Lesley, Henni: Copy family documents (1938-1947)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1556 WL 1541
Held at	: Wiener Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ ›
Full 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 & 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.

Finding aids:

Additional finding aids can be located within the Wiener Library reading room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Henni Lesley

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

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:
March 2008