Correspondence with Borchard, Lucy

Identifier
3000/9/1/176
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
File
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

7 letters

Biographical History

Lucy Borchard, nee May (1877-1969) was a Jewish-German ship owner. A trained teacher, she had married the holder of a Hamburg-based ship company. After her husband’s death in 1930 she took over the management position. Borchard eventually emigrated to England in 1938. See Walk, J., , Munich et. al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 80.

Scope and Content

The correspondence concerns Borchard’s financial contributions to The Wiener Library as well as an enquiry for writing an eyewitness account for the Library’s eyewitness testimony project.

Conditions Governing Access

open

Related Units of Description

  • For information about the eyewitness testimony project and access to the compiled reports see the .

People

  • Borchard, Lucy

Subjects

  • Personal narratives
  • Refugees
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