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  1. ‘The St. Louis Affair': list of passengers who found refuge in Great Britain

    This copy list of passengers on the infamous ship, the St. Louis, was probably generated from a database at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington.

  2. B'nai Brith Leo Baeck London Lodge: Members life histories

    Personal, mostly autobiographical accounts of former German and Austrian Jewish refugees, who subsequently became members of the Leo Baeck London Lodge. Also list of authors at 1288/56.This collection of memoirs provides a rich and varied account of the experiences of German and Austrian Jewish refugees to Great Britain. They range in length from 1 page to almost book length.

  4. Youth Aliyah: Copy documents re the Hascharah Training Centre, Braunton, Devon

    Account of the Hascharah training centre at Braunton, Devon, consisting of typescript notes, transcripts of letters and copies of letters and other documents with Fred Dunston's annotations22 pages English 

  7. Chaja Cohn: Memoirs of German Jewish Exile, nd

    This collection of stories and reminiscences was collated by Chaja Cohn, a former refugee residing in Israel, who had spent several years in China.

  10. Reverend Wernham: Correspondence

    Correspondence of Reverend Wernham including material relating to his activities assisting German and Austrian Jewish refugees

    This collection of correspondence of the Reverend Wernham contains letters, which document his assistance to German Jewish refugees just before and after the outbreak of war. Also included is material documenting German attitudes to the political situation immediately prior to the outbreak of war.

  12. Evelyn Kaye: Family documents

    The papers in this collection document the lives of an Austrian Jewish family- Walter and Hansi Finkler and their daughter, Evelyn- who managed to escape the Nazis and come to England in 1939. They provide an insight into the experiences of Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution in the UK.

  13. Reunion of Kindertransport documents

    This collection is the second of two deposits made with the library concerning the reunion of the former children of the Kindertransports. It represents the bulk of the material in the possession of Bertha Leverton, founder and primary administrator of the Reunion of the Kindertransport (ROK) organization. The collection concerns her work planning reunions; writing and editing monthly newsletters; acting as a liaison to Kinder and those interested in the Kindertransport; conducting educational lectures on the history of the Kindertransport; and generally promoting its story. Most of these d...

  14. Julius Jung: correspondence

    This collection of correspondence documents the activities of Julius Jung, a German Jewish immigrant to Great Britain

  15. Marx family documents

    This collection of papers consists of the immigration documentation of a German Jewish family who emigrated to Great Britain in the 1930s. The collection consists of paperwork generated by the British and American immigration authorities and documentation brought from Germany by the Marx family members./1:Immigration paperwork re Ludwig Marx, 1939-1941/2: Immigration paperwork re Regina Marx, 1939-1941/3: Immigration paperwork re Robert Marx, 1939-1941

  16. German Trades Unions in Great Britain: Miscellaneous material

    This collection comprises newsletters, activity reports and and other material relating to the activities of the TUCGWGB.

  17. Sofie Kahn: Red Cross letters

    Red Cross letters to Sofie Cahn, from her parents in Rheydt, Germany  

  19. Central Council for Jewish Refugees: Donor forms

    Donation form of the Central Council for Jewish Refugees/London, special emergency appeal by N. M. Rothschild English 

  20. Wilfrid Israel: correspondence

    This collection consists of original correspondence from Wilfrid Israel to Diana Hopkinson, English friends of the former, who first met at Lola Hahn Warburg's Wannsee home.