Collection GB 1556 WL 1016 - Neumann family: correspondence (1941-1948)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 1556 WL 1016

Title

Neumann family: correspondence (1941-1948)

Date(s)

  • 1941-1948 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 folder

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Little is known about the Neumann family; this German Jewish family was forced into exile in the late 1930s.

Repository

Archival history

GB 1556 WL 1016 1941-1948 collection 1 folder Neumann , Lutz , fl 1941-1948
Neumann , Lisel , fl 1941-1948

Little is known about the Neumann family; this German Jewish family was forced into exile in the late 1930s.

Jewish Central Information Office

Papers of the Neumann family, 1941-1948, comprise correspondence between Lisel Neumann and friends including mention of Lutz's internment and eventual release, 1941; unidentified post-war correspondence, 1947-1948; eyewitness account of former Theresienstadt inmate, 1946 and a letter from Elsie Rinteln, a non-Jewish woman married to a Jew describing how they tried to emigrate and how her husband was arrested several times and transported to camp Vernet, 1948.

Arranged as in Scope and Content.

Open

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

German and English

A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.

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.

March 2008 Wars (events) Concentration camps Emigration Humanitarian law International conflicts Jews Le Vernet Internment Camp Migration Neumann , Lisel , fl 1941-1948 Neumann , Lutz , fl 1941-1948 Religious groups Theresienstadt concentration camp x Terezin War War crimes World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Jewish Central Information Office

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of the Neumann family, 1941-1948, comprise correspondence between Lisel Neumann and friends including mention of Lutz's internment and eventual release, 1941; unidentified post-war correspondence, 1947-1948; eyewitness account of former Theresienstadt inmate, 1946 and a letter from Elsie Rinteln, a non-Jewish woman married to a Jew describing how they tried to emigrate and how her husband was arrested several times and transported to camp Vernet, 1948.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged as in Scope and Content.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

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

Language and script notes

German and English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

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Wiener Library

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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