Consists of photographs, documents, and correspondence relating to the experiences of the Blumenstein family in Vienna, Austria, on board the MS St. Louis, in hiding in Holland, and their efforts to flee Nazi-occupied Europe. Includes a photograph of the donor's father in Sosua, Dominican Republic and a photograph taken in a Quaker camp for refugees in Havana, Cuba.

Kartei und Unterlagen des Forschungsprojekts "Pädagogisch-Politische Emigration 1933-45 (PPE)", darin unter anderem Unterlagen zu: Quäker-Schulen, Recco-Schule, Pestalozzi-Schulen, Kinderheimen, Landschulheim Florenz; Sammlungen zu unterschiedlichen Projekten, Ausstellungen und Veröffentlichungen, zum Beispiel zu: Schulen im Exil, Landeserziehungsheimen, Stockbridge School (USA), jüdisches Kinder- ...

Copyright Holder: Mr. Bernard Wilson

<p>This collection contains the personal papers of the Sturmthal and Löwenstein families from Bad Pyrmont and Steinheim respectively, Germany, who fled to England with the help of the Quakers in 1939.</p>Family papers including birth, marriage and death certificates, German passports (1754/1-3), Dina Löwenstein's certificate of naturalisation and correspondence from Steinheim Town Council regarding ...

Contains photocopies of a personal narrative by Hugh Jenkins describing his experiences in Bergen-Belsen as well as British Red Cross and British military documents relating to the camp after liberation. Also contains photocopies of two photographs depicting the burning of structures at Bergen-Belsen.

The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in this World War II drama. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin, a Quaker whose sincere pacifist sentiments do not sit well with his crew members. One of the caracters is a junior officer roaming the ship in search of homosexual adventures.

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Contains the remembrances of Lily Zelenka in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, as a victim of deportation, prisoner in several concentration camps, and survivor of the Holocaust. "Little Lily" covers a general span of time from 1900 through the 1950s. "Little Lily" was written by Claire Ramsay as told to her by Lily Zelenka in 1981.

In de Onafhankelijke Contactcommissie voor Vredeswerk werkten samen: Algemene Nederlandse Vredesactie, Doopsgezinde Vredesgroep, Federatie Vrije Socialisten, Geloofsgemeenschap van Christen Anti-Militaristen "Kerk en Vrede", Nederlands Syndicalistisch Vakverbond, Onafhankelijk Verbond van Bedrijfsorganisaties, Vredesbeweging "De Derde Weg", Het Genootschap der Vrienden (Quakers), Vereniging "De Vrije ...

<p>This collection contains the family papers of the Jewish family of Victor and Marianne Strauss and their sons Helmut and Kurt. The family emigrated from Germany in 1939 to excape Nazi persecution. Includes transcripts and translations of a selection of Helmut Strauss's letters.</p><p>Included are correspondence and papers relating to Helmut's school education in England and internment in the UK ...

Copyright Holder: Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Alwin Goldschmied, was arrested in April 1938 by the Gestapo and eventually perished in Auschwitz having reached there via Drancy. The daughter, the depositor, Ellinor, came to England in 1939 with the assistance of the Quakers. Maria Goldschmied seems to have spent the majority of the war in a small town called Stiefern with relatives some 90 km from Vienna. In August 1946 she came to England.

Ellen Gale is the wife of Manfred Gale (Gallewski). Manfred (also known as Manni) lived with his family in Trebnitz, Germany. After Hitler came to power, the family was persecuted culminating in the imprisonment of Richard Gallewski (Manfred's father) in Buchenwald. He was released after two weeks because he was a hero of World War I. The family; Richard (father), Kate (mother), Manfred, and Klaus, ...

Samuel Benedict Hagner was born on 1 November 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to George Willis Hagner and Evelyn Benedict Hagner. He had two brothers: George and John. Samuel grew up in a Quaker family and attended Oberlin College. He was inducted into the United States Army in January 1944 and trained as a medical corpsman. He went to Europe in December 1944 and joined the 7th Army. His unit were ...

<p>This collection contains photocopies of Vera Coppard-Leibovic's (née Ilse Rosendorff) identity cards, a former Jewish Kindertransportee from Berlin whose parents decided to send her to England in 1939 to avoid her being exposed to Nazi persecution.</p>Copy identity cards including a 'Judenkarte' (German ID card for Jews) and identity card for young people under the care of the Inter-Aid Committee ...

The papers consist of an identification card (Carte D'Identité) issued under the false name of Paul Rudefleuve, a birth certificate under the same false name issued in the Departement du Haut-Rhin, and a photograph of Paul Levie in a children's home in Aspet, France.

Hans (Peter) Garfunkel was born in Koenigsberg, East Prussia on Apr. 21, 1924, to Julius and Paula Lonky Garfunkel. On Jan. 30, 1939, he escaped to Brussels, Belgium on a Kindertransport, and lived in an orphanage there until May 14, 1940, when he escaped to France after the German invasion of Belgium. On Aug. 26, 1942, Hans was arrested by the Vichy police and taken to Le Vernet, where he was liberated ...

Consists of original and digital documents and photographs related to the life of Suse Lore Alice Samson (later known as Alice Samson), originally of Edesheim, Germany. Includes Alice's written testimony, copies of documents and photographs, and correspondence regarding her attempts to find out the fates of her family and restitution for lost property. Includes correspondence with the International ...

The Margaret Klein Goetz family correspondence consists primarily of letters, telegrams, and postcards to Margaret Klein from her parents and sister in Heidelberg and then Gurs, Les Milles, Nexon, and Masseube. The correspondence documents the family’s efforts to immigrate to the United States, money and parcels received by the family members in the camps through Quaker and Swiss relief agencies and ...

During World War II, more than 12,000 male conscientious objectors seeking alternatives to military service entered Civilian Public Service to do forestry, soil conservation, or other "work of national importance." But this government-sponsored, church-supported program also attracted some 2,000 women - most of whom were part of Mennonite, Amish, Brethren, or Quaker families with deeply held antiwar ...

<p>Francis and Anna Wahle came to Great Britain on a Kindertransport organised by the Quakers from their home city, Vienna, in 1939. Whilst both children were raised as Catholics, they qualified for inclusion as their parents, Karl and Hedwig, had converted from Judaism. Anna grew up to become an ordained nun and a member of the order ‘Our Lady of Sion’ (specifically dedicated to Christian-Jewish understanding) ...

Roswell Dunlop McClelland (1914-1995) was born in Palo Alto, California, to Ross St. John McClelland and Alice (Alys) M. Mitchell. He studied French, German, Italian and American literature, graduating with a BA from Duke University in 1936 and an MA from Columbia University in 1940. During his studies, Roswell learned to speak German and Italian. On November 19, 1938, he married Marjorie Helen Miles ...

<p>Ralph Liebman was born Rolf Liebmann on 6 July 1928, son of Oscar and Rosie Liebmann in Mannheim, Baden, Germany. He had a brother, Heinz (later Harry), who was born 29 October 1922. Their father, Oscar, came from a Jewish family in the Palatinate in Southwest Germany. His paternal grandfather had died in about 1901 and Oscar, then aged 19, took over the family business of wholesale textiles. Ralph's ...