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Country: United Kingdom
Holding Institution: The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide

  2. Musikschule Hollaender, Berlin: leaflet

    Copy leaflet addressed to Jewish parents advertisng musical lessons for childrenGerman 

  3. German election material

    The collection consists of election material covering the era of the Weimar Republic, especially the last years. There are many flyers from the NSDAP, but also other parties, like the Zentrum, the SPD and the KPD.

  4. Primo Levi biography: papers

    The majority of the material is secondary. A wide range of publications and unpublished articles on all aspects of his life and work is represented here. In addition, a unique collection of transcript interviews with friends, colleagues and relatives, and Primo Levi, himself, provides a special dimension to the collection.

  5. Jewish Relief Unit: personnel files

    This collection consists of the personnel files of former members of the Jewish Relief Unit. This organization, which was based in Great Britain, provided support and assistance of all kinds to Jewish Displaced Persons in the aftermath of the war in Germany. Of particular interest are reports of conditions at individual camps.

  6. Ruth Balint: family correspondence

    Readers need to book a reading terminal to access a digital version of this archiveCorrespondence from the family of Ruth Balint, dealing in the main with family matters but also organizational arrangements for emigration from Nazi Germany.German During the war years Ruth received the letters in this collection from her parents, who were eventually deported to Warsaw, then Treblinka in 1942 and grandparents to Theresienstadt in the same year. The only indication of concern about their predicament, which Ruth discerned in the letters after a re-reading of them many years later, was the occas...

  7. The Trial of Amon Goeth: copy proceedings

    This partial English translation of the trial of Amon Goeth was made from the original Polish edition of the trial proceedings: Proces Ludobojcy Amona Leopolda Goetha published by 'Centralna Zydowska Komisja Historyczna' (The Central Jewish Historical Committee), 1947 (WL Acc. No. 10712). Translator unknown.The original pagination has been marked. The original text consists of 510 pages. This translation ends at page 199 of the original.The verbatim proceedings are preceded by a speech by the First Prosecution Counsel, Mieczyslaw Siewierski followed by an addresss by the Defence Counsel, Dr...

  8. Julius Jung: correspondence

    This collection of correspondence documents the activities of Julius Jung, a German Jewish immigrant to Great Britain

  9. Reg Freeson: copy correspondence and cuttings re the death of Josef Mengele

    Correspondence and cuttings re the death of Josef Mengele, including a copy of the original Brazilian police forensic report of the body exhumed in 1985 said to be that of Mengele (1411/44) and a descriptive list of the key letters (1411/1). Correspondents include the German Abassador to Great Britain, the Frankfurt Public Prosecutors Office; the Director of the US Office of Special Investigations, Washington; the Brazilian Ambassador to Great Britain.

  10. Joseph Sheldon: account re the liberation of Esterwege concentration camp

    This collection comprises an account by Joseph Sheldon, formerly Jozef Szwarcman, a medical officer holding the rank of Lieutenant in the 1st Polish Armoured Division, of his experiences shortly after the liberation of Esterwege concentration camp, Lower Saxony,and a page torn from a volume which listed details of inmates of that camp.

  11. Marx family documents

    This collection of papers consists of the immigration documentation of a German Jewish family who emigrated to Great Britain in the 1930s. The collection consists of paperwork generated by the British and American immigration authorities and documentation brought from Germany by the Marx family members./1:Immigration paperwork re Ludwig Marx, 1939-1941/2: Immigration paperwork re Regina Marx, 1939-1941/3: Immigration paperwork re Robert Marx, 1939-1941

  12. Franz Mendelsohn: Family correspondence

    This collection consists primarily of copy correspondence of a German Jew in London, Franz Mendelsohn,with his wife and friends still in Germany around the time of his arrival in Great Britain in June 1934. Later correspondence (1936) shows evidence of his arrival in Cape Town, South Africa. There is additional evidence which suggests that Mendelsohn must have returned to Germany at some point- his departure with his wife and son is recorded in the 13 August 1940 issue of the Deutscher Reichsanzeiger und Preussischer Staatsanzeiger, Nr. 188.

  13. Copy documents re the bombing of Schwarzheide concentration camp

    Copy documentation re the bombing of Schwarzheide concentration camp including various short articles on the subject; details of the units employed in the bombing raids; maps of the camp and environs;correspondence with archives re relevant holdingsGerman and English 

  14. Copy statutes re the Lodz Jews Heritage Foundation

    This collection comprises a copy set of statutes of the Lodz Jewish Heritage Foundation.

  15. Jews of Kos, Greece: documentation

    This collection consists primarily of a list of the names of the Jews who were deported from the Greek island of Kos by the Nazis to Auschwitz, and a short history of the Jews of Kos.

  16. Theresienstadt bank: savings book of Max Hirschfeld

    This savings book issued by the bank of the Jewish self-administration of Theresienstadt documents the savings accrued by a former inmate from June 1943 to August 1944, payment for labour whilst in the camp. A letter, dated 1 Oct 1945, from the same to the British Military Governor, Bielefeld, requesting refunds for savings accrued by all surviving Theresienstadt inmates (1423/2) is annotated 'cannot be allowed'.

  17. Isidore Kirschner: school and university certificate

    School and university certificates of Isidore KirschnerGerman 

  18. Sir Otto Kahn-Freund: collection of miscellaneous pamphlets and newsletters

    This collection of pamphlets and newsletters from a variety of organisations relate mainly to conditions in Germany and Austria both during and after the war. They reflect the interests of the collector, Otto Kahn-Freund, a German Jewish lawyer and academic, born in Frankfurt/ Main, 1900, died 1979, Great Britain.

  19. Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office: news digest for Germany and Austria

    This collection of news digests was compiled by editors at the German and Austrian Division of the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office. The information contained within was obtained from numerous European sources for internal consumption. Subjects include reports on the Bergen Belsen trial and the Nuremberg War Crimes trialand other war crimes trials. Also reports on the social economic and political conditions of Germany and Austria in the immediate post-war years.The frequency of these extant copies varies. They begin daily, become weekly, then more intermittent with a...

  20. German Trades Unions in Great Britain: Miscellaneous material

    This collection comprises newsletters, activity reports and and other material relating to the activities of the TUCGWGB.