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  1. Adolf Heilberg: Pro Memoria

    This collection comprises the personal account of the experiences of the distinguished German Jewish lawyer, Adolf Heilberg, from the time he was first persecuted by the Nazis in March 1933.

  2. Bern Brent and Otto Bernstein: Reminiscences

    This series of reminiscences provide an insight into the lives of a German Jewish family from the end of the 19th century until the aftermath of the Second World War.Most of them recount the experiences of Otto Bernstein, the father of the depositor, who describes life growing up in late 19th century Elbersfeld and Kassel (-/1); life in turn of the century Germany and during the First World War(-/2) and his experiences as an inmate of Theresienstadt.(-/3). Bern Brent, the depositor, provides us with an account of his experiences on the ship, the 'Dunera', bringing refugees from Europe to Au...

  3. Personal account of the life of Otto Hirsch

    This personal account of the life of Otto Hirsch was intended to be included in the WL eyewitness testimonies series. It retains the original reference number (PI.d. No. 362) but for some unknown reason was not integrated into this series.

  4. Else Löwy-Leseritz collection

    This collection contains the personal papers of Else Löwy-Leseritz, a Jewish medical doctor from North Rhine-Westphalia, who was murdered in the Holocaust.Photocopies of the medical qualifications and work references of Else Löwy-Leseritz.

  5. Leslie Dockray collection

    Correspondence between stamp collectors relating the life changes which befell a German collector with Jewish antecedents between 1934 and 1959

  6. German Jewish youth organisations: various papers

    The papers in this collection relate mainly to the German Jewish youth organisation, deutsch- Jüdischer Wanderbund The papers consist of newsletters (740/1/1-2), which shed some light on the movement's ideological position, and ephemera.In addition there are papers of two other organisations: Arbeitskreis religiöser Jugend für den Frieden and Jüdische Jugendberatung Hamburg

  7. Stiftung Hilfswerk 20. Juli 1944: Various papers

    This collection contains circular letters and papers celebrating the 75th birthday of Emil Henk; also a death notice for the same

  8. Margot Hirschmann papers relating to Palestine and Orient Lloyd Travel Bureau

    This collection contains papers relating to the business of Palestine & Orient Lloyd G.m.b.H travel bureau.Papers including: a work reference for Margot Hirschmann who worked at the German branch in Berlin until she herself emigrated; copies of advertising, extracts of minutes of meeting regarding pricing of passenger tickets; as well as correspondence with the Central Zionist Archives and American Joint Distribution Committee regarding emigration permits for South America. Also included is correspondence by Susanne Dyke commenting on the caption of a photograph showing people queuing a...

  9. George and Henni Lesley: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of the Jewish couple, George and Henni Lesley. 

  10. Kurt Sabatsky: reports on leading Nazis and incidents of Jewish persecution

    This collection consists of typescript reports about individual Nazis and accounts of incidents of Jewish persecution. Many of the reports are written in the first person. In the last report (-/23), an account of the author's dealings with Erich Koch, formerly Gauleiter of Ostpreussen, the author reveals his identity - Kurt Sabatsky, formerly District Syndicus of the Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbürger Jüdischen Glaubens, who later worked for the Wiener Library. At -/13 is a report of a meeting between Hermann Göring, then head of the Gestapo, and Brodnitz and Alfred Wiener, representative...

  11. Antisemitism in Denmark: Copy papers

    The papers in this collection relate to the trial of 6 Danish Nazis for anti-semitic libel, in Copenhagen in 1937. The defendants include Ernst Lemvigh Müller, Niels Olsen, editor of the National-Socialistiks Maanedhaefte, Aag Henning Andersen, Nannestad Møoller, Valdemar Jensen, editor of Stormen and Betty Henning. The longest sentence was 80 days. The collection includes the transcript of a declaration by the Chief Rabbi of Denmark, which takes the form of written answers to questions about the content of the anti-semitic publications produced by the defendants

  12. Schlesinger family documents

    This collection documents the experiences of a Jewish family in Vienna before and just after the Nazi occupation. This includes official correspondence which highlights the increasingly Anti-semitic measures taken by the authorities.The collection also contains a long letter from Jewish friends of the family, who managed to survive the war years in Hungary. This is a rare and valuable account of the Hungarian Jewish experience during the Nazi era, containing descriptions of life in hiding, deportations, massacres by Hungarian Nazis and life in Budapest in the immediate postwar years.

  13. Account of the Kohn family's fate during the Holocaust

    This collection consists of a family history report on the fate of Thomas Brady's grandparents, Bernhard and Hedwig Kohn and their daughter Herta from Vienna who perished in the Holocaust.Account of the Kohn family's fate including illustrations of contemporary documents and details of other members of the family who were murdered. 

  14. Political Warfare Executive: Airborne leafletes, French Allied

    Two copies of the French “Revue de la Presse Libre” No. 45 dropped during in the nights 4./5. April until 15./16. April 1943.French 

  15. Julia Rahmer: Papers re Neu Beginnen

    This collection of copy documents of Julia Rahmer, a former member of the underground Leninist group Neu Beginnen, gives some insight into the activities of the group and the realities of life as a member.

  16. Reg Freeson: copy correspondence and cuttings re the death of Josef Mengele

    Correspondence and cuttings re the death of Josef Mengele, including a copy of the original Brazilian police forensic report of the body exhumed in 1985 said to be that of Mengele (1411/44) and a descriptive list of the key letters (1411/1). Correspondents include the German Abassador to Great Britain, the Frankfurt Public Prosecutors Office; the Director of the US Office of Special Investigations, Washington; the Brazilian Ambassador to Great Britain.

  17. Regensburger family papers

    This collection of papers concerns the experiences of a German Jewish family which settled in Great Britain in 1939. Correspondence and personal papers of Resi Regensburg re naturalization, the possibility of voluntary work, restrictions for aliens and the remittance of money abroad

  18. Peter Ury: personal papers

    This collection contains the papers of Peter Ury, a Jewish composer from Cologne who emigrated to England in 1939 to escape persecution in Germany. Included are some musical scores of his work, correspondence and press cuttings. Also included are various membership and ID cards of Alfred and Ernina Unger (parents of Peter Ury's wife).

  19. Annie Hoek-Wallach: Personal papers

    These papers document in part the life of a German Jewish immigrant who lived in the Netherlands during the Nazi era and whose mother and husband, a Dutch Jewish teacher, were deported to concentration camps where they perished.

  20. Julius Rothschild Papers

    Official correspondence from Julius and Carry Ruth Rothschild (1957); Financial correspondence of Julius Rothschild (1955 - 1956): Passport applications (N.d.); Will of Carry Ruth Rothschild (1956); Various official papers relating to Carry Ruth Rothschild and Julius Rothschild (1939 - 1954); Death certificates (1955 - 1966).