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  2. Isabella Roth: personal papers

    Collection of papers of Isabella Roth, an Austrian Jewish refugee.

  3. German Jewish refugees: miscellaneous material

    This collection consists of a variety of material which documents the experiences of German and Austrian Jewish refugees during the 1940s.

  4. German Jews in Austria: miscellaneous papers

    This material documents the plight of German Jewish refugees in Austria, 1933-1934.

  6. Report on the extermination of the Jews in Europe - not dated

    Copy report on the Nazi extermination camps. The facts within the report are allegedly based upon the testimonies of both Jews who witnessed mass killings and SS personnel who were guards at the camp.

  7. Max Sanders: personal papers

    This collection consists of mostly original personal papers of Max Sander, a German Jew, who apparently came to Great Britain in 1939 and, according to an unidentified note died, in London in 1979. Little more is known about the subject beyond the following few details gleaned from the papers themselves.

  8. Kobylinski family: correspondence during internment

    This collection consists of correspondence between Else and Sigismund Kobylinski, German Jewish refugees, during their internment on the Isle of Man in Summer and Autumn 1940. The correspondents came to Great Britain in 1939, their children having emigrated some years earlier.

  9. 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...

  12. Reports on South America as a haven for refugees from Nazi Germany

    This collection of reports focuses on South America as a haven for German Jewish emigration. According to the editor's introduction they were published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency Inc. with a view to being published in various (unspecified) newspapers. This particular edition was presumably written for the American market, since the reports are in English and are printed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which was, by then, based in New York.The reports cover Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay and discuss the climate, geography, demographics and politics of each country. The first 3 reports...

  13. Hampstead Garden Suburb Care Committee for Refugee Children: index

    These index cards are evidence of the activities of the Hampstead Garden Suburb Care Committee for Refugee Children in connection with the Movement for the Care of Children from Germany (British Inter-Aid Committee). The index cards of the children contain personal data and passport photographs. It seems that the cards were produced following a British Government initiative to simplify admittance procedures for children up to the age of 17 years.There are essentially 3 types of index card. One gives the particulars of the child, including the fate of the parents, and often has passport phot...

  14. 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

  15. Grete Sacki (Mayer): Personal papers

  16. Abraham family: Copy correspondence

    The copy correspondence in this collection documents the experiences of a German Jewish family in Berlin and England.

  19. Refugee organisations: reports and other papers

    Miscellaneous collection of reports and other papers, which are concerned with the plight of refugees from Nazi Germany.

  20. Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief: Archives

    This collection is held at the Wiener Library on microfilm.