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A797 Small Jewish collections: photographs relating to the liberation of concentration camps

1 Black and white photograph of two British soldiers with an open truck containing corpses in the background

2 Black and white photograph of people outside a camp watching work being conducted on a mass grave

3 Black and white photograph of a sign "This is the site of the infamous Belsen Concentration camp, liberated by the British"

4 Black and white photograph of two soldiers looking at an incinerator, with a sentry watch tower in the background

5 Black and white photograph of corpses thrown into a shallow mass grave

6 Black and white photograph of soldiers unloading a corpse from an open truck

7 Black and white photograph of corpses

8 Black and white photograph of corpses being unloaded from a cart

9 Black and white photograph of the corpse of a young woman

10 Black and white photograph of "Grave number 3: approx. 50,000"

11 Black and white photograph of the edge of a camp, bordered by trees and a notice, in German, forbidding entry to the area and warning that persons may be shot without warning

12 Black and white photograph of British soldiers moving corpses

13 Black and white photograph of destroyed trains, possibly the result of bombing

14 Black and white photograph of a shallow mass grave with figures working at the perimeter

15 Black and white photograph of a sign "You are now leaving camp bounds, are you armed ?"

16 Black and white photograph of a covered mass grave

17 Black and white photograph of parts of a human corpse

18 Black and white photograph of open landscape, possibly the site of graves

19 Black and white photograph of a soldier standing guard whilst corpses are unloaded from an open truck

20 Black and white photograph of corpses laid out in a shallow grave

21 Black and white photograph of corpses thrown into a shallow grave

22 Black and white photograph of a guard post next to an enormous 2

sign "Entering Germany, be on your guard. Don't fraternize with Germans"

23 Black and white photograph of army vehicles and personnel in the foreground in a flat open space [possibly the site of mass graves] with camp buildings in the background

24 Black and white photograph of two figures in front of a corrugated iron building

25 Black and white photograph of various mass graves which have been marked out and signs added

26 Black and white photograph of "Grave number 3"

27 Black and white photograph of corpses

28 Black and white photograph of corpses thrown into a shallow grave

29 Black and white photograph of bodies strung up by the feet from the rafters of a building, with other bodies lying on the ground; a man sits on the roof of the building and several other men, mostly in suits view the spectacle; a crowd of people is in the background

30 Black and white photograph of three of the bodies which have been strung up, they have been shot

31 Black and white photograph of a man standing in the centre of a number of bodies of people who have been shot, while a large crowd looks on 3

MS 217/2

A823 Small Jewish collections: circular

Circular from , MP, chairman of the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland, and Rebecca Sieff, president of the Federation of Women Zionists to A.Lowi reminding him that 23 October is voting day for delegates to the forthcoming World Zionist Congress, urging him to vote for list number 1, the Zionist Federation list, and emphasising the importance of principle above party. 4

MS 217/3

A824 Small Jewish collections: brochure

The Bernhard Baron St George's Jewish Settlement: fiftieth anniversary review, 1914-64 5

MS 217/4

A836 Small Jewish collections: lists of Jewish soldiers in the German army in World War I

1 Addressenlist des K.J.V.: alphabetical list of names with current 7 Feb 1918 addresses; some are noted as being prisoners of war in England

2-27 Der Schild: containing casualty lists of Jewish soldiers who served 1928-9 in the German army in World War I, listing 8680 names, with date and place of birth, occupation and date of killed or wounded

28 Jüdische volkszectung listing Jewish casualties and military 30 Oct 1914 decorations awarded

29 Jüdische volkszectung listing Jewish casualties and military 4 Dec 1914 decorations awarded

30 Two copies of Jüdische volkszectung listing Jewish casualties and 11 Dec 1914 military decorations awarded 6

MS 217/5

A843 Small Jewish collections: Southampton synagogue papers

Black and white photographs, slides and negatives of Southampton synagogue and Jewish cemetery 7

MS 217/6

A858 Small Jewish collections: order of proceedings and speeches

Order of proceedings and speeches of the orator, Latin and English versions, at the presentation of the recipients of honorary degrees, University of Cambridge, including Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations, 10 Jun 1993 8

