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Papers of Reinhard Waldsax

Date
1922-01-01
Place
Hay camp
Subject
Category
Author
Waldsax, Reinhard
Keywords
Hay
Dunera
Current holder
Link
Series number
MS 10110
Item number
4699731
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
Copyright Undetermined. Available for research. Not for loan.
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1922 to 2006
Description from source
0.09 m. (2 folders) + 1 packet. Some photocopies.

Comprises a small collection of papers documenting the wartime experiences and professional life as a dentist of Reinhard Waldsax. Many of the documents and letters are written in German and some have accompanying English translations. Personal papers include: official German documents from 1934-1935, including forms denoting Aryan status and permitting movement within the Reich; family papers; letters of support and testimonials from patients and colleagues, 1939; correspondence with the British Home Office and Admiralty in the course of applying to return to England and applying for British nationality, 1944, 1947-1948; birth, naturalisation, nationality, professional registration certificates and other official documents; photographs; copies of information on dental procedures pioneered by Waldsach; and letters relating to German honours awarded to Waldsax, 1970.
Papers relating to Waldsax’s time as an internee at Hay Internment Camp include: information on dental procedures carried out at the Camp; letters soliciting support in the form of equipment and supplies for the medical services delivered to internees; artworks created by internees (Theo Engel and Hans Rothe); a small book of poems written by Gerd Biermann in 1943 titled “Das kleine Rhapsodienbuch”; letters of support, 1940 and 1953; photocopies of information about the “Dunera”; and photographs. Additional material comprises a folder of papers on Reinhard Waldsax, the Waldsax family and dental history, collated by Waldsax’s son, Ralph.
Physical format
Manuscripts
Certificates
Letters
Correspondence
Travel documents
Typescripts
Poetry
Drawing
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