Laura Selo collection
Extent and Medium
1 folder
Biographical History
Laura Selo née Gumpel (b. 1923) came to England with her two sisters on 1 June 1939 on one of the Nicholas Winton Kindertransports. Originally from Berlin they were sent to a convent school in Bohemia in 1935. Their father, Karl Gumpel, formerly director of the company, Edeka, followed them as did their mother later.
Acquisition
Donated 23.02.2012
Donor: Laura Selo
Scope and Content
Personal papers including Poesie album; Lodz Ghetto bread ration card; copy family photographs
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Conditions Governing Access
Open
People
- Winton, Nicholas
- Selo, Laura
Subjects
- Refugees
- Racial persecution, Jews
- Kindertransport
Places
- Berlin
- Czechoslovakia [1918-1992]
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