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GB 1556 WL 1230 · Collection · 1939-1941

Papers of Jewish girl in Vienna, 1939-1941, comprise mirror image typescript mimeographed transcript of correspondence from a 12 year old Jewish girl in Vienna and her aunt to relatives in Great Britain describing conditions in the city.

Leni , fl 1939-1941
GB 1556 WL 981 · Collection · 1939-1945

Papers of Abraham family, 1939-1945, comprise copies of correspondence between members of the Abraham family, documenting the family's experiences within Berlin and England.

Abraham family
Abrams, Vicky (1900-1989)
GB 1556 WL 1031 · 1898-1987

The personal papers of Vicky Abrams, 1900-1989, notably comprise her personal papers and correspondence, 1031/1/1-206; personal papers and correspondence of other family members, 1031/2/1-108 and material regarding Neu Beginnen, 1031/3/1-12.

Vicky Abrams's personal collection comprises the bulk of the total papers and notably contains a Vienna University report book, 1925 (1031/1/1); references from Abrams employer Das Magazin, 1933 (1031/1/2-3); Gestapo protective custody order, 8 August 1938 (1031/1/7); release permit from KZ Lichtenburg, Pretin, Saxony,13 March 1939 (1031/1/8). The collection also includes photographs including portraits of Abrams taken in KZ Lichtenburg (1031/1/15); correspondence from Abrams to her family in Vienna, written from prison [mostly KZ Lichtenburg]; correspondence between Vicky Abrams and the following former comrades and authors of articles about Neu Beginnen: Georg Müller, Helga Lichtenecker, Henry Hellmann, Ernst Lowe, Rainer Sandvoss, Otto Sperling and Richard Loewenthal (Rix). The collection also comprises writings of Vicky Abrams including poetry written in Jauer prison camp, Saxony, 1937-1938 (1031/1/202); draft accounts of life for women in Nazi prison camps, (1031/1/205).

The second section of this collection contains papers and correspondence of Abrams family members (1031/2/1-108) most notably from Hans Julius to the family ; the third section, concerning Neu Beginnen, notably contains copy documentation and articles about Neu Beginnen including a copy indictment against members of the organisation, dated 27 August 1936; articles about Neu Beginnen (1031/3/2 and 1031/3/4) and obituaries of Walter and Ernst Lowe (Löwenheim) (1031/3/6-9).

Abranowicz , Hedwig , 1900-1989 , magazine editor , alias Vicky Abrams
GB 1556 WL 1244 · Collection · 1942

Papers comprising an account of life in a Polish ghetto, 1942, contain copy extracts from a letter by a Jewish woman in a ghetto in Poland, in which she describes the horrendous living conditions. Mention is made of the immanent arrival of a Swiss commission of inspection.

Unknown
ADLER, H G (1910-1988)
GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP147 · 1807-1997

Papers of H G Adler 1807-1997, including photocopies of Adler's correspondence, 1947-1987, including with Hermann Broch and Heinrich Böll. Notebooks containing manuscript poems, 1924 and nd; photograph of Adler in old age. File entitled 'Theresienstadt private erinnerungen' containing items from Theresienstadt including drafts of poems, sketches, and notes to his first wife. Unpublished typescript copy of Leo Baeck's Die Entwick lung der Rechtsstekkung der Juden in Europe, vornehmlich in Deutschland, vom Beginn der Neuzeit bis in das XIX. Jahrhundert, (c 1942-1943). Corrected original typescript copy of Adler's Theresienstadt [1948], (beleived to be the second or third carbon copy). Typescript copies of Adler's Schuldig und Unshuldig, 1954-1967, Die Anseidlung dargestellt als Roman,Die Prüfung and England: Eindrück Eines Ahnungslosen. Typescript copy of articles by Adler including 'Gerdenken an Prag', 1981, and 'Die Protokolle der weisen von zion.' Photocopies of typescript books and articles by Adler, notably Der Mechanische Materialismus, Raoul Feuerstein and Die Orthodoxie des Herzens. Typescript poems by Adler, 1927-1988. Manuscript sheet music by Viktor Ullmann 'Der Mensch und sein Tag', based on poems by Adler. Tapes, including of an obituary of Adler broadcast on the BBC Czech Service, 1988. Complete collection of the first editions of the 24 works of Adler, four of which have extended presentation inscriptions by the author; periodical offprints by Adler and contributions by Adler to anthologies and books edited and translated by Adler. Printed photocopies of the statements made in the trial of Adolf Eichmann, bound in 6 volumes, in German, (Israeli Police, 1961), and transcripts for the preliminary investigations for the trial.; catalogue of the literary estate of H G Adler by Jeremy Adler and Franz Hocheneder and PhD dissertation by Franz Hocheneder 'HG Adler: Werk und Nachlass - Eine Bibliographische Studie', 1997.

