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Holding Institution: Wiener Holocaust Library

  1. Ernst Michaelis collection

    Letters and postcards to Ernst Michaelis from his family in Germany, as well as from his mother to her sister Alice. Notes and materials written and collated by Ernst Michaelis on his life and family history.

  2. Strauss/ Sterzelbach Family papers

    This collection contains family correspondence, 1858-1923 (1866/1) replete with English translations- correspondents include Leo and Elise Sterzelbach, Jette Hoenigsberger, Moritz Lichtenstetter, Berta Lichtenstetter et al; correspondence between Kossy Strauss and Moritz Sterzelbach et al 1938-1939 (1866/2); Correspondence concerning assistance with emigration of family and friends, 1938-1939 (1866/3-4); Summary and inventory of correspondence in 1866/3-4 (1866/5); Index and copy correspondence re emigration, 1938-1939 also copy photographs (1866/6); miscellaneous documents re the Lichtenst...

  3. Frank Steiner: Family papers

    This collection comprises the following folders: (1869/1) Correspondence from parents to Willi and Franz, 1938-1939; (1869/2) Correspondence between parents, Willi and Franz and Max Steiner (1874-1942), father's eldest brother, 1938-1942; (1869/3) Correspondence from parents to Franz and Willi, 1938-1943; (1869/4) Correspondence from Julian Halberstam to Willi and Franz, 1939-1951, also biographical material on the family; (1869/5) Correspondence from Julian Halberstam in Saanen, Switzerland, to Willi and Franz, 1951-1956; (1869/6) Correspondence from parents in Budapest to Willi and Franz,...

  4. Kurt Weinberg: Family and business papers

    This collection comprises the papers of the Weinberg family, cigar manufacturers of Werther, North Rhine-Westphalia : business papers- including contracts, consigment notes, accounts, tax details, loan contracts, land register entries for the property of the Weinberg family; family papers including marriage agreements, wills, powers of attorney, correspondence 

  5. Dresel family papers

    This collection contains the papers of the Dresel family including original documents, originals and translated correspondence, biographical material

  6. Harry Ralton collection

    The archive contains the personal and business papers of Harry Ralton. The latter concern Harry’s firm the Arcadia Music Publishing Co. There is also an extensive collection of his sheet music published in interwar Germany and in the UK in the 1940s and 1950s. In addition there are two folders of letters addressing Harry’s attempts to help his mother escape Germany, Harry's life and career in the UK, post-war conditions and the fates of friends under the Nazis. Prominent correspondents include Herbert Sandberg, Harry’s cousin and conductor of the Royal Swedish Opera, and the journalist and...

  7. George Rosney papers

    This collection contains family correspondence of George Rosney including letters received by him in England from his parents in Karlsruhe and later Stuttgart prior to their deportation to Terezin. Also included is correspondence from various other individuals to George; a separate set including detailed account of George's impressions of Germany in the imediate aftermath of the war. In addition there is a set of correspondence received and copy outgoing of Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, a cousin resident in the USA, which documents the efforts made to extricate Carl and Lise Rosenfeld from Germany.

  8. Lady Rose Henriques Archive

    The Henriques Archive comprises the working papers of Rose Henriques from 1945 to 1950, when she served as head of the Germany Section of the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad (JCRA) and led one of the Jewish Relief Units (JRU) into the former concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen.

  9. Sophie Friedländer: personal papers and interviews

    This collection contains the personal papers of Sophie Friedländer, who was a teacher at the Jewish boarding school in Caputh, near Potsdam and later emigrated to the UK as a German Jewish refugee.Personal papers including correspondence, photographs, papers and press cuttings relating to the former Jewish school in Caputh; correspondence with German broadcasting companies regarding the production of a TV documentary on Kindertransporte and the former school in Caputh 'Als ob man nur ein bischen wegfährt' (1990); draft autobiography of Hilde Jarecki and correspondence regarding a joint auto...

  10. Gertrud and Max Joseph, Ida and Paul Simons and Arthur and Hans Bial: papers

    This collection contains papers relating to the Jewish family of Gaby Glassmann-Simons, in particular her grandparents, Gertrud and Max Joseph and Ida and Paul Simons.These papers include personal accounts as well as interviews with Walter Rau and Hans Sahl. Also included is other material relating to Jewish persecution such as an article by Gaby Glassman regarding Irene Bloomsfield's work on intergenerational communication within families affected by Nazi persecution (2003), and correspondence and papers relating to the Jewish community in Stralsund.The collection also consists of the pers...

  11. Betty Wixon: correspondence re estate and pension

    This collection contains correspondence relating to the estate of Betty Wixon (née Davidsohn) and her German pension awarded for loss of earnings under the Hitler regime.Correspondence re estate and a copy of her death certificate and draft affidavit for Betty Wixon's restitution claim.

  12. Zappert family: papers

    This collection contains the papers of the Zappert family, a Jewish family whose roots can be traced back to 18th century Prague. The papers mainly relate to Wolf Zappert, a wealthy jeweller who worked in the second half of the 18th century in Prague, and Julius Zappert (1867-1941), a highly regarded paediatrician and university professor from Vienna. Julius Zappert fled Austria shortly after his imprisonment under the Nazi regime in 1938. His son Karl and his family also escaped further persecution by going to England via Denmark and Brazil. Wolf Zappert's papers include title deeds and ot...

  13. Freddie Knoller: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Freddie Knoller, an Auschwitz concentration camp survivor from Vienna. His parents, David and Marja Knoller, insisted that he and his two brothers, Erich and Otto, emigrated to avoid increasing anti-Semitism and Nazi persecution after the annexation of Austria. Freddie's parents were murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp whilst his two brothers survived in England and the United States respectively.Included are letters (with translations) from Freddie Knoller’s parents, mainly addressed to his brother Erich, giving an insight into their fea...

  14. Frank Saalfeld: Family papers

    This collection comprises the following folders: (1868/1) birth and death certificates, residency permit and British embassy Tehran registration certificates, 1876-1945; (1868/2) correspondence to Margarethe from various correspondents, 1911-1926; (1868/3) correspondence to Margarethe from various correspondents, 1913-1924; (1868/4) correspondence to Margarethe from various correspondents, 1914-1933; (1868/5) correspondence to Margarethe from her sister, Hanna, 1918-1925; (1868/6) correspondence to Margarethe from Ruth Dammann, 1918-1932; 1868/7 correspondence between Margarethe and Hanna, ...

  15. Ernst Levy Collection

    The collection consists of official and private documents belonging to members of the Levy and Thilo families, including their correspondence and photographs. It provides insights into the lives of a German-Jewish and a German-British family before, during and after the Nazi era. Although containing materials from several individuals, the majority of the papers pertains to Ernst Moritz Levy and his wife Helen Levy-Thilo. Related to the lives of the protagonists, this exceptionally rich collection covers a wide range of subjects, including among others: German immigrants in the North of Engl...

  16. Lilli Krieger Collection

    This collection comprises the following folders: Personal papers of Lilli Krieger (née Jacobsohn) including Jewish id card and travel document, confirmation that she was not a member of the Bund Deutscher Maedel, school and work references and material re compensation claim, 1922-2006; Lilli Krieger (née Jacobsohn)- school reports, 1929-1937; Lilli Krieger (née Jacobsohn)- correspondence from parents and others, 1922-1957; Jacobsohn family papers including death certificates for Paul and Hildegard and birth certificate for Hildegard, affidavit from Kaethe Jacobsohn re death of brother in la...