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  1. Oral history interview with Peter Rein

  3. Oral history interview with Peter Schur

  4. Presentation by Ruth Bild Adler

  5. Hanna and Peter Singer collection

  6. Manfred Gans: Copy diary extract

    Manfred Gans: Copy diary extract in which the author describes meeting British, American and Russian troops, German soldiers, prisoners of war and refugees

  7. The Tythrop Institute: copy papers re appeal for funds

    This collection of copy papers deals with the project of a group called the Langham Committee, whose object was to put to work several hundred German, Austrian and Czech Jewish refugees on the renovation of a delapidated manor House and grounds, Tythrop House. For a system of block guarantees a small band of young people came together calling themselves 'the Langham Committee' which has been able to ensure that some 200 working class men and girls are able to enter Great Britain.This copy appeal and account documents the committee's activities. 929/3 is a narrative account of its activities...

  8. Jack Barden collection

    This collection comprises personal and family correspondence; correspondence and papers regarding the assistance given to a number of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany, particularly relating to Professor Raphael Sokolowsky

  9. Margot Hamburger papers

    1. Margot Hamburger family collection

    The papers consist of nine letters between Eka Rozenkranz in Cyprus to Margot Joseph [donor] in Israel between February 1947 and May 1947. Also included are three photographs of images of Bernard Joseph [donor's brother] at the ORT school in Berlin, Germany, dated 1938-1939, and three photographs of images of Margot Joseph in Palestine, dated 1944-1949.

  10. Hildegard Fulda Orsten memoirs

    1. Elisabeth Orsten family collection

    Hildegard Fulda Orsten's memoirs are part of a collection relating to the experiences of Elizabeth M. Ornstein (later Orsten) and her family in Vienna, Austria, before and during the Holocaust, and the Ornstein family’s immigration to the United States.

  11. Herbert Malinow collection

    This collection comprises material which documents the period when Herbert Malinow was interned as an enemy alien and subsequently transported on the infamous ship, HMS Dunera to Australia. It includes diaries, correspondence and press cuttings

  12. Documentation of the regional committee of the Communist Party in Mogilev, 1938-1947

    Documentation of the regional committee of the Communist Party in Mogilev, 1938-1947 Included in the collection: - Documentation of the regional committee and the district committees; - Lists of Communists, propagandists, partisans, released soldiers, lecturers and Jewish refugees.

  13. Collection of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC), 1935-1944

    Collection of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC), 1935-1944 Documentation regarding help given by American Jews to Jews in Europe including financial support to refugees, acting as agents to obtain visas and immigration certificates from governments in Europe, help in obtaining consular services and in emigrating from Europe.

  14. Documentation of the temporary administration in Rovno, 1939-1940

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12833700
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1939-1940
    • Administrative documentation Appeal to the authorities List of healthcare workers List of physicians List of residents List of voters Order Statistical report

    Documentation of the temporary administration in Rovno, 1939-1940 Included in the collection: - Statistical reports regarding refugees residing in the Rovno region, 1939; - Lists of voters for the National Council of Western Ukraine; - Lists of physicians and healthcare workers; - Appeals to the municipality regarding various matters; - Appeals by residents from Rovno regarding their acceptance to work.

  17. Fifth Circular Report of the International Tracing Service at Arolsen

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    This files contains the Circular Report of the ITS from May 1953 regarding inquiries and requests and documents and certificates, like evacuation transport lists from Concentration Camps in the East to Germany or certificates of residence for refugees.

  18. Juutalaiskysymys

    • Jewish question

    Foreign Ministry's correspondence and reports concerning the situation of the Jews in Finland, Europe and Israel, Jewish refugees in Finland, and Jewish organizations.

  19. Magyar Belügyminisztérium, Rezervált iratok, 1938-1944

    • Records of the Hungarian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Classified Documents, 1938-1944

    MOL K 149 PTI contains monthly police reports for more than sixty cities; Intelligence on rightists (e.g., Arrow Cross) and leftists (e.g., Social-Democrats and Communists); various nationalities (Ruthenians, Germans, Slovaks, and others); religious sects (e.g., Jehovah’s Witnesses); and Jews, including refugees from Slovakia; Secret reports on public opinion generally and among suspect groups in particular about political, military, and economic affairs.

  20. Correspondence with Berent, Walter

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding Berent’s contribution to The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project. This includes submitting an account on his own experiences as well as interviewing other survivors and refugees in England.