Adler , Hans Günther , 1910-1988 , author of Holocaust literature
Aguilar Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 378 · 1831-1853

Papers, 1831-1853, of Grace Aguilar. The first part of the collection consists of her manuscript notebooks. The second part is manuscript material in other hands, consisting of a book of tributes to Aguilar, a description of her last illness, and an account for the administration of her estate. The collection also contains copies of several of her printed works.

Aguilar , Grace , 1816-1847 , writer
ALEXANDER, Joshua (d 1876)
GB 0074 ACC/1471 · Collection · 1843-1908

Records of Joshua Alexander, solicitor and property developer, recording the drawing up of building agreements and the granting of leases of the resulting houses. None of the agreements or leases survive but the pattern of development can be traced through the accounts of advances for building and the ground rents received for leases.

Building agreements and lease books: These books record cash advances made by Joshua Alexander and his business partner William Bradshaw under building agreements for the development of their various estates. When leases were granted of newly erected houses, ground rents received under them were likewise recorded. Apart from including names of lessees and addresses of property leased, the books are heavily annotated with references to court proceedings, assignments of interests and other actions necessary for administrating estates. Each book is indexed under names of tenants.

Rentals: These record the payment of ground rents by lessee of houses on the various estates described above. Each rental is arranged by estate and contains name and address of lessee or assignee, address of property rented, amount of ground rent due and summaries of totals..

Letter books: family and personal letters. Copies of letters from Lionel Alexander of personal and family nature, many concerning involvement with Jewish institutions, charities and general affairs, also copies of letters to press and articles.

Alexander , Joshua , d 1876 , solicitor and property developer
Altmann Archive
GB 0103 ALTMANN · [1920-1997]

The Altmann collection, [1920-1997], comprises papers of Alexander Altmann; papers of his brothers, Manfred and Erwin Altmann, Altmann family papers and papers relating to the Institute of Jewish Studies. Includes memoirs, diaries, draft manuscripts, research papers, letters, photographs, audio-visual material, family research papers, financial and legal papers and papers relating to publications and conferences.

Altmann , Alexander , 1906-1987 , rabbi Altmann , Manfred , 1911-1999 , chairman of the Institute of Jewish Studies Altmann , Erwin , fl 1920-1930 , brother of Alexander and Manfred Altmann
GB 1556 WL 1278 · 1956-1960

Papers of Anglo-Jewish Association, 1956-1960, comprise press releases containing paragraphs on the role of the organisation, on the organisation's involvement in the Claims Conference, on the views of the organisation's President with respect to the Middle East and world affairs, 1956; statement by the President, Mr R N Carvalho, 1957; speech by Carvalho at a dinner to mark the centenary of the political emancipation of British Jews, 1958; notes on the proposal to transfer the Human Rights Commission into a specialised agency of UNO by Leon Zeitlin, 1960.

Anglo-Jewish Association
ANGLO-JEWISH EDUCATION
GB 0074 ACC/2712/AJE · Collection · 1861-1995

Records of the United Synagogue's own Board of Jewish Religious Education, as well as the London Board of Jewish Religious Education and its predecessor the Jewish Religious Education Board, and other bodies such as the Union of Hebrew and Religious Classes, the Jewish Association for the Diffusion of Religious Knowledge, the Jewish Memorial Council, the Central Council for Jewish Religious Education and the Jewish Voluntary Schools Association. Also records of individual schools and institutions such as the Jews Free School, Jewish Infant Schools, Westminster Jews Free School, Ilford Jewish Primary School and Michael Sobell Sinai School. The records themselves include minutes, correspondence, reports, annual reports, financial records, registers of bar mitzvah tests, printed material such as publicity, brochures, prospectuses, journals and press cuttings, and the papers of Governing bodies.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

United Synagogue , Board of Jewish Religious Education
GB 1556 WL 876 · 1933-1945

Leaflets advertising demonstrations and meetings in protest against antisemitic measures in Germany and exhorting readers to boycott German products, by a number of British Jewish interest groups and political groups, 1933-1935, and series of prayers and intercessions on behalf of German Jewry produced in London by the office of the Chief Rabbi, 1933-1945.

