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  1. German Evangelical Church: leaflet and letter

    This is a leaflet from the leadership of the German Evangelical church to their churches, congregations and communities. denying accusations of collusion with enemies of the Nazi state: "We solemnly protest before God against (the accusation). We have a clear conscience and are ready to render account of ourselves. We stand by our word: we do not want to be a place of refuge for the politically disaffected..."

  4. List of former inhabitants of Heilbronn

    This list of former inhabitants of Heilbronn is thought to have been sent to the depositor's mother shortly after it was created. It was produced by the office of the mayor of the city of Heilbronn in August 1964. The names are listed alphabetically by country. The circumstances surrounding its creation are unknown.

  6. Löbl family papers

    This collection contains correspondence from the parents of Robert Löbl concerned with his safe custody in the UK. Also contained are photographs of Robert and printouts of Pages of Testimony from Yad Vashem Shoah Victims’ Database. 

  9. Gisela Nathan collection

    Gisela Nathan: correspondence

  10. Jewish associations in Erfurt: SD-RFSS file

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this collection.This file of documentation on the membership and activities of Jewish organisations in Erfurt in the 1930s reveals as much about the organisations themselves as it does about Nazi preoccupations with them.Reports and correspondence: Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens: questionnaire and papers, frames1-3Reports and correspondence: Frauengruppe des Centralvereins; membership list of jüdischer Centralverein, 30 Sep 1938, frames 4-9Israelitische Wohltätigkeitsverein "Chewra": memb...

  11. Papers re Nazi survivors

    This microfilm collection of papers consists mainly of lists of names of Nazis who survived the war, many of whom were still alive at the time of deposit, c1975. Included is correspondence between the depositor/ creator and various institutions re further information on former Nazis

  13. Report on 'Der Stürmer' article re ritual murder - no date

    Report about an article in an issue of Der Stürmer in which an allegation is made of ritual murder in a small village in the Saar c1903.

  14. Kurt Josef Stangl: Ahnenpass

    Kurt Josef Stangl: Ahnenpass. In addition to the original document there is also a copy and English translation of the printed introduction.The Ahnenpass traces the descent of the family back to the 18th century.

  15. Austrian League: Letter re Bavarian Movement

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

  16. C.P. Carter: Letter re the bombing of Hamburg

    Letter speculating on the reasons for the accuracy/ inaccuracy of the British bombing of Hamburg 

  18. Gitel and Isaac Coppel: family tree

    This collection consists of correspondence and a family tree of the descendants of the Jewish couple Gitel and Isaac Coppel, whose family has had interconnected German and British relations since 1807 when their eldest son was sent to England to prevent his forced enrolment in Napoleon's armies for the Russian campaign.Papers including translations of Hebrew gravestone inscriptions of Isaac Coppel, Bräune Coppel (Isaac's mother) and Gitel Coppel who were buried at the Old Jewish Cemetery in Hanover (Lower Saxony).

  19. Copy letter extract re Kristallnacht

    Copy extract of a letter describing the events of Kristallnacht in Zirndorf (near Nürnberg, Bayern?)

  20. Eyewitness testimony collection

    Readers need to book  a reading room terminal to access this digital contentThis collection consists primarily of testimonies of Holocaust survivors who describe life before during and after the Nazi era. Most of the material focuses on the period of persecution. Some of the items in the collection are not testimonies per se but contemporary documents which were donated and later subsumed into this collection. These latter have nonetheless been catalogued and indexed in the same way as the testimonies.