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Kraj: Wielka Brytania
  1. Irene White: papers relating to Eli Elkana and the Holocaust in Luckenwalde

    This collection consists of material relating to Eli Elkana (Georg Michelsohn), a Jewish poet and dentist from Dessau (now Saxony Anhalt), who was persecuted by the Nazis as early as 1932/33 for his opposing ideas and writings. He, his wife and his daughter managed to emigrate whilst other family members perished in the Holocaust. Included are Eli Elkana's manuscripts of 'Die Ritter von der weichen Birne' (1952) (1761/2) and 'Die Militär-Parade' (written as part of a letter to his daughter) (1761/1) as well as draft version of 'Eli Elkana - Dr Georg Michelsohn - Versuch einer Biographie' by...

  2. Peter Newton (formerly Rudolf Neu) and Frieda Newton: family papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Frieda and Peter Newton (formerly Rudolf Neu), Jewish refugees from Vienna who met and got married in the UK during the Second World War. Frieda's family was murdered in the Holocaust whilst Rudi's family survived. Included are Frieda Newton's certificate of origin ('Heimatschein'), school reports, birth certificate, work references, papers for emigration such as medical certificate, police and tax clearance certificates, correspondence with the Austrian Self-Aid Domestic Agency in London, hairdressing and manicure certificate issued by the em...

  3. HAHN, Professor Dr Otto (1879-1968)

    Typescript text in German entitled 'Beziehungen zu Nichtariern' ('Relationships with non-Aryans'), dated Jul 1945, relating to the treatment of Hahn's Jewish friends and colleagues in Germany, 1933-1945.

  4. Terfus family: personal papers

    This collection comprises the papers of Michael and Charlotte Terfus, Jewish refugees from Berlin who fled Nazi persecution in March 1939. Charlotte's parents and Michael's sister were unable to emigrate and were later deported to concentration camps where they perished. Included are Michael Terfus' qualifications and work references, medical certificate, copies of marriage certificate, military service papers such as official record of Army service, prayer book for Jewish sailors and soldiers, British Legion membership card, Ex-Service (N.B.) Association membership card as well as German a...

  5. Lasker family papers

    This collection contains the papers of the Lasker family, a Jewish family from Breslau. The parents, Alfons and Edith Lasker, were deported in 1942 leaving their two daughters Anita and Renate behind. Both sisters survived Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps but their parents perished. Included are an inventory of personal belongings and related correspondence. The inventory was drawn up on the day of the parents' deportation in April 1942. The correspondence concerns missing items and arrangements for the children to be moved to a home for Jewish children.

  6. Small Jewish Collections

    The collections include: MS 217/1, photographs of liberated concentration camps, including Belsen, n.d. c.1945; MS 217/4, Jewish soldiers in the German army in World War I, including issues of Judische Volkszeitung (Breslau), 1914; Adressenliste des K.J.V., of Jewish soldiers in German service, Feb 1918; copies of Der RJF Schild: Zeitschrift des reichsbundes judischer Frontsoldaten, with lists of Jewish soldiers killed while serving in the German army during World War I, 1928-9; MS 217/5, photographs of Southampton synagogue and Jewish cemetery, 1990s; MS 217/7, correspondence, 1844-1982, i...

  7. Senta Hirtz: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Senta Hirtz, Medau technique teacher and physiotherapist, who emigrated to London as a refugee in 1936. She was involved in the work of the Jewish Relief Unit and supported displaced people in Germany after the Second World War. The papers include school and professional training certificates; papers relating to her work as a physiotherapist; report on her Jewish Relief Unit work at the welfare centre near the former concentration camp Bergen-Belsen, Lower Saxony, in 1945 (1705/1/9) describing the conditions at the hospital, search office and ...

  8. Far Eastern Jewish Central Information Bureau: Correspondence (microfilm)

    Correspondence between the Far Eastern Jewish Central Information Bureau (DALJEWCIB) and individuals and other Jewish organisations detailing the experiences of German and Austrian Jewish ?migr?s in the Far East, 1938-1939. The personal accounts contain descriptions of the outward-bound voyage and of the climate and conditions in the host country, along with details on obtaining work and accommodation. Note that many of the letters are copies or extracts from originals. Some newsletters and newspapers are also included.

  9. Archives du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (ACICR): G44 Hostages and Political Detainees (microfilm)

    Archives du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (ACICR) collection, 1939-1952, comprises files, reports and correspondence on the following subject areas: general background on hostages and political detainees; hostages and political detainees in Germany; hostages and political detainess by country and nationality (except Germany); assistance to hostages and political detainees; repatriations of deported; case files (all nationalities); civil war in Greece.

