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Kraj: Wielka Brytania
  1. Eva Mills: family papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Eva Mills and her mother Gertrude Najmann. Eva was sent to England on a Kindertransport in 1938 whilst her parents fled Germany separately aiming to reach Palestine. Eva's father, Jankiel Najmann, managed to get to Haifa in 1944 after spending several months at Ferramonti di Tarsia internment camp in Italy. Her mother, Gertrude Najmann, became a prisoner at Semlin concentration camp in Yugoslavia. She survived and was released in May 1942. Gertrude was unable to leave Yugoslavia until the end of the Second World War when she joined her husband...

  2. Edith Payne: family correspondence

    This collection contains the personal correspondence of Edith Payne (née Guttmann). Edith was brought up in a Jewish family in Bratislava. She was studying at Caen when the Second World War broke out. She had to emigrate to England whilst her parents stayed in Bratislava. Her parents were later deported to Auschwitz concentration camp where they perished. The letters were mainly sent to Edith in England from her parents in Slovakia. There are also some messages from relatives who had emigrated and some Red Cross messages dating from 1940 to 1942. The letters describe the lives of Edith's pa...

  3. Ilse Sheldon: family correspondence

    This collection contains letters sent to Oskar Bart by his mother Josefine Bart-Eigner in Prague as well as a transcript of an interview with Ilse Sheldon (Josefine Bart-Eigner's daughter). Oscar had emigrated with his wife Erna and their daughter Eva to London in 1938 to escape Jewish persecutions. His sister Ilse emigrated to Palestine whilst their mother stayed behind in Prague and was later deported. The correspondence concerns Josefine's life as a Jew in Prague, her increasing financial problems and her work at the hat factory which she was forced to sell. Also included are family phot...

  4. Arno Jacobius: personal correspondence

    This collection contains the personal correspondence of Arno Jacobius, a Jewish boy from Berlin who arrived in England on a Kindertransport in May 1939, aged 14. His stepbrother Roman Gärtner and his uncle Leo Levy emigrated separately to England. Arno's mother, Johanna Jacobius, however perished at Auschwitz concentration camp. Included are letters from his mother, his stepbrother Roman Gärtner, his uncle Leo Levy from Kitchener camp in Kent, and other relatives and friends. The correspondence concerns Arno's new life in Scotland, the anticipated emigration of his mother and other relative...

  5. Schulim Schatzberg: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Schulim Schatzberg, a Jewish dentist from Vienna who was forced to emigrate with his family to England in 1939 as he was persecuted for being Jewish. Included are papers relating to his military service in the First World War, qualifications and work references, marriage certificate, certificate of residence ('Heimatschein'), letter from the Office of the Reichsminister of the Interior imposing restrictions on him practising dentistry, copy of a letter sent from Dachau concentration camp, and photographs of Schatzberg as soldier and practising...

  6. Zinaida Behmuaras: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Zinaida Behmuaras, a Lithuanian Jewish woman who fled to England from Nazi occupied France in 1940. Included are school certificates, marriage certificate and naturalisation papers, French ID papers, telegrams from Kauna (1940-1941), photographs, and death certificate.

  7. Goodwin family papers

    This collection contains a personal account of Gerald Goodwin (formerly Gerhard Guttmann) who was eight years old when his family fled Jewish persecution in Germany and emigrated to England in 1937. He describes his family's emigration, their lives as refugees and "enemy aliens" in London, Bristol and Wales, the post-war years and relations with the Lazarus and Cohn families. Also included is some material relating to the Lazarus family, ancestors of the Guttmanns, such as a eulogy and memorial for Professor Leopold Cohn (died 1915), eulogy for Arthur Wolfgang Cohn (died 1920) and photograp...

  8. Antonia Jacoby: correspondence

    This collection contains a photocopy and transcripts of correspondence from Antonia Jacoby sent to her family in 1933 and in 1940, a few days after she escaped from Germany and emigrated to Japan. The letters provide an account of her voyage to Japan and the obstacles she had to overcome in Germany before leaving. The complex financial problems she describes are a reflection of the new laws imposed on Jews in Germany at the time. The letter from Japan was written to Marie Behrendt, wife of Antonia's cousin Fritz Behrendt, who used to live in Breslau before emigrating to Argentina.

  9. Joseph Yecheskel Helerman: postcard

    This collection contains a postcard from Joseph Yecheskel Helerman in Bodzanow, Poland, to his brother in London. Helerman refers to the dowry for a bride and to his brother-in-law, Moshe Oved (1885-1958), a London based jeweller and author.

  10. Lilli Goldwerth: passport and letter regarding her planned emigration

    This collection contains some personal papers of Lilli Goldwerth, a Jewish girl from Vienna whose parents had to leave her behind as her visa did not arrive in time for the family's planned emigration. She perished in 1942. Included are her German passport and a letter by the Permit Department of the Central Office for Refugees in London regarding the placing of Lilli with a host family in Scotland.

