Ernest and Edit Gruenwald: personal papers

Ernest and Edit Gruenwald: personal papers 

Ernest and Edit Gruenwald: personal papers 

3 folders 

This collection contains the family papers of Ernest and Edit Gruenwald who emigrated to the UK from Silesia and Hungary respectively to flee Jewish persecution.

Personal papers including birth and marriage certificates, Edit's school reports, correspondence relating to Ernest's unsuccessful applications to enlist with the army, certificate of naturalisation, Cessation of Seagoing Service (Merchant Navy) certificate, correspondence from the Foreign Compensation Commission regarding claims against the Czechoslovak and Hungarian Compensation Funds, work references and correspondence relating to work and retirement pensions. Also included are passports (1767/4), Ernest's driving licence, National Union of Seamen members's contribution book and photographs (1767/3).