Isabella Roth: personal papers

Identifier
WL912
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70947
Dates
1 Jan 1896 - 31 Jan 1979
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Isabella Roth was born in Vienna in 1896, the daughter of Josef Roth a Jewish manufacturer from Gross Wardein, Hungary, and Josefine, née Waldmann. She worked as a correspondent for Holz-Handels-Aktien-Gesellschaft, Vienna, where she worked in the Rumanian department as German-Hungarian correspondent. From 1925 until 1938 she worked as typist for the Neue Wiener Tageblatt for Steyrermühl, the newspaper publisher. She came to England in 1939, where, according to her naturalisation certificate, she worked as a typist. Nothing further is known of her life or that of her family.

Archival History

Provenance unknown

Scope and Content

Collection of papers of Isabella Roth, an Austrian Jewish refugee.

System of Arrangement

The collection consists of personal papers (912/1); writings (912/2); and photographs (912/3)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

People

  • Roth, Isabella

Subjects

  • Family documents [doc]
  • Refugees

Places

  • Austria
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