MS 217/7

A882 Small Jewish collections: miscellaneous papers

1 Letter from James Richardson to the editor of the Voice of Jacob 8 Apr 1844

2-8 Seven letters from Revd Charles Voysey to Jacob A.Franklin 3-24 Oct 1873

9 Pamphlet A lay of the battle of the New West End Mar 1892

10 Letter from Chief Rabbi Hermann Adler to Dr L.W.Barnett 6 May 1909

11 Letter from Redcliffe N.Salaman to Mr Fergusson 3 Sep 1912

12 Circular from Berta Spafford Vester, President and Secretary of the 9 Dec 1937 American Colony Aid Association

13 Card from Rose Shalson to Fanny congratulating her on the honour 31 May 1948 bestowed on her husband

14 Card from Dora and Abe Barnett conveying congratulations 31 May 1948

15 Two copies of a circular from Malcolm Weisman of the Jewish Jul 1963 Memorial Council small communities committee

16 `Mr T.Lupton's order analysis' of OFS and Northern Cape Mar 1981

17-18 Correspondence between Mrs Jan Lloyd and Association for 1 - 7 Jun 1982 Jewish Youth

19 Letter, in Hebrew script n.d.

20 Notes on social ethics n.d.

21 Reprint of an article Origins of the Balfour declaration: Dr Hertz's n.d. contribution by Samuel Landman

22 Black and white photographs: four of Knockaloe camp, two of 1915, n.d. tombstones

23 Four black and white photographs of the Bergtheil family grave at 1939 Pietermaritzburg; covering letter

24 Two envelopes 1948, n.d. 9

MS 217/8

A883 Small Jewish collections: papers of disused Jewish cemeteries

1 Ipswich and Yarmouth: letter from Simon Halford, Bath, to John 10 May 1893 Emmanuel informing him that the Hyam family are buried at Ipswich and that of de Pass at Yarmouth

2-27 Nevis, Leeward Islands: correspondence, black and white 14 Jun 1928 - 16 photograph, a map of Nevis, and a plan of the Jewish cemetery Sep 1937

28-9 Penzance: report of the solicitor to the Board of Deputies on the 1915, Jun 1929 title to the Penzance burial ground and funds for its maintenance; extract from a report of the special committee on defunct congregations (1915) 10

MS 217/9

A884 Small Jewish collections: correspondence and tombstone inscriptions

1-7 Seven letters in Hebrew script c.1897-1906

8 Seven papers with tombstone inscriptions, some in Hebrew script, n.d. by Dayan Harris Lazarus for members of the family of Dayan Jacob Reinowitz and Dayan Susman Cohen 11

MS 217/10

A885 Small Jewish collections: conveyance

Copy of a conveyance of Penzance Jewish cemetery, 29 Sep 1844 12

MS 217/11

A886, A3029 Small Jewish collections: published contributions by Harold Pollins

A886

Typescript of an article `All over by Christmas' by Harold Pollins, which appeared in the Jewish chronicle 11 Nov 1994

A3029

Extract from a book of reminiscences of life in Oxfordshire, concerning the evacuation of Jewish children to the village of Peppard in September 1939 13

MS 217/12

A888 Small Jewish collections: Penzance Hebrew Congregation papers

Copies of documents, some in Hebrew script, of Penzance Hebrew Congregation, 1808-92, including revised regulations, 1844, and a minute book, 1864-92, circumcision list, 1821-47; also a transcript of deeds, 1744-1880 14

MS 217/13

A894 Small Jewish collections: postcards

Three postcards from Dr Ettinghausen, interned in Spandau, Germany, to Mrs Maurice Ettinghausen, c.1915-16 15

MS 217/14

A906 Small Jewish collections: brochure

Kisharon brochure, 1995 16

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A920 Small Jewish collections: letter

Letter from Peter Falk to Mrs Tatton Brown, discussing reports of German atrocities, 6 January 1943 17

MS 217/16

A926 Small Jewish collections: prayer book

The book of daily prayers for every day in the year according to the custom of the German and Polish Jews edited by Isaac Leeser (Philadelphia, 5608), in Hebrew and English, with manuscript notes at the front and back of the book of births and deaths of the Joel family and a birthday card, 1879 18

MS 217/17

A930, A3035 Small Jewish collections: barmitzvah service

A930

`Some notes on Sabbath morning services on the occasion of the barmitzvah of Udi Tischler', 18 Nov 1995

A3035

`Notes on the Sabbath morning service on the occasion of the barmitzvah of Solomon Schonfield’, Bevis Marks Synagogue, 23 Jun 2001

`Notes on the Sabbath morning service for the barmitsvah of Amos Schonfield’, Bevis Marks Synagogue, 5 Mar 2005 19

MS 217/18

A940 Small Jewish collections: marriage register

Copy of a transliteration, translation and transcription of a marriage register of the Western Synagogue [ref: MS 116/126] by Bernard Susser, with an index of fathers of brides and grooms, of place names and occupations and English first and surnames 20

