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  1. Paul Plaut: correspondence

    Readers need to book  a reading room terminal to access this digital contentThe collection is entirely non-political. Unintentionally it is, however, a vivid illustration of the 'brain drain' which hit Germany and Austria a few years later. A large number of contributors were amongst the best known emigrants. Some did not survive the Holocaust.The responses are arranged alphabetically by correspondent into folders, 647/1-25. A few of the responses which are not related to Plaut's book have been subsumed into the main alphabetical series. At folder 647/26 there are some unidentified let...

  2. Hugo Gryn Memorial Lecture by Trevor Phillips

    This document is the text of a lecture put on by the Wiener Library in memory of Rabbi Hugo Gryn at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS, on 21 June 1998 and given by Trevor Phillips.

  3. Robert Wieland: copy papers re compensation

    This collection of copy papers documents a claim made by Robert Wieland on behalf of himself and his brother, Edgar Andree, for compensation from the German government for suffering caused by the Nazi regime. The papers include copy correspondence, psychiatric reports, affidavits etc

  4. Dr Julius Katz-Suchy: statement re genocide

    In this article from Poland of Today, March 1949 Vol.4 No.3, Dr Juliusz Katz-Suchy, Polish representative at the Plenary meeting of the Seventh Session of the Economic and Social Council on 27 August 1948, explains why he abstained from voting on the Draft Convention on Genocide adopted by the United Nations.

  5. Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad: reports on conditions of Jews and DPs in Europe

    Collection of reports from Jewish relief workers on the conditions of Jews and other displaced persons at the end of the Second World War. In addition to the reports there are two letters, covering notes for the reports when they were sent to other interested parties in 1946.

  7. Lilli Krieger Collection

    This collection comprises the following folders: Personal papers of Lilli Krieger (née Jacobsohn) including Jewish id card and travel document, confirmation that she was not a member of the Bund Deutscher Maedel, school and work references and material re compensation claim, 1922-2006; Lilli Krieger (née Jacobsohn)- school reports, 1929-1937; Lilli Krieger (née Jacobsohn)- correspondence from parents and others, 1922-1957; Jacobsohn family papers including death certificates for Paul and Hildegard and birth certificate for Hildegard, affidavit from Kaethe Jacobsohn re death of brother in la...

  8. Rebeka Rosenberg collection

    This is a supplement to the collective history of the Blanknstein family compiled by Sisa Svidovsky. It comprises printed translations of letters and postcards received by Rebeka (Rita) Rosenberg née Blankstein from her relatives and friends between 1939 and 1942. The letters describe family life in occupied Poland, neutral Switzerland, Great Britain at war, USA and Palestine.

  9. Peter Briess collection

  12. Sicherheitsdienst Kartei: Copy extracts re Vertrauensmaenner

    List of of Luxemburg residents with comments regarding their reliability as friends to the Nazis, extracted from the Sicherheitsdienst Kartei.German 3 pages Annotated ‘Documentation Henri Koch- Press Room- Ministry of Information 

  13. Account re Ruth Plaut

    Account re Ruth Plaut

  15. Theresienstadt reports

    These various reports on life and conditions in Theresienstadt offer a first hand account at the time of liberation. Nevertheless the tenor, language and information contained in the reports suggest that they are authentic.

  19. Netherlands: Copy plea for help

    Copy of a letter addressed to Princess Juliana asking for help for her 8 year old son. She and her husband were ordered to leave the country. Her husband had been in protective custody for 7 months and the evacuation transport for which they had registered would not accept children under 10.German 2 pagesThe annotation PIIIi suggests that it may have been intended for the Wiener Library Eyewitness Testimonies series. The latter reference appears to have replaced the previous: B.262.

  20. Maria Nermi-Egounoff, Hungarian opera singer: copy documents

    This miscellaneous collection of copy documentation consists of a cv of Maria Nermi- Egounoff, replete with reviews from various newspapers of her work; short biographies of British residents of Hungarian extraction who were apparently antisemitic [how they were known to the depositor is not made clear]; copy newspaper articles and scribbled biographical notes.