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Oppenheim family papers

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 864

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Oppenheim family papers

Date(s): 1939-1943

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Oppenheim family

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Dorrith Sim (née Oppenheim) came to England on the Kindertransport, 26 July 1939. Her parents worked for the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland, c 1943, they were eventually pronounced verschollen in Auschwitz. Julius Oppenheim was the grandfather of Dorrith.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Copies of the papers of the Oppenheim family of Kassel, 1939-1943, including travel documents, references, correspondence with the Refugee Children's Movement and typescript family history by Julius Oppenheim.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German

System of arrangement:

The papers have been arranged and numbered in date order.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Finding aids:

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Dorrith Sim (née Oppenheim), May 1990.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.