MS 217/19

A945 Small Jewish collections: letter

Part of a letter addressed to Lazarus Griver describing the disturbances in Jerusalem, 23 Sep 1929 21

MS 217/20

A809 Small Jewish collections: miscellaneous Jewish papers

1/1 Photocopies of correspondence from Mr and Mrs S.Cohen c.1843-51

1/2 Correspondence between Oswald John Simon and Mrs E.A.Finn; 1894 copies of sketch and photograph of Sir John and Lady Simon

1/3 Photocopy of a journal 1911

1/4 Newspaper cuttings; papers; bills 1947-88

1/5 Two letters from Bransby Williams to Hilda Brighten 1959-60 Letter from the BBC to Hilda Brighten 21 Apr 1975 Typescripts of writings and short stories by Hilda Brighten n.d. 22

MS 217/21

A837 Small Jewish collections: Klug papers

1 Black and white photograph of some of the delegates to the Youth Jul 1968 and human rights conference, organised by the Anne Frank Foundation, UNESCO and the World University Service, standing in the garden of Anne Frank House, including Harold and Brian Klug and Otto and Fritzi Frank

2 Colour photograph of the Klugs, together with Otto and Fritzi 1968 Frank and Fritzi's daughter, Eva Schloss, in London

3 Four colour photographs of the `Children to children' event 14 Jun 1993 organised by the Anne Frank Educational Trust 23

MS 217/22

A964 Small Jewish collections: working papers on Jewish history

1 Correspondence between Wilfred S.Samuel and Eric Nabarro 1948 concerning documents relating to Jewish history; letter to Joseph Nabarro from W.S.Jessop of the United States Sanitary Specialities Corporation, Chicago, sending transcriptions of two letters on behalf of William IV and Queen Adelaide to Joseph Joseph of Plymouth

2 Letters to the editor of the Voice of Jacob, 1844-5, with later 1844-5, n.d. typescript transcriptions, [c.1940s]; `Historical account of the first [transcriptions settlement of Jews in Savannah, Georgia' with later typescript c.1940s] transcription

3 The Gibraltar almanack 1845

4 Black and white photographs of commemorative stones n.d.

5 Correspondence of Wilfred Samuel, Joseph Nabarro and Albert 1947 Montefiore Hyamson; notes of Jewish denizations and naturalizations in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 24

MS 217/23

A968 Small Jewish collections: papers of R.Epstein

Correspondence, invoices, bank paying in slips, turf accountant statements, income tax papers, 1956-9 25

MS 217/24

A972 Small Jewish collections: postcards and slides

Postcards and slides of Prague: the monument at Pinkas Synagogue, the Castle and the old Jewish cemetery 26

MS 217/25

A976 Small Jewish collections: papers relating to refugees

1 Agreement, in German, made between the Federal Republic of 1952 Gremany and the State of Israel, with protocols one and two

2 The problem of statelessness by P.Weis and R.Graupner published Jul 1944 by the British Section of the

3 World Jewish Congress pamphlet The convention on the May 1950 declaration of death of missing persons and the activities of the World Jewish Congress in connection therein (New York)

4 Convention relating to the status of refugees its history, contents 1953 and interpretation: a commentary by Nehemiah Robinson (Institute of Jewish Affairs, New York)

5 Ausnahme-Gesetze Gegen Juden in den von Nazi Deutschland 1956 besetzten Gebieten Europas (Wiener Library, London)

6 Text of the West German Opferfürsorgegestz of July 1947 as n.d. amended in Sep 1957 (Vienna)

7 Zur Geschichte der Ruckerstattung by G.Weis 1975 27

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A982 Small Jewish collections: Manchester Jewish community papers

1 Manchester Council for Soviet Jewry

Minutes, appeal letters, receipts, lists of names and addresses, biographical details of Soviet Jews, reports of visits, accounts, information papers, 1980-96

2 Hillel House

Chapter 15 of Bill William's biography of Sidney Hamburger, relating to Hillel House. Minutes, correspondence, plans of the Manchester New Hillel Building Committee of which Sidney Hamburger was chairman, notes on the history of Hillel House, 1977-81 28

MS 217/27

AJ 444 Small Jewish collections: letters of Professor Sidney Smith

1 Letter from Aage Bentzen, Denmark, to Sidney Smith, discussing 1 Sep 1948 the comments made by Smith upon Bentzen's typescript Envelope

2 Letter from Sidney Smith to Professor C.R.North raising certain 21 Oct 1948 points about items in North's book The suffering servant

3 Letter from Professor C.R.North, Department of Hebrew, 30 Oct 1948 University College of North , Bangor, to Sidney Smith responding to the points raised by Smith in North's book