Various Office of the Chief Rabbi, London
GB 1556 WL 1450 · [1933-1945]

Antisemitic painting, coloured, possibly the page of a book or brochure (Pag. 392 is printed in the top right corner), in the Judensau tradition.

The main picture shows three Jews who are wearing so-called 'Jew-hats'. The headline reads: Au weih [Rabbi Ansehl?] au au Mausch auwei au au; under the Headline is a picture of an injured body of a child with the banner: Diese Abbildung stehet zu Frankfurt am Maijn am Bruecken Thurm abgemahlt.

The statement beneath the painting reads: A I475, am Gruenen Donnerstag ward das Kindlein Simeo 2 half Jahr alt von den Juden umgebracht. Sauff du die Milch friss du den dreck das ist doch euer bestes geschleck.

Unknown
GB 1556 WL 1124 · Collection · 1935-1940

Papers concerning antisemitic discrimination in the Third Reich, 1935-1940, relating to the workplace discrimination against Jews during this period and notably comprise copies of correspondence including a notification to Willy Kroener, a dentist, that he must have a plaque outside his house stating that treatment is restricted to Jews only, 20 Feb 1939; correspondence to Magdalena Meyerstein, Leipzig, from the Reichstheaterkammer that she can no longer be a member of that organisation, 9 Apr 1937-6 Sep 1940 and a pro-forma letter from the Reichsnährstand, Kleve, Rheinland, regarding the treatment of those who have dealings with Jewish traders, [1930s].

Various
GB 1556 WL 987 · Collection · 1938

Papers concerning antisemitic measures in Nazi Germany, 1938, comprising a typescript copy of an order given by Hermann Wilhelm Goering outlining Adolf Hitler's decisions concerning Jews and their property and residence; including use of dining cars and sleepers on trains; ban from entry to certain hotels and restaurants; pensions and mixed marriages. The collection includes an English translation.

Unknown
Antisemitic notices
GB 1556 WL 1386 · 1930s

Antisemitic notices comprise two small paper notices stamped with the Anti-semitic slogan Kauft nicht bei Juden(Don't buy from Jews), [1933-1939].

Unknown
Antisemitism in Argentina
GB 1556 WL 687 · 1935-1938

Antisemitism in Argentina: various papers, 1935-1938, is divided into five sections. The first section comprises papers of Delegacíon de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas, including a manuscript report about the role of Alexander Lux in the service of the German Propaganda ministry, 1935 and a list with biographical notes of the members of the Committee against Racism and Antisemitism, 1935 (687/1).

The second section comprises copy correspondence of Hilfsverein Deutschsprechender Juden relating to German Jewish immigrants in Argentina and Brazil 1936-1937 (687/2).

The third, Comite contra el Racismo y el Antisemitismo de la Argentina printed declarations, 1937 and notes on the first Congress against Antisemitism and Racism which took place in Buenos Aries in August 1938 (687/3).

The fourth, an Organizacion popular contra el Antisemitismo letter to the President of Argentina [1935-1938] (687/4); and the fifth section, papers regarding German Jewish immigration to Argentina and unidentified satirical pamphlet exhorting people to visit Germany [1938] (687/5).

Delegacíon de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas Hilfsverein Deutschsprechender Juden Comite contra el Racismo y el Antisemitismo de la Argentina Organizacion popular contra el Antisemitismo
GB 1556 WL 749 · 1931-1937

Reports on the situation of Jewish schools in Poland in 1931 and 1937 comprising report by Elchonon Lewin, president of Verband der jüdischen Studenten Vereine in Polen on the effect of the anti-Jewish boycott movement; the fears of further restricted entry into the teaching profession; the failure of the Polish Socialist Party in opposing the antisemitic measures and the need for well known writers and professors to voice their disapproval of the current trend, 6 Jan 1931, and a report providing statistics on the state of school provision for Jewish school children and describing the extent of poverty and deprivation endured by them, 24 Feb 1937.

Lewin , Elchonon , fl 1931 , president of Verband der jüdischen Studenten Vereine in Polen
GB 1556 WL 663 · Collection · 1936-1940

Papers giving evidence of anti-Semitic measures taken by the Nazis, comprising a letter from Preussische Gestapo to the Reichsnährstand regarding the appropriation of a Jewish convalescent home in Belzig, Brandenburg, 29 Jul 1936; letter from Gestapo Hamburg, 23 Sep 1939, to all Jews in the greater Hamburg region detailing procedures for the seizure of all radios in accordance with an order made on 1 Sep 1939 and notice from the Gestapo Bielefeld regarding a curfew for Jews, 9 May 1940.

