Metadata: Papers of Lionel Bloch
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- University of Southampton Special Collections
- Holding institution (official language):
- University of Southampton Special Collections
- Postal address:
- Hartley Library, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ
- Phone number:
- 02380 592721
- Web address:
- https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives
- Email:
- archives@soton.ac.uk
- Reference number:
- MS 306 A1063
- Title:
- Papers of Lionel Bloch
- Title (official language):
- Papers of Lionel Bloch
- Creator/accumulator:
- Bloch, Lionel
- Date(s):
- 1950/1998
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 0.23 linear metres: 2 boxes
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection contains typescript articles and newspaper cuttings of articles and letters written by Lionel Bloch reflecting his passionate interest in a range of subjects. They focus particularly on the situation in the Middle East, the Soviet Union and the condition of the Jewish population in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and the Middle East.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Lionel Herbert Bloch (1928-98) was born in Bucharest to one of the sons of Les Freres Bloch, a well-known firm of jewellers. The Bloch family left Romania in 1948, following the seizure of power by the communists. Lionel Bloch made his way to Great Britain and attended the University of Birmingham. He supplemented his income by working first as a diplomatic correspondence on the Birmingham Post and later as London correspondence for the Jerusalem Post. A staunch Tory from his student days, as well as a noted Zionist and anti-communist, Bloch served as a member of the Trade Union Reform Committee of the Centre for Policy Studies. He worked as a solicitor and also served for many years as legal advisor to the Israeli embassy. Bloch was married to Eva Bell and subsequently, in 1966, to Suzanne Rosen. He died in 1998.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Bloch, Lionel
- Subject terms:
- Jewish press
- Personal records
- Professions
- Professions--Journalists
- Access, restrictions:
- Access to the archive requires a prior written appointment. https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/about/access.page
- Links to finding aids:
- https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/cataloguedatabases/webguide1.page
- Yerusha Network member:
- University of Southampton Special Collections
