GB 1556 WL 1310 - Cohn, Chaja: Memoirs of German Jewish exile

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GB 1556 WL 1310

Title

Cohn, Chaja: Memoirs of German Jewish exile

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  • 20th century (Creation)

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1 file

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Chaja Cohn, a former refugee residing in Israel, was responsible for collecting these accounts.

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GB 1556 WL 1310 20th century Collection level (fonds) 1 file Cohn , Chaja , fl 1997

Chaja Cohn, a former refugee residing in Israel, was responsible for collecting these accounts.

Chaja Cohn

Papers of Chaja Cohn comprise the story of Vogelei Bilekowicz, who describes the persecution and murder by the Nazis of members of her Jewish community in Przemyst, Poland, and the subsequent exodus of her and her family; the story of Esther Jonas-Leiner-Bauer, Jewish refugee from Hamburg; the story of Alfons and Margarete Pietrowski, Jewish refugees from Posen, Poland and miscellaneous stories.

Arranged in original order.

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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

English

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

February 2008 Cohn , Chaja , fl 1997 Crime Eastern Europe Homicide Humanitarian law Jews Migrants Nazism Poland Political doctrines Refugees Religion Religious discrimination Religious groups Totalitarianism War crimes

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Chaja Cohn

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Papers of Chaja Cohn comprise the story of Vogelei Bilekowicz, who describes the persecution and murder by the Nazis of members of her Jewish community in Przemyst, Poland, and the subsequent exodus of her and her family; the story of Esther Jonas-Leiner-Bauer, Jewish refugee from Hamburg; the story of Alfons and Margarete Pietrowski, Jewish refugees from Posen, Poland and miscellaneous stories.

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Accruals

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Arranged in original order.

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Open

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

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Wiener Library

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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