Jewish Central Information Office
GB 1556 WL 1001 · Collection · 1925-1930s

Papers concerning Antisemitism in the USA, 1925-1930s, comprising antisemitic printed tracts including correspondence between Hugo Valentin, N W Rogers and The Jewish Central Information Office regarding the antisemitic material in the Wiener Library (Ref 1001/1 - antisemitic tracts collection).

Various
GB 1556 WL MF 2 · 1939-1961

Archives du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge collection, 1939-1961, comprises files, reports and correspondence on the following subject areas: Jews (various dossiers); relief and questions of principle; camps; appeals; emigration; High Commissioner for Refugees; Jewish organisations; deportations; projects; investigations; case files; visits to camps and ghettos; special mission in Iraq.

Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (International Committee of the Red Cross)
GB 1556 WL 756 · Collection · 1934

Papers relating to a meeting of the Association of Jewish ex-servicemen to celebrate the 22nd birthday of Kaiser Otto, Vienna, comprising a programme, 20 Nov 1934 and reports on the events.

Association of Jewish ex-servicemen
GB 1556 WL 1408 · 1938-1944

Papers of Ruth Balint, 1938-1944, comprising correspondence from her family, dealing in the main with family matters but also organisational arrangements for emigration from Nazi Germany and a number of poems by Ruth's father.

Balint , Ruth , 1926-2000
BARKING SYNAGOGUE
GB 0074 ACC/2712/BKS · Collection · 1947-1948

Records of Barking Synagogue, consisting of an account book.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Barking Synagogue
GB 1556 WL 784 · 1935

Copy of a circular letter from the Bavarian Political Police to all heads of Police and local legal civil authorities, 13 Apr 1935, instructing them to watch out for propaganda by Jewish organisations and the Jewish press declaring the desire of Jews to remain in Germany. It states that the presence of Jews is not only undesirable on technical grounds but it is also against all Nazi principles.

Bavarian Political Police
BAYSWATER SYNAGOGUE
GB 0074 ACC/2712/BWS · Collection · 1850-1984

Records of the Bayswater Synagogue, consisting of administrative files, financial records, reports, photographs, correspondence, a history of the synagogue and membership records including registers of kethubot [marriage contracts] and chalitzah undertakings.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Bayswater Synagogue
GB 1556 WL 823 · 1936-1959

Papers, 1936-1959, relating to an application made by two Czech sisters, Hedwig and Pauline Beck, for compensation for possessions stolen by the Nazis from their sister, Sabina Bauml (née Beck), including translations of residency permits; inventories of possessions confiscated by the Nazis; affidavits from friends and acquaintances in support of the application for compensation and post war correspondence between the French authorities and the Beck sisters relating to compensation.

Beck family
Beck, Rudolf: family papers
GB 1556 WL 826 · 1930s-1950s

Papers of the Beck family, including papers relating to their preparations for departure, including forms and correspondence regarding possessions of Beck family; draft inventories of possessions; correspondence of the Rudolf Beck removal company on the shipment of possessions to USA, [1939-1940]. Personal papers of Ferdinand Beck including school reports, references, doctors' certificates; and correspondence on naturalization, 1928-1965. Post war correspondence on property in Austria, mostly between a lawyer and Beck family members, 1949-1952.

Beck family
GB 1556 WL 1463 · 1930s

Three printed leaflets, written in French and Dutch, dating from the 1930s, stating Do not buy at Jewish shops (in Dutch) and The Jews only live to exploit the working class (in French).

Unknown
BELMONT SYNAGOGUE
GB 0074 LMA/4280 · Collection · 1954-2002

Records of the Belmont Synagogue, covering the whole range of activities undertaken by the Synagogue. In particular, the administration is well represented with minutes, agendas and correspondence from all the main committees; the Council of Management, Membership, Building Fund, Ladies Guild, Parents Association, Education and Social Activity Group.

Information on the religious life can be gleaned from files on Rabbi selection, Bat Chayil Ceremony, Yom Naroim and the Sefer Torah as well as from the substantial photographic collection which also presents a good picture of the social side of the community.

PLEASE NOTE that written permission from the depositors is required to access this collection.

Belmont Synagogue
GB 1556 WL 850 · 1942

Farewell letter from Otto Bendix to his wife documenting his last moments in Berlin prior to deportation to Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1942.

