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- 1940-1941 (Creation)
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Hugo Rosenstock came from a family of German Jews in Berlin. Having emigrated to Great Britain after the outbreak of World War Two, he was interned on the Isle of Man.
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GB 1556 WL 873 1940-1941 Collection level (fonds) 1 file Rosenstock , Hugo , fl 1940-1941
Hugo Rosenstock came from a family of German Jews in Berlin. Having emigrated to Great Britain after the outbreak of World War Two, he was interned on the Isle of Man.
Karla Emmanuel
Memoirs from the internment of Hugo Rosenstock during 1940 and 1941. This collection consists of two items: an original illustrated account of life as an internee of an internment camp on Douglas, Isle of Man, 1940-1941 and an undated typescript family history by another family member. The first item comprises a series of individual sketches of camp life mostly in verse form, which have subsequently been bound together and foliated. There is a contents page, though no introduction completes the volume.
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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.
December 2007 Europe Humanitarian law International conflicts Internment camps Isle of Man Jews Migrants Refugees Religious groups Rosenstock , Hugo , fl 1940-1941 UK War Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events) London England
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Karla Emmanuel
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Memoirs from the internment of Hugo Rosenstock during 1940 and 1941. This collection consists of two items: an original illustrated account of life as an internee of an internment camp on Douglas, Isle of Man, 1940-1941 and an undated typescript family history by another family member. The first item comprises a series of individual sketches of camp life mostly in verse form, which have subsequently been bound together and foliated. There is a contents page, though no introduction completes the volume.
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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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German and English
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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