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  1. Eric Strach: Personal papers

  2. Bocian family: Copy cancellation of naturalisation certificate, Berlin

    Copy cancellation of the naturalisation of Lewek Bocian which extended to his wife and family, in accordance with a law re naturalisation, dated 14 July 1933, issued by the Polizeipräsident BerlinGerman 

  3. Jonas May collection

  4. Hahlo family collection

    The collection contains vital records, identity papers and other personal papers of members of the Hahlo family, principally Peter Hahlo. In addition there are interviews with Peter and Fay Hahlo conducted by their son, Gerry, as well as the memoirs Georg Hahlo wrote for his children and family photographs.

  5. Copy papers re Zyklon 'B'

    Copy photographs of Zyklon ‘B' canisters; copy correspondence between the War Office and the London Fumigation Company re the manufacture and use of Zyklon ‘B'; military passbook of SS Gruppenführer and Generallleutnant Jakob Sporrenberg.Former references WO.208.2169; WO.309.1602; WO.311.423

  6. Copy official documents re expulsion of Polish Jews from Germany

    Copies of correspondence between the Deutsche Botschaft, Warsaw, the Auswärtige Amt, Berlin and the Polish ambassador between 10 October 1938 and 27 January 1939 concerning orders for the expulsion of Polish Jews from Germany. Also copy of the translation of the order of 6 October 1938 concerning passport controls and copy further details concerning the limited permission for some to return to Germany. 

  7. G.A. Soedicke-Bayens: Memoirs

  8. Passport issued to Jacques Kaufmann

    Passport issued to Jacques Kaufmann from the mayor of Schiefbahn, North Rhine WestphaliaFrench 

  9. Notes on Moses Mendelssohn's family tree

    Notes on the family trees of Moses Mendelssohn 

  10. Alexander Baron: Correspondence and other papers

    This collection consists of (mostly copy) correspondence between Alexander Baron and copy articles from a variety of newspapers and periodicals. The subject of the collection deals in particular with Alexander Baron's ongoing arguments with the editor of searchlight, Gerry Gable, centred on Baron's refutation of the charge of anti-semitism.

  11. Leslie Daniel collection

  12. Fanto family: Copy personal papers

    Copy papers of Manfred and Lea Fanto, who travelled from Prague to Austria, including an inventory of personal possessions for eachGerman and Czech 

  14. Ilse von Hassell: Correspondence to Alex Wetzlar

    Two letters and two postcards from Ilse von Hassell to Alex Wetzlar re the diaries of her former husband Ulrich von HassellThis collection of correspondence from Ilse von Hassell to Alex Wetzlar sheds some light on the publication of her former husband's diaries. Copies and transcripts are included.

  15. Kristallnacht: List of synagogues destroyed and eyewitness testimonies

    Readers need to book  a reading room terminal to access this digital content 985/1 consists of responses, most of which are dated November/ December 1939. In addition, there is a list of respondents. The project's results comprised a set of statistics on the fate of Germany's synagogues (985/2). The fate of the synagogues was still a subject of interest in 1959 as evidenced by a copy of a letter on the subject from C. C. Aronsfeld (985/3). 985/2 also contains a list dated 1960.

  16. 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

  17. Bernard Simon collection

  18. Edward Stern collection

    This collect comprises mostly the personal papers of Edward Stern with reference to his school record, his employment history and his army record; also included are papers pertaining to his wife, Ellen and his father and mother, Heinrich and Erna.

  19. Konrad Pietrzuch: Press cuttings regarding his murder

    Konrad Pietrzuch: Press cuttings regarding his murder 

  20. Dr. Karl and wife Katharina Schreiner: copy correspondence and papers re Nazi persecution

    The papers document the persecution by the nazis of Karl Schreiner, formerly a lawyer, and his wife Katharina, from Trier, from 1934-1942. They demonstrate the vigour with which any opposition to the nazis, however minimal, was fought, as early as 1934. The papers include statements of denunciation by various individuals, and the views of the NSDAP, Trier, the mayor of Trier and the state prosecutor at the Sondergericht, Koblenz. The Schreiners' offences consisted of refusal to give the nazi salute; refusal to contribute to nazi organisations and causes; opposition to their children joining...