Copy of a circular issued by the Reichsbund der Deutschen Beamten to all members regarding Jewish mixed race membership of the RDB, 1939, stating that whereas full Jews can no longer be members, Jews of mixed race can still be members under certain conditions.

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.

Copy of an eyewitness report by Hedwig Forester of his arrest by the Nazis in Brussels, May 1940, transportation in cattle wagons, and arrival in Gurs concentration camp, France, 2 weeks later.

Copy letter (German) from Gerti Wachtel (26 May 1997) to her relatives, enclosing a short family history (English) of this well-to-do middle class Jewish family, who were well integrated into the small town of Wertheim, and the events following the Nazi takeover; copy cuttings, photographs and correspondence regarding the memorial to deported Jews at Wertheim and reunion of survivors, [1970-1990].

Report regarding the rescue of Jewish children in Belgium, 1944, comprise a photocopy of a translation of a report by Maurice Heiber detailing his exploits saving Jewish children in Belgium, translated by his niece, Enid Wistrich. Report entitled The Resistance and 'Save the Children' in Brussels describing the work of Maurice Heiber, notably his setting up of an organisation to save Jewish children. Also a copy of the French journal Revue du Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine, December 1968, with reference to some of Maurice Heiber's work.

Papers of Herbert Engel, 1941-1949 comprise copy correspondence from an NSDAP district leader, in Gau Moselland, to a local court official, concerning Engel's wife's refusal to use the Heil Hitler greeting, 1941; copy personal account entitled Der Zusammenbruch und seine Folgen in persönlicher Hinsicht, a detailed report of a German farmer near Koblenz, who describes how the livelihoods of German farmers are threatened by bands of Poles, formerly 'foreign guest workers', 1949.

Goldschmied family papers, 1938-1971, document the fate of a Jewish mixed race family in Vienna during the Nazi era and notably include passport ID cards and correspondence, personal accounts by Maria Goldschmied and photographs.

Correspondence of Lisbeth Perks, music teacher and Jewish refugee to Great Britain, 1938-1943, including from internees in Theresienstadt concentration camp.

This miscellaneous collection of family papers documents the activities of a German Jewish family, [1830-1940]. It includes material on the aryanisation of the family business and the receipt of the Kriegsverdienstkreuz für Kriegshilfe, for service during World War One.

Transcript of a telex of the names on the Nazi Black List of people to be arrested in the event of a successful German invasion of Great Britain, dated 1945.

Leaflets, fliers and ephemera documenting an exhibition of the works of Charlotte Salomon, 1998-1999.

Papers, 1929-1982, documenting the lives of Paul Morgan and his wife Josa Morgan-Ruffner comprising correspondence, draft play scripts, newspaper articles, scrap-books of news cuttings, photographs and ephemera.

An account of Kristallnacht by Vincent C Frank in Berlin, who holds the view that it was meticulously planned. This account is the text of a talk given for the Jewish Community, Basel, on 8 November 1998.

Account of Paul Loebl's experiences during the Nazi era. It is described as 'a translation of a report to the Director of the VAD'. The original is thought to have been in German. It is not known what the VAD is.

Papers of Phillipp Manes comprising the 'Theresienstadt Chronicles', a diary of life in Theresienstadt concentration camp by Manes, 1942-1944; war diaries written by Manes for the benefit of his children, 1939-1942; autobiographical and family history writings; family correspondence; poems and prose and material relating to the German fur industry.

Copies of primary and secondary sources from archives in USA, Germany, Greece and Great Britain on the Nazi occupation of Greece and the persecution of Greece's Jewish population, used by Mark Mazower for his book, Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941-1944, (Yale University Press, 1993). Mark Mazower provides a commentary on the sources and their value in the chapter 'Notes on Sources'.

Papers of the Ullstein family, 1856-1998, comprising papers from a number of separate deposits from members of Frederick Ullstein's family. It contains both personal and family papers arranged by individual family members (1361/1-9) and material relating to the pre and post war Ullstein publishing business (1361/10-28). The latter contains correspondence regarding the take over of Ullstein by the Axel Springer Verlag (1361/17; 1361/22-23). In addition there is a quantity of material which Frederick Ullstein appears to have inherited from his former employer, Wolfgang Foges, managing director of Aldus Books (1361/29-85).

