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  1. Austrian Government: statements re compensation

    These statements of Deputy Secretary Stuart Eizenstadt and Ambassador Ernst Sucharipa were delivered on the occasion of the conclusion of negotiations about a comprehensive compensation package for property aryanised during the Nazi era in Austria.

  2. Austrian League: Letter re Bavarian Movement

    Letter calling for the founding of a ‘Free Bavarian Movement' by Otto Hecht of the Austrian League 

  3. Austrian Ministry of Finance: Gazette

    This official gazette of the Austrian Ministry of Finance lists all the artworks and other cultural goods, stolen by the Nazis, in the State's possession, which they wanted to return to their rightful owners.

  4. Auswaertigesamt: Copy report re Palestine

    Auswaertigesamt: Copy report re Palestine 

  5. Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin: copy letter to Vatican

    Copy response by the Auswaertige Amt to the Vatican commenting on the status of the relationship between the German Reich and the Vatican 

  6. Autobiography of Dr D.Fuerst

    Typescript autobiography of Dr D.Fuerst, with related correspondence, 1975.

  9. 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...

  11. B'nai Brith Leo Baeck London Lodge: Members life histories

    Personal, mostly autobiographical accounts of former German and Austrian Jewish refugees, who subsequently became members of the Leo Baeck London Lodge. Also list of authors at 1288/56.This collection of memoirs provides a rich and varied account of the experiences of German and Austrian Jewish refugees to Great Britain. They range in length from 1 page to almost book length.

  12. Bacmann: Copy deportation form

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

  13. Baldur von Schirach: texts from various speeches

    Copy transcriptions of speeches dealing mainly with youth in Nazi Germany. Each speech was subsequently checked and edited by Mia Thiel Hansen in the employ of the BBC on 19 November 1945. An original certificate of authentication signed by Mia Thiel Hansen is enclosed with each speech.

  14. BARNETT, Maj Benjamin George (b 1912)

    Papers relating to his military service, 1944-1945, principally comprising war diary including maps and photographs, Sep 1944-Jul 1945; copy of report on the liberation of Belsen written for the Director of Military Government by Lt Col R I G Taylor, Officer Commanding, 63 Anti Tank Regt, [1945]; orders relating to the occupation and administration of Belsen, from Brig General Staff of 8 Corps, British Liberation Army, April 1945; report on Belsen by Capt Barker, Royal Army Medical Corps, 63 Anti Tank Regt, Jun 1945; letter to British officers from a group of Czech women prisoners describin...

  16. BBC German Service: 'Letter Box' programme transcripts

    This collection of transcripts of the BBC German Service 'Letter Box' programme documents the opinions of ordinary Germans, Austrians and Jews in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Subjects include the question of guilt; de-nazification; living conitions; life under occupation; the experiences of returning Jews.

  17. Bekennende Kirche: various papers

    This material relates to the growing opposition to the Nazi-supported German Christian Movement by members of the German Evangelical community. In particular, the newly formed Confessing Church (Bekennende Kirche) rejected the authority of the National Synod which was presided over by Nazis and demanded allegiance to Adolf Hitler. Correspondents include pastor Heinrich Vogel; Otto Dibelius, general superintendent of the Brandenburg Church; Albertz, superintendent of the Bekennende Kirche, Berlin-Brandenburg; Dr Duckert, Gauobmann Deutsche Christen.

  18. Belgian anti-Jewish leaflets

    Leaflet of the Nationaal Legioen/Nationaal Arbeidsfront against a strike in the Netherlands. Leaflet of the Verbond Van Dietsche Nationaalsolidaristen (VERDINASO) for a national unity of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

  19. Benario family: copy genealogical papers and copy papers re Olga Benario-Prestes

    This collection consists of two distinct though related groups of copy papers. The first documents, in part, the relatively short but eventful life of the German Jewess, Olga Benario, a short biographical sketch of whom follows. Also contained are copy papers which document the Benario family history. The order in which the latter arrived remains unchanged. Also included are some copy papers, which document the fate of Rudolph Benario, a family member, who was imprisoned on account of his activities as a member of the Communist Party.