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  1. Harry T. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Harry T., who was born in Giessen, Germany in 1921. Mr. T. describes growing up as the only Jewish boy in Zu?rbach, a farm village near Frankfurt; the rise of antisemitism and anti-Jewish activities; his training in Frankfurt to become a cabinetmaker; his return home after Kristallnacht; slave labor; and leaving his family in Frankfurt in 1941. He tells of his transport from Berlin to Barcelona, Spain; his imprisonment there and then in an internment camp near the French border; his release by the Quakers; and his emigration, via Portugal, to the United States. The ef...

  2. Joseph Z. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Joseph Z., who was born in Vienna in 1918. He describes his childhood and youth, relating instances of antisemitism; the political situation in Austria before the Anschluss; the German occupation of Austria (which forced him to leave medical school); his subsequent training in tailoring and English and work in his father's tailor shop; his emigration to the United States via Paris and London with his parents and two younger sisters; and his service in the American army (he was drafted in 1942) interrogating German prisoners.

  3. Council for German Jewry: Correspondence

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.This collection consists of correspondence of the Council for German Jewry on the following subjects: dismissals of Jewish staff at Göttingen University (608/1); Austrian Jewish refugees from the Burgenland; various synagogue congregations in Germany (608/2); emergency relief organisation for German scientists abroad (608/3). Also a report by the Jewish Agency for Palestine re emigration, 1933-1934 (608/4)

  4. Charlotte Lewin: Personal and family papers and correspondence

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  5. Thomas Cook and Son Ltd: Storage record book

    This storage record book of Thomas Cook's Lisbon depot, is thought to be significant because it apparently contains the names of many Jews who left possessions during the years 1942-1943, much of which remained unclaimed, and was presumably disposed of by Thomas Cook staff in due course. The following notes were supplied by the depositor, who was (in 1977-1978) the Thomas Cook General Manager for Europe and who retrieved the volume from the Lisbon office of Thomas Cook

  6. Regent's Park School: copy documentation

    Copy documentation regarding Regent's Park School, London NW3.

  7. Wolfgang and Werner Loewy: Correspondence

    This collection of correspondence documents the fate of 2 German Jewish émigré brothers and their families who managed to escape from Berlin in 1939 to Shanghai and Cawnpore, India respectively.

  9. Julius Jung: correspondence

    This collection of correspondence documents the activities of Julius Jung, a German Jewish immigrant to Great Britain

  10. Marx family documents

    This collection of papers consists of the immigration documentation of a German Jewish family who emigrated to Great Britain in the 1930s. The collection consists of paperwork generated by the British and American immigration authorities and documentation brought from Germany by the Marx family members./1:Immigration paperwork re Ludwig Marx, 1939-1941/2: Immigration paperwork re Regina Marx, 1939-1941/3: Immigration paperwork re Robert Marx, 1939-1941

  11. Gisela and Adolf Adler: Personal papers

    This collection contains correspondence, photograph and personal papers documenting the lives of Adolf and Gisela Adler, a Jewish couple who emigrated from Nazi Germany, and their search for relatives after the war.

  12. Adolf Neumann and Margot Cahn: diaries

    This collection contains the diaries of Margot Cahn (1928-1949) (1674/1-23) and Dr Adolf Neumann (1933-1938) (1674/24-29), who met in 1933 documenting their daily lives, meetings and social events in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, until the November pogroms in 1938. Shortly after this event they both emigrated to different countries, Margot to England and Adolf to Scandinavia. Margot Cahn's life in London can be traced through her diaries until 1949. The diaries include poetry and contain memorabilia such as photographs, press cuttings, programmes as well as pressed flowers and leaves.

  13. Albert and Milda Salinger: Copy correspondence

    This collection contains copy correspondence between members of the Salinger family during World War II.Personal papers including details of the name change of Albert Salinger's daughter Judis, Judis's emigration to England, and the death of Milda Salinger's mother in 1943.German

  14. Margot Hirschmann papers relating to Palestine and Orient Lloyd Travel Bureau

    This collection contains papers relating to the business of Palestine & Orient Lloyd G.m.b.H travel bureau.Papers including: a work reference for Margot Hirschmann who worked at the German branch in Berlin until she herself emigrated; copies of advertising, extracts of minutes of meeting regarding pricing of passenger tickets; as well as correspondence with the Central Zionist Archives and American Joint Distribution Committee regarding emigration permits for South America. Also included is correspondence by Susanne Dyke commenting on the caption of a photograph showing people queuing a...

  15. Rudolf, Philipp and Eva Manes: Personal papers

    This collection contains the diary of Rudolf Manes (1699/1) and personal papers of Philipp and Eva Manes (see also WL Doc 1346 for Philipp Manes's papers).

  16. George and Henni Lesley: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of the Jewish couple, George and Henni Lesley. 

  17. Albert Süsskind collection

    This collection contains a transcript of Albert Süsskind's report and related correspondence to the Australian High Commissioner of the UK on the conditions on board the HMT Dunera, on which internees and prisoners of war were transported to Hay internment camp in New South Wales, Australia, from England in 1940. Süsskind requested an investigation into the material damage and humiliating treatment endured by the internees on board the ship and payment of compensation. Also included is his identity card for commercial travellers.

  18. 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

  19. 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

  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