gb-003348-wl815
record resource extent: 1 folder
title: Selmar Biener: papers re restitution claim
conditions of access: Open
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/329
identifier: WL815
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/1042
scope and content: The material consists of original material and some copy documentation. It has been arranged in date order.
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1919-01-01
type: RecordSet
biographical history: It is assumed that the collection was formed in pursuit of a claim for restitution from the German Democratic Republic- a letter from the Foreign Compensation Commission (815/16), 1976, asks Selmar Biener for documentary proof in support of her claim. The following fragmentary biographical details have been extracted from the collection. Selmar Biener- presumably the depositor- was born into a Jewish family in Magdeburg in 1906. Her brother, David, was born in 1904. The two of them entered into a business partnership in Magdeburg in 1935, an electrical components wholesalers. David had already worked at their parents' firm, also in Magdeburg, but having demonstrated 'an outstanding business sense' it was decided to start out on their own. In 1937 David went to Holland and from there to Palestine. Nothing is known of his fate after this period. Selmar came to London sometime before October 1942. The parents remained in Magdeburg. Their fate is not known.
has record set type: Collection
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/gb-003348-wl815/alternateIDs/1
has or had holder: gb-003348
archival history: Nothing is known about the provenance
has or had some members with language: deu
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1976-01-31