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This collection contains photographs, correspondence, school records and ephemera accrued by Hella Scholz during her youth and early adulthood. They provide insights into her life in Germany before and during the Second World War, which revolved mainly around school, hobbies, boyfriends and holidays. Wartime administration and the Nazi regime feature faintly in the backdrop: Hella was a member of Hitler Youth and of Bundes Deutscher Mädel (League of German Girls), the girls’ wing of the Nazi Party youth movement. However, apart from owning a portrait of Adolph Hitler, there is no indication of Hella being a Nazi sympathiser, she was simply a young middle-class girl growing up during the Nazi regime. Some of the collection highlights include Hella’s correspondence with Günther Junge, a rare enough example of an exchange in which the letters of both parties survive, and an extensive photographic record of Hella’s life. The collection provides intimate glimpses of a life which remained remarkably happy and stable during an extraordinarily dark period of European history. Spanning as it does the rise and fall of National Socialism in twentieth-century Germany and post-war Britain, it forms a rewarding primary source for researchers of this era.

This sub-series contains letters and ephemera concerning Hella Scholz's sister Gisela Scholz.

This series contains correspondence, birth certificates, wills and other testamentary records and other documents relating to Hella Scholz's immediate family.

Postcard congratulating the Scholz family on the birth of their daughter Gisela (who was born on 6 March 1921).

This sub-series contains wills and other testamentary records and other documents relating to Hella Scholz's father Bruno Scholz and her paternal grandfather August Albert Scholz.

This sub-series contains photograph albums compiled by Hella Scholz.

Large clothbound hardcover album containing mainly black and white photographs from Hella’s childhood and youth. They feature Hella as a baby, birthday parties, school outings, her sister and parents, her family home (exterior and interior), her confirmation and graduation and assorted studio portraits from the 1940s. A second set of images has been added upside down from the rear. These feature Hella’s friends, including Günther Junge and members of his family. The images have been dated and captioned and almost all individuals have been named. For loose inserts found inside the album, see P14/7/2/53, 60 and 61.

This series contains loose photographs, drawings and photograph albums created and collected by Hella Scholz.

This sub-series contains mainly vaccination and health clinic cards issued to Hella Scholz.

Pamphlet with advice for new mothers and weight tables in which Hella’s mother has recorded Hella’s weight weekly between birth and the age of nine months.