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Bern Brent and Otto Bernstein: reminiscences


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1035

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Bern Brent and Otto Bernstein: reminiscences

Date(s): 20th century

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Various

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Otto Bernstein grew up in late 19th century Elbersfeld and Kassel, Germany, and was an inmate of Theresienstadt concentration camp. Bern Brent, the depositor, provides us with an account of his experiences on the ship, the 'Dunera', bringing refugees from Europe to Australia where he made his home.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Bern Brent and Otto Bernstein, comprise a typescript translation by Bern Brent of his father's experiences in the late 19th century of growing up in Elberfeld and Kassel prior to moving to Berlin including descriptions of life growing up in late 19th century Elbersfeld and Kassel (-/1); life in turn of the century Germany and during the First World War (-/2) and his experiences as an inmate of Theresienstadt (-/3). Bern Brent, the depositor, provides us with an account of his experiences on the ship, the 'Dunera', bringing refugees from Europe to Australia where he made his home (-/4).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English and German

System of arrangement:

Arranged in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright has been retained by the depositor, please contact the library for more information.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by the family in 1992.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Concentration camps | War crimes | Humanitarian law
Emigration | Migration
German history | European history | National history
Memoirs | Documents | Information sources
Refugees | Migrants
War | International conflicts
World War One (1914-1918) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Primary documents

Personal names
Bernstein | Otto
Brent | Bern

Corporate names
Theresienstadt concentration camp x Terezin

Places
Australia | Oceania
Germany | Western Europe | Europe