die Ritter von der weichen Birne' (1952) (1761/2) and 'Die Militär-Parade' (written as part of a letter to his daughter) (1761/1) as ...

  7. Lotte Oppenheim: personal correspondence

    This collection consists of the personal correspondence of Lotte Oppenheim regarding the tracing of her mother, Berta Fraustaedter, after the Second World War. Berta Fraustaedter was a Holocaust survivor of Theresienstadt concentration camp.Included are correspondence with the Jewish Refugee Committee, the International Committee of the Red Cross and friends regarding arrangements for her mother to move to the UK.

  8. Irena and Antoni Wittek: Personal papers

    Personal papers and photographs of Irena Wittek documenting her life and medical career in Poland, France, Northern Rhodesia and the UK, as well as similar material about her husband Antoni Wittek. There are also audio recordings (in Polish) of Irena Wittek talking about her life in France leading up to the German occupation, her escape to England and life in London during the war.

  10. Ruth Sommerfeld: papers relating to Werner Somsohn's publication

    This collection contains press cuttings and correspondence from Werner Simsohn relating to his publication on the history of Jews in Gera, Thuringia ('Geschichte der Juden in Gera').Press cuttings and correspondence from Werner Simsohn relating to his publication on the history of Jews in Gera, Thuringia ('Geschichte der Juden in Gera'). Also included are speeches held at the honorary citizen awards ceremony for Simsohn in 1998, and draft extract from his publication regarding the Jewish families from Gera bearing the name Wernik.German

  11. Rosa Mintz: papers concerning British Red Cross relief work

    This collection contains the personal papers of Rosa Mintz, a relief and welfare worker with the British Red Cross Society who was stationed in the UK and Germany between 1945-1949.Papers Including reports and correspondence (1765/1-2) relating to Rosa Mintz' work in Germany and lists of kit to be returned on termination of contract. Also included are British Red Cross honorary certificate and contract of employment, driving permits, diary and personal account of her time as a relief worker (1765/5) as well as photographs.

  12. The artists of Terezin

  14. David Cheney: papers relating to the Jewish Health Organisation of Great Britain

    This collection consists of David Cheyney's papers relating to his work as secretary of the Jewish Health Organisation of Great Britain.

  15. Ernest and Edit Gruenwald: personal papers

    This collection contains the family papers of Ernest and Edit Gruenwald who emigrated to the UK from Silesia and Hungary respectively to flee Jewish persecution.Personal papers including birth and marriage certificates, Edit's school reports, correspondence relating to Ernest's unsuccessful applications to enlist with the army, certificate of naturalisation, Cessation of Seagoing Service (Merchant Navy) certificate, correspondence from the Foreign Compensation Commission regarding claims against the Czechoslovak and Hungarian Compensation Funds, work references and correspondence relating t...

  17. Documents relating to Bernhard Weiss

    This collection consists of material relating to Bernhard Weiss, a German Jewish lawyer and former Chief of the Berlin Criminal Police and Vice President of the Berlin police during the Weimar Republic.

  19. Estrea Aelion: copy jubilee album

    This collection consists of a copy jubilee album (translation from French) relating to the life and times of Estrea Aelion for her seven great-grandchildren in celebration of her hundredth birthday in May 1984, compiled by Jacqueline Golden. Estrea Aelion, of Greek Jewish origin, came to England in 1934. Her brother's family remained in Greece during the German occupation. Several of family members perished in concentration camps but her sister-in-law and niece survived in hiding in Athens.Album containing photographs and details of Estrea Aelion's life and that of her grandchildren an...