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

  1. Wilfrid Israel: copy correspondence

    The material in this collection comprises copies of correspondence to and from Wilfrid Israel, the originals of which are held in archives in the UK, the USA and Israel. The letters were used by Naomi Shepherd in the research on her book Wilfrid Israel: German Jewry’s Secret Ambassador. There follows Naomi Shepherd’s introduction to the collection.Wilfrid Israel was a prolific letter writer and this collection indicates the breadth of his interests and activities including pacifism and internationalism during the first two decades of the 20th century; Zionism- in which he was a follower of ...

  2. Wilfrid Israel: correspondence

    This collection consists of original correspondence from Wilfrid Israel to Diana Hopkinson, English friends of the former, who first met at Lola Hahn Warburg's Wannsee home.

  3. Wilhelm Keitel: Letter re promotion of Pinckvoss

    Original letter from Wilhelm Keitel, chief of staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, to General Dollmann regarding the promotion of ‘Pinckvoss'.

  4. Wilhelm Pollak: personal papers

    This collection consists of the personal papers of Wilhelm Pollak, a Jewish refugee from Vienna who was forced to emigrate in 1939 after his release from Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps.Personal papers including correspondence and diary entries (including summarised translations) concerning Pollak's imprisonment, arrangements for his emigration to England and his stay at various internment camps. Also included are photocopies of inventories of Phillip and Friederike Pollak's property in Vienna.

  5. Wilhelm Rosenbaum: copy verdict in war crimes trial

    This document comprises copy extracts from the verdict and judgment in the case against Wilhelm Karl Johannes Rosenbaum

  7. William Scheer papers

    This collection contains primarily school and college certificates of Wilhelm Scheer from his time growing up in Poland. Also included is an Italian id document, 1939; a US naturalisation certificate, 1946; sundry other material; and photographs of William Scheer and other family members.

  9. Wolffing family: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of the Wolffing family who lived in Würzburg, Bavaria. The family emigrated to England from Nazi Germany to escape Nazi persecution just before the outbreak of the Second World War. The collection mainly contains documents concerning generations of family members living in the 19th century whose exact relations are unknown: Simon Wolffing (born in c 1788, perfumer); Isidor Wolffing (born in 1834, distiller), Selma Wolffing (born in 1881, pianist), and Marie Krebs and Ernst Wolffing (were engaged in 1880).The collection mainly concerns earlier gen...

  10. Wolfgang and Werner Loewy: Correspondence

    This collection of correspondence documents the fate of 2 German Jewish émigré brothers and their families who managed to escape from Berlin in 1939 to Shanghai and Cawnpore, India respectively.

  11. Wolfgang Salinger collection

    This collection contains original correspondence from members and friends of the Salinger family to Wolfgang Salinger who fled Germany for England in 1939; personal papers, such as certificates, postcards and a family tree; and photographs.

  12. Wolfram Sievers: Documents regarding his SS membership

    Readers need to reserve a terminal in the reading room to access a digital version of this archive.Microfilm file of documents on Wolfram Sievers concerning his SS membership, including Lebenslauf, SS muster roll extract; personnel questionnaire; service career; examination certificates 

  13. World Jewish Congress conference on antisemitism: records

    Readers need to reserve a terminal in the reading room to access a digital version of this archive.Country survey on anti-Semitism: Great Britain, 23 framesCountry survey on anti-Semitism: France, 22 framesCountry survey on anti-Semitism: Sweden, 7 framesCountry survey on anti-Semitism: Switzerland, 5 framesCountry survey on anti-Semitism: Austria, 6 framesCountry survey on anti-Semitism: Belgium, 7 framesCountry survey on anti-Semitism: Italy, 7 framesCountry survey on anti-Semitism: Greece, 3 framesReport by the Federal German Ministry of the Interior, 9 framesSurvey of Anti-semitism and ...

  14. World Jewish Congress: Central files

    Central Files consists of 103 boxes (41.2 linear feet) containing history of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), especially prior to 1940. The series includes correspondence and miscellaneous other materials of WJC leaders, together with minutes and records of conferences and committee meetings. The series name, “Central Files”, was adopted from an existing WJC series consisting of executive files and records from conferences and committees. Central Files includes material unrelated to any one specific department. For more material on specific departments see Series B through G.Spanning the ye...

  15. World Jewish Congress: material re first congress

    This collection includes letters, declarations and other material regarding the first meeting of the World Jewish Congress held in Geneva between 8 and 14 August 1936. Correspondents and contributors in this collection include Chaim Weizmann, David Ben Gurion, Simon Dubnow, Lord Robert Cecil, Sir Neil Malcolm, Stephen Wise, Dr Nahum Goldmann, Henri Berenger, Dr J Niemirower.

  16. World Jewish Congress: memorandum on genocide

    This document contains observations and comments by the World Jewish Congress on the United Nations' Draft Convention on Genocide

  17. World Jewish Congress: minutes of meetings

    This collection includes copies of minutes of meetings of the executive and administrative committees of the World Jewish Congress, held in Paris and Vienna, in addition to other papers.

  18. World Jewish Congress: publication excerpt

    Excerpt for an unknown publication entitled Jüdischer Weltkongress und Judenfrage in OesterreichGerman 1 page 

  19. World Jewish Congress: various reports

    This collection consists of reports, communiqués and newsletter from the World Jewish Congress regarding the situation of Jews in Austria and Yugoslavia.

  20. World Media Forum

    Text of speech by Ambassador Thomas Borer- Fielding- negative portrayal of Switzerland in the US and UK media