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Holding Institution: Wiener Holocaust Library

  1. Eva Kaul: personal papers

    This collection contains the family papers of Eva Kaul, a Jewish woman from Berlin who fled Nazi oppression.Personal papers, most of which  relate to Eva Kaul's parents, grandparents and other relatives. They include birth, death and marriage certificates, and last wills and testaments. Also includes Kurt Lisser's Landsturmschein; Eva and Fedor Kaul's qualifications, naturalisation and marriage certificates, and papers and correspondence relating to her parents' death and inheritance.German, English, Dutch

  2. Siegfried Kessler: Correspondence

    This collection of mostly original correspondence between Siegfried Kessler, a Czech Jewish exile in London, and various organisations and individuals, sheds light on the conditions of Czech Jews in Czechoslovakia in the early years of the war and the processes involved in getting them out.According to an incomplete curriculum vitae at -/20

  3. Siegfried Wilhelm Rosenfeld: Personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Siegried Rosenfeld who had a successful career as a lawyer and politician before the Nazis came to power in Germany.Personal papers including correspondence with NSDAP District Management of Laufen-Berchtesgaden-Altoetting (Bavaria) regarding the borders of the district to ensure Siegfried Rosenfeld did not resettle within the district as well as his curriculum vitae.German

  4. Jacobsohn family: papers and correspondence

    This collection contains the personal papers of the Jacobsohns, a Jewish family from Berlin who emigrated to Argentina in 1937 to flee Nazi persecution.Papers including birth and marriage certificates, Ursel Jacobsohn's work references and apprenticeship deed; notice of emigration of the residents' registration office; Familienstammbuch; passports and identity cards; family photographs; correspondence with friends and family received after their emigration. Also included are papers, correspondence and interviews with Ursel Jacobsohn regarding  the Jewish resistance group led by Herbert...

  5. Edith Newton (née Kramm) collection

    This collection comprises mostly correspondence between Edith Newton née Kramm, a Jewish refugee from Austria, and Paul Newton, formerly Neugröschel, also a Jewish refugee probably from Austria. In addition there is some general correspondence including official correspondence related to Naturalisation and a collection of photographs.

  6. A. M. Priestley: copy transcript correspondence

    This collection of copy correspondence documents the experiences of a German Jewish refugee, Frederick Sittner, whilst held in Dixon's Interment Camp, Paignton, Devon. These surviving transcripts are a fraction of a much larger collection. In addition a subsequent deposit from the same source (Accession No. NB 281 ) comprises a letter with further background material on Friedrich Sittner and his relationship with Mrs Priestley [The letter also mentions that the original correspondence was deposited at the Imperial War Museum in 1994]; a copy extract from Sittner's 'instructions' re the disp...

  7. Edward Stern collection

    This collect comprises mostly the personal papers of Edward Stern with reference to his school record, his employment history and his army record; also included are papers pertaining to his wife, Ellen and his father and mother, Heinrich and Erna.

  8. Salomon and Fried Hess: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Salomon and Frieda Hess who emigrated to South Africa in 1939 whilst their disabled son Alfred Hess stayed behind at a psychiatric hospital until he was deported in 1942.Personal papers Including correspondence with the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich's Association of Jews in Germany) regarding legal guardianship and payment of maintenance costs for Alfred Hess as well as the management of their financial assets in preparations for emigration. Also included are papers relating to a restitution claim by Salomon and Frieda Hess.

  9. Waldmann-Mandel collection

    The collection consists of the vital records and identity documents of Maurice Waldmann, Rita Waldmann-Mandel and Ludwig Mandel. It also contains letters to Ludwig Mandel, including one sent by his mother in Theresienstadt.

  10. Ernest and Edit Gruenwald: personal papers

    This collection contains the family papers of Ernest and Edit Gruenwald who emigrated to the UK from Silesia and Hungary respectively to flee Jewish persecution.Personal papers including birth and marriage certificates, Edit's school reports, correspondence relating to Ernest's unsuccessful applications to enlist with the army, certificate of naturalisation, Cessation of Seagoing Service (Merchant Navy) certificate, correspondence from the Foreign Compensation Commission regarding claims against the Czechoslovak and Hungarian Compensation Funds, work references and correspondence relating t...

  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. Leonard Lawrence: copy personal papers and diary

    This collection contains copies of personal papers and a diary of the Jewish teenager Leonard Lawrence (formerly Leopold Weil) who came to England on a Kindertransport in 1939. Includes summary of diary contents in English.Personal papers including his diary, 1939-1943 documenting his efforts to educate himself and make a living, his social life particularly his involvement with the 'Young Austrian' group and his perception of political events; as well as copy personal papers including his last school certificate from 1938, military service papers, certificate of naturalisation, marriage ce...

  13. Minasz Sankiewicz: ITS documents re his imprisonment at Buchenwald concentration camp

    This collection contains records relating to Minasz (Menashe) Sankiewicz, a Polish Holocaust survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp, obtained from the International Tracing Service (ITS) collection held at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.Copy ITS papers including records created by the authorities at Buchenwald concentration camp such as registration records, medical examination papers, lists of inmates as well as a press cutting relating to the inmates at Buchenwald concentration camp and photographs.

  14. Hubert Fritz and Liesette Nassau: Personal papers

    This collection documents the lives of Hubert Fritz and Liesette Nassau, an Austrian Jewish couple who emigrated to England in 1939. Contains correspondence relating to their efforts to emigrate and start a new life in England, gaining new qualifications and work as well as Hubert Nassau's indemnification claim and interest in sports.

  15. Dresner family collection

  16. Aron Adolf Neiss collection

    This collection contains the personal papers of Aron Adolf Neiss and his family, former Jewish refugees from Vienna. The Neiss family originally came from Poland but had moved to Vienna by the 1920s. Aron and his son emigrated to England in July 1939.Personal papers including birth and marriage certificates, certificates of family origin ('Heimatschein'), Herbert Neiss' tax clearance certificate, passports, Aron Neiss' certificate of naturalisation and power of attorney relating to his restitution claim. Also included are personal correspondence, papers relating to the sale of the family ho...

  18. Correspondence with Cohn, Ernst Joseph

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence documents the long-term and professional relation between the correspondents. It centres on the exchange of information material, work and restitution related enquiries on events or individuals related to the Nazi era, the discussion of current affairs, especially on politics and antisemitism in West Germany, and the publication of several articles by E. J. Cohn in the Library’s Bulletin. Beside letters, the correspondence contains the transcript of a newspaper article as well the transcript of a speech given by German politician Franz Böhm on a radio show. Both concern t...

  19. Wilhelm Pollak: personal papers

    This collection consists of the personal papers of Wilhelm Pollak, a Jewish refugee from Vienna who was forced to emigrate in 1939 after his release from Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps.Personal papers including correspondence and diary entries (including summarised translations) concerning Pollak's imprisonment, arrangements for his emigration to England and his stay at various internment camps. Also included are photocopies of inventories of Phillip and Friederike Pollak's property in Vienna.

  20. Vera Coppard-Leibovic collection

    This collection contains photocopies of Vera Coppard-Leibovic's (née Ilse Rosendorff) identity cards, a former Jewish Kindertransportee from Berlin whose parents decided to send her to England in 1939 to avoid her being exposed to Nazi persecution.Copy identity cards including a 'Judenkarte' (German ID card for Jews) and identity card for young people under the care of the Inter-Aid Committee for Children admitted to travel to the UK.