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  1. Hugo and Gretel Klein: copy correspondence

    This collection comprises the literal translation of letters written in old German Gothic script by the parents of Kay Fyne and her brothers and sister (now living in the U.S.). Kay's brother-in-law, Kurt Klein, who lives in Seattle, Washington, managed to decypher a lot of the script, which Kay has used to help in her own interpretation of how she felt her parents would wish to express themselves. She has, however, tried to keep as near as possible to the actual written style.A lot of the references and names in the letters refer to members of both her father's and mother's families and th...

  2. Ludwig Sambeth: copy correspondence

  3. Copy Oskar Schindler's list

    This is a photocopy of Oskar Schindler's list of Jewish workers who were employed by him at the concentration camp Gross Rosen and the work camp Brünnlitz. Inclusion on the list was a guarantee of safety. The list includes the names of 297 women and 800 men, the women's names being listed alphabetically. The list is thought to be a jumble of inaccuracies, false birth dates, and altered identities. Some of the mistakes are intentional; others apparently resulting from confusion or disinformation, or simply typos. There are German spellings, Polish spellings and Hebrew transliterations into b...

  4. Letter seeking advice re behaviour towards Jews

    This is a letter with response requesting advice on how to conduct oneself with a Jew written by a person unknown- a partially legible annotation on the response suggests it might have been written by someone called G. J. Bloch. the same note seems to date the letter 8 November 1931. It is addressed to the leadership of the 'N.D.A.P', Muenchen Braunes Haus. The response is from Uschla, R. L.

  5. Theresienstadt poems

  6. Hans Globke: deposition concerning Jewish name changes in the Third Reich

    This is an original signed statement by Hans Globke, formerly chief adviser to Konrad Adenauer and earlier, official commentator on the Nuremberg Racial Laws. The statement deals with the provision of names denoting the Jewish origins of German citizens. The document is typescript with corrections apparently initialled, signed and dated by Globke.

  7. German Evangelical Church: leaflet and letter

    This is a leaflet from the leadership of the German Evangelical church to their churches, congregations and communities. denying accusations of collusion with enemies of the Nazi state: "We solemnly protest before God against (the accusation). We have a clear conscience and are ready to render account of ourselves. We stand by our word: we do not want to be a place of refuge for the politically disaffected..."

  10. Paul Hollander: personal papers

    This collection of copy papers contains material which documents the activities of Paul Hollander, a German Jewish refugee in France who joined the French Foreign Legion at the beginning of World War II and was subsequently sent to a forced labour camp in North Africa. Of particular interest in this collection are reports on conditions in the labour camps of Colomb Behar, Kenadsa (Algeria) and Bour-Arfa (French Morocco) (963/11) and the prison camp of Hadjerat m'Guil (963/7)At 963/19 is a copy letter from Dr. C. F. J. Bergmann regarding the possibility of compensation payments from the Fren...

  11. Captain Perry: copy personal papers

    This miscellaneous collection of copy papers of Captain P. J. C. Perry of the British Control Commission, sector Berlin, documents in part his role and activities as a member of the British military authorities in Berlin in the immediate post-war period. He is variously described as the nutrition officer of the nutrition and agriculture department of the military authority; Commander for the admission of motor vehicles; and ‘Herrn Keppenperie' (964/4).

  12. 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...

  13. Alfred Danziger: Copy personal papers

    These copy papers document, in part, the life of Alfred Danziger. The copy papers have been annotated with descriptive remarks.

  14. Adolf Peritz: letter

  16. Dr. Wilhelm Freyhahn: description of Buchenwald

    This is a copy of a letter from Max Bollag of Basel, dated 26 August 1938, the bulk of which consists of an account by Dr. Wilhelm Freyhahn's experiences of Buchenwald concentration camp, where he was an inmate until July 1938.

  17. Ilse Kaiser: correspondence re Erich Kaiser

    The copy correspondence in this collection between Ilse Kaiser and the publishers K. G. Saur Verlag concerns the inclusion of a biographical entry for Erich Kaiser, Ilse's brother, a German emigré journalist.

  18. Gertrud Wilmersdorfer: Copy personal papers

  19. 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

  20. Hans Woltär: Copy postcard to Moritz Kupfer

    The subject matter of this copy postcard and transcription is concerned with the provision of supplies and queries about the health and well being of family and friends