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Language of Description: English
Country: United Kingdom

  1. Anna Jacobsen: Copy documents re racial origins

    These 2 copy documents concern a court case at the District Court, Hamburg in 1943, in which the paternity and racial origins of Anna Mathilde Sara Jacobsen are subject to examination. Included are the verdict of the court and the report of Professor Dr. Hans Weinert of the Anthropological Institute of Kiel University. The documents offer some insight into the pseudo-scientific procedures of racial research during the Nazi era.

  3. Copy report of the Auswärtiges Amt

    Copy report of the Auswärtiges Amt regarding a confidential letter from Rabbi Wise to leading American Jews, which proved that the leaders of International Jewry realise that the fight against Jews in Germany is spreading to other countries where Jews played a leading role and he suggests that money must be raised to get 100,000 to 150,000 Jews out of Germany so that the antisemitic propaganda should come to an end 

  5. Siegfried Weiner: biographical account

    Siegfried Weiner: biographical account

  6. Sovietsky Kultur: copy antisemitic article

    Copy antisemitic article from Sovetsky Kultur.Russian 1 pageThis copy article is described as ‘purporting to be an interview between Dr. Howard Spear and E. Evseev'. It was given to the depositor by Victor Brailovsky. The latter is thought to be responsible for the markings on the text.

  9. Robert Wieland: copy papers re compensation

    This collection of copy papers documents a claim made by Robert Wieland on behalf of himself and his brother, Edgar Andree, for compensation from the German government for suffering caused by the Nazi regime. The papers include copy correspondence, psychiatric reports, affidavits etc

  10. World Jewish Congress: material re first congress

    This collection includes letters, declarations and other material regarding the first meeting of the World Jewish Congress held in Geneva between 8 and 14 August 1936. Correspondents and contributors in this collection include Chaim Weizmann, David Ben Gurion, Simon Dubnow, Lord Robert Cecil, Sir Neil Malcolm, Stephen Wise, Dr Nahum Goldmann, Henri Berenger, Dr J Niemirower.

  11. Cook book with annotations

    Cookbook entitled Grundrezepte als Schlüssel zur Kochkunst with pencilled annotations by the owner

  12. Bacmann: Copy deportation form

    Copy deportation form including order to confiscate possessions of Mr Bacmann, issued by Reichsministerium der besetzen Ostgebiete. 

  13. Report re Dr. Josef Fadenhecht and Bulgarian Jews

    Report on Dr. Josef Fadenhecht, a Bulgarian Jewish teacher and lawyer, and on Bulgarian Jewry in general.The report is typescript, 14 pages, and has been annotated with the year 1944. The author is Klaus Schickert. The tenor is antisemitic.

  14. Antisemitic flyer, Britain

    Handbill "Achtung alle Juden", purporting to be a deportation order of Jews from London to the "Eastern Territories" English 

  15. Material re German radio

    Copy documents relating to German radio. The text is back to front.

  16. Sudetenland Jews: reports

    All three reports deal with the position of Jews in Sudetenland but vary in their specific subject matter. the first (-/1) concentrates on the situation as it effects Jews in various Sudetenland towns and cities. The second (-/2) reviews conditions for Jews throughout the whole of Sudetenland under the headings of 'welfare', 'old people's homes', 'children's schooling' and 'emigration'.The third report (-/3) reviews the social, economic and legal situation of the Jews in Sudetenland and recommends action to address problems arising from the report.

  17. Blanche Eichel collection

    Blanche Eichel was born Blanka Bachner to Julius (b. 13/02/1874) and Etel (née Weiss, b. 22/01/1878) on 24 April 1913 in Trstená. Her family were German speaking. She must have come to Britain in 1939, where she married Dezider Eichel, in London on 2 March 1940. They settled in Britain, becoming British citizens in 1948. Both Blanche’s parents were murdered in the Holocaust: the Nazis deported them to unknown camps in September 1942; Blanche was never able to discover their exact fate. Dezider Eichel was the son of Salamon and Irma (née Spitz). He was born on 8 June 1909 in Ružomberok. He...

  18. The Inter-Aid Committee for Children from Germany and Austria: papers

    The Inter-Aid Committee for Children from Germany and Austria: papers including material on individual cases; appeals and responses; correspondence; holiday hospitality and sample forms for guarantors

  19. Documentation re the publication of Auschwitz in England

    This collection consists of correspondence and contracts regarding the publication of Auschwitz in England , by Mavis M. Hill and L. Norman Williams. The collection consists primarily of correspondence and contracts re the publication of the book and issues relating toa BBC broadcast of a dramatisation of the book. In addition there is a copy transcript of the testimony of Dering during the trial (1418/146).

  20. Inge-Lore Sommerfeld: personal papers

    This collection consists of the personal papers and photographs of Inge-Lore Sommerfeld, a former Kindertransportee who was sent to England aged 12.Personal papers Including correspondence, passports, school reports and qualifications, certificate of confirmation, correspondence and papers regarding employment with the BBC and Marks & Spencer, and a family tree.