Charles Leigh collection

Identifier: irn723195
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Contains materials documenting the experiences of Charles Leigh as a child on the Kindertransports in England. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

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1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (2)

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"The autobiography of a Jewish refugee"
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn501945
- English
- folders 3
- Updated 1 year ago
Memoir, 169 pages, about Charles Leigh's family history, his experiences in Germany as a child, and his later escape to England on a Kindertransport.
Max and Dora Liebenau letters
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn502021
- English
- 1939-1946
- folders 4
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains letters and postcards sent from addressed to siblings Helga and Karlheinz (Charlie or Charley) Liebenau (now Leigh), originally of Charlottenburg, Germany, from their parents, Max and Dora Liebenau, following the children's arrival in England on a Kindertransport.

Charles Leigh collection

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"The autobiography of a Jewish refugee"

Max and Dora Liebenau letters