Peter Newton (formerly Rudolf Neu) and Frieda Newton: family papers 1922-1994

Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)

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On June 10, 1940, the Gestapo took control of Terezìn (Theresienstadt), a fortress, built in 1780-1790 in what is now the Czech Republic, and set up prison in the Small Fortress (Kleine Festung). By 24 November 1941, the Main Fortress (grosse Festung, ie the town Theresienstadt) was turned into a walled ghetto. The function of Theresienstadt was to provide a front for the extermination operation of Jews. To the outside it was presented by the Nazis as a model Jewish settlement, but in reality it...

Auschwitz (Concentration camp)

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Auschwitz was the largest of the German Nazi concentration camps and extermination centers. Over 1.1 million men, women and children lost their lives in Auschwitz....

Newton, Peter. 1905

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Mandel, Regina Rachel. 1882

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Neu, Samuel

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Newton - family

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Frieda Newton, née Mandel, was born in Dorna Vatra, Romania, in 1916. Frieda had four siblings: Lotte (1914-1939), Isidor (1910-1937), Markus (1913-1945) and Helena (born 1920). Her parents, Hermann Hersch Mandel (born 1882), a tailor, and her mother Regina Rachel Mandel (born 1882) moved to Vienna when Frieda was still a child. Hermann and Markus, who had become a doctor, were both imprisoned for a short time after the annexion of Austria. Frieda emigrated to England as a domestic ...

Kitchener internment camp - Richborough - Kent

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Mandel, Hermann Hersch. 1882

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Mandel, Markus 1913. 1945

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Neu, Johanna

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Dachau (Concentration camp)

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The Dachau concentration camp was established in March 1933. It was the first regular concentration camp established by the National Socialist (Nazi) government. It was located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory near the northeastern part of the town of Dachau in southern Germany. During the first year, the camp had a capacity of 5,000 prisoners. Initially the internees were primarily German Communists, Social Democrats, trade unionists, and other political opponents of the Nazi re...

Newton, Frieda. b 1916

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