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  2. Material relating to the persecution of the Gypsies under the Nazis

    Readers need to book  a reading room terminal to access this digital content except 611/17

  4. Bernhard Lösener: statement under oath

    This typescript, annotated, statement by Bernhard Lösener, the former so-called 'racial expert' of the Third Reich, bears the original signature of Bernhard Lösener and is authenticated by the original signature of Walter Speyer, Allied Civilian AGO 20194.

  5. Documents on occupied Norway

    German documents on occupied Normandy, above all addressing propaganda and education.

  6. Annie Jacob: Personal account

    Annie Jacob: personal account of the war years including  a period of incarceration at Gurs internment camp 

  7. Regensburger family papers

    This collection of papers concerns the experiences of a German Jewish family which settled in Great Britain in 1939.

  9. Paul Plaut: correspondence

    The collection is entirely non-political. Unintentionally it is, however, a vivid illustration of the 'brain drain' which hit Germany and Austria a few years later. A large number of contributors were amongst the best known emigrants. Some did not survive the Holocaust.The responses are arranged alphabetically by correspondent into folders, 647/1-25. A few of the responses which are not related to Plaut's book have been subsumed into the main alphabetical series. At folder 647/26 there are some unidentified letters. At folder 647/ 27 is a hand written list of correspondents. At folder 647/2...

  11. B'nai B'rith Leo Baeck (London) Lodges: archives

    Readers need to book a reading room terminal to access this digital contentComprising documents, including bound reports, volumes, and index cards as well as some photographs and single objects, the collection includes the organisational papers of the Leo Baeck (London) Lodges and their affiliated bodies. Spanning more than seven decades, the material covers the complete period of the Lodges’ existence. The preserved papers appear, however, to be incomplete and only part of an originally larger bulk of material.The documents provide an overview of the organisational structures of the Leo Ba...

  13. Leonard Montefiore collection

    Leonard Montefiore collection comprising draft writings, correspondence, printed material and press cuttings documenting his life and work

  14. Thomas Cook and Son Ltd: Storage record book

    This storage record book of Thomas Cook's Lisbon depot, is thought to be significant because it apparently contains the names of many Jews who left possessions during the years 1942-1943, much of which remained unclaimed, and was presumably disposed of by Thomas Cook staff in due course. The following notes were supplied by the depositor, who was (in 1977-1978) the Thomas Cook General Manager for Europe and who retrieved the volume from the Lisbon office of Thomas Cook

  15. Josef Rosenbaum collection

    Correspondence and identity documents

  16. HW 16/63

    Copy No 27 of Vol XIII of GCCS Air and Military History entitled"The German Police", listing highlights of GP activities in 9 chapters and 3 appendixes, Appendix B lists atrocities committed in the field by GP units in Russia and Appendix C covers the Nazi Kultur in Poland

  17. Holocaust Centre North (Holocaust Survivors' Friendship Association)

    • Holocaust Centre North
    • HCN
    • English
    • 1915-2024
    • 128 standard boxes, 2 outsize boxes, 26 objects; approx. 940GB digital records

    Records of the Holocaust Survivors’ Friendship Association charity, publicly known as Holocaust Centre North.HSFA originated in 1995, after a small group of social workers at the Leeds Jewish Welfare Board realised that many of their clients had something in common – they were Holocaust survivors. The LJWB approached Holocaust survivor Heinz Skyte to plan a mutual support group for fellow survivors and in 1996 HSFA was formally established. The HSFA’s activities soon grew from survivors sharing their experiences with each other over tea and coffee, to survivors regularly speaking about thei...

  18. EHRI Early Testimony

    As the persecution and mass murder of European Jews unfolded, and shortly after the liberation, activists set out to document the fate of their communities. Jewish historical committees in several countries collected documents, artifacts and testimonies and brought together a major body of evidence - yet one which was later forgotten or used reluctantly. The edition, for the first time, brings together samples of early testmonies of Jewish witnesses and survivors taken before the 1960s.

  20. Gestapo HQ Berlin: copy order re dissolution of B'nai Brith, Berlin

    Copy order from the Gestapo Headquarters, Berlin, to the chair of the B'nai Brith, Berlin, stating that B'nai Brith will be dissolved forthwith and that all the organisation's property will be confiscated (19 Apr 1937) copy nd