The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• 3000/9/1/4-400
• angielski
• 1946-1966
• 53 boxes
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

This large series of correspondence, traditionally referred to as the 'Pre 1963 Correspondence', broadly covers the period from the immediate aftermath of World War Two to just after Alfred Wiener's death. It covers a vast array of subject matter and contains 1600 correspondents including politicians, historians, theologians, resistance fighters, Holocaust survivors, civil servants and private researchers. Some of the more widely covered themes include Christian-Jewish relations; historiography; eyewitness testimony; restitution claims; postwar antisemitism

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• UK / Wiener Library / 1655
• angielski
• 1918-1948
• 29 boxes.
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

In this fonds we mostly find wartime documents regarding the planning and execution of the persecution of the Jews in Belgium. We firstly several files containing letters (and other documents) between German institutions on the subject of anti-Jewish legislation in Belgium, the deportations of Jews from Belgium, practical questions concerning the application of anti-Jewish legislation, … See files nr. 1655/501, 1655/716, 1655/1671, 1655/2096, 1655/2121, 1655/2211, 1655/2270 and 1655/2065. These files cover the years 1940-1944. Similar letters and telegrams between German administrations con...

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• UK / Wiener Library / Document collection – Varia
• angielski
• ca. 2000 collections.
• Aktualizacja: 2 lat(a) temu

For the sake of completeness, this description contains information on the various personal papers, separate archival documents and other material from the “Document collection” of the Wiener Library, too limited in extent to describe separately. The collection constitutes the largest archive of personal papers relative to Jewish refugees from occupied Europe. By searching the database on keywords such as “Belgium”, “Brussels”, “Antwerp” etc. we find a number ‘collections’ related to the Jewish population in Belgium. We firstly note archival material donated by a couple of individuals and/o...

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1010
• angielski
• 1899-1988
• 1 box
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Papers of Malwin Warschauer, 1899-1988, including unpublished copy typescript account of the life and philosophy of Malwin Warschauer entitled Tradition , by his son, James J. Walters; copies of sermons; philosophical treatises; lectures; newspaper articles; correspondence with Albert Einstein and Leo Baeck and obituaries.

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1018
• angielski
• 1940
• 1 file
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Report by Fran?ois Bondy on conditions in Camp du Vernet, Ari?ge, France, 2 Aug 1940; with the following sub-headings: arrests; the stadium Roland Garros (camp); transports to other camps; Vernet, who is interned and why?; work; discipline; food; hygiene; 'the prison' and visits.

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1023
• angielski
• 1850-1984
• 5 boxes
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Papers of the Neumann family, 1850-1984. Comprising early family documents including a will of 1864 from the Stern family, death notices and certificates of mostly Stern family members and travel pass for Emil Neumann, dated 1922; personal papers of Ludwig Neumann including passports and id cards (unnumbered) amongst which is a Reisepass of the Third Reich stamped with the letter 'J'; copy birth and death certificates, membership cards of the Reichsbund J?discher Frontsoldaten (National League of Jewish Combatants) and death notices; personal papers and correspondence of Dina Neumann and Lu...

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1031
• angielski
• 1898-1987
• 14 files
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

The personal papers of Vicky Abrams, 1900-1989, notably comprise her personal papers and correspondence, 1031/1/1-206; personal papers and correspondence of other family members, 1031/2/1-108 and material regarding Neu Beginnen, 1031/3/1-12. Vicky Abrams's personal collection comprises the bulk of the total papers and notably contains a Vienna University report book, 1925 (1031/1/1); references from Abrams employer Das Magazin, 1933 (1031/1/2-3); Gestapo protective custody order, 8 August 1938 (1031/1/7); release permit from KZ Lichtenburg, Pretin, Saxony,13 March 1939 (1031/1/8). The colle...

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1032
• angielski
• 1913-1987
• 5 boxes
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

The papers in this collection consist chiefly of photographs of the work of the sculptor and medallion maker, Fred Kormis, 1913-1987. In addition there is some correspondence mostly relating to his work, including letters of thanks from Lord Mountbatten, Menachem Begin and members of the British War Cabinet during the Second World War, for whom Kormis sculpted medallions.

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1040
• angielski
• 1939-1945
• 4 files
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Personal correspondence of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch with family members, documenting in part the experiences of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and her sisters in Bergen Belsen concentration camp and in England, 1945, and the experiences of their parents prior to transportation to their deaths, close to the Lublin Ghetto, 1942.

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1046
• angielski
• 1933
• 54 pages
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Heilbrunner's account of life in Dachau, 1933, is a typescript memoir of Jewish inmate, Heilbrunner, in 1933. Written in the form of a narrative in the first person; structured into four chapters, describes in some detail the conditions in the camp and the brutality of the camp guards, contains manuscript annotations and corrections.