  10. Material relating to Ernst Chain and Anne Beloff-Chain

    This collection contains material relating to German-born biochemist and Nobel Prize winner Ernst Chain and his wife Anne Beloff-Chain. Ernst Chain came to England as a Jewish refugee in 1933. Included are press cuttings, announcements and an invitation to a family event, programmes for the scientific colloquium at Hoechst AG and anniversary of the births of Paul Ehrlich and Emil von Behring in 1954, and 'Formeln und Tafeln zum Preisvortrag von Prof. E. B. Chain - Zur Entwicklung der Chemotherapie bakterieller Erkrankungen'. Also includes a guide to the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, ...

  11. 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...

  12. Gerda Mayer: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Gerda Mayer, a Jewish refugee from Czechoslovakia who came to England on a Kindertransport, whilst most of her family perished in the Holocaust. Included are letters from family and friends (photocopies); copy of 'The emigrants', a compilation of translated letters sent to Gerda from her parents in Czechoslovakia; Johanna Travnicek's application for compensation under the Vertriebenenzuwendungsgesetz 1994; photographs; family trees; correspondence mainly between Gerda Mayer and the family of her rescuer Trevor Chadwick regarding the nomination...

  13. Eva Webb: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal correspondence and autobiographical account of Eva Webb, a former Jewish refugee girl who escaped from the Nazi regime with the help of the Kindertransport programme. In her autobiography she describes her early childhood life with an aunt in Czechoslovakia, her school years with her father and step-mother in Berlin in the 1930s and the increasingly difficult situation for Jews during the Nazi regime, her rescue by a family in Oxford, and the fate of her parents and grand-parents who perished in concentration camps and in the bombing raids in Berlin, re...

  14. Morgan-Ruffner, Josa (fl 1910-1960)

    Papers, 1929-1982, documenting the lives of Paul Morgan and his wife Josa Morgan-Ruffner comprising correspondence, draft play scripts, newspaper articles, scrap-books of news cuttings, photographs and ephemera.

  15. Estrea Aelion: Copy jubilee album

    This collection consists of a copy jubilee album (translation from French) relating to the life and times of Estrea Aelion for her seven great-grandchildren in celebration of her hundredth birthday in May 1984, compiled by Jacqueline Golden. Estrea Aelion, of Greek Jewish origin, came to England in 1934. Her brother's family remained in Greece during the German occupation. Several of family members perished in concentration camps but her sister-in-law and niece survived in hiding in Athens. The album contains photographs and details of Estrea Aelion's life and that of her grandchildren and ...

  16. Johnson, Peter: Personal papers

    Papers of Peter Johnson, 1885-1973, documenting his life until the immediate post-war period. It includes school reports, family correspondence, documents relating to naturalisation, papers relating to his service in military intelligence, and papers relating to the former Jewish population in Hildesheim, where he was stationed at the end of the war.

  17. 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...

  18. Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Inc: records (microfilm)

    Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Inc (JCR) records, 1943-1950, comprising: minutes of the JCR special meeting, 11 Jan 1949 (frames 7-10); summary of 3 reports, Apr, May and Jun 1949, (frames 11-14); report by M. Bernstein, library investigator, Sep-Oct 1949; two reports on ceremonial objects, 10 Jul 1949 (frames 20-24); ceremonial objects in German museum, preliminary findings by M Narkiss, (frames 25-28); minutes of an Advisory Committee meeting, 19 Sep 1949, (frames 30-33); minutes of the annual meeting of the corporation, 17 Oct 1949, (frames 47-50); minutes of a Special Meeting of the Boa...

  19. Ullstein Family Papers

    Papers of the Ullstein family, 1856-1998, comprising papers from a number of separate deposits from members of Frederick Ullstein's family. It contains both personal and family papers arranged by individual family members (1361/1-9) and material relating to the pre and post war Ullstein publishing business (1361/10-28). The latter contains correspondence regarding the take over of Ullstein by the Axel Springer Verlag (1361/17; 1361/22-23). In addition there is a quantity of material which Frederick Ullstein appears to have inherited from his former employer, Wolfgang Foges, managing directo...

  20. Fred Worms: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Fred Worms, a former Jewish refugee who emigrated to England as a student. He became a highly successful businessman and philanthropist who contributed to developing cultural, sporting and religious facilities in Jerusalem and Israel. Included is correspondence relating to the opening and development of an exhibition on the history of Jewish sport at the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt am Main in collaboration with the Pierre Gildesgame Sports Museum, arrangements for a visit to Frankfurt as part of a programme for former Jewish refugees, invitatio...