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  1. Oppenheimer family papers

    Audio interview with Ferolyn Angell and cousins, descendants of the Oppenheimer siblings of Schwedt in which they discuss the history and fate of family members; their conversion to Christianity; the story of the 'card reading witch of Terezin' etc.

  2. Papers re war crimes in Yugoslavia

    This microfilm collection of papers of the Nazi authorities in Yugoslavia comprises letters, proclamations and reports of German police units. It is significant because it includes an order which explicitly mentions their intent to systematically murder the adult male population of Hrastnigg, Kanker and Zavoden, in former Yugoslavia, and to 're-settle' the remaining population. The units involved were reserve Police Batallion 93; Police Batallion 322; Reserve Police Batallion109.

  3. Correspondence from Gurs concentration camp, France

    These two postcards offer a brief insight into conditions at Gurs internment camp experienced by Berta Kahnheimer, a German (?) Jewish inmate.

  4. Gerhard Goldbaum: Copy papers

    Gerhard Goldbaum: Copy papers re Primo Levi 

  5. The Polish press in Post war Germany

    The Polish press in Post war Germany: a list of titles with place of publication arranged by zone of occupation 

  6. Arnold Schönberg: copy papers

    This collection of copy correspondence concerns the period when he left Europe for the United States.

  7. Papers re Berthold Goldschmidt

    Copy mostly printed material re the composer Berthold Goldschmidt

  8. Harry Mayer collection

  9. Danish Underground press service in Sweden

    Danish Underground press service in Sweden: Press reports 

  10. Alfred Danziger: Copy personal papers

    These copy papers document, in part, the life of Alfred Danziger. The copy papers have been annotated with descriptive remarks.

  11. Eugen Gerstenmaier: Copy documents re church-state struggle

    This microfilm collection of documentation comprises correspondence and papers detailing the activities of the German Evangelical church during the Third Reich, in particular the role of Eugen Gerstenmaier. Also included are a number of periodicals of German Evangelical organisations during the 1930s and other related reports and papers.

  12. Jakob Zelnik collection

  13. Walter and Helene Simon: family papers

    This collection contains the personal papers and correspondence of members of the extended family of Alice Burgar née Rockwell: mainly correspondence between her mother and father and her paternal grandparents in Berlin, Walter and Helene Simon. Also contained are personal documents of Alice's paternal grandfather and his mother, Clara Simon. In addition there is a folder of correspondence and papers from Alice's uncle, Stefan Helmut Simon, dated immediate post war.

  14. Die Zukunft: invitation to literary and social evening

    Invitation of the periodical “Die Zukunft” for a “Zukunfts-abend”, a social evening in London, 21st July 1939, organised by “Dr. and Mrs. Schuetz”. 

  15. German trade organisations: copy correspondence re antisemitic measures

    The collection contains copies of letters from various German trade organisations outlining the extent and nature of their antisemitic measures, date 1934-1935.

  16. Situation of non-aryan lawyers in Germany: Report

    The report explains the background to the level of discrimination against non-aryan lawyers, which obtained in Germany, c1934, by describing the forcible expulsions of judges and lawyers from Breslau courts; subsequent ad hoc discriminatory actions in other parts of the country; and the official sanctions of these actions by the Ministry of Justice.

  17. Nazi prosecution of Freemasons on Jersey: copy documents

    These copy papers document Nazi fascination for and persecution of Freemasonry on the island of Jersey, Channel Islands, in the immediate aftermath of the looting of Jersey's Masonic Temple in 1941.

  19. Leon Greenman: autobiography drafts

    This collection contains various drafts of Leon Greenman's autobiography, which was originally entitled 15 Minutes Too Late eventually published as An Englishman in Auschwitz , in 2001. In addition to the various draft versions of his autobiography, this collection contains correspondence and notes relating to them.

  20. Major Jacobs' papers

    This collection consists of material, which documents, in part, the activities of a former major in the Civil Defence Forces, including photographs; post war material re activities in an ex-serviceman's association; and sundry other related items. Much of the material is in facsimile form, having, apparently, previously formed part of an exhibition