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The Beruh family correspondence comprises letters written between members of the Beruh family beginning after Gerda and Sonja’s transport to England in 1939 until Gerda and her mother, Nechama were reunited in 1945. The bulk of the letters are written by Gerda to her mother, though many letters include notes from Sonja as well. Three letters to the sisters from their father, Yaakov are also included. ...

The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Rita Oppenheimer Gelman, originally of Berlin, Germany, including her flight from Germany to Palestine in 1940. Included are postcards, photographs, and a small amount of documents. The postcards are primarily received by Rita’s maternal uncle Arno Lewenberg, who survived the Holocaust in Davos, Switzerland, from family members in Berlin. One ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Großadmiral Dr. phil h. c. Erich Hans Albert Raeder Lebensdaten 24.04.1876 geb. im damals Schleswig-Holsteinischen Wandsbek 06.11.1960 gest. in Kiel Beförderungen 16.04.1894 Kadett 13.05.1895 Seekadett 25.10.1897 Unterlieutenant zur See 09.04.1900 Oberleutnant zur See 21.03.1905 Kapitänleutnant 15.04.1911 Korvettenkapitän 26.04.1917 Fregattenkapitän 29.11.1919 Kapitän ...

The Egon Weiss papers consist of a diary written by Egon Weiss describing his 1940 voyage on the SS Milos, the explosion of the SS Patria, his internment in the Atlit detainee camp, and the following years in Jerusalem as well as a scrapbook containing biographical material and photographs relating to the Weiss family from approximately 1890 to 2009. The collection also includes correspondence between ...

The British occupied Cyprus became a strategic backwater until the early 1950s when it became Britain’s main Cold War military base in the eastern Mediterranean. Over 100,000 people attempted to illegally enter Palestine. There were 142 voyages by 120 ships. Over half were stopped by the British patrols. The Royal Navy had eight ships on station in Palestine, and additional ships were tasked with tracking ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Generalfeldmarschall Erhard Alfred Richard Oskar Milch Lebensdaten 30.03.1882 geb. in Wilhelmshaven 25.01.1972 gest. Dienstlaufbahn 24.02.1910 Eintritt in den Militärdienst als Fahnenjunker 18.10.1910 Fähnrich 18.08.1911 Leutnant (Patent vom 20.08.1909) 18.08.1915 Oberleutnant 18.08.1918 Hauptmann 28.10.1933 Char. Oberst 24.03.1934 Char. Generalmajor 30.03.1935 Generalleutnant ...

The World Jewish Congress (WJC), an international Jewish representative organization, was formed in 1936. The Organization Department of WJC was originally established in Paris, ca. 1937, under Baruch Zuckerman to increase membership, strengthen relations with and between affiliates, maintain contacts with branch offices, and improve the image of the WJC with its affiliates. When rescue activities ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Großadmiral Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz Lebensdaten 19. März 1849 geb. in Küstrin/Oder als Sohn des Appellationsgerichtsrats Rudolf Tirpitz 6. März 1930 gest. in München Werdegang (1) 24. April 1865 Eintritt als Kadett in die Preußische Marine 15. Mai 1865 Korvette "Arkona" Mitte Juni 1865 Segelschulschiff Fregatte "Niobe" 24. Juni 1866 Seekadett Juli-September ...

The records of the Institute of Jewish Affairs have been divided into five main sections, as MSS 237-41, maintaining the subject arrangement that the Institute used for its documentation collections. The records of the London office and British section of the World Jewish Congress are distributed in several places in this arrangement. The archive contains: MS 237: information from the press and other ...