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  1. Blanche Eichel collection

    Blanche Eichel was born Blanka Bachner to Julius (b. 13/02/1874) and Etel (née Weiss, b. 22/01/1878) on 24 April 1913 in Trstená. Her family were German speaking. She must have come to Britain in 1939, where she married Dezider Eichel, in London on 2 March 1940. They settled in Britain, becoming British citizens in 1948. Both Blanche’s parents were murdered in the Holocaust: the Nazis deported them to unknown camps in September 1942; Blanche was never able to discover their exact fate. Dezider Eichel was the son of Salamon and Irma (née Spitz). He was born on 8 June 1909 in Ružomberok. He...

  2. The Inter-Aid Committee for Children from Germany and Austria: papers

    The Inter-Aid Committee for Children from Germany and Austria: papers including material on individual cases; appeals and responses; correspondence; holiday hospitality and sample forms for guarantors

  3. Documentation re the publication of Auschwitz in England

    This collection consists of correspondence and contracts regarding the publication of Auschwitz in England , by Mavis M. Hill and L. Norman Williams. The collection consists primarily of correspondence and contracts re the publication of the book and issues relating toa BBC broadcast of a dramatisation of the book. In addition there is a copy transcript of the testimony of Dering during the trial (1418/146).

  4. Inge-Lore Sommerfeld: personal papers

    This collection consists of the personal papers and photographs of Inge-Lore Sommerfeld, a former Kindertransportee who was sent to England aged 12.Personal papers Including correspondence, passports, school reports and qualifications, certificate of confirmation, correspondence and papers regarding employment with the BBC and Marks & Spencer, and a family tree.

  5. Reichsfuehrer SS: Copy letter re Jewish Hospital, Munich

    Copy letter from Reichsführer SS, Himmler, to Chef der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD, re the removal of patients from the Jewish hospital, Munich to Terezin, as the premises are required for a school for nurses and midwives from LebensbornGerman 

  6. August Tuchmann: translation of diary

    Translation of the diary of August Tuchmann detailing life for a Jewish family in 19th century GermanyEnglish 12 pagesThis translation of August Tuchmann's diary was produced by his grandson, the depositor, Fred Tuckman

  7. Primo Levi material- additional

    Additional material donated by ian Thomson re his biography of Primo Levi

  8. Jüdischer Kulturbund, Berlin: Legal case papers

    Jüdischer Kulturbund, Berlin: Legal case papers including those pertaining to Herbert Grünbaum, actor; Kurt Rosenbaum; Simon Kaplan; and Harriet Domker

  9. Northampton Hostel for Evacuated Jewish Children: Papers

    Northampton Hostel for Evacuated Jewish Children: Papers 

  10. Jewish Relief Unit volunteers: Index cards

    Jewish Relief Unit volunteers: Index cards 

  12. Shoah Centre, Manchester

    This collection consists of a 'conceptual brief' by Bill Williams and an 'Architectural Brief' by Daniel Liebeskind for the proposed 'Shoah Centre' to be situated adjacent to the Imperial War Museum of the North.

  13. Passport issued to Jacques Kaufmann

    Passport issued to Jacques Kaufmann from the mayor of Schiefbahn, North Rhine WestphaliaFrench 

  14. List of Gestapo and SS war criminals

    This list of leading Nazi war criminals with brief details of their crimes and fate, is the result of research conducted by the Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizverwaltungen

  15. Copy will of Moritz Heller, Vienna

    Copy will of Moritz Heller, Vienna 

  16. Various eyewitness statements

    A collection of eyewitness statements pertaining variously to war crimes in and experiences of Auschwitz; experiences  and condititons in Terezin; experience of a Christian anti-Nazi school teacher during the Third Reich

  17. Peter Mansbacher memoir

    This mf copy memoir of Peter Mansbacher was donated to the Wiener Library by Clare Ungerson.

  18. People tracing forms

    Forms from the British Red Cross and the Internationaler Suchdienst, Arolsen 1995

  19. Documentation re the exhibition "Jews in Germany under Prussian Rule"

    This collection consists of publicity material and correspondence regarding an exhibition entitled "Jews in Germany under Prussian Rule". At one time it seems that the Wiener Library was planning on hosting the exhibition.The historical exhibition "Jews in Germany...", compiled by the Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, in cooperation with the Leo Baeck Institute in New York, was originally entitled "Jews in Prussia" and opened in September 1981 in West Berlin and has since appeared throughout the Federal Republic of Germany.

  20. 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.