IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 981
Held at: Wiener Library
Title: Abraham family: correspondence
Date(s): 1939-1945
Level of description: collection
Extent: 1 folder
Name of creator(s): Abraham family
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Abraham family lived in Berlin. Leopold Abraham, the father, a plumber by trade, and his wife Frieda were deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp some time in 1943. Max Abraham, the son, came to England with his wife, Hanni, in 1939, where he worked as a technical teacher at the ORT school in Leeds. He had previously worked as a technical teacher in the ORT school in Berlin. Hanni's parents and brother and sister all perished in Auschwitz. Frank Russell, one of the correspondents in the later letters, was a former pupil of the ORT school in Leeds.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Abraham family, 1939-1945, comprise copies of correspondence between members of the Abraham family, documenting the family's experiences within Berlin and England.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: German and English
System of arrangement:
Arranged into annual bundles in date order where possible, because several letters have been copied on to one page, it is not always possible to be strictly chronological.
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited by the family in 1991.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.
Date(s) of descriptions: March 2008