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  1. German Confessional Church: Instructions re racial origins

    This copy correspondence of the directorate of the German Confessional Church was sent to Alfred Wiener from Pastor Niemoeller with a letter dated 9 September 1957 (1273/3).

  2. Karl Loewenstein collection

    This collection consists of some personal papers of Karl Loewenstein, controversial former head of the security apparatus at Theresienstadt. The papers include an unpublished account of his time in Theresienstadt; sundry related documents and correspondence from and about his time in Theresienstadt. There are apparently two copies of the report entitled Aus der Hölle Minsk in das Paradies Theresienstadt. One deposited here at the Wiener Library in 1956 via HG Adler, also former inmate of Theresienstadt, and author of the still definitive history of the ghetto. The other is deposited with th...

  3. Reports on South America as a haven for refugees from Nazi Germany

    This collection of reports focuses on South America as a haven for German Jewish emigration. According to the editor's introduction they were published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency Inc. with a view to being published in various (unspecified) newspapers. This particular edition was presumably written for the American market, since the reports are in English and are printed by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which was, by then, based in New York.The reports cover Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay and discuss the climate, geography, demographics and politics of each country. The first 3 reports...

  4. Diary and other writings of ordinary German women

    This collection consists of two unrelated items, both of which document the sympathetic attitudes of two ordinary German women to the Nazis and their Führer.

  6. Yom Hashoah: publicity material

    Yom Hashoah: publicity material 

  8. Josef (Sepp) Dietrich and Michael Lippert: Copy Trial verdict

    Josef (Sepp) Dietrich and Michael Lippert: Copy trial verdict 

  9. Miscellaneous Jewish publications

    It includes material from the Maccabi World Union based in Museum Street, London WC1 and the Joint Committee for Religious Education and Welfare.

  10. Copy article re Terezin

    Copy article entitled Das ‘Musterghetto' Theresienstadt in which the author provides some historical background to the camp and describes life as an inmateGerman 2 pages 

  11. Letter addressed to the Jewish Central Information Office

    Letter addressed to the Jewish Central Information Office from Hans Grabowski of the Jüdische Gemeinde, Herford, detailing the fate of the town's Jewish communityGerman

  12. Siegfried Meyerhof: Family papers

    This collection comprises the mostly 19th century papers of the Meyerhof family including certificates, military service papers, family trees, papers re the synagogue community, Wolfhagen, inheritance certificates, tax records, powers of attorney 

  15. French address booklet

    Address-booklet, entitled "A Communauté (community). Contains mainly London-based addresses of organizations and embassies, as well as private addresses. Owner unknown.

  16. Notes re nazi war crimes

    Typescript documents detailing Nazi crimes. Each document is laid out in the following format: Name of accused (often initials); Date and place of commission of alleged crime; Number and description of crime in War crimes list; Short statement of facts; Particulars of alleged crime; Particulars of evidence in support. The crimes include: Jewish cemetery desecration, Krefeld, 1942-1944; murder in Aachen, 1938; kidnapping and murder in Wuppertal, 1933; deportation, terrorism, torture, Berlin, 1940s; murder, Detmold, 1933

  17. Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society: Letter re Rassenschande

    This letter is addressed to C Aronsfeld of the Jewish Central Information Office. Letter from the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society regarding the prosecution of Dr. Robert Nussbaum for Rassenschande, and his subsequent death in a concentration camp 

  18. Letter from unidentified Frenchman

    The writer describes himself as French and explains that he came to England in 1940 to put himself at the disposal of General de Gaulle. The purpose of the letter is to ask permission of the British authorities to allow his Swiss born wife to come to England.

  19. Auswaertigesamt: Copy report re Palestine

    Auswaertigesamt: Copy report re Palestine