Bendix , Otto , 1878-1943
GB 1556 WL 598b · c 1940-1977

Personal papers of Dr A B Belton, formerly Bela Berend, Rabbi of the Budapest Ghetto, 1944. The papers document, in part, his activities in Hungary during the war; his trial by the Hungarian authorities for war crimes; his involvement with post war libel cases relating to his role as leader of the Jewish Council in Budapest, 1944; his relationship with prominent figures in the United States; his views about Israel and politics in the Middle East.

Belton , Albert B , b 1911 , Hungarian Zionist x Berend , Bela
GB 1556 WL 616 · 1919-1981

The diaries and personal papers of George Francis Jack Bergmann, dated 1919-1981, notably comprise a set of typescript transcripts of diaries which document in detail Bergmann's experiences in the Foreign Legion and in prison. They also provide a full report on the infamous trial of French officers and guards at Hadjerat M'Guil. In addition there are newsletters, bulletins and correspondence, 1919-1981, which reflect Bergmann's interest in, and membership of, a Jewish student organisation, 'Kartellverband jüdischer Studenten'.

Bergmann , George Francis Jack , 1900-1979
GB 1556 WL 1028 · Collection · 1938-1939

Papers of the Bergmann family, 1938-1939, comprise correspondence from the Reichsärztekammer; regulations regarding the banning of Jews from the medical profession and Nazi identity cards designating Jewish ethnicity.

Bergmann , Walter Manfred , fl 1938-1939 , doctor x Brent , Walter Manfred
GB 1556 WL 815 · 1919-1976

Personal papers of Selmar Biener, 1919-1976, in support of an application for restitution from the German Democratic Republic including land registry documents and plans relating to the family business in Magdeburg.

Biener , Selmar , fl 1906-1976
Bing family papers
GB 1556 WL 867 · 1843-2004

The Bing family papers, 1843-2004, comprise four separate deposits; copy letters from Mathilde (Tilly) Bing in a detention hostel in Berlin prior to deportation to the East to von Pappritz, 1943 (867/1); copy papers regarding the fine incurred by Clara Bing for not including the name Sara, depicting her Jewish ethnicity, 1939 (867/2); copy correspondence and papers of Heinz Bing, 1843-1945 (867/3) and various transcript correspondence including a letter from Fritz Mecklenburg to Heinz Bing, 2004 (867/4).

Bing family
Blatch, Gledhill Stanley
GB 0102 PP MS 28 · Created 1927-1986

Papers, 1927-1986, of Gledhill Stanley Blatch, comprising correspondence, press cuttings, reports and political propaganda material collected by him. The material relates largely to the Ethiopian situation in the 1970s and 1980s and covers topics such as the famine and refugee situation, questions of religious discrimination and the Mengistu regime.

Blatch , Gledhill Stanley , 1916-1987 , archaeologist
GB 1556 WL 1436 · Collection · 1937-1955

Private and official correspondence of Julius Bloch, 1937-1955.

Bloch , Julius , 1877-1956 , Jewish community worker
GB 1556 WL 520 · Collection · 1939-1941

This microfilm collection of correspondence documents the experiences of Julius Bloch and family and friends, some of whom managed to escape Nazi occupied Europe, and others, who did not. The papers include correspondence from his brother in Gurs concentration camp in the French Pyrénees, where he died.

Bloch , Julius , 1877-1956 , Jewish community worker
GB 0074 ACC/3121 · Collection · 1760-2003

Records of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, 1760-2002. The archive is central to the history of the modern Jewish community in Britain. It covers virtually every facet of Jewish life in Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - assimiliation, education, political emancipation, Shechita, anti-Semitism. The archive is particularly interesting on the conditions of Jewry outside the UK - there is a lot of information, for example, on the rise of fascism in mainland Europe in the 1930s and the Holocaust.

Board of Deputies of British Jews London Committee of Deputies of British Jews
Bondy, Otto: Personal papers
GB 1556 WL 1575 · 1927-1941

Personal correspondence of Otto Bondy, German Jewish immigrant to Great Britain and civil engineer, and that of his wife, Ursula Meyer, 1927-1941.

Bondy , Otto , 1892-1986 , engineer
BOROUGH SYNAGOGUE
GB 0074 ACC/2712/BRS · Collection · 1865-1960

Records of Borough Synagogue, consisting of registers of kethubot [marriage contracts], lists of seat holders, chalitza book, financial accounts, and minute books including Burial Society minute book.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Borough Synagogue
Brand family: correspondence
GB 1556 WL 693 · 1939-1947

The Brand family correspondence collection (693/1-29), 1939-1947, originates from Max Brand's family in Vienna, mostly from Olga, his sister, but also from his father and mother; the latter is usually written in Sütterlin script.It deals almost exclusively with details of family life. There is very little which sheds light on general conditions as they obtained for Jews in Vienna during this period.

