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  2. Antisemitism in Denmark: Copy papers

    The papers in this collection relate to the trial of 6 Danish Nazis for anti-semitic libel, in Copenhagen in 1937. The defendants include Ernst Lemvigh Müller, Niels Olsen, editor of the National-Socialistiks Maanedhaefte, Aag Henning Andersen, Nannestad Møoller, Valdemar Jensen, editor of Stormen and Betty Henning. The longest sentence was 80 days. The collection includes the transcript of a declaration by the Chief Rabbi of Denmark, which takes the form of written answers to questions about the content of the anti-semitic publications produced by the defendants

  3. Reichssicherheitshauptamt: copy extract from annual report

    Copy extract from the Sicherheitshauptamt annual report consisting of the chapter entitled Judaism which is sub-divided into the following headings: Germany; abroad; the position of Jewish organisations in the old Reichsgebiet; political and religious organisations; action against the Jews on 9/ 10 November 1938; statistics; emigration; Ostmark; Danzig; world JewryGerman 20 pages 

  4. Copy documents and draft for research projects

    Copy documents and draft for research projects entitled Das traditionelle Judentum in Deutschland im 19 und 20 Jahrhundert, by Dr. M Breuer and Dr. J Walk, and Die anti-jüdische Gesestzgebung im Dritten Reich, by Dr. Shaul EshThe papers include copy documents from German archives and drafts of project plans for research into traditional Judaism in the 19th and 20th century and ant-Jewish laws in the Third Reich respectively.

  5. Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland: deportation order

    This order from the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland to Frau D. S. Allfeld, partner in a mixed marriage, to go on a work detail out of the city (Frankfurt a. M.) is evidence of the continuation of this organisation's activities (albeit in changed and much reduced form).After June 1943, when most of Germany's Jews had been deported to concentration/ death camps. The following features are of particular interest. The date, 8 February 1945, seems very late and suggests that the Nazis must have been desperate to recruit workers at this time. The document appears to be a contemporary c...

  6. Laura Selo collection

    Laura Selo family correspondence and papers including letters from her mother Grete Gumpel to her father; also letters from the children to their father while he was interned; also documents and Red Cross letters of Else Philipps, Grete Gumpel's sister, who managed to get to Great Britain. Included is a negative of a letter by the Jewish Refugee Committee.

  7. Italian antisemitism during Mussolini's era: various papers

    Miscellaneous copy documents re antisemitism in Italy during Mussolini's era including book reviews, correspondence and a copy letter from Vittorio Cerruti, former Italian ambassador in Berlin, to URO Munich emphasising the differences between Mussolini and Hitler regarding racial ideology. 

  8. Academics persecuted by the Nazis: Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding the fate of Jewish mathematicians and academics during the Nazi era.

  9. Joan Campion: correspondence re Gisi Fleischmann

    This collection of copy correspondence of Joan Campion relates to her portrayal of Gisi Fleischmann, who assisted with the rescue of Jews in nazi occupied Europe, and who features in Campion's book In the Lion's Mouth.

  10. Institute for historical review conference: transcript of talk by David Irving

    Copy typescript annotated transcription of a talk given by David Irving at a conference organised by the Institute for Historical review in Anaheim, California, September 3-5 1983.

  13. Luzer Izbicki collection

    Copy documents regarding emigration

  14. Copy reports and correspondence re Jews in Vienna

    Copy reports and correspondence re Jews in Vienna 

  15. Board of Deputies: Defence committee papers

    FOR PERMISSION TO ACCESS THIS ARCHIVE PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW IN THE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS FIELD AND PRINTOUT, FILL OUT AND SEND TO ADDRESS GIVEN.The Defence Archive contains reports from the Jewish community's observers who attended many local and national meetings held by these groups, assessments of the groups' aims and capabilities, correspondence with the police and government, as well as the minutes of the Board's committees. Part of the Defence Archive has remained closed but in 2011 it was decided to put it on long term loan with the Wiener Library so that researchers of the perio...

  16. Report re conditions in France under German occupation

    Report re conditions in France under German occupation including detail on the following subjects: smuggling people out of the country; good behaviour and manners of the invading force; the price of goods. The report has been annotated thus: ‘Reliable report; not for publication'English. 5 pages 

  17. Moses and Wolf Blau: short biographical statements

    It is not known in which context these two original signed statements by Moses Blau and his son Wolf, German Jewish refugees in Amsterdam were made. However the formal presentation and details contained therein suggest that the document was created as part of a process of registration possibly with the Dutch authorities or a Jewish relief organisation.

  19. Fritz Weisskopf collection

    Correspondence and photograph

  20. Typescript account of the persecution of a Jewish couple in Fürth

    A typescript account of the persecution of a Jewish couple in Fürth, who were forced to sell their property.German 1 pageThe names of the victims have been abbreviated.The document has been annotated with the reference PIIIe, which suggests that it might have been created as part of the Wiener Library Eyewitness Testimonies series.