Total Published Records: 135,546
BRACERS Notes
Record no. | Notes, topics or text |
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73201 | Lipshitz requests BR to help reunite her with her daughter and her family whom she has not seen since the beginning of WWII. They now reside in Riga, Latvia. |
73202 | Karlin asks BR for help so that her son and his wife and daughter may join her in the U.S. from the USSR. She describes the tragedy she has faced since eighteen of her family members were killed by Nazis in the ghetto of Riga, Latvia. This is her only remaining family whom she hopes to see. She has already sent the necessary documents to her son. |
73203 | Berry requests that BR send some clothes to her mother and sister who are both very sick. Berry herself is a new immigrant in Israel and cannot help them. |
73204 | Kupfeshmidt asks BR to help bring his brother and his family to Israel from Churnovitch, U.S.S.R. |
73205 | Liwschitz asks BR to help with the reunification of their daughter and her family with them in Israel. They have previously applied to the UN Human Rights Commission (document .183734) and they are able to financially aid them once they arrive. Also in file: Russian version of this letter; ALS, 1 s., document .183744. |
73206 | Schoenman thanks Kupfeshmidt for his letter to BR. He informs him that they will raise the question with the Soviet authorities. |
73207 | In French. |
73208 | Lumley sends Kaye the letter she received from Mme. Migneau (document .183750). |
73209 | Wood thanks Lipshitz for her letter to BR. She assures her that they will raise her case with the Soviet authorities. |
73210 | Avram has made petitions for the last fifteen years so that her daughter and her husband may emigrate to Israel with their child to join her and the rest of the family. All of the petitions have been denied. She is now appealing to BR for his help. |
73211 | Rubinstein asks for BR's help so that his sister Dina Delion may join him in Israel. He has been denied by the Soviet authorities many times and hopes that he will be reunited with the only surviving member of his family. |
73212 | Wood thanks Lumley for her letter. She informs her that the BRPF has written to Mme. Mineau already. |
73213 | Wood tells Migneau that she will try to help with her case. She asks Migneau to keep all information confidential as publicity does not help in such cases. |
73214 | Wood thanks Rubinstein for his recent letter. She informs him that the BRPF has raised the matter with the Soviet authorities and asks him to keep all information confidential. |
73215 | Wood tells Avram that her case has been raised with the competent Soviet authorities. She asks her to keep the matter confidential. |
73216 | Schillbach thanks Schoenman for his letter. He forwards the information about his fiancée and child: Monika Schulze and Uwe Schulze. |
73217 | The Grunbergs (the name may also be spelled "Grinberg") write to BR in hopes that he may be able to succeed in helping them with Mr. Grunberg's son who is still residing in the USSR. Grunberg's mother has died, which leaves the boy with an elderly grandfather to care for him as his own mother is not a part of his life. Eve Grunberg is a Canadian who informs BR that she has applied through the Canadian Red Cross but still no luck. |
73218 | Translated from the German. Penkaitis is the son of Anton Penkaitis. He reveals the problems he has faced concerning the emigration of himself and his brother with their families to join their father in Israel. They live in Lithuania. He accuses the MOOP (Ministry of Public Order) of arbitrarily deciding to refuse their numerous applications to leave. He asks BR to help him and prove the Soviet press was right when they said that "the days of the personality cult are now at an end". |
73219 | Avram thanks BR for his response to her request. She informs him that the health of her daughter has worsened as she is a "second group" invalid who is not allowed to be in the company of strangers. |
73220 | Schoenman thanks Guriel for her letter and assures her that they will take up the matter with the Soviet authorities. |
73221 | This is the German document Penkaitis referred to in his letter (document .183769). It states that he along with his brother and both of their families have acquired German nationality. This is the residence permit for stateless persons in the U.S.S.R. Pillokat is a doctor. |
73222 | In German. |
73223 | Schoenman thanks Grinberg for her letter to BR. He informs her that they will certainly raise the matter of David with the Soviet authorities. |
73224 | Karlin pleas for BR's assistance with her case as she is getting older (age 78) and weaker. The letter she encloses is a copy of one that Schoenman acknowledged on 2 February 1965. |
73225 | Karstadt asks BR to help with her case concerning her brother David, his wife, Dina, and daughter Bea who live in Riga, Latvia. She informs him that her brother has reapplied for an exit visa. |
73226 | Schoenman assures Karlin that they will raise the case of her son and his family with the Soviet authorities. |
73227 | BR is pleased to hear that there is going to be a meeting held on the subject of amnesty for Greek political prisoners. BR's letter includes a message to deliver at the meeting. |
