Gisela Nathan collection

Gisela Nathan (1927-2009) and her sister, Ruth (1929-2013), were apparently sent from Berlin in June 1939 to a family in Scotland probably on the Kindertransport, by their parents, Agathe and Carl Nathan. It is assumed that the family who received them, Mr and Mrs Alex Martin, were the children's guarantors. The last postcard sent from a Mr Levy in London is addressed to a  Dipl. Ing. Hans Nathan, presumably related- possibly an uncle/ brother of the girls? Gisela sailed to Montreal on the ss Captain Cook on 17.5.1955, married Herman Gordon and settled in Toronto. Ruth sailed to New York on the ss Nieuw Amsterdam on 27.10 1948, married Peter Harris and died inOshawa, Ontario, 2013 (source Ancestry.co.uk).  

This collection was donated by a Norfolk-based antiquarian bookshop possibly as part of a house clearance. 

Gisela Nathan collection 

1 folder 

Gisela Nathan: correspondence 

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