Correspondence of Erwin Sophron Julius Krauss (1902-1973) and Erna Krauss (nee Horwitz) (1906-1964)
Date(s): 1918-1961
Creator(s): various
Scope & Content: Contents comprise pre war correspondence between the couple in German; Sophron writing 1935-1939, many on Royal Hotel and Strand Palace Hotel, London, headed paper, together with internment era correspondence and assorted documentation, original artwork (coloured drawing of a pierrot signed E.S. Krauss, 1923 and view of an internee's room), genealogy of Erwin Sophran Julius Krauss, coloured drawing of a pierrot signed E.S. Krauss (1923), Reviews from Journal of Royal Aeronautical Society, 1958-1961
Interment related resources including a copy telegram from Erna to Sophron, Alien Internment Camp, Liverpool, 9 letters and 1 telegram in English from Erna Krauss, Internee 12, HM Prison Edinburgh, to Sophron Krauss, May - July 1940, with official leaflets of instructions concerning communicatons with prisoners; 11 postcards from Erna Krauss, Port St Mary, IoM, to Erwin Sophron Krauss, 14479 Central Promenade Camp, Douglas, Isle of Man, July-December 1940; 26 letters and 1 returned telegram in English from Erna to Sophron, July - November 1940; 17 letters from Erna Krauss to Sophron Krauss, November 1940 - January 1941; 22 letters in English from Erna to Sophron, February - June 1941; envelope addressed to Erna Krauss, HM Prison Edinburgh containing watercolours and pre-printed official postcards; bundle of over 80 letters from Sophron to Erna, May 1940 - June 1941; original watercolour by ESK entitled 'Derby Castle' depicting Sophron's room in the camp, with a letter to Erna, c/o Rushen Camp IoM, from Sophron, House no.4 Central Promenade Camp, Douglas, IoM, Dec. 1940; hand-drawn Christmas card from Mr & Mrs. E S Krauss, Port St Mary, IoM, 1941; souvenir of Eckersley’s Private Hotel, Central Promenade, Douglas, I.O.M; leaflet about Port St Mary and Port Erin, Isle of Man; 2 letters to Erna from friends in Woking offering to help, 1941; 2 envelopes, sealed, addressed to Mrs. E. Krauss, December 1940; passport-sized photograph of Sophron Krauss, August 1934; unidentified photograph. A handmade folder with religious illustrations on inside covers is retained given it might have been made during internment.
Administration / Biographical History: Erwin Sophron Julius Krauss (b. 23 May 1902 in Berlin; d.1973) and Erna Krauss (nee Horwitz, b.1906, d.1964) married in 1938 in Holborn, London. Before the war Erna was Berlin then London and Glasgow, 1936-1939.
The couple were interned early in 1940 initially separate in Central and Rushen camps (Erna in Edinburgh initially) ; but later together in the Married Camp, Port St Mary, Isle of Man.
In 1948 they were naturalised (TNA HO334/200/37245). They later lived at 18 Westbourne House, Richmond Road, Twickenham.
Language: German, English
Extent: 2 boxes
Item name: correspondence
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: FONDS
ID number: MS 15201
Record class: Private
Access conditions: No regulations or restrictions are implemented on this material. Viewable by request during library opening hours at the Manx National Heritage Library and Archives, Manx Museum, Douglas, Isle of Man. Advance notification of a research visit is advisable by emailing library@mnh.im