This collection contains the correspondence of Hildegard Sekler as well as Sekler family legal, professional and emigration documents and miscellanea. The core of the collection is personal correspondence to Hildegard Sekler in London, from her parents and Liatowisch, and letters concerning Hildegard's studies from Goller.

Several themes of special note occur throughout the collection. These include discussions of conditions for Jewish people in Vienna in the late 1930s and early 1940s, uncertainty about the movements of relatives, and difficulties in communication. Also included are description of Hildegard's life as a child refugee and London nights during the German air raids.

Materials include manusrcipts, letters, postcards, records, and related materials.

In English, inscribed Oct. 10, 1903.

Documents relating to the profession of Leopold Sekler as an Oberfinanzrat (Upper Financial Council member) in the Vienna Finance Ministry.

Includes two 1921 issues of the biweekly Der Invalide, published by the state association for invalids and families of fallen soldiers.

Notices of mandatory name changes for Leopold, Toni, and Hildegard Sekler (3 slips, dated Apr. 26, 1939) are inserted.

NB: On August 17, 1938 German authorities enacted The Executive Order on the Law on the Alteration of Family and Personal Names required that Jews with non-Jewish first names add "Israel", for males, or "Sara", for females, to their names.

First page stamped "J" in red ink.

NB: Beginning in the autumn of 1938, Germany required that Jewish persons' passports be stamped with an identifying red letter "J".

Back of photo inscribed "Meiner sehr liebea Kleinen Hilda, Decembrie, 1939."

Stamped with German eagle and swastika.

Documents and correspondences relating to the Sekler family's efforts to flee Austria.

Documents relating to Hildegard Sekler's study and employment in London. Includes 1 letter from the Czechoslovak Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated January 28, 1942 regarding the Ministry's inability to help secure passage out of Vienna for Leopold and Toni Sekler.

States there are no objections for the student, Hildegard Sekler, to leave the country.

Confirms that Hildegard Sekler has been added to the "Collective Passport (Sammelpass)" kept at the Society.

Includes one letter, dated June 26, 1938, from Suzi Liatowitsch's parents to the Sekler family.

Conveys concern about Hildegard's parents and disappointment that they were not on the name list of refugee transports from Theresienstadt to St. Gallen.

Includes letters from return address St. Francis, Redstone Hill, Surrey.

Includes letters from return address 62 Queen Anne St., W1 and 36 King St., Manchester.

Essays on "My schooldays" and "The first examination day … "

Includes postcards from Suzi Liatowitsch and Hildegard's parents.

Includes a March 14 letter sent by Trude Mesuse from Paris after visiting Hildegard's parents in Austria. It states (in German), "Furthermore, your father wants you to know, if he writes "ich" like this at the end or the beginning of a sentence, you ought to pay attention to this sentence and think about it, because it will have a particular meaning he can't express clearly writing from Vienna. And you should be careful when you write, too."