Rudolf Beck: family papers

This collection of papers of an Austrian Jewish family, who emigrated to England and the USA before the war, documents, in part, the activities of the family prior to emigration; life in the UK; and post war attempts to claim property in Austria. The father, Rudolf, owned a removals business in Vienna. His contacts enabled him to ship many of his possessions to the USA (see 826/2 for correspondence between his company and Enrico Kobau's removal company, Trieste).<br />There is no succinct history of the Beck family nor is it possible to establish from the documents themselves the background and fate of all the family members.<br /> Open