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  1. Edith C. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Edith C., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1928, one of two children. She recounts her family's poverty; their orthodoxy; moving to Genoa in 1937; initiation of anti-Jewish "racial" laws after the German-Italian alliance; traveling to Nice illegally via Ventimiglia; obtaining political asylum in April 1939; assistance from a refugee committee; attending school; her father's incarceration as an enemy alien after the outbreak of war; German invasion; his release; his and her brother's incarceration in Gurs, then Rivesaltes; her brother's escape; hiding him on a nearby...

  2. Sylvia B. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Sylvia B., who was born in Lwo?w, Poland (presently L?viv, Ukraine) in 1925. She recalls moving with her family to Magerov; German occupation for two weeks; Soviet occupation; reporting for compulsory forced labor for the Soviets on June 22, 1941; German bombardment; being driven eastward by Soviet troops (she never saw her parents again), then train transport from Ternopil?; escaping from the train in Kharkiv with two friends; having to retreat with Soviets as the Germans advanced; forced labor; escaping in 1944; walking for hundreds of miles; arriving in Kiev in the...

  3. Pola M. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Pola M., who was raised in S?iauliai, Lithuania. She recalls the rich, cultural Jewish life; attending Hebrew school; Soviet occupation; German invasion; anti-Jewish measures; learning of mass killings; her father's arrest and deportation (they never saw him again); ghettoization; forced labor at airfields, then in the Radvilis?kis and Baciunai labor camps; feelings of helplessness after a public hanging in June 1943, which the Jewish Council tried to prevent but had to carry out; transformation of the ghetto into a concentration camp in September; the "children's act...

  4. Tomáš L. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Tomáš L., who was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1942. He recounts his mother's family history in Nové Zámky; his parents' marriage in Budapest in 1940 or 1941; his father's deportation in 1942 or 1943 (he has never learned what happened to him); hospitalization for an ear infection in spring 1944; his mother's visits; her disappearance; bombing of the hospital; surviving in a shelter with a nurse and a few other children; meager rations; his aunt finding him in August 1945; living with his mother's brother and his wife in Nové Zámky beginning in 1947; conversatio...

  5. Sabetai B. and Yvette L. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Yvette L., who was born in 1935 in Thessalonike?, Greece and her brother, Sabetai B., who was born there in 1931. They recall their father's export business; his arrest and release after German invasion; a Polish refugee who warned them about Jewish killings in concentration camps; only their mother giving him credence; ghettoization; the family's escape in March 1943 with assistance from a non-Jew; traveling to Lamia, then Katerine?; being taken in by strangers; returning to the ghetto five days later; leaving to live with a non-Jew (he obtained false papers for them...

  6. Selma Kahn Papers

    The collection consists mainly of unpublished manuscripts of autobiographical novels, short stories and poetry by Selma Kahn in various versions. Unfortunately, many of her manuscripts are undated, so that it is not always possible to clarify when a text was written. Her novels are largely autobiographical and focus on subjects including the First World War, the rise of national socialism in rural Germany, the Holocaust, refugee experience and the experience of return to Germany. The collection also contains a small number of documents and photos relating to Selma Kahn's personal and family...

  7. Raymond Berr Collection

    Papers relating to Miss Winnifred Child, governess, and the family of Raymond Berr, French-Jewish. In shared box. Photographs (N.d./1946); Handwritten letters addressed to Miss Child (N.d./1946); Official correspondence (1940).

  8. John Eversley Family Papers

    Family papers of David Eversley (1921 - 1995) Memorabilia, photographs, newspaperclippings and maps of Frankfurt (c 1932 - 1957); Printed leaflets relating to Frankfurt (1922 - 1950); Various personal correspondence addressed to Otto and Adele Eberstadt (1949 - 1969); Various printed material relating to Jewish heritage (1966 - 1991); Newspaperclippings relating to Fernanda Eberstadt (1991 - 1992); Various documents and correspondence relating to Twelve Force (1991 - 1997); Printed material relating to David Irving (1989 - 1990); Various personal and official corrsepondence by David Eversle...

  9. Gerda Sainer Collection

    The Sainer Papers are an accumulation of family papers from Gerda Sainer's mother and her uncle Eric Federmann in the US. The collection includes documents on family history which were created and collected by Gerda's father Paul and uncle Erich (later Eric) for the Federmann side and her mother (Eve, later Liebert) for the Kroner side. The oldest documents in the collection date from the early 1800s and confirm the official adoption of the surnames Federmann and Kroner. The collection also includes wartime correspondence, from Paul Federmann in Berlin and his brother Eric in the US and it ...

  10. Hermann and Tina Mandel Papers

    The collection provides an insight into the experiences of the Jewish Mandel family in Vienna after 1938. Apart from official documentation, such as school reports, recommendations from previous employers, birth- and marriage certificates, the collection also contains personal letters from 1938 through to 1959.The letters demonstrate how the Mandel family struggled to escape from persecution, particularly after Hermann Mandel had been arrested in early February 1939. Tina Mandel and her son emigrated to Britain, where she received letters from Hermann Mandel, via a relative in Switzerland, ...

  11. Ilse Eton papers

    A large part of the collection relates to restitution claims made by Helene Ursell, Leo Einhorn and Ilse Eton herself. Helene Ursell was represented in Germany by a former family friend and lawyer, the previous mayor of Attendorn. Her claim was for the loss of property, including furnishings, paintings, silverware etc. and the legacy of her parents. She also brought a case for her pension claims as the widow of Siegfried Ursell Leo Einhorn started his claim in 1955 and he went through the United Restitution Office (URO) who represented his claim, mainly compensation for his imprisonment and...

  12. Waclaw Piotrowski Letter

    1 handwritten, original letter from Auschwitz (1942) to the sender's mother Maria in Poznan.

  13. Julius Rothschild Papers

    Official correspondence from Julius and Carry Ruth Rothschild (1957); Financial correspondence of Julius Rothschild (1955 - 1956): Passport applications (N.d.); Will of Carry Ruth Rothschild (1956); Various official papers relating to Carry Ruth Rothschild and Julius Rothschild (1939 - 1954); Death certificates (1955 - 1966).

  14. Ruth Locke Collection

    Papers relating to the family of Ruth Locke (nee Neumeyer). Printed material relating to Martin Ephraim (1992/N.d.); Typed testimony of Dr Hirschberg's experiences of Auschwitz (1944-1945); Typed letters from Vera Neumeyer (1942); Handwritten letter from Vera Neumeyer to her children in England (N.d.); Typed letter from Julius Kohn to Ruth and Raimund (1939). Photocopies of originals.

  15. Max Sondheimer Collection

    Papers and photographs belonging to Max Sondheimer, German-Jewish soldier. "War Diary" notebook (1915 - 1916); German Passport (1937); Photo album from the front (c. 1915); Handwritten letter (1917); Memorabilia magazine of WWI; Written document "Batterie 8/6 1915 - 1918" (1930).

  16. Carlebach Collection

    This collection mainly consists of papers related to Julius Carlebach (1922 - 2001) moved life, concerning his work in the Jewish Orphanage Norwood, his academic career and his religious placements and engagement. Few papers providing personal impressions reflecting his early life experiences in Nazi Germany, arriving in Great Britain as a refugee through the first Kindertransport in 1938 and commemorations on his father Josef Carlebach, former Chief Rabbi in Hamburg. His father and most other family members were killed in concentration camp. Guidance The collection consists of corresponden...

  17. Andrew Gummers Collection

    Documents relating to Julius Gummers education (1922 - 1934); Documents relating to Julius and Grete Gummers emigration to Spain and UK (1935 - 1937); Documents and correspondence relating to naturalisation in the UK (1947); Various official documents (1877 - 1936); German newspaperclippings (1929 - 1945) announcing their loss of German nationality; Documents relating to Andrew Gummers education (1945 - 1958); Various correspondence (1929 - 1946); "Papers concerning the Treatment of German Nationals in Germany 1938-1939", printed book (1939); Correspondence (2002).

  18. Hugo Steinhardt Collection

    Printed material relating to The Cedar Boys (N.d); Printed material relating to Hugo Steinhardt (1998); 1 photograph.

  19. Alfred and Klari Koster Family Papers

    Correspondence received by Alfred and Klari Koster after their engagement and subsequent wedding, including: Handwritten notes; Telegrams from Palestine; Telegrams from Germany; Calling cards. All signed with names.

  20. Susan Wallace Family Papers

    Documents relating to Goldschmidt and Ungar families, including family trees dating back to 1397 (c 1820 - 1909); Documents relating to Portheim family, with printed material relating to Leopold von Portheim's carrer (N.d); Documents relating to the Wallach family; Article on Wertheimber family (1788 - ); Document relating toWallace family history, with legal documents on Elizabeth and Leopold Portheim; Memoirs by Vica Henrion (1949); Printed documents on the Herz family (1863); Material on the Noether family (N.d.); Documents relating to von Portheim Familys properties in Prague.