Susan Wallace Family Papers

Documents relating to Goldschmidt and Ungar families, including family trees dating back to 1397 (c 1820 - 1909); Documents relating to Portheim family, with printed material relating to Leopold von Portheim's carrer (N.d); Documents relating to the Wallach family; Article on Wertheimber family (1788 - ); Document relating toWallace family history, with legal documents on Elizabeth and Leopold Portheim; Memoirs by Vica Henrion (1949); Printed documents on the Herz family (1863); Material on the Noether family (N.d.); Documents relating to von Portheim Familys properties in Prague.

Susan Wallace (born 1917), nee von Portheim. Daughter of Elisabeth Ungar and Leopold von Portheim. Susan's husband Elmer Wallace (previously Wallach) is the son of Eugen Walach and Edith Geiger. Elmer's family emigrated to England in 1938. Susan's father Leopold was a successful botanist. He helped found the Vivarium in Wien and was head for the Department of Botany. He worked there until 1938 when he was expelled due to his Jewish background . Later the same year they moved to Britain. Parts of their extended families stayed in Europe and suffered under Nazi rule.

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Donated by Susan Wallace to the University of Sussex