Papers of Fritz Adler, one time internee held at Sefton and Hutchinson Camps, Douglas, Isle of Man; also German and British registration related documents of his wife Frieda Sara Solomon who was not interned
Date(s): 1939-1964
Creator(s): Adler, Fritz
Scope & Content: Contents include Adler's German identity card issued in April 1939 denoting his Jewish identity, British certificate of registration, correspondence and a scrapbook of ephemera and original artwork documenting Fritz Adler's internment experience including the Sefton Camp cafe. A letter to Adlerlike to from Dr Fritz Pincus, Campfather. Sefton Internment Camp dated 27 February 1941 reads, 'I should like to avail myself of the opportunity of this Camp being broken up to thank you most heartily on behalf of all our fellow-internees and myself for the very valuable help which you have given to the administration of both 009 AIC Huyton-Liverpool and of this Camp. Whereas at Huyton you devoted yourself to the very strenuous work in the kitchens in the most difficult circumstances imaginable, you have started here with the same kind of work but very soon turned to the administration of the Camp Welfare Cafe which formed a very essential part of our Camp life and owing to your untiring intiative considerably contributed towards the maintenance of our funds and social services. May I mention particularly that we all highly appreciated the unselfish way and the amiable manner in which you always performed your difficult duties.'
Administration / Biographical History: Fritz Adler was born in Frankfurt (Main), Germany on 27 February 1915. He arrived in the United Kingdom as a refugee from Nazi oppression on 28 August 1939. He married Frieda Sara Salomon in London on 19 March 1940; she had escaped from Germany, arriving on 24 July 1939 and was not interned. After internment in Kempton Park and Huyton Camps from July to October 1940 Fritz was transferred to Sefton and then Hutchinson Camps on the Isle of Man before release in April 1941.
Language: English
Extent: 1 folder
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: FONDS
ID number: MS 13381
Record class: Private
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