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1057
• angielski
• 2 boxes
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

The Austrian Anschluss papers, 1980s, comprise records created during the making of a documentary about the Anschluss and most notably comprise transcripts of interviews of a variety of people who experienced the Austrian Anschluss (1938) ranging from modern well-known personalities, former resistance members, former Nazis and diplomats, c 1987 (1057/1-2). The remainder of the collection includes notes on the programme design, biographical notes and cuttings on the interviewees c 1987 (1057/3-9).

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1063
• angielski
• 1939-1986
• 1 file
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Papers of Erich Kaiser, 1939-1986, comprising original correspondence notably between Erich and sister Ilse, 1939-1940; examples of Erich Kaiser's journalism, 1939 onwards; miscellaneous papers including a letter from Erich's father to relatives in New York, 1941 and correspondence with the Wiener Library Endowment Appeal to Ilse Kaiser regarding an entry in the Wiener Library Memorial book for Erich Kaiser, 1986.

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1072
• angielski
• 1940-1941
• 1 file
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Papers of Gurs and other French concentration camps, 1940-1941, include reports and correspondence relating to conditions in Gurs and other French concentration camps, many from former inmates. Reports notably include 'Reports from occupied and unoccupied France' (WL1072/5) and '4000 in Not taube Hilfsorganisationen' (WL1072/11), describing conditions in Saint-Cyprien internment camp and correspondence includes a copy letter from the Archbishop of Toulouse, Jules Saliege (1072/9), and letters from inmates.

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1136
• angielski
• 1941-1947
• 1 file
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Correspondence of the Ohly family, 1941-1947. This collection documents in part the experiences of a German Jewish family from Munich. The papers include original correspondence from friends and relatives and material from the Jewish organisations which arranged the details of the transport to Terezin. Includes: correspondence from Karl Traumann in Gurs, 1941, and Anna Ansbacher, Switzerland, 1945; papers and instructions from the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde (Jewish Community), Munich and the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (National Organisation of German Jews) and postcards ...

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1146
• angielski
• 1938-1947
• 4 files
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Correspondence of Elise Steiner and other family papers, 1938-1940. The collection documents the day to day activities, hopes and aspirations of a Jewish family in Vienna on subjects including gratitude that at least one child was able to escape and moreover to continue with her education; efforts to find a place on the Kindertransport for Leo Steiner; news of the fate of other family members who had managed to emigrate to various countries and the takeover of the family business. Despite the increasing difficulties of life in Vienna exemplified by the occasional suicide of friends and the ...

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1148
• angielski
• 1940
• 1 file
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Copies of correspondence between Frederick Sittner and May Priestly, 1940, documenting the experiences of Sittner, a German Jewish refugee, whilst held in Dixon's Interment Camp, Paignton, Devon. Copy of an extract from Friedrich Sittner's instructions regarding the disposal of his possessions and 4 photographs of Sittner and Priestley.

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1149
• angielski
• 1922-1962
• 8 files
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Letters from friends and family to Siegfried Grossbard, 1922-1962, on topics including the Richborough Internment Camp and the German Jewish Aid Committee; reference to Lingfield Internment camp and of experiences as an internee in Australia; brother-in-law, Erwin's account of survival of the occupation in France; conditions in Germany during the immediate postwar era, from ex-internee, Roger Freeman; claims for restitution relating to the Aryanisation of the Grossbard family business; and letters from Otto Morawetz to Grossbard regarding family and friends and life in the USA.

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1151
• angielski
• 1943-1994
• 1 file
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Fate of Hungarian Jewry collection, 1943-1994, notably comprises a copy memorandum to Secretary Morgenthau, (copy of original which dates from 1943) (1151/1), concerning his request to review developments regarding the World Jewish Congress' programme for the evacuation of Jews from Romania and France; copy of a letter from JW Pehle, Executive Director of the War Refugees Board, to J. Mcloy, Assistant Secretary of War, (copy of original which dates from 1944) (1151/4), enclosing copies of eye-witness accounts of Auschwitz and Birkenau received from the Board's special representative in Bern...

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1153
• angielski
• 1944-1956
• 1 file
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Bad Aussee resistance movement and 'Operation Berhard' collection, 1944-1956, (1153/1-5) comprises copies of original documents. The collection notably includes copy documents regarding the hiding of art treasures and gold in salt mines at Ischla (copy of original which dates 1944)(1153/1); a copy of an affidavit of Bernhard Krueger, (copy of original which dates 1956) (1153/2), that on the orders of Himmler he was responsible for the production of counterfeit currency using inmates from Sachsenhausen and Auschwitz. The collection also includes a copy of a report by Hans Kurzweil entitled '...

• The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
• WL 1154
• angielski
• 1886-1994
• 1 file
• Aktualizacja: 6 lat(a) temu

Material, 1886-1994, comprising copies of published and unpublished documents including a dedication to the mayor of Koritschen by members of the Jewish community; article by Eric Walters-Kohn, March 1994 on his experiences in Dachau and Buchenwald; copy of an article by Eric Walters-Kohn from Die Gemeinde , (the official paper of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien), 15 March 1994, regarding the life of Dr Louis Poborski, a distant relative, and formerly close friend of Theodor Herzl.