Jakob Schloss was born in 1924 to Baruch Schloss and Martha Schloss née Oppenheimer, in Gelsenkirchen. While Jakob immigrated to England, his father was deported from Drancy to Auschwitz in 1942. Jakob Schloss anglicised his name to Jack Scott, and became a member of the No. 3 Troop, No. 10 Commando, which consisted largely of Jewish soldier who had fled Nazi occupied countries.
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The collection consists of the personal and family paper of Jakob Schloss/ Jack Scott, including wartime documentation of his own war service and his father’s deportation from France, and later documentation of memorials and tributes to Baruch Schloss and Jack’s commando. It also includes photographs of family members and memorial sites.
Jack Scott collection