Hahn Collection
The collection contains the photos and papers of Franz and Annie Hahn, a Jewish couple from Germany who sought refuge in Durban, South Africa in the late 1930s
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Grunau Collection
The collection contains a translation of an affidavit confirming Harry’s parentage and date of birth as well as two commemorative poems he wrote 46 years after leaving Germany
Elisabeth Koransky Collection
This collection contains documentation related to Elisabeth Koransky (nee Gudemann) and her experiences as a refugee after the Second World War. Her papers contain references to her claims for restitution…
Uys Family Collection
The collection contains three copies of a pamphlet for the first concert of the 10th season of the Cape Town Chamber Music Society. Helga Bassel, Tessa’s mother, is listed as…
Miriam Pasvol Collection
It contains correspondence, documentation, publications, ephemera and photographs related to Siegfried and Martha Meyer as well as their families, German Jewish refugees who came to South Africa in the late 1930s
Irene Groll Collection
It contains correspondence, documentation, publications, photographs ,and ephemera related to Irene Groll’s experience during the Holocaust, her efforts to claim for reparation from the late 1940s to the 1950s as…
British Cotton Growing Association Records, 1906 – 1968
The collection contains annual reports, publications, and ca. 300 maps documenting the activities of the British Cotton Growing Association's activities, primarily in Africa, but also in India and Mesopotamia. The…
Dom Polskich Dzieci records
Correspondence, telegrams, notes, memoranda, clippings, accounts, lists, protocols, reports, inventories, and published materials, relating to the evacuation of the war orphans from Russia to Oudtshoorn, the establishment and operation of…
Brian Reid collection
Pamphlets, leaflets, campaign literature, serial issues, and clippings, relating to general elections in South Africa, South African politics and race relations, and the position of religious groups in South Africa…
Africa: posters and ephemera
This collection consists of posters, calendars, flipbooks, voting forms, maps, an umbrella and other ephemera from various countries throughout Africa. A majority of the posters deal with topics such as…