This collection contains the family papers of the Jewish family of Victor and Marianne Strauss and their sons Helmut and Kurt. The family emigrated from Germany in 1939 to excape Nazi persecution. Includes transcripts and translations of a selection of Helmut Strauss's letters.

Included are correspondence and papers relating to Helmut's school education in England and internment in the UK and Australia and Kurt's education in England after emigration (1697/1; Victor and Marianne's correspondence re emigration (1697/2); Victor's employment and business papers (1697/3) war compensation claims (1697/4). Also included is a video interview with Kurt Strauss, recorded as part of a project entitled 'Four decades of refugees in Northern England, 1919-1959' carried out by the University of Leeds in April 2011, accessible via a reading room terminal at R:\\Document collections\\Doc_1697_Kurt Strauss