This microfilm collection of correspondence documents the experiences of Julius Bloch and family and friends, some of whom managed to escape Nazi occupied Europe, and others, who did not. The papers include correspondence from his brother in Gurs concentration camp in the French Pyrénees, where he died.

Julius Bloch, born in 1877 in Brühl, Baden, became a leading member of the Jewish Community of Frankfurt am Main. He emigrated to Great Britain in 1938 and died in 1956. According to a tribute to him shortly prior to his emigration, Bloch was instrumental in centralising the welfare activities of the Frankfurt Jewish community, creating a single organisation to replace the numerous smaller organisations. It is not known what he did after arrival in Great Britain.

None of the material is numbered. The papers are not in chronological order.