  11. Minasz (Menashe) Sankiewicz: ITS documents relating to his imprisonment at Buchenwald concentration camp

    This collection contains records relating to Minasz (Menashe) Sankiewicz, a Polish Holocaust survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp, obtained from the International Tracing Service (ITS) collection held at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Included are records created by the authorities at Buchenwald concentration camp such as registration records, medical examination papers, lists of inmates as well as a press cutting relating to the inmates at Buchenwald concentration camp and photographs.

  12. Elise Steiner: personal papers and correspondence

    This collection contains the personal papers of Elise Steiner, a former Jewish refugee from Vienna who arrived in England on a Kindertransport in 1938. Her parents and younger brother were murdered at Kowno concentration camp in 1941. Includes family correspondence (together with typescripts) documenting the day to day activities and aspirations of a Jewish family in Vienna. Reoccurring themes include their gratitude that at least one child was able to escape and continue with her education, efforts to find a place on the Kindertransport for Elise's brother Leo Steiner, news of the fate of ...

  13. Ronald Roberts: personal papers and correspondence

    This collection comprises the personal papers of Ronnie Roberts (1921-2001), a mixed race Barbadian/German from Mainz who was imprisoned at various civilian internment and labour camps in Germany during the Second World War. After being subjected to racism in Nazi Germany he emigrated to England in 1938/1939 where he failed to make a life for himself. He returned to Germany and after the outbreak of the war was imprisoned at internment camps due to his British subject status (his father was of British nationality). The collection is fascinating for the rarity of the subject content, the qua...

  14. Jacobsohn family: papers and correspondence

    This collection contains the personal papers of the Jacobsohns, a Jewish family from Berlin who emigrated to Argentina in 1937 to flee Nazi persecution. Included are birth and marriage certificates, Ursel Jacobsohn's work references and apprenticeship deed; notice of emigration of the residents' registration office; Familienstammbuch; passports and identity cards; family photographs; correspondence with friends and family received after their emigration. Also included are papers, correspondence and interviews with Ursel Jacobsohn regarding the Jewish resistance group led by Herbert Baum; an...

  15. Eugen Mittwoch: personal papers

    This collection contains some personal papers relating to Eugen Mittwoch, a Jewish Professor who worked at the University of Berlin in the 1930s. He was dimissed in 1935 due to the introduction of new Nazi legislation aimed to eliminate Jews from public office. Included is a letter regarding his dismissal from his university post (1935), letter from the German Foreign Office allowing him to pass all road barriers as employee of the new government (1918), and certificate of honorary title 'Sanitätsrat' awarded to Dr Ludwig Lipmann.

  16. Vera Coppard-Leibovic: copy identity cards

    This collection contains photocopies of Vera Coppard-Leibovic's (née Ilse Rosendorff) identity cards, a former Jewish Kindertransportee from Berlin whose parents decided to send her to England in 1939 to avoid her being exposed to Nazi persecution. Included is a 'Judenkarte' (German ID card for Jews) and identity card for young people under the care of the Inter-Aid Committee for Children admitted to travel to the UK.

  17. Trude Grünwald: diary of emigration (photocopy)

    This collection contains a photocopy of the diary (incomplete) of Trude Grünwald from Vienna, a Jewish refugee who emigrated with her parents to England via Albania in 1938. She had originally intended to record her travels in Europe in her diary (1935-1937) but the second part of the diary was used to document her emigration. Trude describes her feelings at her departure, her impressions of Albanian towns, particularly Durazzo (Dürres), her efforts to earn some money, the threat of war in Albania, the evacuation of Durazzo, and their struggle for survival during the battle with the Italian...

  18. Michael Siegel: personal papers

    This collection comprises the personal papers of Michael Siegel, a Jewish lawyer from Munich who emigrated with his wife to Lima, Peru, in 1940. Their two children had both emigrated to England in the late 1930s to escape Nazi persecutions. Siegel took on the role of Jewish community leader in Lima between 1942 and 1957. Included are Michael Siegel's school reports and qualifications, references from the Jewish community in Munich, reports about his travels including post-war visits to Germany; copies of his own letters from Peru; political contemplations and articles published in Peruvian ...

  19. Mr Wreschner: correspondence

    This collection comprises the correspondence of Martin Wreschner in Shanghai from his mother and sister Mira in Germany. Wreschner emigrated from Berlin in 1939. His mother and sister followed him in October 1940. The letters document the efforts of the Wreschners to obtain permission for Mira and her mother to leave Germany and to earn a living in the meantime; the new life of Martin and Mimi Wreschner in Shanghai; hopes to be soon reunited; and preparations for travelling to Shanghai.

  20. Richard Burnett (Behrendt): personal papers

    This collection comprises the personal papers of Richard Burnett (formerly Behrendt), a former Jewish refugee from Berlin who emigrated to flee Nazi persecution. Included are his birth and naturalisation certificates and family photographs. Also included is Leo Mayer's membership card of the stock exchange Berlin ('Börsenkarte').