Jacoby family: personal papers

Jacoby family: personal papers 

Jacoby family: personal papers 

1 box 

This collection contains the papers of the Jacobys, a Jewish family from Berlin. Only one of the children, Henny Prax, managed to emigrate to England via Czechoslovakia. Her brother and parents were unable to leave the country in time and were later deported to Auschwitz concentration camp where they perished.

Personal papers including correspondence with relatives and acquaintances abroad regarding affidavits and visas for the family's emigration; work references and CVs; Hans-Bernd's school reports; copies of medical certificates; Henny Prax's letters from family and friends; correspondence and photographs relating to Ludwig Jacoby's service in the army in the First World War; correspondence with the International Tracing Service regarding confirmation of deportation of Ludwig, Dorothea and Hans-Bernd Jacoby; family tree; family photographs and negatives; interview with Henny Prax conducted by University of Southern California Shoah Foundation Institute (1997). 

Arranged chronologically by subject.