gb-003348-wl2243
type: RecordSet
biographical history: 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.
conditions of access: Open
has beginning date: 1921-01-01
has end date: 2012-06-30
has or had holder: gb-003348
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: nld
has or had some members with language: fra
has or had some members with language: yid
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 1068
has or had subject: 792
has or had subject: 1077
has or had subject: 0
has record set type: Collection
identifier: WL2243
record resource extent: 1 box
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: 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.
title: Jack Scott collection