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  1. Bergmann, George Francis Jack (1900-1979): Diaries and personal papers

    The diaries and personal papers of George Francis Jack Bergmann, dated 1919-1981, notably comprise a set of typescript transcripts of diaries which document in detail Bergmann's experiences in the Foreign Legion and in prison. They also provide a full report on the infamous trial of French officers and guards at Hadjerat M'Guil. In addition there are newsletters, bulletins and correspondence, 1919-1981, which reflect Bergmann's interest in, and membership of, a Jewish student organisation, 'Kartellverband j?discher Studenten'.

  2. Antisemitism in Argentina

    Antisemitism in Argentina: various papers, 1935-1938, is divided into five sections. The first section comprises papers of Delegac?on de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas, including a manuscript report about the role of Alexander Lux in the service of the German Propaganda ministry, 1935 and a list with biographical notes of the members of the Committee against Racism and Antisemitism, 1935 (687/1). The second section comprises copy correspondence of Hilfsverein Deutschsprechender Juden relating to German Jewish immigrants in Argentina and Brazil 1936-1937 (687/2). The third, Comite contra...

  3. Nora Keren: personal papers

    This collection contains correspondence, press cuttings, photographs and papers collated by Nora Keren whose parents, grandparents and extended family were dispersed by the Holocaust. Her grandparents Josef and Frieda Waller died at Terezin and Auschwitz concentration camps. The family was part of the Jewish community of Grosskrotzenburg in Hesse, whose synagogue was raided during the November pogroms in 1938. The material relates to the opening of the memorial synagogue of Grosskrotzenburg and Nora Keren's donation to the synagogue of her grandmother's last letter to the family, the 825th ...

  4. Josef and Mary Rath: personal papers

    This collection consists of the personal papers (1686/1-2) of Austrian Jewish refugees Josef and Mary Rath (née Futterweit) who emigrated to England in 1939. It includes family correspondence (1686/4) and official documents collated in preparation for emigration such as work references, birth and school certificates, Josef Rath's medical certificate and confirmation of adoption, Mary Futterweit's Heimatschein and passport and a Kitchener Camp transit pass. It also includes papers and publications relating to Josef Rath's military service such as Pioneer Corps training notes (1686/5/1), Brit...

  5. Bad Aussee resistance movement and 'Operation Berhard'

    Bad Aussee resistance movement and 'Operation Berhard' collection, 1944-1956, (1153/1-5) comprises copies of original documents. The collection notably includes copy documents regarding the hiding of art treasures and gold in salt mines at Ischla (copy of original which dates 1944)(1153/1); a copy of an affidavit of Bernhard Krueger, (copy of original which dates 1956) (1153/2), that on the orders of Himmler he was responsible for the production of counterfeit currency using inmates from Sachsenhausen and Auschwitz. The collection also includes a copy of a report by Hans Kurzweil entitled '...

  6. Arno Jacobius: personal correspondence

    This collection contains the personal correspondence of Arno Jacobius, a Jewish boy from Berlin who arrived in England on a Kindertransport in May 1939, aged 14. His stepbrother Roman Gärtner and his uncle Leo Levy emigrated separately to England. Arno's mother, Johanna Jacobius, however perished at Auschwitz concentration camp. Included are letters from his mother, his stepbrother Roman Gärtner, his uncle Leo Levy from Kitchener camp in Kent, and other relatives and friends. The correspondence concerns Arno's new life in Scotland, the anticipated emigration of his mother and other relative...

  7. Josef and Jenny Hausmann: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of the Jewish family of Josef and Jenny Hausmann from Karlsruhe, who perished at Auschwitz concentration camp whilst their two daughters managed to flee Nazi-Germany in the 1930s. Included are copy correspondence by Josef and Jenny Hausmann from Camp de Recebedou, photograph of a class taught by Josef Hausmann, copy articles relating to the school in Karlsruhe where Hausmann worked; and paper entitled 'Die zerschlagene Tafel - Jüdisches Leben in Durlach'.

  8. Henri and Grete Falkenstein: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Henri and Grete Falkenstein, a German Jewish couple who emigrated together with their children to the UK in 1937. It includes correspondence and documents for emigration such as tax clearance certificate ('Unbedenklichkeitsbescheinigung'), Abmeldeschein, contract for the sale of Grete Falkenstein's inherited property, notice of departure, application for a naturalisation certificate; as well as correspondence and papers relating to the restitution claims by the Falkenstein and Sonneborn families. Also included are a copy of 'Bundesgesetzblatt ...

  9. Günther Wittenberg: personal papers and correspondence

    This collection contains the personal papers and correspondence of Günther Wittenberg who was sent to England on a Kindertransport in 1939. It includes a list of belongings taken to England (1722/1), cv and job applications, notices by the Ministry of Labour and National Service local appeal board, correspondence with family and friends (1722/3) and family trees (1722/5). Also included are letters from the Committee of the Landsberg Jewish Center and Jewish Committee of DP Center 7 Deggendorf regarding the fate of his parents (1722/4).

