Papers of exile-related individuals
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TitlePapers of exile-related individuals
Held atUniversity of London, Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Reference codeEXS/2
Datec1900-2002
Scope and ContentThis series contains records created by or relating to individual German-speaking exiles from Nazi-occupied Central Europe (mainly Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia). Most of the material fits into one of the following two categories:
1) official documents, personal papers and memoirs of ordinary refugees who came to the UK in the 1930s; or
2) correspondence, plays, poems and other scripts (for example for radio broadcasts) of political activists, scholars, journalists, poets and other writers who went into exile in the UK and other countries. Notable amongst this material are the papers of the journalist Rudolf Olden, which include a draft copy of his biography of Hitler; poems and letters by the Austrian writer Fritz Gross; and correspondence between the British Germanic Studies scholar Professor C.P. Magill and the Austrian writer Felix Braun covering the period 1939 to 1970. There are also records of the cultural activities of internees in Mooragh Internment Camp, Isle of Man, and the autobiography of the scholar and activist Berhand Herzberg.
1) official documents, personal papers and memoirs of ordinary refugees who came to the UK in the 1930s; or
2) correspondence, plays, poems and other scripts (for example for radio broadcasts) of political activists, scholars, journalists, poets and other writers who went into exile in the UK and other countries. Notable amongst this material are the papers of the journalist Rudolf Olden, which include a draft copy of his biography of Hitler; poems and letters by the Austrian writer Fritz Gross; and correspondence between the British Germanic Studies scholar Professor C.P. Magill and the Austrian writer Felix Braun covering the period 1939 to 1970. There are also records of the cultural activities of internees in Mooragh Internment Camp, Isle of Man, and the autobiography of the scholar and activist Berhand Herzberg.
Conditions governing accessOpen. At least 48 hours' notice is required for research visits.
Extent9 boxes
System of ArrangementAlphabetical by surname.
Level of descriptionseries