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Holding Institution: The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide

  3. Paul Hollander: personal papers

    This collection of copy papers contains material which documents the activities of Paul Hollander, a German Jewish refugee in France who joined the French Foreign Legion at the beginning of World War II and was subsequently sent to a forced labour camp in North Africa. Of particular interest in this collection are reports on conditions in the labour camps of Colomb Behar, Kenadsa (Algeria) and Bour-Arfa (French Morocco) (963/11) and the prison camp of Hadjerat m'Guil (963/7)At 963/19 is a copy letter from Dr. C. F. J. Bergmann regarding the possibility of compensation payments from the Fren...

  4. Captain Perry: copy personal papers

    This miscellaneous collection of copy papers of Captain P. J. C. Perry of the British Control Commission, sector Berlin, documents in part his role and activities as a member of the British military authorities in Berlin in the immediate post-war period. He is variously described as the nutrition officer of the nutrition and agriculture department of the military authority; Commander for the admission of motor vehicles; and ‘Herrn Keppenperie' (964/4).

  5. Hampstead Garden Suburb Care Committee for Refugee Children: index

    These index cards are evidence of the activities of the Hampstead Garden Suburb Care Committee for Refugee Children in connection with the Movement for the Care of Children from Germany (British Inter-Aid Committee). The index cards of the children contain personal data and passport photographs. It seems that the cards were produced following a British Government initiative to simplify admittance procedures for children up to the age of 17 years.There are essentially 3 types of index card. One gives the particulars of the child, including the fate of the parents, and often has passport phot...

  6. Alfred Danziger: Copy personal papers

    These copy papers document, in part, the life of Alfred Danziger. The copy papers have been annotated with descriptive remarks.

  9. Dr. Wilhelm Freyhahn: description of Buchenwald

    This is a copy of a letter from Max Bollag of Basel, dated 26 August 1938, the bulk of which consists of an account by Dr. Wilhelm Freyhahn's experiences of Buchenwald concentration camp, where he was an inmate until July 1938.

  10. Ilse Kaiser: correspondence re Erich Kaiser

    The copy correspondence in this collection between Ilse Kaiser and the publishers K. G. Saur Verlag concerns the inclusion of a biographical entry for Erich Kaiser, Ilse's brother, a German emigré journalist.

  12. Siegfried Kessler: Correspondence

    This collection of mostly original correspondence between Siegfried Kessler, a Czech Jewish exile in London, and various organisations and individuals, sheds light on the conditions of Czech Jews in Czechoslovakia in the early years of the war and the processes involved in getting them out.According to an incomplete curriculum vitae at -/20

  13. Hans Woltär: Copy postcard to Moritz Kupfer

    The subject matter of this copy postcard and transcription is concerned with the provision of supplies and queries about the health and well being of family and friends

  14. Julia Rahmer: Papers re Neu Beginnen

    This collection of copy documents of Julia Rahmer, a former member of the underground Leninist group Neu Beginnen, gives some insight into the activities of the group and the realities of life as a member.

  16. Josef Mengele: Copy papers

    This collection consists of copy papers which document Josef Mengele's early life and career in the SS and also his life in exile in South America.

  17. 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...

  19. Abraham family: Copy correspondence

    The copy correspondence in this collection documents the experiences of a German Jewish family in Berlin and England.

  20. Kristallnacht: Miscellaneous extracts and articles

    This collection consists of manuscript and typescript extracts of contemporary newspaper articles about Reichskristallnacht, and unidentified letters and notes about the same. It appears to be an artificial collection.