  10. Wegrzyn family papers

    This collection contains the papers of the Wegrzyn family who originally came from Galicia, Poland, but had moved to Berlin by the 1920s. The family fled Nazi persecution against Jews by emigrating to Shanghai shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. Included are marriage and birth certificates, tax clearance certificate, driving licences, family register and an album of family photographs. Also included is correspondence from Chaja Wegrzyn's sister Grete Harpuder from Berlin and from relatives in Galicia concerning their constant hopes and efforts for emigration and the appalli...

  11. Richard and Gisela Bernstein: personal papers

    This collection contains papers (photocopies) relating to the fate of the Jewish family of Richard and Gisela Bernstein and their children Heinz and Susanne. Whilst the children emigrated to England as Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazi regime, their parents could not escape deportation to Auschwitz despite them moving to Oslo. Included are birth and death certificates, correspondence from the parents in Prague and later Oslo to their children in England, Red Cross letters sent to the parents in Oslo, photographs and Susanne Medas' personal accounts concerning her family's life in the 1920s a...

  12. Kien, Peter (1919-1944): Papers

    Papers relating to Peter Kien, 1943-1995, including original and copies of manuscripts and transcriptions of Kien's writings, personal documentation and sketches; publicity material relating to the performance of the Der Kaiser von Atlantis oder der Tod dankt ab , for which Peter Kien wrote a libretto; articles about his life and work and transcript of Petra Kiener's radio programme 'Peter Kien nicht vergessen'.

  13. Singer, Charles (1876-1960): Correspondence relating to Jewish academics in Nazi Germany (microfilm)

    Correspondence documenting the concerns of the distinguished academic, Charles Singer and colleagues, in relation to the restrictions on academic freedom in Nazi Germany and in particular the discrimination against non-Aryan professors during the Heidelberg University Jubilee celebrations, 1935. Correspondents include: J.D. Bernal, P.J. Noel Baker, E.M. Forster, Leonard Woolf, C.M. MacInnes, J.R. Marrack, Bishop of Durham, F.M. Powicke, Sir Josiah Stamp, Leonard G. Montefiore, Alfred Wiener, Ephraim Little, Cyril Bailey, Aldous Huxley.

  14. Joseph and Mary Meisel: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Mary and Joseph Meisel, Jewish refugees from Vienna. Included are birth and marriage certificates, school reports and qualifications, passport and certificates of identification, Joseph Meisel's work references, Mary Meisel's medical and tax clearance certificates, naturalisation certificates, correspondence regarding the fate of the couple's parents as well as Joseph Meisel's restitution claim papers and family photographs. The collection also contains the memoirs of Max Peris concerning his marriage with Else Neumann, in which he describes t...

  15. Alexander and Hella Guhrauer: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of the Guhrauer family from Braunschweig whose son Alexander Israel Guhrauer and his future wife Hella Sara Freudenthal fled Nazi-Germany in the 1930s. Included are Hella Guhrauer's German nationality certificate and certificate of registration for aliens (1755/2); Alexander Guhrauer's tax clearance certificate ('Unbedenklichkeitsbescheinigung') and application for the Ex-service (Non-British) Association (1755/1); letter from his father, Max Guhrauer, sent just before their departure for Theresienstadt concentration camp and his death certificat...

  16. Georg Fuchs: family correspondence

    This collection contains correspondence from Dr Georg Fuchs, who emigrated to Stockholm in 1939, from his family in Czechoslovakia and later from his mother in the Warshaw Ghetto. Several members of his family died in the Holocaust at Theresienstadt concentration camp. Also included are letters between him and his girlfriend Eva Hellmann (1929-1944), family photographs, correspondence regarding the fate of cousin Franz Dietrich Schweizer, official certificate of the deportation of Georg Fuchs's mother, Georg Fuchs's brief biographical account, copy press cutting regarding the war crimes tri...

  17. Dachau and Buchenwald: Report on conditions and prisoners' possessions list (partly microfilm)

    Report entitled 'Tiere bewachen Menschen' ('Animals keep watch over humans'), by Eric Walters, 1939; Reminiscences of life in the army entitled 'CPL Sunshine and other stories', by Eric Walters; Lists of possessions of Dachau prisoners, 23 Feb 1940-17 Sep 1942 (microfilm).

  18. Edith Payne: family correspondence

    This collection contains the personal correspondence of Edith Payne (née Guttmann). Edith was brought up in a Jewish family in Bratislava. She was studying at Caen when the Second World War broke out. She had to emigrate to England whilst her parents stayed in Bratislava. Her parents were later deported to Auschwitz concentration camp where they perished. The letters were mainly sent to Edith in England from her parents in Slovakia. There are also some messages from relatives who had emigrated and some Red Cross messages dating from 1940 to 1942. The letters describe the lives of Edith's pa...

  19. Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten: correspondence and papers (microfilm)

    Papers of the Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten , 1927-1961, including correspondence, circulars and papers of the activities of the Westdeutscher Landessportverband which was affiliated to the Sportbund im Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten notably on boxing, tennis and football, the activities of the organisation, and the relationship with other bodies such as the Zionistische Vereinigung für Deutschland and the Deutscher Makkabikreis Letter from Leo Löwenstein regarding the fallen Jewish soldiers of World War One; press cuttings on fallen Jewish soldiers of World War One, (193...