GB 1556 WL 1303 - Neumann, Karl (1895-1971): Family papers

Identity area

Reference code

GB 1556 WL 1303

Title

Neumann, Karl (1895-1971): Family papers

Date(s)

  • 1909-1971 (Creation)

Extent and medium

1 file

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Karl Neumann was born into a Jewish family in Picin, Czechoslovakia, 1895. He trained at a business school and after initially working with his brother he went into business on his own in 1933. In 1939 on account of persecution by the Nazis on racial grounds he fled to London.

Repository

Archival history

GB 1556 WL 1303 1909-1971 Collection level (fonds) 1 file Neumann , Karl , 1895-1971 , company director

Karl Neumann was born into a Jewish family in Picin, Czechoslovakia, 1895. He trained at a business school and after initially working with his brother he went into business on his own in 1933. In 1939 on account of persecution by the Nazis on racial grounds he fled to London.

E. Wohlgemuth

Papers of the Neumann family, 1909-1971, including personal papers of Karl Neumann comprising school certificates, marriage certificate, job references and family correspondence and the personal papers of Irma Neumann (née Traub) including birth certificates and school certificates.

Chronological by individual

Open

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

German, Czech 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

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

E. Wohlgemuth

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of the Neumann family, 1909-1971, including personal papers of Karl Neumann comprising school certificates, marriage certificate, job references and family correspondence and the personal papers of Irma Neumann (née Traub) including birth certificates and school certificates.

System of arrangement

Chronological by individual

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, Czech and English

Finding aids

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

Access points

Description control area

Institution identifier

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

Language(s)

  • English