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Instytucja przechowująca materiał: The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
  1. Cohn family: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of three generations of the Cohn family, who originally came from Posen in Prussia (now Poland) and came to England as refugees in 1939. The material consists of Joseph and Johanna Cohn's papers such as innkeeper licence, last wills and title deeds; papers of Heimann and Ella Cohn including household insurance policy with war emergency clauses, business registration document, contracts and accounts booklets relating to Heimann Cohn's companies in Filehne and Berlin, goodbye dinner menu from the ship "Christiaan Huygens" which they travelled on to...

  2. Hammerschlag and Stein families: personal papers

    This collection contains the family papers of Istvan and Eva Stein, Hungarian Jews from Budapest who emigrated to Cairo in 1938 whilst some members of their family stayed behind and perished in the Holocaust. Included are Eva Stein's memoirs (1753/1/1); qualifications and marriage certificate of Istvan and Eva Stein; as well as correspondence from both sides of the family and friends. Particularly the letters from Ernö Hammerschlag (Eva's father) (1753/7) describe the situation for Jews in Hungary during World War II detailing the occupation of Budapest and the bombings, his struggle to ear...

  3. Irena and Antoni Wittek: personal papers and photographs

    This collection consists of the personal papers and photographs relating to Polish refugee Irena Wittek documenting her life in Poland, France, Africa and the UK together with material about her husband Antoni Wittek. Irena Wittek was studying medicine at the Sorbonne in Paris when she managed to catch one of the last boats to the UK as Nazi Germany invaded France in 1940. Included are qualifications, testimonials and work references, affidavit regarding Irena Wittek's marital status, marriage and naturalisation certificates, medical registration certificate and papers relating to Irena and...

  4. Köhl, Julius (fl 1935-1982): personal and official papers and correspondence

    Copies of correspondence to and from Julius Köhl, 1935-1982, chiefly relating to the plight of Jews in Nazi occupied Europe. Many organisations and individuals are represented notably the The Hilfsverein f?r j?dische Fl?chtlinge im Shanghai (Aid organisation for Jewish refugees in Shanghai)(HIJEFS) although several other Jewish refugee organisations are also represented, namely Agudas Jisroel, Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund and Va'ad Hahatsala. The majority deal with the fate of Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe. In particular they document attempts to rescue individuals, families a...

  5. Documents relating to Bernhard Weiss

    This collection consists of material relating to Bernhard Weiss, a German Jewish lawyer and former Chief of the Berlin Criminal Police and Vice President of the Berlin police during the Weimar Republic. Included are correspondence relating to the filming of two German documentary tv programmes, press cuttings and articles relating to Bernhard Weiss. Also included are application form of the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC), his biography written by his daughter Hilde Horton, and some post-war copy correspondence addressed to Bernhard Weiss.

  6. Elise Steiner: personal papers and correspondence

    This collection contains the personal papers of Elise Steiner, a former Jewish refugee from Vienna who arrived in England on a Kindertransport in 1938. Her parents and younger brother were murdered at Kowno concentration camp in 1941. Includes family correspondence (together with typescripts) documenting the day to day activities and aspirations of a Jewish family in Vienna. Reoccurring themes include their gratitude that at least one child was able to escape and continue with her education, efforts to find a place on the Kindertransport for Elise's brother Leo Steiner, news of the fate of ...

  7. Persecution of Gypsies under the Nazis: Records

    Papers relating to the persecution of Gypsies under the Nazis, 1934-1996, including personal statements of Sinti and Roma on Nazi persecution; interview transcripts; copies of trial documentation; copies of journal articles; essays; photograph; correspondence; summary of a Nuremberg document No. 4037 regarding the registering of Gypsies, 21 May 1943; photograph of an extract from a list of regulations concerning the treatment of Gypsies for the Milit?rbefehlshaber in Serbien, 30 May 1941; photograph of an extract of a report issued by Der Chef der Sicherheitspolizei und SD in which it is ...

  8. Jacoby family: personal papers

    This collection contains the papers of the Jacobys, a Jewish family from Berlin. Only one of the children, Henny Prax, managed to emigrate to England via Czechoslovakia. Her brother and parents were unable to leave the country in time and were later deported to Auschwitz concentration camp where they perished. Included are correspondence with relatives and acquaintances abroad regarding affidavits and visas for the family's emigration; work references and CVs; Hand-Bernd's school reports; copies of medical certificates; Henny Prax's letters from family and friends; correspondence and photog...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  12. 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.

  13. 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 ...

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 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, ...

  17. 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...

  18. 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...

  19. 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...

  20. 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.