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Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-352) and index. 381 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Miroslav (Fred) Schiller was born on Jan. 3, 1910 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia). He became a jazz musician and traveled throughout Europe and the Mediterranean. He returned to Zagreb to witness the beginnings of the Nazi rise to power. Shortly after, he fled to Split, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) which was in the Italian zone of occupation. Because they were in danger of deportation, his parents ...

Jervis Royalton Roe: personal account of political events in Austria, 1938; two diaries documenting his war-time experiences

The bulk of the material in this collection comprises the records of 'The Hyphen' social club (1159/1), which the depositor, Peter Johnson, was instrumental in forming and who subsequently became the chairman. Also included are papers relating to the depositor's time in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, as military interpreter for the British occupying forces in the immediate postwar years (1159/2). In addition ...

Founded in 1920, the Va’ad Leumi (the Jewish National Council or the Jewish People’s Council) represented the organized Jewish community in Eretz Israel (the Land of Israel), which was governed by the British Mandate of Palestine. The organization served as the executive body of the Elected Assembly of Representatives. The Assembly was the supreme representative body of the Yishuv (the Jewish community), ...

Originally published: London : Macmillan, 2002. xxii, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits (chiefly color) ; 18 cm

Contains 22 documents pertaining to the awards granted by French, British and American authorities to Simone Molin (a.k.a. Simone Benoist, or Madame Veuve Garaud) for her activity in the French resistance and for saving airmen of the Allied Forces and Jews during World War II; related correspondence; and 4 black and white photo prints showing Simone Molin.