Collectie GB 1556 WL 912 - Roth, Isabella (b 1896): personal papers

1 folder

GB 1556 WL 912 1902-1970s collection 1 folder Roth , Isabella , b 1896 , Jewish refugee

Isabella Roth was born in Vienna in 1896, the daughter of Josef Roth a Jewish manufacturer from Gross Wardein, Hungary. She worked as a correspondent for Holz-Handels-Aktien-Gesellschaft, Vienna, where she worked in the Rumanian department as German-Hungarian correspondent. From 1925 until 1938 she worked as typist for the Neue Wiener Tageblatt for Steyrermühl, the newspaper publisher. She came to England in 1939, where, according to her naturalisation certificate, she worked as a typist. Nothing further is known of her life or that of her family.

Jewish Central Information Office

Papers of Isabella Roth, 1902-1970s, comprise her personal documents including a copy of her birth certificate, testimonials, and naturalisation certifcate; Isabella Roth's writings including her diary, 'philosophical thoughts' and poems and photographs presumably of Isabella Roth and family.

The collection is arranged in three sections: personal papers (912/1); writings (912/2); and photographs (912/3).

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 Antisemitism Diaries Documents Information sources Jews Literary forms and genres Literature Migrants Nonfiction Primary documents Prose Racial discrimination Refugees Religious groups Roth , Isabella , b 1896 , Jewish refugee

Jewish Central Information Office

Papers of Isabella Roth, 1902-1970s, comprise her personal documents including a copy of her birth certificate, testimonials, and naturalisation certifcate; Isabella Roth's writings including her diary, 'philosophical thoughts' and poems and photographs presumably of Isabella Roth and family.

The collection is arranged in three sections: personal papers (912/1); writings (912/2); and photographs (912/3).

Open

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

• Engels

• Latijn

German and English

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

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.

• Engels