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Total number of records: 81

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Books and printed items62
Archives19

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Liddle Collection11
Leeds Russian Archive9
Brotherton Collection4
Herbert Read Collection2
English Literature1
Feminist Archive North1
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman1
Leeds Poetry1

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SubjectCount
antisemitism81
jews26
nazism8
world war ii8
oral history7
world war i7
holocaust6
jewish community6
jewish soldiers5
christianity and antisemitism4

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France3
Germany3
Poland3
Russia3
Soviet Union2
Spain2
Europe1
Europe, Eastern1
Germany (East)1
Kiev (Ukraine)1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Cecil Betsalel Roth3
Roth, Cecil (1899-1970)3
בצלאל ססיל רות3
רות, בצלאל3
American Jewish Committee2
Beilis, Mendelʹ, 1874-19342
Berd︠I︡Aev, Nikolai (1874-1948)2
Bourne, Francis Alphonsus Cardinal (1861-1935)2
Glaser, Edward (1918-1972)2
Hertz, Joseph H (1872-1946)2

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From 20003

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Up to 199969
Up to latest7

Archive Collection

Max Isserlin Collection

Isserlin, Max (1879-1941)

1902-1999

Papers of the psychiatrist Max Isserlin, includes: journals and papers on psychological and medical subjects; correspondence files; working papers; case histories and medical reports; photographs and ...

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Papers of Janina and Zygmunt Bauman

Bauman, Zygmunt (1925-2017); Bauman, Janina (1926-2009)

1945-2015

Most of the material relates to the professional careers of Zygmunt Bauman and his first wife, Janina Bauman (writer). It includes correspondence (with academics of sociology, philosophy and other dis...

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Papers of Dame Fanny Waterman

1904-2016

The material comprises the personal archive of Dame Fanny Waterman, covering her career as a piano teacher, speaker, author and organiser of musical events. The archive also reflects personal milesto...

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Leeds Academic Assistance Committee

1933-1940

This collection comprises documents relating to the Leeds Academic Assistance Committee. It comprises two accessions: MS 415, MS 446. Specific details can be found in file descriptions.

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Sheila Saunders Collection

Saunders, Sheila

C1960s - 1980s C1960s - 1980s

The collection houses material concerning Shelia Saunder’s political activism during the 1970s. Saunders sat on the committees of a variety of charitable and activist organisations, primarily concer...

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Dortheimer, Victor

Mid-Late 20th Century

This section contains a typed transcript of an interview (Tape No. 1377) with Victor Dorthheimer regarding his experience of living in Nazi occupied Poland. Dortheimer was chief enameller at Oskar Sc...

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Hankowska (lakomy), Lena

Mid-Late 20th Century

This section contains a typed short story titled 'My Mother of the Camp: Maria Kotarba' by Lena Hankowska, dated 1992. Hankowska recalls her time at Auschwitz concentration camp, reflecting on her fri...

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Kutner, David

Mid-Late 20th Century

This section contains a transcript of an interview with David Kutner regarding his experience as a Polish Jew detained in Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp at 11 years old. The account details the...

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Rossleigh, Christine (née Goldschlag-gorezynski)

Mid-Late 20th Century

This section contains a letter from Christine Rossleigh recounting her experience as a Polish Jew living in Nazi occupied Poland. She recalls the growth of antisemitism in Poland before and after the ...

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Muller, Hans Gerd

Mid-Late 20th Century

This section contains ephemera collected by Hans Gerd Muller, a German Jewish Child living in Germany before and during the Second World War. It is comprised of two boxes: BOX 1: Photographs related ...

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BARKER, Mrs AM

1970-1999

This section contains brief notes on in interview (Tape No. 980) with A. Barker, a woman born to a Jewish family in Leeds. It details instances of antisemitism in both Leeds and Newcastle, specificall...

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BICKLER, J

1914-1919

This file contains a transcript of an interview (Tape No. 944) with J. Bickler, a Private in the British Army. It details life and service serving in the Royal Fusiliers Regiment (Jewish Battalion), o...

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