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  1. Correspondence with Eschelbacher, Max

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence centres on Eschelbacher gathering and providing information on numerous Library enquiries on individuals as well as events. Furthermore, light is thrown on his involvement in the Library’s eyewitness testimony project including the contribution of an own account on his experiences in Düsseldorf during the November Pogrom 1938.

  2. Correspondence with Eisemann, Heinrich

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence about Eisemann’s advice for the Wiener Library regarding the receipt or purchase of Judaica. This includes among others a collection of items and papers related to the Mendelssohn family. Contained is also an enquiry by Eisemann for background information on an undated typescript of an Albert Einstein speech, which he had recently acquired.

  3. Correspondence with Ehrlich, Toni

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding certain material of historic relevance including the unpublished memoirs of her mother’s youth.

  4. Adler family: official personal documents

    Collection of official personal documents, correspondence and press cuttings of members of the Adler family who emigrated to the UK in 1936. Includes certificates of birth and death, speeches, work references, certificates of naturalisation, passports, marriage certificates, declaration of acquisition of British nationality and school reports of Bruno and Meta Adler (1664/1), Erich and Ursula Adler (1664/2), Moritz Israel and Elise Mecklenburg (1664/3), and Feist and Betty Landau (1664/4).

  5. Elise Steiner: personal papers and correspondence

    This collection contains the personal papers of Elise Steiner, a former Jewish refugee from Vienna who arrived in England on a Kindertransport in 1938. Her parents and younger brother were murdered at Kowno concentration camp in 1941. Includes family correspondence (together with typescripts) documenting the day to day activities and aspirations of a Jewish family in Vienna. Reoccurring themes include their gratitude that at least one child was able to escape and continue with her education, efforts to find a place on the Kindertransport for Elise's brother Leo Steiner, news of the fate of ...

  6. Peter Ury: personal papers

    This collection contains the papers of Peter Ury, a Jewish composer from Cologne who emigrated to England in 1939 to escape persecution in Germany. Included are some musical scores of his work, correspondence and press cuttings. Also included are various membership and ID cards of Alfred and Ernina Unger (parents of Peter Ury's wife).