Brand , Max , fl 1939-1947 , former refugee
Bright, Frank: family papers
GB 1556 WL 1554 · 1943-2000

Copies of papers of Frank Bright, 1943-2000, including a photograph of the class from his Jewish school which he attended, [1942]; property declaration forms for his uncle and aunt from the Landeshauptarchiv, Berlin and copies of the pages of Testimony for the Yad Vashem Archive, Jerusalem.

Bright , Frank , fl 1925-1945
BRIXTON SYNAGOGUE
GB 0074 ACC/2712/BXS · Collection · 1914-1942

Records of the Brixton Synagogue, consisting of financial records, photographs and a kethuba [marriage contract] register.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Brixton Synagogue
Brody-Pauncz family papers
GB 1556 WL 627 · 1870-1971

Personal papers of the Brody-Pauncz family,1870-1971, comprise papers of George Brody's forbears, Samu, Ilona and Sigismond, 1870-1969 (627/1); papers of George Brody, 1903-1960 (627/2); papers of Irma Brody, 1909-1958 (627/3); material relating to Nazi persecution, including Jewish ID cards and special passes signed by Raoul Wallenberg, 1942-1971 (627/4) and family correspondence, 1918-1946; nd (627/5).

Brody-Pauncz family
BRONDESBURY SYNAGOGUE
GB 0074 ACC/2712/BBS · Collection · 1905-2005

Records of the Brondesbury Park Synagogue and its predecessor synagogues, including:

Brondesbury Synagogue (Chevening Road), 1904-1974;

Harlesden Hebrew Congregation / Willesden District Synagogue (College Road), 1933-1939;

Willesden Green Federation Synagogue (Heathfield Park / Brondesbury Park), 1934-1939;

Willesden Synagogue (Brondesbury Park), 1939-1974;

Willesden and Brondesbury Synagogue (Brondesbury Park),1974-2000;

Brondesbury Synagogue (Brondesbury Park), 2000-2007.

Please note the dates refer to the time the Synagogue had that name.

The records include registers of kethubot [marriage contracts]; membership contributions ledgers; membership lists; membership application forms; barmitzvah application forms; Board of Management minute books; Aid Committee minutes; elections for Synagogue officers; Burial Society papers; yahrzeit books; papers relating to high holydays; general correspondence; papers relating to the diamond jubilee of the Synagogue; booklet History of the Willesden and Brondesbury Synagogue, 1934-1994 by Rabbi Bernard Susser; historical research; financial records including account books; printed items such as orders of service, newsletters, tributes and event ephemera; exhibition boards prepared for a display; design for a committee room; drawing of the Chief Rabbi attending the Diamond Jubilee service; and certificates.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Brondesbury Synagogue
GB 1556 WL 564 · 1940-1949

Microfilm of the papers of the Brussels Relief Committee on the fate of Belgian Jewry during World War Two, 1940-1949, comprising information regarding radio broadcasts on 16 and 17 July 1942, from the Belgian Information Center; American Joint Distribution Committee publication, 'Liste des Israelites liberés de Camps d'Allemagne et arrives en Belgique', 31 July 1946; typed extract from the 'Bulletin d'information No. 3 du conseil des Association Juives de Belgique', Manifestation Publique de Reconnaissance au Peuple Belge, 5 May 1946; invitation to the AGM of Comité Israelite des Refugiés victims des lois raciales A.S.B.L., 23 Jan 1949; Bulletin of the World Jewish Congress in Brussels, 10 May 1940 and typed report, 'Six mois d'activité de la section, recherches et rapatriement d l'A.I.V.G. affiliée au S.E.R.'.

Brussels Relief Committee
GB 1556 WL 1459 · 1942

Red Cross letters, 1942, between Sophie Cahn in Great Britain and her family in Rheydt, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, prior to their deportation.

Cahn , Sophie , fl 1940-1942
GB 1556 WL 859 · 20th century

Papers of the British Fund for German Jewry comprising lists of contributors to it and an appeal leaflet. Including printed list, 'Further List of Contributions to the Central British Fund for German Jewry'; list of contributions to the Central Jewish Fund and postwar appeal leaflet entitled 'Remember Buchenwald'.

Central British Fund for German Jewry