Box 1
Contains 48 Results:
Apocrypha book, undated
In English, inscribed Oct. 10, 1903.
Leopold Sekler professional documents, 1907–1914
Documents relating to the profession of Leopold Sekler as an Oberfinanzrat (Upper Financial Council member) in the Vienna Finance Ministry.
Leopold Sekler professional documents, 1918–1922
Includes two 1921 issues of the biweekly Der Invalide, published by the state association for invalids and families of fallen soldiers.
Leopold Sekler university enrollment records, 1905
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.
Leopold Sekler university enrollment records, 1907
Toni Sekler passport, 1930
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".
Passport photo, circa 1939
Back of photo inscribed "Meiner sehr liebea Kleinen Hilda, Decembrie, 1939."
Jan Tylingo identification card, undated
Stamped with German eagle and swastika.
Immigration correspondence and documents, 1938–1939
Documents and correspondences relating to the Sekler family's efforts to flee Austria.
Hildegard Sekler immigration, education, and employment correspondence, 1941–1942
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.
Hildegard Sekler rejection to enter Switzerland, 1938 August 12
Letter Finance Office, Leopoldstadt, Vienna, to Leopold Sekler, 1939 January 3
States there are no objections for the student, Hildegard Sekler, to leave the country.
Letter Welfare Headquarters of Jewish Cultural Society to Leopold Sekler, 1939 January 8
Confirms that Hildegard Sekler has been added to the "Collective Passport (Sammelpass)" kept at the Society.
Andree Patissier letters to Hildegard Sekler, 1935–1938
Suzi Liatowitsch letters to Hildegard Sekler, 1937–1941
Includes one letter, dated June 26, 1938, from Suzi Liatowitsch's parents to the Sekler family.
Suzi Liatowitsch letter to Hildegard Sekler, 1945 February 27
Conveys concern about Hildegard's parents and disappointment that they were not on the name list of refugee transports from Theresienstadt to St. Gallen.
Hildegard Sekler letter to Suzi Liatowitsch, 1940 April 1
Judah Simon Goller letters to Hildegard Sekler, folder 1, undated
Includes letters from return address St. Francis, Redstone Hill, Surrey.
Judah Simon Goller letters to Hildegard Sekler, folder 2, undated
Includes letters from return address 62 Queen Anne St., W1 and 36 King St., Manchester.
Hildegard Sekler math problems and related correspondence, undated
Hildegard Sekler letters to Jonah Simon Goller, 1940–1941
Hildegard Sekler essays, circa 1939-1949
Essays on "My schooldays" and "The first examination day … "
Hildegard Sekler stamps earned for craft work, 1939
Hildegard Sekler notes on nursing, undated
Postcards addressee other than Hildegard Sekler, 1937–1940
Postcards to Hildegard Sekler, Vienna address, 1938
Postcards to Hildegard Sekler at 5 Arlesey Road, 1938 September–1938 October
Postcards to Hildegard Sekler at 5 The Avenue, London (2 folders), 1939
Includes postcards from Suzi Liatowitsch and Hildegard's parents.