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- 1894-1968 (Creation)
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1 file
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Biographical history
The Pottlitzers were a German Jewish family which settled in Great Britain just before the outbreak of the Second World War.
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GB 1556 WL 1194 1894-1968 Collection level 1 file Pottlitzer family
The Pottlitzers were a German Jewish family which settled in Great Britain just before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Margot Pottlitzer
Papers of the Pottlitzer family, 1894-1968, including birth, marriage and death certificates; Deutsches Reich Kennkarte (identity card) for Margot Strauss (1194/7); reference from a former employer, where Margot worked as an editor/journalist, 10 Mar 1933 (1194/3); copy of a manuscript letter from Max Pottlitzer to the Polizeiamt, Schöneberg, Berlin, in which he registers the transfer of money and property to his mother, [as required by the recently enacted law relating to the registering of Jewish property], 22 Sep 1938 (1194/4).
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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Mostly German
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 Primary documents Wars (events) Emigration Europe Family records Germany International conflicts Jews Migrants Migration Personal papers Pottlitzer , Margot , fl 1909-1985 , journalist Pottlitzer , Max , fl 1933 Refugees Religious groups UK War Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Documents Information sources London England
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Margot Pottlitzer
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Papers of the Pottlitzer family, 1894-1968, including birth, marriage and death certificates; Deutsches Reich Kennkarte (identity card) for Margot Strauss (1194/7); reference from a former employer, where Margot worked as an editor/journalist, 10 Mar 1933 (1194/3); copy of a manuscript letter from Max Pottlitzer to the Polizeiamt, Schöneberg, Berlin, in which he registers the transfer of money and property to his mother, [as required by the recently enacted law relating to the registering of Jewish property], 22 Sep 1938 (1194/4).
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Open
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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
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- English
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- Latin
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Mostly German
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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
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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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- English