Wilfrid Israel: copy correspondence

Wilfrid Israel was the heir to a Berlin business dynasty and an important figure in the rescue of Jews in Europe during the Nazi period. Born in London in 1899, educated at the Französische Gymnasium in Berlin, he was fluent in both German and English, so his letters are written in both languages. As a result of the secrecy in which he operated, all his personal documents were destroyed before he left Berlin in 1939; but evidence of his work remains in archives, official and personal, in several countries, including the UK, USA and Israel.