Ken Ambrose collection

Ken Ambrose (1919-2008), previously known as Kurt Abrahamsohn, was born in Szczecin, Poland, formerly Stettin, Pomerania in 1919 to the Jewish parents, Arthur and Alice Abrahamsohn (née Cronbach). Both families stemmed from Gdansk, Poland, formerly Danzig, Germany. Two of the Cronbach sons had settled in England in the 19th century. Arthur fought, was decorated and injured during WWI. After the Nazis came to power it was arranged for Ken to go to school in Taunton, Somerset. Ken arranges for the emigration of his sister and parents from Germany in 1939. Arthur and Ken are interned by the British authorities and Ken is sent to Australia on the ship, the Dunera. There is news of friends and family who did not manage to escape the Holocaust. Ken Ambrose joins the RAF.

This collection has been arranged into series reflecting the chapters in Ken Ambrose'e family history: The Suitcase in the Garage: Letters and Photographs of a German Jewish Family, 1800-1950. 

In addition the material received as a later accrual from a house clearance after Ken Ambrose's death has been catalogued as a separate series