73228 | This is a statement to the celebration of "October 28th, 1940" held in London. It describes the ultimatum delivered to Greece by Italy twenty-two years prior to this statement and the events that took place during that time. |
73229 | This is a write-up, possibly for Russell, of the situation regarding political prisoners in Greece. Attached is an envelope, document .185868, with handwritten, detailed notes by Farley. Also attached is document .185870 (see record 73230). |
73230 | Outline for a speech, presumably by C. Farley. |
73231 | This is an outline of the difficulties faced by Greek political prisoners after their release. |
73232 | Ambatielos thanks BR for his reply to her husband's letter. |
73233 | |
73234 | BR is thanked by a number of Greek political prisoners for his help on behalf the 38 political prisoners. (This letter is in Greek.) |
73235 | A Greek article clipped from a newspaper, and attached to document .185873, record 73233. |
73236 | Pym is sending BR a gift from the Greek prisoners. She gives him the address of Maria Kyriakidou, who can pass any letters to the prisoners if BR wishes to reply. |
73237 | BR expresses his gratitude to the Greek political prisoners for their kindness and the gift he received. |
73238 | Barash asks for BR's intervention in the case of his brother who is sick. She would like him to emigrate to Israel. |
73239 | Schoenman thanks Karstadt for her August 23rd letter. He promises to raise the matter with the Soviet authorities. |
73240 | Herzl would like her brother to emigrate to Israel. |
73241 | Schoenman promises to raise the matter of Barash's brother with the Soviet authorities. |
73242 | Schoenman promises to raise the matter with the Soviet authorities. |
73243 | Schoenman promises that the BRPF will raise the matter of his wife with the Soviet authorities. (See also document .183789, in German.) |
73244 | Karstadt thanks the BRPF for their help. He informs them that the status of his brother is under consideration and he will tell them about the results. |
73245 | Breslau asks for their help so that her brother and his family may join her in Israel. |
73246 | Schoenman promises to raise her case with the Soviet authorities. |
73247 | Riemeck states his admiration of Fladung and appreciates all that he has gone through because of his love of Germany. |
73248 | In German. |
73249 | Niemöller thanks Fladung for the information that he had sent him. Niemöller is pleased to hear that Lord Boyd Orr, BR and Zilliacus are taking part in this case. |
73250 | BR thanks Crautzfeldt for his letter and informs him that he has evidence about previous Nazi administrators. |
73251 | The Committee wants Stelzenmuller to look into the Fladung case, particularly about the illnesses that he and his wife are suffering from. |
73252 | Tonge informs BR that the Fladung case has been postponed. The Committee feels that the charges against all three should be withdrawn, based on factual and legal grounds. The Committee wants support from the West German authorities. |
73253 | A card in Greek signed by six Greeks. |
73254 | This letter is in Greek with a translation. |
73255 | A letter in Greek. |
73256 | A journalist of Taxidromos, a Greek magazine, requests some literature from BR for an article. She requests his answer to two questions as well as a photo of him with his signature. |
73257 | An invitation is being sent for the West European Conference for Amnesty for the Greek Prisoners, to be held on March 23 and 24, 1963. |
73258 | A statement. |
73259 | Dales thinks that the General Secretary of the United Nations, U Thant, the Permanent Secretary of the Human Rights Commission, and Senator Humphrey should be approached with a report so that the Knorr case can be dealt with at the United Nations. Dales would like the recipient to sign the form that she enclosed with the letter. |
73260 | Lloyd thanks "Bertie" for his support and sends him materials from the West German Embassy on the Fladung case, document .185546. |
73261 | This cable describes the deaths in prison of two tortured national fighters of Greece. Varnalis is trying to encourage Greek people to feel this tragedy and express its abhorrence in protest. |
73262 | Scherer describes the Fladung case and hopes that M. Lloyd (presumably) will pay some attention to this case. Scherer encloses an English translation of the indictment against Herr Fladung, his wife and his secretary. |
73263 | BR thanks Lloyd for her letter and enclosures concerning the Fladung case. |
73264 | This is the original of document .185884; another copy is document .185886. |
73265 | BR thanks Rosenwald for her letter and the book. He agrees with her view that the book should be brought to the awareness of a wider public. BR mentions that he will be happy to endorse Allen's book and will give him support. The letter includes 2 paragraphs endorsing Charles Allen, The Fourth Reich. |
73266 | BR encloses a copy of a letter he wrote to the General Confederation of Greek Labour. |
73267 | In German, the information document concerns Emmi Meyer. |
73268 | In German. |
73269 | A circular letter forwards Christmas and New Year greetings from Greek political prisoners. Their letter is typed below, with Russell's name written in by Ambatielos. The senders from Heracleion Prison, Crete, are Nicos Arvanitakis, Antonis Jacovou and Christos Georgiadis. |
73270 | BR quotes his cable from Costas Varnalis about the prison deaths of John Vlachos and Lyssandros Nicolopoulos. |
