Metadata : Private Papers of the Wohl Family
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- Imperial War Museum
- Holding institution (official language):
- Imperial War Museum
- Postal address:
- Lambeth RoadLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomSE1 6HZ
- Email:
- Email: contact@iwm.org.uk
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- Imperial War Museum
- Holding institution (official language):
- Imperial War Museum
- Postal address:
- Lambeth RoadLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomSE1 6HZ
- Email:
- Email: contact@iwm.org.uk
- Reference number:
- Documents.26371
- Title:
- Private Papers of the Wohl Family
- Title (official language):
- Private Papers of the Wohl Family
- Date(s):
- 1898/1947
- Language:
- English
- German
- Extent:
- 3 Boxes
- Scope and content:
- 1.1. Plastic box containing ms and ts letters, postcards, etc including copy of ts letter from the Chilean Consulate, 31 May 1939, re application to emigrate, letter from Berlin November 1939; letters from Eva's son Peter when living with his aunts Ulli and Kate when his brother David was born and Saving's Stamp card given to Peter when he was born1.2. White envelope containing ms and ts letters, postcards, scripts etc and a hand coloured December greeting from Eva and Ulli in London to Ilse, with 1930s photograph of Leonhard Wohl and portrait photograph of Victorian era woman taken in Stettin1.3. Jewish prayer book, 1926, in card slip case, German/Hebrew1.4. Polythene bag of photographs of the Wohl family1.5. Photocopies of Bublitz town square, poem in German, 2 June 1939, and note re Eva Wohl1.6. Original ts letter 3pp plus photocopy to Eva Wohl in London from Herbert Lewin-Nivelli in Berlin (? her cousin), 19 March 1946, describing his survival of Auschwitz with ms letter 1p Chemnitz, November 1939, 'Mein lieben Mecklenburgs'1.7. Copy of ts letter 2pp from Peter Urbach to Revd Peter Hartman giving details of his father's life for his funeral with original naturalization certificate issued to Arnold Urbach, November 1947 and a letter to Eva Urbach about her nationality1.8. Large black document wallet book containing original ms and ts letters from Leonhard and Clara Wohl to their daughter Ilse and her husband Martin Friedlander in Argentina, 1939-1942, with further letters from Martin's mother also in Berlin, talking about deteriorating conditions of life, with ts German transcriptions, envelopes, poems and other original papers1.9. 6 original ms Red Cross letters c.1942 from Wohl daughters in London to their parents in Berlin, including the last letter back with ms note from Leonhard on 2 December 19421.10. Danish Red Cross letter from Wolfgang Goetz to Eva Wohl, November 19411.11. Ms letter 8pp 'Lieber Mutti …' ND and ms diary 24pp apparently written by Ulli Wohl intermittently describing her life in Britain, August 1939 – August 19441.12. School completion (?) certificate for Leonhard Wohl, Bublitz, c.18981.13. Large collection of ms and ts poetry, play scripts for family productions, apparently written by Leonhard Wohl1.14. Pink folder containing miscellaneous ms and ts paper including children's letters, poems, scripts, postcards and photographs
- Access points: persons/families:
- Friedlander, Martin
- Lewin-Nivelli, Herbert
- Urbach
- Wohl
- Wohl, Eva
- Access points: persons/families (additional):
- Wohl
- Wohl, Eva
- Urbach
- Lewin-Nivelli, Herbert
- Friedlander, Martin
- Access, restrictions:
- Visit IWM website for Research Room access provisions see https://www.iwm.org.uk/research/research-facilities
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030046074
- Reference number:
- Documents.26371
- Title:
- Private Papers of the Wohl Family
- Title (official language):
- Private Papers of the Wohl Family
- Date(s):
- 1898/1947
- Language:
- English
- German
- Extent:
- 3 Boxes
- Scope and content:
- 1.1. Plastic box containing ms and ts letters, postcards, etc including copy of ts letter from the Chilean Consulate, 31 May 1939, re application to emigrate, letter from Berlin November 1939; letters from Eva's son Peter when living with his aunts Ulli and Kate when his brother David was born and Saving's Stamp card given to Peter when he was born1.2. White envelope containing ms and ts letters, postcards, scripts etc and a hand coloured December greeting from Eva and Ulli in London to Ilse, with 1930s photograph of Leonhard Wohl and portrait photograph of Victorian era woman taken in Stettin1.3. Jewish prayer book, 1926, in card slip case, German/Hebrew1.4. Polythene bag of photographs of the Wohl family1.5. Photocopies of Bublitz town square, poem in German, 2 June 1939, and note re Eva Wohl1.6. Original ts letter 3pp plus photocopy to Eva Wohl in London from Herbert Lewin-Nivelli in Berlin (? her cousin), 19 March 1946, describing his survival of Auschwitz with ms letter 1p Chemnitz, November 1939, 'Mein lieben Mecklenburgs'1.7. Copy of ts letter 2pp from Peter Urbach to Revd Peter Hartman giving details of his father's life for his funeral with original naturalization certificate issued to Arnold Urbach, November 1947 and a letter to Eva Urbach about her nationality1.8. Large black document wallet book containing original ms and ts letters from Leonhard and Clara Wohl to their daughter Ilse and her husband Martin Friedlander in Argentina, 1939-1942, with further letters from Martin's mother also in Berlin, talking about deteriorating conditions of life, with ts German transcriptions, envelopes, poems and other original papers1.9. 6 original ms Red Cross letters c.1942 from Wohl daughters in London to their parents in Berlin, including the last letter back with ms note from Leonhard on 2 December 19421.10. Danish Red Cross letter from Wolfgang Goetz to Eva Wohl, November 19411.11. Ms letter 8pp 'Lieber Mutti …' ND and ms diary 24pp apparently written by Ulli Wohl intermittently describing her life in Britain, August 1939 – August 19441.12. School completion (?) certificate for Leonhard Wohl, Bublitz, c.18981.13. Large collection of ms and ts poetry, play scripts for family productions, apparently written by Leonhard Wohl1.14. Pink folder containing miscellaneous ms and ts paper including children's letters, poems, scripts, postcards and photographs
- Access points: persons/families:
- Friedlander, Martin
- Lewin-Nivelli, Herbert
- Urbach
- Wohl
- Wohl, Eva
- Access points: persons/families (additional):
- Wohl
- Wohl, Eva
- Urbach
- Lewin-Nivelli, Herbert
- Friedlander, Martin
- Access, restrictions:
- Visit IWM website for Research Room access provisions see https://www.iwm.org.uk/research/research-facilities
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030046074
