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Language of Description: English

  1. Louis Zylberklang collection

    Various papers including original last Red Cross letter from Paris prior to deportation to his brother, Maurice, in Scotland; copy typescript autobiographical notes of Esther Berk, Louis Zylberklang's sister; various copy documents pertaining to Louis Zylberklang's fate

  3. Copy documents re Heinrich Himmler

    Readers need to reserve a terminal in the reading room to access a digital version of this archive.This microfilm collection comprises 3 parts, which correspond to files or folders. The first 2 folders [501(1) and (2)] contain a variety of documentation of and about Heinrich Himmler, both before and during his time as Reichsführer SS. This had been collated from a number of archives and subsequently deposited by Roger Manvell, co-author of Heinrich Himmler, William Heinemann Ltd., 1965. Each document is preceded by a detailed description and/ or summary in English. Note that many of the doc...

  4. German Jewish refugees: miscellaneous material

    This collection consists of a variety of material which documents the experiences of German and Austrian Jewish refugees during the 1940s.

  5. Central British Fund for German Jewry: list of contributers

    This collection comprises lists of contributors to the Central British Fund for German Jewry and an apparently post-war appeal leaflet.

  6. Material re Holocaust testimony

    This collection of papers concerns the creation and preservation of personal testimonies relating to the Holocaust, including correspondence from the Imperial War Museum and the Shoah Foundation.

  7. Lothar Nelken: Diaries

    Diaries of Lothar Nelken

  8. Protocols of the Elders of Zion: statement re their reliability

    This is a copy of an authenticated statement by Philip P Graves, former correspondent of the Times, which confirms that the content of a pamphlet entitled The Truth about the 'Protocols'- a Literary Forgery is true. The pamphlet comprises 3 articles written by the above author and published in The Times in August 1921, all of which assert that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion was a forgery. It appears that the statement was made in relation to the trial in Berne regarding the reliability of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The statement is addressed to a court in Berne, Switzerl...

  9. Cahn family papers

    This collection comprises mostly copy Red Cross telegrams sent by Sophie Cahn (the depositor) from England to her father in Mönchen- Gladbach, 1940s. Also included is a copy claim form by Fritz Cahn in Canda for compensation from the city of Mönchen- Gladbach.Sophie's father, Emanuel, died in Theresienstadt in 1942. The children ended up in Canada, USA, UK, and Israel.

  10. Siegfried Rotholz: personal papers

    These mostly original personal papers of Siegfried Rotholz, a German Jewish former resident of Berlin, who was transported to Australia on the 'Dunera', document his experiences as a refugee and his attempts to gain restitution money from the German government. Of particular interest is his account of the trip on the 'Dunera', replete with descriptions of the suffering endured by the internees, 847/3.

  11. Kristallnacht anniversary speech by Lyndal Sachs

    This document is the text of a speech given at the Wiener Library by Lyndall Sachs, Public Information Officer at UNHCR, to commemmorate Kristallnacht.

  12. Arnold Zweig: copy correspondence to Joyce Weiner

  13. Franziska Willer collection

    This collection contains original correspondence, personal memoir, compensation claim material, photographs and ephemera.Included in the digital files are the photographs (1950_3); some transcribed and translated correspondence of Hanne Willer and some contemporary research material documenting Franziska's efforts to extricate her non-aryan Christian children (1950_1)

  14. Max Nachmann collection

    Personal papers of Max Nachmann, including vital records and identity documents, as well as correspondence with institutions, companies and individuals, mainly on his attempts to extract his family from Poland and Germany. There are also personal papers belonging to his wife, siblings, father and aunt. 

  15. Neuengamme trials: Papers of J. C. Giffin

    The collection primarily consists of handwritten notes, presumably by Giffin, on the trials. These cover the testimony provided by the witnesses for the prosecution and the defence made by the accused. In addition there are several official British documents on the case, including the depositions. There are also some statements by the defendants’ lawyers, as well as German press cuttings on the case.

  16. Ida Day: Letter to Wiener re 'Lapins'

  18. Frank Collins: personal papers

    The collection comprises both original and copy material.

  19. Copy edicts re Jews

  20. 'Treblinka' by J.F. Steiner: book reviews