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  1. Wolffing family: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of the Wolffing family who lived in Würzburg, Bavaria. The family emigrated to England from Nazi Germany to escape Nazi persecution just before the outbreak of the Second World War. The collection mainly contains documents concerning generations of family members living in the 19th century whose exact relations are unknown: Simon Wolffing (born in c 1788, perfumer); Isidor Wolffing (born in 1834, distiller), Selma Wolffing (born in 1881, pianist), and Marie Krebs and Ernst Wolffing (were engaged in 1880).The collection mainly concerns earlier gen...

  2. Margot Weinberg: personal correspondence

    This collection contains letters sent to Margot Weinberg by her family in Berlin. Includes summary in EnglishIncludes press cuttings relating to the events taking place in Nienburg to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the November pogroms in 2005. The correspondence documents the increasingly difficult situation for Jews in Berlin and Margot's health and love life.

  3. Kurt and Edith Brent: personal papers

    Documents including family correspondence describing the difficult living conditions for Jews in Berlin during the Second World War; Kurt Brent's papers collected in preparation for emigration such as school certificates, 'Unbedenklichkeitsbescheinigung', German passport and driving license, British army soldier's service and pay book, soldier's release book, Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen membership card and his memoirs; as well as Edith Brent's emigration papers such as training certificates, testimonials and work references, marriage certificate and correspondence relation to war co...

  4. Else and Willy Heymann: personal correspondence

    This collection consists of correpondence from Grete and James Pick, who emigrated to China, to their friends Willy and Else Heymann, who had emigrated to New Zealand.Letters providing details of the procedures for refugees arriving in Shanghai, impressions of Chinese culture, James Pick's professional life in Tientsin, and Pick's return to Germany after the Second World War.Also included are a copy letter to Willy Heymann by a general who he cared for in World War I, the wedding ode for Else and Willy Heymann's wedding, Else Heymann's memoirs of her visit to Constantinople between 1917-191...

  6. Rychwalski family: copy correspondence

    This collection contains copy correspondence and transcripts of letters from Moses and Lina Rychwalski and their son Max Rychwalski to his future wife Amalie ('Malli'). Includes a translation from Hebrew into English and a transcript of a handwritten German letter in Kurrentschrift (Old German script).Copy correspondence and transcripts of letters from Moses and Lina Rychwalski and their son Max Rychwalski to his future wife Amalie ('Malli'). Also included is a copy letter from Ernst Rychwalski addressed to his cousin Kurt and his wife Selma, dated November 1945. He reports about the loss o...

  8. Putzel family: correspondence and Red Cross letters

    This collection contains the papers of Otto and Lena Putzel, a German-Jewish couple who emigrated to London to avoid Nazi persecution.Included is a copy Red Cross letter from Otto and Eva Putzel to Rosi Rosenthal and her husband (Otto's brother) in Nuremberg, Bavaria, enquiring after news. Also includes Hermann Putzel's citation for a medal for his services in the 14th Infantery Regiment 'Hartmann' in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871).

  10. Ernst and Vera Velden: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Ernst and Vera Velden who emigrated separately as Jewish refugees to England in 1939 and later got married.Included are emigration papers such as birth certificates, school certificates, Heimatschein; and application and certificates of naturalisation. Also includes a photograph; correspondence from family and friends relating to news about the lives of relatives, support for Jewish relief funds, Ernst's search for employment and application for an American visa; and papers relating to war compensation claims for both Ernst and Vera Velden.

  11. Marion Roth: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers and correspondence of Marion Roth who was subject to Nazi persecution of Jews and emigrated on a 'Kindertransport' to England in 1939. The material relates to Marion Roth's restitution claim, inheritance and pension.

  12. Kahn family: papers

    This collection contains the papers and photographs of Seligmann and Alice Kahn, a Jewish family from Heilbronn.

  13. Inter-aid committee: correspondence and papers

    This collection consists of papers, correspondence and minutes of the Inter-Aid Committee for Children from Germany and Austria (Oxford Branch) relating to the placement of Jewish refugee children with families.Correspondence and papers including lists of refugee children awaiting care homes, pamphlets entitled 'The Jews - some plain facts' (1941) (1781/5/1) and 'Benjamin Franklin and the Jews - a forgery exposed' (1718/5/2), and a photograph of one of the children (1718/3/23).English

  14. Jan de Jong: diaries

    This collection consists of the translated diaries of Jan de Jong, a Dutch Jew who went into hiding during the Nazi-German occupation of the Netherlands. He later perished at Sobibor extermination camp. The diaries document his life in hiding in the Netherlands, where he frequently moved to avoid arrest, and comments on the worldwide political and military developments. There were originally 11 diaries of which the first five were lost. Diaries number 6 to 11 were hidden in the attic of family friends in Arnhem. The last one was badly damaged and destroyed. The original documents include ne...

  16. Henri and Grete Falkenstein

    This collection contains the personal papers of Henri and Grete Falkenstein, a German Jewish couple who emigrated together with their children to the UK in 1937.Personal papers including correspondence and documents for emigration such as tax clearance certificate ('Unbedenklichkeitsbescheinigung'), Abmeldeschein, contract for the sale of Grete Falkenstein's inherited property, notice of departure, application for a naturalisation certificate; as well as correspondence and papers relating to the restitution claims by the Falkenstein and Sonneborn families.Also included are a copy of 'Bundes...

  17. Ida Schloss: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Ida Schloss who emigrated to the UK in 1939 to flee Jewish persecution in Austria.Personal papers including Ida Schloss' birth and marriage certificates, Austrian citizenship certificate as well as extract of birth register and death certificate of her husband Max Schloss.English German

  18. Günther Wittenberg: personal papers and correspondence

    This collection contains the personal papers and correspondence of Günther Wittenberg who was sent to England on a Kindertransport in 1939.Personal papers including a list of belongings taken to England (1722/1), cv and job applications, notices by the Ministry of Labour and National Service local appeal board, correspondence with family and friends (1722/3) and family trees (1722/5). Also included are letters from the Committee of the Landsberg Jewish Center and Jewish Committee of DP Center 7 Deggendorf regarding the fate of his parents (1722/4).English German

  20. Walter Rauch: correspondence

    This collection consists of correspondence relating to Walter Rauch who was interned as a Jewish refugee at Douglas, Isle of Man, and in Australia.Correspondence and papers including are his application for release from internment and pamphlet calling for boycott of Jewish shoe shops (1723/6).English German