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  1. Miscellaneous copy documents re ethnic origins

    These two apparently unrelated copy documents from separate institutions [Reichssippenamt and the Polizeipräsident] deal with the racial origins of two Berlin residents.

  2. Association of Jewish ex-servicemen: papers

    Papers

  4. Reports by a German professor of experiences at universities of Giessen and Bonn

    These reports detail the academic career of Professor Paul Ernst Kahle at Giessen University, 1914-1923 and at Bonn University, 1933-1939.

  5. Lazarus Horowitz, Luzern: correspondence

    The correspondence consists primarily of letters from friends and relatives thanking Lazarus Horowitz for his help and describing their plight either fleeing from or captives of the Nazis.

  6. Letter from Lina Wagner-Tauber to the Jewish Community Council, Berlin

    Letter from a former employee of the council of the Jewish community in Berlin who writes from Tel Aviv, reporting on conditions there, with emphasis on the experience of German Jewish emigrés like herself.

  7. Antisemitic Tract, U.S.A.

  8. Reviews and extracts of books on Japan

    These copy reviews and extracts of books on Japan deal mostly with racial politics. The books in question range in date from 1914 to 1936. In addition there is a letter from C.C. Aronsfeld writing on behalf of Alfred Wiener to Dr. Theo Sommer of Die Zeit on the same subject.

  9. Copy documentation re first news about the Holocaust

    This collection of copy documentation about first news of the Holocaust contains relatively recent correspondence between Gerhart Riegner and the depositor.

  10. Broder Family collection

  12. Exhibition of 20th Century German art: flyer

    The exhibition to which this flyer refers took place at the 'New Burlington Galleries', London W1, from 8 July 1938 for a month.

  13. Frank Henley (Otto Lichtenstein): Kindertransport papers

    This collection of original correspondence documents the experiences of Frank Henley (Otto Lichtenstein), who came to England from Köln on the Kindertransport in December 1938.The material relates to the depositor's experiences.

  14. Hebrew Union College: copy material re Joseph prize

    This collection consists of copy papers relating to the Roger E. Joseph prize. This is an annual award of $10,000, established by a member of the board of governors of the Hebrew Union College, Burton Joseph, in memory of his late departed brother, Roger E. Joseph, which "seeks to honor those qualities of idealism and humanity which reflect our spiritual values and our religious teachings." The Wiener Library was a recipient in the late 1990s.

  15. Press cutting about 'die Jüdische Front'

    This press cutting from the Schaerdinger Wochenblatt, 12th of June 1937, reports a call of the Austrian “Bund Jüdischer Frontsoldaten” in its official periodical “Die Jüdische Front” to defend Jews against antisemitism and to donate money for this aim. It uses this call to connect it with antisemitic stereotypes.

  16. Hans Seelig: papers

    This collection contains the personal and family papers of Hans Seelig, university lecturer and musician and former Kindertransport refugee from Mannheim, Germany. The papers include material which documents Hans' life as a school student, his life as a languages student in Oxford, his life as a school teacher and later a university lecturer, his role as chairman of the Club 1943 (1860/1/6), and his activities as a musician (1860/1-2). Also included are papers and correspondence of his father Eugen (1860/2), mother Franziska (1860/3/1) including correspondence with friend of the family Alfr...

  18. Reprint from CIO News

    “Together we win!” Reprinted article from the CIO News, Aug 27, 1945 by Philip Murray. Appeal from the Congress of Industrial Organizations against racial discrimination. 

  19. Nazi boycott of Jewish shops: Letter of justification

    Nazi boycott of Jewish shops: Letter of justification 

  20. Archives re Rudolf Hess: list

    List of papers relating to Rudolf Hess and Douglas Hamilton at the National Archives, Scotland