Eric and Käthe Curzon: personal papers and correspondence

Eric and Käthe Curzon: personal papers and correspondence 

Eric and Käthe Curzon: personal papers and correspondence 

2 folders, 88 photographs 

This collection contains the personal papers of Eric Curzon and his wife Käthe (née Kupferberg),  Jewish refugees who met in London after they had both fled Nazi German persecutions in their home towns of Vienna and Leipzig.

Personal papers including Eric Curzon's documents such as qualifications; Heimatschein; birth, police clearance and naturalisation certificates; last will and testament; and a brief personal account relating to the Austrian annexation and his emigration. Also included is Käthe Curzon's correspondence from family and friends as well as a diary (1939-1941) written in the form of letters to her parents, which she intended to give them upon their reunion. She describes her life at the  refugee hostel, the air raids in London, her efforts to find employment and her work as a domestic servant in a London household. 

Arranged chronologically.