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Dr. Letitia Fairfield (1885-1978), born of Irish extraction received her medical education at Edinburgh and spent her working life in London, becoming the first woman senior medical officer to the London County Council.</p><p>She joined the LCC service in 1911 and in 1920 was sent on a mission to the West Indies- and in 1938 to Malta- to advise on how to deal with venereal diseases in women. In 1943 ...

The author, Mitzi was a close friend of the depositor's mother in Vienna, where they were both born before 1900. When the war began she, her husband, Lutz, and their daughter, Eva, were living in Budapest. After the war the family emigrated to Israel. The Schlesinger family had emigrated to Great Britain, but the two families remained in contact for 40 years.

Contains a Polish passport issued to Abram and Rywka Lasowski in 1935, with stamps showing their immigration to Palestine via Lisbon and Greece; and a document in Hebrew and some English, issued by the Jewish Agency for Palestine office in Lisbon, 1935, for the Lasockis. Also includes seven photographs.

Copy documents regarding Monik Rosenbaum, a survivor from Theresienstadt, who was traced by his brother to Gateshead.

These 3 unrelated documents are evidence of anti-Semitic measures taken by the Nazis

Contains one letter to Janice Rush from Otto Frank, dated 1967, responding to a letter Rush, of Herington, Kansas, had sent to him expressing admiration for "Diary of a Young Girl." Also includes a holiday card from Otto Frank, December 1970, and a letter from Miep Gies, 1989, after Rush wrote to her, also.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-319) and index. vi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm