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Papers issued by the Soviet Union allowed Lina and the children to move from eastern occupied Poland to western Poland. Samuel had to leave eastern Poland to secretly escape the communists.

A parian bust of Byron modeled in one piece atop a socle, from the portrait by Thomas Phillips. Impressed “Byron” across the upper back left, with three faint numbers impressed at the base of the bust atop the socle.

Unmarked Parian bust of Lord Byron after the portrait by Thomas Phillips, manufactured by Robinson and Leadbetter, Ltd. Attached to a round socle with the original nut and bolt. Made in several sizes by RandL and often impressed with "RandL" within a…

After German and Slovak pressures, Czechoslovakia became Czech-Slovakia in 1938 after the Munich Pact, meaning the country had to surrender its border and defenses to Nazi Germany. On March 15, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Czech provinces under the…

A passage from Rose Mary Denman's biography discussing her church trial.

In December 1938, Doris received a passport, issued by the Third Reich, so she and her mother could join her father in England. The Nazis stamped the letter “J” for Jude (Jew) (not pictured) on the first page of the passport.