Papers relating to Peter Kien, 1943-1995, including original and copies of manuscripts and transcriptions of Kien's writings, personal documentation and sketches; publicity material relating to the performance of the Der Kaiser von Atlantis oder der Tod dankt ab, for which Peter Kien wrote a libretto; articles about his life and work and transcript of Petra Kiener's radio programme 'Peter Kien nicht vergessen'.

Papers of an Austrian Jewish family, Walter and Hansi Finkler and their daughter, Evelyn, who escaped the Nazis and come to England in 1939. Including personal papers of Walter and Hansi Finkler and Josefine Lustig, Hansi's sister, 1908-1969; official correspondence, 1938-1946; diaries, 1921-1935; correspondence, 1920s-1943 and ephemera and photographs.

Copy and transcript correspondence of a German Jewish family, 1941, chiefly comprising letters from Messrs Isaak David and Martha Teich-Birken, resident in Berlin prior to their deportation to the East, to their children, most of whom had managed to emigrate to the United States except for Martin, the depositor, who came to Great Britain. The correspondence affords an insight into the frustrating and increasingly desperate plight of a Jewish family unable to flee Nazi Germany.

Press cuttings of British and European press in the immediate aftermath of the November Pogrom, or Night of Broken Glass in Germany, 1938, reporting on the events that occurred and reactions to them.

A Collection of circa 350 reports on Kristallnacht, and the aftermath, 1938-1939, anonymised to protect the identity of the authors. Collected by the Jewish Central Information Office in the immediate aftermath of the events themselves.

Papers of George W Burger, 1932-1939, comprise five booklets of political stickers and flyers from Austria and Hungary including Nazi material.

Papers compiled by Ian Thomson whilst researching for his biography of Primo Levi Primo Levi a Biography, Vintage, 2003, including a unique collection of transcript interviews with Levi and his friends, colleagues and relatives; original and copies of correspondence and publications and unpublished articles on all aspects of Levi's life and work.

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.

Translation of the trial proceedings of Amon Goeth, made from the original Polish edition of the trial proceedings: Proces Ludobojcy Amona Leopolda Goetha published by Centralna Zydowska Komisja Historyczna (The Central Jewish Historical Committee), 1947. The verbatim proceedings of Amon Goeth's trial are preceded by a speech by the First Prosecution Counsel, Mieczyslaw Siewierski followed by an addresss by the Defence Counsel, Dr. Pokorny. A reading of the indictment follows. This includes a general overview of Nazi activities in Poland; a specific account of Goeth's role during this period; and descriptions of Plaszow Camp, the liquidation of Krakow and Tarnow ghettoes and Szebnia camp.

Correspondence of Julius Jung, with a number of organisations and individuals on Jewish refugees, issues affecting the Jewish community in Great Britain and the situation of German Jewish students and academics in Germany, 1931-1944.

Papers of Franz Mendelsohn, 1915-1936, primarily comprising copies of correspondence of a German Jew in London (Mendelsohn), with his wife and friends still in Germany around the time of his arrival in Great Britain, June 1934. Later correspondence (1936) shows evidence of his arrival in Cape Town, South Africa. There is additional evidence which suggests that Mendelsohn must have returned to Germany at some point as his departure with his wife and son is recorded in the 13 Aug 1940 issue of the Deutscher Reichsanzeiger und Preussischer Staatsanzeiger, Nr. 188.

Papers relating to Jews on Kos, Greece, 2001, comprising a list of the names of the Jews who were deported from the Greek island of Kos by the Nazis to Auschwitz, and a short history of the Jews of Kos.

Papers of the Trade Union Centre for German Workers in Great Britain, 1941-1945, comprising newsletters, activity reports and and other material relating to the activities of the Trade Union Centre for German Workers in Great Britain.

Papers documenting the activities of the Berlin medical unions (Berliner Aerztlichen Standesvereine), in general and that of the Aerztlicher Standesverein der Koenigstadt zu Berlin in particular, 1907-1936, comprising minutes, draft constitution and correspondence.

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

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.

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

Papers of Juedische Volksschule, 1938, comprise a copy of a letter from the school inspector, Munich to the government of Bavaria regarding the closure of the Jewish school.

SS Brochure for Christmas 1934 was created to celebrate a Kameradschaftsabend (evening of comradeship) at a coffee house in Bremen on 15 December 1934 for a mobile SS unit based in Bremen, Sturm 2/ 14 SS-Motorstandarte and contains texts of speeches; Christmas songs; the Panzerwagenlied (tank song); list of speeches and advertisments for business in the area.

