Dr Walter Manfred Bergmann: Family papers

This collection of papers consists of correspondence from the <em>Reichsärztekammer</em> and government regulations relating to the aryanisation of the medical profession in Nazi Germany. In addition the collection contains identity cards for Walter Bergmann, his wife and two young children which carry the distinctive 'J' designating their Jewish ethnicity. Dr W. M. Brent (formerly Bergmann) and his family were residents of Leipzig and came to Great Britain probably some time in 1939. He was a practising doctor until the beginning of October 1938, after which time he was no longer allowed to practise on account of his being Jewish. The official response (1028/2) to his request for recogniton as a specialist doctor is dealt with thus: "Da es jüdische Ä„rzte nicht mehr gibt, kann es auch keine jüdischen Fachärzte mehr geben." Open