GB 1556 WL 1229 - Lewin, Helga (b 1916): papers regarding compensation claim

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GB 1556 WL 1229 1938-1985 Collection level 1 file Lewin , Helga , b 1916 , musician

Helga Lewin (née Krebs) was born in 1916 in Berlin of Jewish parents. From the age of 6 she took private piano lessons and it became apparent early on that she was very talented. She went on to study the piano more intensively, later becoming a piano teacher from 1937 to 1939. She fled Nazi Germany in April 1939 to England where she worked as a servant until she was interned as a German citizen in Jun 1940. After her release she worked as waitress in a café in Manchester. In 1946 she began work as an accordion player but had to give this up on account of the pain it was causing her back.

During the course of the next few decades she was awarded compensation for loss of potential earnings from the Entschädigungsamt (1229/16-17), succeeding in her attempts to claim compensation for physical disability and mental illness.

Anthony Newton, Solicitors

Personal papers of Helga Lewin (née Krebs), 1938-1985, relating to her compensation claims and awards from the German government including decisions of the courts and the Entschädigungsamt (Resititution Office), expert witness statements and reports; testimonials and correspondence with her solicitor. Includes originals and copies.

Chronological

Open

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

German and 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.

January 2008 Administration of justice Compensation Entschädigungsamt (Resititution Office) Europe Germany Jews Lewin , Helga , b 1916 , née Krebs , pianist Migrants Nazism Political doctrines Refugees Religious groups Third Reich Totalitarianism Western Europe

Anthony Newton, Solicitors

Personal papers of Helga Lewin (née Krebs), 1938-1985, relating to her compensation claims and awards from the German government including decisions of the courts and the Entschädigungsamt (Resititution Office), expert witness statements and reports; testimonials and correspondence with her solicitor. Includes originals and copies.

Chronological

Open

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

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German and English

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

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.

• inglês