Perks, Lisbeth

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1556 WL 1320
Held at	: Wiener Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ ›
Full title	: Perks, Lisbeth
Date(s)	: 1938-1943
Level of description	: Collection level (fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Perks | Lisbeth | fl 1930-1950 | music teacher

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Lisbeth Perks was born into a Jewish family in Vienna c 1930; came to Great Britain as a refugee, 1939. Whilst bringing up her family she studied pianoforte with Herbert Sumison and Kendall Taylor and gained an associateship of the Royal College of Music. She has taught in many schools and at her own home.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence of Lisbeth Perks, music teacher and Jewish refugee to Great Britain, 1938-1943, including from internees in Theresienstadt concentration camp.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
German

System of arrangement:

Chronological

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Finding aids:

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Lisbeth Perks

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Fischer Leicht, Lisbeth The Unsung Years: My Youth 1930-1945 (Minerva Press, London, 1997).

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.

Rules or conventions:
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

Date(s) of descriptions:
February 2008