Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1925-c. 1980s (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2 sub-series
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Hella Anna Maria Scholz was born in Berlin on 29 December 1928 as the younger of the two daughters of Bruno Scholz, a merchant in building materials, and Klara née Kaiser. She was educated in Berlin. In 1942, she met Günther Junge, a pilot with the German Luftwaffe. They remained a couple until Günther’s death in an air battle on 27 January 1944.
After the war, Hella worked as a laboratory assistant for a British military medical unit in Hannover. Here, she met her future husband, an Englishman named William Fuller. They married on 1 January 1951 at the Ploughley & Bullingdon Register Office in Oxford, and in February of that year Hella became a British citizen. She and her husband lived in Oxfordshire and had no children. Hella later moved to Penarth in Glamorgan, Wales, where she died on 31 January 2003.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This series contains loose photographs, drawings and photograph albums created and collected by Hella Scholz.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The material has been divided into two sub-series by form.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access to most items. Some photograph albums require conservation treatment and are too fragile to be safely handled. These items have been identified in the finding aid. One item (P14/7/1/9) is under an embargo owing to sensitive content. The photographic component of this collection has been digitized and is available in the Digital Library.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- German