Pre-war German Jewish Life

All of the German Jewish collections at the University of Sussex were donated by families who came to the UK as refugees from Nazi persecution. Many of them brought documents with them, which show Jewish life before Hitler came to power. These archival materials show a broad range of Jewish identities. While most families considered themselves assimilated by the 1930s, the material also reveals traces of antisemitism and Jewish segregation.

  • Mostly handwritten form with a paper seal, frayed along the edges
  • Black and white image of a young woman in a brown photo frame
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