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  1. The Spanish Civil War: a memoir

    Apparently authentic account of imprisonment in Spain during the Spanish Civil war by an unidentified Austrian Jew. The events described took place in 1936 and the account was, according to the author, written in Vienna in 1937.

  3. Bronia Veitch: copy papers re Jewish children in Belgium

    This collection of copy documents consists of alphabetical lists of Jewish children in hiding and their guardians in Belgium, 1940-1945. They were created by the Comité de defense de Juifs.

  4. Copy Correspondence re news of the Holocaust

    This collection of copy correspondence is concerned with the question of the first dissemination of information about the Holocaust. In particular the correspondence between historians and protagonists addresses Martin Gilbert's assertion that the first news of the Final Solution came via Chaim Pazner, worker in the Palestine Office in Geneva during the war. Correspondence from Dr S. Scheps, former director of the Palestine Office, Walter Laqueur, historian and co-author of Breaking the Silence, Gerhart M. Riegner, head of the World Jewish Congress, amongst others.Also included are some cop...

  5. Czechoslovak Repatriation Misson for Great Britain

    This form and letter giving details of a repatriation transport from Great Britain to Czechoslovakia for returning exiles, is addressed to Mr Pavel Beck, who was, at the time, resident near Cardiff. Photocopy of the same included.

  6. Georg and Eva Oppenheim collection

    This collection contains copy documentation pertaining to Georg Oppenheim's legal training and career; his trial for anti-nazi activities; his post war restitution claim and original correspondence to Eva Stein from her family and Georg Oppenheim.

  7. Radio broadcast re centenary of Thomas Mann

    This collection consists of the English transcript of 2 parts of a 3 part radio programme, entitled 'Thomas Mann- Representative of an Epoch', which originally went out on German radio to commemorate the 100th birthday of the author and was produced by Heinrich Wiedemann.

  9. Copy police removal order regarding Stefan Zweig books, Leipzig

    Copy police removal order regarding Stefan Zweig books, Leipzig 

  10. Correspondence and papers regarding Georg August Welz

    This collection of correspondence relates to a letter which Elizabeth Castonier had published in the Süddeutscher Zeitung in August 1958, alleging the culpability of Professor Georg August Weltz, then Professor of X-Ray Physiology at the university of Munich, in war crimes, specifically medical experiments on prisoners to test how their bodies react to extremely cold temperatures. The collection includes a copy of an affidavit by Weltz, dated 1946. 

  12. Rudolf Brandt: copy diary and transcript

    This collection comprises a photocopy and transcript of the diary for the year 1942 of SS-Sturmbannfuehrer Dr Rudolf Brandt, Himmler's former personal Referent. The entries record the details hour by hour of telephone conversations and consultations between Brandt, Himmler and outsiders. In a covering note, as if to make a point,the depositor highlights the infrequency of references to the Final Solution.

  13. Leonard Montefiore collection

    Leonard Montefiore collection comprising draft writings, correspondence, printed material and press cuttings documenting his life and work

  14. Reports and extract correspondence from various countries re conditions for Jews

    This miscellaneous collection of reports and correspondence provides a first hand account of conditions for Jews in Europe during the Nazi era.

  15. Irmgard Smurka: copy papers

    These copy personal papers of Irmgard Smurka (née Klinger) document the life of a German Jewish resident of Berlin who emigrated to Great Britain after the war. The papers include school certificates; birth, marriage and death certificates; job references, etc. Of particular interest is an affidavit of 1961 submitted by Irmgard Smurka in support of a claim for compensation, in which she details the victimisation she endured during the nazi era (-/14). In addition there are manuscript (-/17) and typescript (-/18) accounts of her experiences written in German for Yad Vashem. The above items p...

  17. Report re situation of Jews in Germany

    Report of the situation of Jews in Germany and a prognosis of their fate, predicting that worse is to come, and that there will be no warEnglish Annotated on the front ‘Private and Confidential and on the back ‘Laski' 

  18. History of Frankfurt's Jews: essays and memoirs

    This collection comprises numerous copy articles and accounts of Jewish organisations and individuals who had a connection with the history of Frankfurt am Main. The articles, written by a variety of authors, were commissioned with the intention of publishing a book on the recent history of Franfurt's Jews. The book was never published.

  19. Copy letter re conditions at Drancy

    This copy letter re conditions in Drancy during the Nazi era was enclosed with an account of life in Drancy called There by the Grace of God by the depositor, A.R. Thomas. The latter is now housed with the Unpublished Memoirs, Number 4101. The letter, which is addressed to Serge Klarsfeld, the prominent Nazi hunter, is signed by five former British merchant navy seamen who were prisoners at Drancy. The purpose of the letter is to offer support to Klarsfeld in his prosecution of Paul Touvier, a former member of the regime at Drancy.