IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1541
Held at: Wiener Library
Title: Lesley, Henni: Copy family documents (1938-1947)
Date(s): 1938-1947
Level of description: Collection level
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s): Lesley | Henni | fl 1938-2000
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Little is known about the subject of this collection. It appears that Henni Lesley, formerly Lewin, formerly a Jewish resident of Berlin, was at one time imprisoned at Lichtenburg Concentration Camp (1541/1); that she probably emigrated to Great Britain shortly after her release (circa 1938-1939); and that her parents were deported East in March 1943, never to be seen again (1541/4).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Henni Lesley, 1938-1947, comprise copies of personal papers including health certificate issued by the SS doctor at Lichtenburg, 1938; Red Cross telegram from Henni to her parents in Berlin, 1942 and letter from the American Joint Distribution Committee to Henni Lesley regarding the fate of her parents, 1947.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: German
System of arrangement:
Arranged in chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Additional finding aids can be located within the Wiener Library reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Henni Lesley
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.
Date(s) of descriptions: March 2008