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Personal documentation of Oscar Samuel Mendel, born in Elmshorn, Germany, 3 November 1864, and of his daughter Rosa Mina Mendel from the period of their lives in Germany and after their immigration in July 1939 to Great Britain, 1974-1903 In the file: - Birth certificates; - Passports from the Third Reich period; - Offficial documents regarding emigration from Germany; - Immigration certificates; - Official letters from Rosa Mina Mendel regarding restitution of stolen property. All the documents were received from the Jewish National Fund (JNF).

File Number : 431

Type of Material : Identity Card, Personal Documents, Passport, Official Documentation

Language : English, German

Written testimony of Georg Wiener regarding the history of the Jewish community of Oppeln from its inception to its destruction, undated

Written testimony of Georg Wiener regarding the history of the Jewish community of Oppeln from its inception to its destruction, undated The testimony includes a variety of documental sources until 1937 when Jews were forbidden to uses public archives and banned from research that required the work with official documents; personal account regarding the last 40 years of the community; death of Rabbi Dr Wiener 1895; Dr Hermann Vogelstein becomes successor of Dr Wiener but moves to Koenigsberg after two years of service; new synagogue in the borough of Wilhelmstal; next Rabbi is Dr Baeck from Lissa, Prussia...

File Number : 612

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, German