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  3. 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

  4. Harry Ralton collection

    The archive contains the personal and business papers of Harry Ralton. The latter concern Harry’s firm the Arcadia Music Publishing Co. There is also an extensive collection of his sheet music published in interwar Germany and in the UK in the 1940s and 1950s. In addition there are two folders of letters addressing Harry’s attempts to help his mother escape Germany, Harry's life and career in the UK, post-war conditions and the fates of friends under the Nazis. Prominent correspondents include Herbert Sandberg, Harry’s cousin and conductor of the Royal Swedish Opera, and the journalist and...

  7. Eugen Gerstenmaier: Copy documents re church-state struggle

    This microfilm collection of documentation comprises correspondence and papers detailing the activities of the German Evangelical church during the Third Reich, in particular the role of Eugen Gerstenmaier. Also included are a number of periodicals of German Evangelical organisations during the 1930s and other related reports and papers.

  9. Dann family papers and the records of Bulldogs Bank

    This collection comprises two separate, though linked, archival fonds. The papers at 1070/1-4 record the lives of the Dann family, a renowned Augsburg Jewish family. Documents relating to Sophie and Gertrud Dann, the depositors of this collection, feature most prominently.At 1070/5 are papers which document the history and activities of the Hamstead Nursery and Bulldog Bank. For an account of the sisters' work there see some of the autobiographical accounts in the personal papers of Sophie Dann at 1070/3.

  10. Jewish community, Stuttgart: commemorative material

    This collection of leaflets and other printed material concerns the activities of the Jewish community in Stuttgart and that of the 'Gesellschaft fuer Christlich-Juedische Zusammenarbeit, Stuttgart'

  11. Reichsjugendführer: regulations re youth service of Jewish Mischlinge

    The document is evidence of the problem that the Nazis had with treating Germans of mixed Jewish parentage, in particular what to do with Mischlinge 1 Grades (with 2 Jewish grandparents) who had already been serving in the Jugenddienst. Whilst the latter group were now regarded as having an unacceptable level of Jewish blood, many had already served the Third Reich and many more were due to once they reached the right age. The solution was apparently to create an intermediate stage in which Mischlinge 1 Grades were to be put on permanent standby (Bereitstellung) but would never actually be ...

  12. Papers re the plight of Jewish refusenik families

    Reports and other papers re the plight of Jewish refusenik families, RussiaMostly English 

  14. Hedwig Stevens Collection

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  15. Unity Mitford Collection

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  17. Mahatma Gandhi: "If I were a Jew"

    Article by Mahatma Gandhi published in the World Digest of Current Fact and Comment, entitled "If I were a Jew"

  19. Paper re Jews in Czechoslovakia

    This short article on the history of Jews in Czechoslovakia and latter day antisemitism was addressed to Peter Bird Martin at the Institute of Current World Affairs, USA with the note 'Not to be published without writer's consent'.

  20. Jewish Chronicle library collection: Defence file

    The collection consists of materials from the Jewish Chronicle’s library that deal with the defence against antisemitism. These include reports on antisemitic groups, individuals and incidents, as well as on the bodies that fought against them. There are letters to the Jewish Chronicle on defence, both from anti-fascist groups reporting occurrences of antisemitism, and from representatives of the far-right denying charges of anti-Jewish prejudice or exhibiting their antisemitism through hate mail. The collection also contains transcripts of German media reports on various Nazi leaders....