IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 744
Held at: Wiener Library
Title: Schwarz, Ferdinand: papers on emigration to England
Date(s): 1939
Level of description: collection
Extent: 1 folder
Name of creator(s): Schwarz | Ferdinand | fl 1939
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Ferdinand Schwarz was a resident of Frankfurt am Main. He applied to work for a company called J Wolfin in England.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Ferdinand Schwarz documenting, in part, the process of emigration from Germany to England in 1939, comprising correspondence from Ferdinand Schwarz and his father, Max Schwarz to Ella Courts on emigration procedures from Germany to England; copy of a letter from the Jüdische Beratungsstelle für Wirtschaftshilfe to Schwarz confirming that the latter will receive a permit from the German Jewish Aid Committee; application form from the German Jewish Aid Committee for persons desiring to leave Germany on political, racial or religious grounds and a stamp coupon.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: German, the original letters are accompanied by typescript transcriptions and translations into English.
System of arrangement:
Original 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:
Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Jewish Central Information Office
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The Wiener Library holds an additional collection of the papers of Ben and Ella Courts which document their activities, assisting friends and acquaintances fleeing Nazi Germany. (ref: WL 629).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 2008