George Vulkan collection

The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence between Abraham and Amalie's children in England, Scotland and Austria, in particular letters to Marcel and his sister Regina (Regi). A major theme of the letters is the attempts to help the family members in Austria escape to Britain and the frustrations arising out of the difficulty of this.

There are also materials on German, Austrian and Czechoslovakian refugees’ life in Britain in the 1940s, as well as notes and texts written by George Vulkan on his family history.

The collection is arranged by family member. Each file contains the letters sent by that family member to their immediate family followed by letters sent to more distant relatives and non-family members, as well as letters received.

George's notes on and rough translations of the letters have been collected at the end of each file.