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Kindertransport

Collection Overview

Title: Kindertransport

ID: RG-118/RG-118

Extent: 0.0

Arrangement: This Record Group is arranged in 10 subcollections.

Languages: English [eng], German [ger]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This Record Group is comprised of 10 sub-collections, each dedicated to a particular child who escaped Europe on a Kindertransport, and artifacts related to this particular child. Each child has their own sub-collection under RG-118, which then contains artifacts specific to that individual.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on this collection

Box and Folder Listing

Sub-Collection 1: RG-118.01, Charles Susskind CollectionAdd to your cart.
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-118.01.01, Karel Süsskind, c. 1925, age about 4, with older brother Walter, Prague, 1937Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Photograph of Karel Süsskind at about age 4, and his brother Walter, c 1925, taken in Prague.
Subject/Index Terms:
Charles Susskind
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Sub-Collection 2: RG-118.02, Lisa Jura CollectionAdd to your cart.

Lisa Jura was born on April 21, 1924 in Vienna, Austria to Abraham and Malka Jura. She was the middle child and enjoyed a happy upbringing along with her sisters, Rosie and Sonia. Lisa grew up in a home filled with music and became a piano prodigy.

In 1938, Nazi Germany annexed Austria and implemented their antisemitic and discriminatory legislation. During the violence of Kristallnacht, Jewish-owned businesses were damaged, synagogues were burned, and Jews, including Lisa’s father, were beaten openly in the street.

Lisa’s parents secured a place for her on the Kindertransport, a program to evacuate thousands of Jewish children from Nazi Europe to safety in the U.K.  In August 1939, Lisa boarded a train and said goodbye to her parents, not knowing that she would never see them again. Malka’s last works were “promise me that you will hold on to your music.”

In the U.K., Lisa was placed into a boarding house on Willesden Lane with 31 other children refugees who arrived on the Kindertransport. They formed their own family and adapted to life as best they could. Sonia secured a spot on the last Kindertransport from Vienna and was taken in by Quakers in the English countryside. In March 1942, Lisa was accepted into the London Royal Academy of Music, the same year that troubling rumors circulated regarding the fate of European Jews. After the war, Lisa learned that her parents perished in Auschwitz, but her older sister Rosie survived. The sisters later reunited in England.

Lisa would go on to become a professional pianist. In 1949, she married resistance fighter and Holocaust survivor Michel Golabek, and they immigrated to the U.S. where they had two daughters, Mona and Renee, who also became concert pianists, fulfilling Malka’s wish that they hold on to their music.

This collection contains artifacts related to Lisa Jura.

