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Letters written on concentration camp form stationary from Kurt Kastan to his wife Rosa (Rosel) and their daughters in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland). The letters are primarily written from the Sachsenhausen and Ravensbrück concentration camps, between February 1941 and February 1942.

<div>Heinz Ludwig Süssmann was born into a Jewish family in Breslau (Wrocław) on 24 October 1911 son of Alexander Süssmann, who had apparently died while Heinz was still young, and Rosalie Süssmann née Landsberger. After attending &nbsp;Realgymnasium in Breslau he later completed a business studies apprenticeship at a textile firm in the city where he learnt all aspects of the business specialising ...

Ludwig Guttmann (1899-1980) was a neurologist, reknowned for establishing the Paralympic Games in England. A German Jew, who began his studies at Breslau University in 1918, transferring to Freiburg University where he received his doctorate in 1924. During the Nazi era he was banned from practising medicine professionally but was allowed to treat Jews only. He became the director of the Jewish hospital ...

<p>The following biographical notes were provided by the depositor, the daughter of Dorothea and granddaughter of Wilhelm Gross and Gertrud Gross-Sachs.</p><div>Wilhelm and Getrud Gross were typical middle class Germans living in Breslau. Wilhelm was professor of engineering and Gertrud was the daughter of wealthy industrialists (her uncle, Karl Gross, had a substantial collection of art works and ...

German identification and travel documents issued to Ernst Guttmann in Breslau, Germany, from where he emigrated in 1939 on a Kindertransport. Documents include a child's identification card and a standard identification card, the latter marked with the letter "J." Also included are identification card issued to Guttmann in Harwich, England, August 1939, and railway and steamship ticket for travel ...

Original documents relating to emigration attempts by the Benno Popielarz family, originally of Breslau, Germany (Wrocław, Poland). Include photostat of a letter of recommendation from the Reichsbund juedischer Frontsoldaten, attesting to the good character of Benno Popielarz (1939); a carbon copy typescript list of the belongings that the Popielarz family had to declare prior to emigration, listing ...

Photo album and loose photographs depicting the Dienemann family from Breslau and Waldenburg, Germany, sent to Lilo Dienemann (donor's mother) who left Germany on a Kindertransport to Sweden; photographs showing Lilo in Sweden. Includes a partial envelope in which the photo album was sent to Sweden. Documents include original and copies of birth certificate for George Dienemann (donor's maternal grandfather) ...

<p>Charlotte Lewin was a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany who came to England in March 1938. Whilst in London and later Darlington she worked as a German language teacher for HM Forces. At the same time she expended much time and effort in helping friends and family escape from Nazi Germany. Much of the value of these papers may be said to lie in the correspondence between Charlotte Lewin and friends ...

Geschichte des Bestandsbildners MdR (DStP, 1930-1932), Botschafter Biografischer Abriss Wolfgang Jaenicke Der am 17. Oktober 1881 als Sohn der Breslauer Bürgermeisters geborene Wolfgang Jaenicke studierte nach dem Abitur von 1900 bis 1904 Rechts- und Staatswissenschaften in Berlin, Breslau und Freiburg. Von 1919 bis 1930 war er Regierungspräsident des Regierungsbezirks Breslau. Gleichzeitig war er ...