Perks, Lisbeth

Scope and Content

Correspondence of Lisbeth Perks, music teacher and Jewish refugee to Great Britain, 1938-1943, including from internees in Theresienstadt concentration camp.

Administrative / Biographical History

Lisbeth Perks was born into a Jewish family in Vienna c 1930; came to Great Britain as a refugee, 1939. Whilst bringing up her family she studied pianoforte with Herbert Sumison and Kendall Taylor and gained an associateship of the Royal College of Music. She has taught in many schools and at her own home.

Arrangement

Chronological

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

Lisbeth Perks

Other Finding Aids

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

Conditions Governing Use

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Bibliography

Fischer Leicht, Lisbeth The Unsung Years: My Youth 1930-1945 (Minerva Press, London, 1997).

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