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-118.02.01, Lisa Jura PortraitAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Portrait of Lisa Jura as a young woman
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 photograph
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-118.02.02, Photograph of Lisa and Sonia Jura, 1938, 1938Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Photograph of Lisa Jura and her younger sister Sonia.
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 photograph
Subject/Index Terms:
Evacuation of the 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Kindertransport
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Austria (1933-1939)
Lisa Jura
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-118.02.03, Photograph of Lisa Jura and her husband Michel, taken in ParisAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Photograph of Lisa Jura and her husband Michel, taken in Paris
Arrangement: <span style="color: rgb(16, 55, 93); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.96px;">The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.</span>
Extent: 1 Photograph
Subject/Index Terms:
Evacuation of the 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Kindertransport
Lisa Jura
Michel Golabek
Paris (France)
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-118.02.04, Photograph of Lisa Jura and her husband Michel GolabekAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Photograph of Lisa Jura and her husband Michel Golabek
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 photograph
Subject/Index Terms:
Lisa Jura
Michel Golabek
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Evacuation of the 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Kindertransport
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Jewish children from Germany, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-118.02.05, Photograph of Lisa Jura and kids from Willseden Lane, 1944, 1944Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Photograph of Lisa Jura and kids from Willseden Lane, 1944
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 photograph
Subject/Index Terms:
Lisa Jura
Evacuation of the 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Kindertransport
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Jewish children from Germany, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Willesden Lane
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-118.02.06, Photograph of Lisa Jura and Michel Golabek in England, WartimeAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Photograph of Lisa Jura and Michel Golabek in England, Wartime
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 photograph
Subject/Index Terms:
Lisa Jura
Michel Golabek
Evacuation of the 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Kindertransport
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Jewish children from Germany, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Kindertransport, routes from Germany to United Kingdom, 1938 -- 1940
Willesden Lane
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: RG-118.02.07, Photograph of Lisa Jura in London with FlowersAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Photograph of Lisa Jura in London with Flowers
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 Photograph
Subject/Index Terms:
Lisa Jura
Willesden Lane
Evacuation of the 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Kindertransport
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Jewish children from Germany, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: RG-118.02.08, Photograph of Lisa Jura in Paris, 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Photograph of Lisa Jura in Paris, 1948
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 photograph
Subject/Index Terms:
Evacuation of the 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Kindertransport
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Jewish children from Germany, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Lisa Jura
Paris (France)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 9: RG-118.02.09, Photograph of Lisa JuraAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Photograph of Lisa Jura
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 photograph
Subject/Index Terms:
Evacuation of the 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Kindertransport
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Lisa Jura
Willesden Lane
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 10: RG-118.02.10, Lisa Jura immigration documentsAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Lisa Jura immigration documents
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 document
Subject/Index Terms:
Evacuation of the 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Kindertransport
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Lisa Jura
Willesden Lane
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 11: RG-118.02.11, Wimbledon Music Festival Certificate for Lisa Jura, 1948Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Wimbledon Music Festival Certificate for Lisa Jura, 1948
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 document
Subject/Index Terms:
Evacuation of the 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Kindertransport
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Lisa Jura
Willesden Lane
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 12: RG-118.02.12, Preludes for Piano by S. Rachmaninoff, sheet musicAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Preludes for Piano by S. Rachmaninoff, sheet music
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 document
Subject/Index Terms:
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Lisa Jura
Willesden Lane
Musicology and performance
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 13: RG-118.02.13, Letter to Lisa Jura from a fan at the Howard HotelAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Letter to Lisa Jura from a fan at the Howard Hotel
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 document
Subject/Index Terms:
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Lisa Jura
Willesden Lane
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 14: RG-118.02.14, North London Music Festival analysis of Lisa Jura, 1946Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
North London Music Festival analysis of Lisa Jura, 1946
Arrangment: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 document
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 15: RG-118.02.15, Photograph of Abraham and Malka JuraAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.

Photograph of Abraham and Malka Jura, Lisa Jura's parents.

Lisa’s mother Malka gave Lisa this picture of herself as she boarded the Kindertransport. On the back of the picture, Malka inscribed ‘So you will never forget your mother’. The picture of Lisa's father was brought to the U.K. by her sister Sonia. These were the only pictures Lisa had of her parents, and she considered them precious possessions during the Holocaust.

Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 2 photographs
Subject/Index Terms:
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Lisa Jura
Willesden Lane
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 16: RG-118.02.16, Thankyou letter from Mrs. D. H. Hardisty, Refugee Children’s Movement, to Lisa Jura, 1944Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Thankyou letter from Mrs. D. H. Hardisty, Refugee Children’s Movement, to Lisa Jura, thanking her for her contribution of her music to the 'At Home' program. Dated February 2nd 1944.
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 document
Language: English
Subject/Index Terms:
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Lisa Jura
Willesden Lane
Jewish Refugee Children's Movement
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 17: RG-118.02.17, Photograph of Mrs. Cohen and the children of Willesden Lane, 1940Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Photograph of Mrs. Cohen and the children of Willesden Lane, 1940
arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 photograph
Subject/Index Terms:
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Evacuation of the 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Kindertransport
Jewish children from Germany, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Lisa Jura
Willesden Lane
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 18: RG-118.02.18, Franz Schubert Sheet MusicAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Composition by Schubert used by Lisa while studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 document
Language: English
Subject/Index Terms:
Royal Academy of Music, London
Musical Notes
Musicology and performance
Lisa Jura
Willesden Lane
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 19: RG-118.02.19, Lisa Jura Immigration documents from Jewish Refugee CommitteeAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Document issued by the Jewish Refugees Committee recording Lisa’s efforts to emigrate to the U.S. dating from December 1947 until she left for New York in 1948.
Subject/Index Terms:
Jewish Refugee Committee
Lisa Jura
Willesden Lane
Immigration documents
Kindertransport
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 20: RG-118.02.20, Photograph of drawing room, Willesden Lane, 1940Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Photograph of drawing room, Willesden Lane, 1940
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 photograph
Subject/Index Terms:
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Willesden Lane
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Lisa Jura
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 21: RG-118.02.21, Photograph of Neo-Gothic administrative building LondonAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Photograph of Neo-Gothic administrative building London
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 photograph
Subject/Index Terms:
Lisa Jura
London, England
Kindertransport
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 22: RG-118.02.22, Photograph of Michel Golabek and Madam De Gaulle in windowAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Photograph of Michel Golabek and Madam De Gaulle in window
Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by creator/subject, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.
Extent: 1 photograph
Subject/Index Terms:
Lisa Jura
Michel Golabek
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 23: RG-118.02.23, PurseAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
This purse originally belonged to Lisa Jura's great-grandmother. Lisa's mother sent it to Lisa in the U.K as the last gift she ever gave her daughter.
Subject/Index Terms:
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Lisa Jura
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 24: RG-118.02.24, Recording of Lisa Jura playing Chopin's Polonaise, dedicated to MaxAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Subject/Index Terms:
Musicology and performance
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport
Lisa Jura
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 25: RG-118.02.25, Record, Concerto in A MinorAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Vinyl record, Concerto in A Minor, by Wilhelm Bachaus
Subject/Index Terms:
Lisa Jura
Musicology and performance
German Music
Creators:
Wilhelm Bachaus
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 26: RG-118.02.26, Recording of Lisa Jura playing, dedicated to MaxAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Vinyl record recording of Lisa Jura playing the piano, dedicated to her boyfriend at the time, Max.
Subject/Index Terms:
Lisa Jura
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Musicology and performance
Creators:
Lisa Jura
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 27: RG-118.02.27, Jura family portrait (framed)Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Portrait of the Jura family, before the children were sent to England on a Kindertransport.
Subject/Index Terms:
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Lisa Jura
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 28: RG-118.02.28, Framed photograph of Malka JuraAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Framed photograph of Malka Jura, Lisa Jura's mother
Subject/Index Terms:
Kindertransport
Lisa Jura
Jewish children from Germany, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Memorialization of loved ones, perished in the Holocaust
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 29: RG-118.02.29, Michel Golabek award, Campagnes pour la liberation de la France,1945, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Military award received by Michel Golabek, for 'Campagnes pour la liberation de la France' or the Campaign to liberate France, June - Dec 1944, received from General De Gaulle, for his exceptional service, dated 14 April 1945.
Subject/Index Terms:
Michel Golabek
Certificate of military service
Military documents, French
France (1940--1945)
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 30: RG-118.02.30, Royal School of Music, London, certificate for Lisa Jura, 1941, 1941Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Certificate from the Royal School of Music, London, to confirm that Lisa Jura was examined and passed Grade 4, 1941
Subject/Index Terms:
Musicology and performance
Lisa Jura
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 31: RG-118.02.31, Second Prize, North London Musical Festival, Lisa Jura, 1944, 1944Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
North London Musical Festival, Second Prize, awarded to Lisa Jura, in the Piano competition, 16 May 1944
Subject/Index Terms:
Musicology and performance
Lisa Jura
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Concert and performances
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 32: RG-118.02.32, The Royal Schools of Music London, certifying Lisa Jura passed with distinction, 1942, 1942Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Certificate issued by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music London, to certify that Lisa Jura passed with distinction the Pianoforte in Grade VIII (Final), 1942
Subject/Index Terms:
Musicology and performance
Concert and performances
Lisa Jura
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Royal Academy of Music, London
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 33: RG-118.02.33, Howard Hotel, letter of employment Lisa Jura, Sept. 1945, 1945Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Letter from the Howard Hotel, confirming Lisa Jura was employed to play piano at the hotel for the previous 3 months, dated Sept 13 1945
Subject/Index Terms:
Concert and performances
Lisa Jura
Musicology and performance
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 34: RG-118.02.34, Letter of recommendation for Lisa Jura from Mabel Lloyd, Sept. 1942, 1942Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Letter from Wigmore Hall Studios - Mabel Lloyd, introducing Lisa Jura and enquiring if there is a post available for her, dated 26 Sept. 1942
Subject/Index Terms:
Lisa Jura
Musicology and performance
Concert and performances
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Creators:
Mabel Lloyd
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 35: RG-118.02.35, Handwritten note from fan, to Lisa JuraAdd to your cart.View associated digital content.
Handwritten note from a fan to Lisa Jura, complimenting her on her piano playing.
Subject/Index Terms:
Lisa Jura
Concert and performances
Musicology and performance
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children