73271 | BR writes to Kosygin on behalf of David Warhaftig and Shmerl Abramobitch Goberman, who both wish to be allowed to leave the Soviet Union. |
73272 | Koilman has applied to the Soviet authorities so that her sister and nephew may be permitted to leave. She asks BR to help influence the Soviet decision. |
73273 | Wood thanks Koilman for her letter and assures her that her concern will be taken up with the Soviet authorities. |
73274 | Kretchmer, the brother of Boris Kretschmer, would like BR to help his brother emigrate to Israel where the rest of his family resides. [The two spellings are from the letter.] |
73275 | This letter, titled "Anti-Nazi Man Flees to Britain", describes Elmar Herterich's situation in West Germany and how he wants to return to his wife and three children as soon as possible. As a result an appeal is being sent to the British public to request the withdrawal of the warrant of arrest. Henterich's inquiries have disclosed the presence of ex-Nazis in official posts. The attached notes are in Schoenman and Farley's hands. |
73276 | Lowenfels asks BR to send a message to help Sequeiros find justice. |
73277 | The writer states the situation of a family that needs help. The parents of two 15- and 13-year-old orphans are being held as political prisoners. The writer would like BR to help. |
73278 | Dales informs Farley that she has telephoned the V.V.N. and will send all the details about the case to him. She wants Farley to convey her thanks to Schoenman for all the help he gave in the Herterich case. |
73279 | BR informs Meyer that he will assist him with the case involving his parents but his involvement must be kept confidential. |
73280 | Farley thanks Dales for the information that she sent about the Meyer case. |
73281 | Gunther informs Dales that it is once again risky in West Germany to send letters to the Defence Committee for Victims of Nazi Persecution. He has been fighting for 2.5 years and yet none of his sons have been examined by a military doctor. |
73282 | Dales thanks Farley for taking up the Dietrich Gunther case and that she has informed Roder that something will be done to settle the outstanding payment for 580 DM. |
73283 | Hetherington has doubts about the information sent to him by BR and informs him that he will make an enquiry into it. The matter is over a 19-year imprisonment which, if it ended at Christmas 1962, must have begun in 1943 when Greece was an occupied country. |
73284 | Farley informs Dales that he has spoken to Moule about the letter from Roder and sent him a copy of the translation of it. He mentions that he has not heard anything from Meyer. |
73285 | In German. |
73286 | Ambatielos quotes the text from a card thanking Russell for his help and support; the card is from political prisoners of the prisons of Trikkala. |
73287 | Pym wants to know if BR would like details about Vlachos. |
73288 | Armendariz feels that BR's presence at the Primer Congreso Internacional de Sociologia de la Paz would make the congress appear more important. Armendariz would like BR to notify him if he is going to accept the invitation so that necessary arrangements can be made. |
73289 | This letter is a translation from German. Bucher had requested information from the Bavarian Minister of Justice about the Herterich case. As a result he describes the case to the best of his knowledge to BR. Bucher hopes that BR will not be apprehensive about the case after reading this letter. |
73290 | Dales informs Kaye that he will recieve a phone call from Loeffler and that he will give details about the Fladung case. |
73291 | Kaye would like Dales to help him find the address of Max Reiman, the leader of the clandestine Communist Party. Kaye mentions how he still has not received Loeffner's phone call. |
73292 | BR sends his appreciation to The Guardian for a call for amnesty. BR also sends the editor details concerning some of these Greek political prisoners. |
73293 | Farley encloses a copy of a reply from BR to the General Confederation of Greek Labour in Athens. |
73294 | Kaye encloses a copy of the letter regarding the Fladung case along with some background information on it, document .185580. He believes that a letter from BR to the German Embassy would help the case. |
73295 | BR sends a message to a meeting to demand amnesty for the Greek political prisoners. |
73296 | Lumbreras informs BR that a second hunger strike is about to occur if the High Court of Justice does not make a decision. He wants BR to write a letter to the Agapito Pozo to ask for the problem with the political prisoners to be resolved as soon as possible. He also wants BR to make a public announcement asking men all over the world to demand a decision from the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico about the political prisoners. |
73297 | Kaye wonders if Forberger has any suggestions as to how he can reach the secretary of the illegal West Berlin Communist Party. He wants to send him a reply to the letter he had sent. Kaye mentions how information is being gathered about the Meyer case. |
73298 | The letter is translated from Russian asking BR to help with the emigration of their daughter and her family to join them in Israel. |
73299 | A letter in Greek text. |
73300 | BR is congratulated for his work and is requested to direct his efforts towards the General Assembly of the UN. |