Marianne Elsley: personal correspondence

Marianne Elsley: personal correspondence 

Marianne Elsley: personal correspondence 

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This collection consists of the personal correspondence of Marianne Elsley, a Kindertransportee from Berlin who arrived in England in March 1939. Her parents were deported and perished in the Holocaust. The letters were sent by relatives and friends between 1939 and 1944, with the last letter from her parents arriving at the time the Second World War broke out.

Marianne Elsley's personal correspondence and a booklet of her personal reminiscences entitled 'Over the Years' (2004) describing her experiences before, during and after the war; a recording of the Radio 4 programme 'Writing the century' (2008) with contributions from Elsley's publications 'A chance in six million' and 'Voices in the night'; and an article in Woman's Weekly (2005) on Elsley's life. 

Arranged chronologically.