Papers of Reichsverband der Juedischen Kulturbuende in Deutschland, 1936, comprise a concert flyer advertising a performance in Berlin put on by the Reichsverband der Juedischen Kulturbuende in Deutschland.

Papers comprise a flyer advertising a protest meeting against the Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany, 1938.

Copy of the release permit of Erich Marmorek, from Buchenwald concentration camp, 1939.

Postcard from Dachau concentration camp collection comprises a postcard and translation from Ernst Fulda in Dachau concentration camp to Louise Fulda.

Papers of Juedische Winterhilfe, 1935, comprising a copy of pro forma letter from Juedische Winterhilfe, Leipzig to the local community, asking for donations.

This collection contains the papers of the Dresner family, a Jewish family from Leipzig, 1916-1990, including official documentation from Theresienstadt concentration camp; pre-war Nazi and post-war Czech bureaucratic papers including a letter from the Chief of Police, Leipzig, banishing Elias Dresner and family from the city on pain of imprisonment; a typescript letter from Irmgard Lichtenstein giving information on the fate of family members, 24 Nov 1947 and family photographs.

Papers of Albert Speer, 1979, comprise a transcript of an interview conducted over several days in October 1979 by the depositor at the home of Albert Speer in Heidelberg, Germany. It covers Speer's involvement with the Nazi Party; his relationship with Hitler and other senior Nazis; his views on Nazi war crimes including his own involvement; anti-Semitism and prison life at Spandau.

Papers of Selig Hecht, 1933, consist of two letters written by Selig Hecht, on a visit to Europe. The first, a letter to a colleague back home, outlines the problems facing Jewish academics in Nazi Germany, and introduces the second which is a much more detailed picture of the privations suffered by Jewish academics and also the indifference of the non-Jewish population, and the culmination of a latent antisemitism in the profession that had long pre-dated the Nazi seizure of power. The latter is addressed to Alfred Cohen. Others mentioned include Willstaetter, Fajans, and Alfred Wiener in his role as Syndikus or Director of the Organisation Centralverein deutscher Staatsbuerger Juedischen Glaubens.

Papers of Stade, Lower Saxony, 1980s, comprise correspondence and papers relating to an invitation by the city of Stade to Dinah Ruth Curtis to attend a special reunion of all surviving former Jewish residents; Correspondence of Hartmut Lohmann regarding the historical reconstruction of life for Jews in Stade during the Nazi era; Correspondence regarding the 125th anniversary exhibition, Maedchenbildung in Stade, at the Vincent Luebeck Schule.

Papers of Henni Lesley, 1938-1947, comprise copies of personal papers including health certificate issued by the SS doctor at Lichtenburg, 1938; Red Cross telegram from Henni to her parents in Berlin, 1942 and letter from the American Joint Distribution Committee to Henni Lesley regarding the fate of her parents, 1947.

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.

Papers of Hans Schwarz, 1947-1970, comprises copies of a catalogue of the Hans Schwarz Archiv; annual report of the Komitee Ehemaliger Politischer Gefangener and obituaries of Hans Schwarz.

Papers of Eleanor Hess, 1872-1990s, document the life of a German Jewish refugee to Great Britain, and, in part, the lives of family members. The papers include emigration and citizenship papers of her grandfather Emil, c1870s; certificates and First World War army records of Julius, her father and correspondence from Eleanor and her brother, Herbert, in Brazil, to their mother, c1950s. The collection includes 2 boxes of family photographs. In addition there is an unpublished memoir of Eleanor, which describes the life of a Jewish girl in Nazi Germany and the experience of emigration to a foreign land.

Papers of Hannele Kuhn, 1893-1945, comprise family correspondence and papers. The letters give a very moving account of the experience of a very close-knit, family split by the Nazis and ultimately condemned to death. The correspondence includes Red Cross telegrams between Hannele and her parents and an aunt (Meta) in Treibnitz, who was last heard of towards the end of the war and is thought to have been killed during the Russian advance. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters from the parents to Hannele and her guardians. The first few deal with a failed attempt to get Hannele out by the Salvation Army. Most of them are dated up to end of 1940, by which time they were smuggled out by a mutual friend.

Amongst the last letters are a couple from the intermediary after the deportation of Hertha and Franz. Perhaps the most poignant is the parents' last letter, dated 22 June 1942, which, having been re-read some 50 years later by Hannele, is thought to be a farewell letter, containing words of advice on how to lead her life. In addition to the above are a few copy birth, marriage and death certificates pertaining to the Kirk family (Hannele's husband, also a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany).