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  1. Grundstuckgesselschaft Gratz

    • Spółka Zarządzająca Skonfiskowanymi Gruntami. Oddział w Grodzisku.

  2. Das Landratsamt Osterode

    • Starostwo Powiatowe w Ostródzie

  3. Landratsamt Konin

    • Starostwo Powiatowe w Koninie

  4. Landratsamt Warthbrucken

    • Starostwo Powiatowe w Pile

  5. Union des Juifs pour la Resistance en l’Entr’aide

    • Solidarite
    • UJRE

    1940-08/1943

    Solidarite was a secret resistance organization, formed by Jewish Communists in Paris after the German invasion in 1940-08. In 1941-01 Solidarite refused to join the Coordinating Committee of Jewish Welfare Societies, suspecting the Nazis would take control. In May almost 4,000 Parisian Jews were arrested, which took Solidarite and others by surprise. After the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in June, Solidarite began to sabotage German industry. In early 1942 they opposed the Union of French Jews, claiming that its members were collaborators. At the same time Solidarite created the nation...

  6. Seyss-Inquart Arthur

    • Seyss-Inquart, Arthur
    • Seyß-Inquart, Arthur, 1892-1946
    • Zajtich, Arthur, 1892-1946
    • Seyss-Inquart, Arthur, 1892-1946
    • Seyss-Inquart, A. (Arthur), 1892-1946
    • ...

    22/07/1892

    16/10/1946

    Reich governor of Austria. Reich Commissioner of German-occupied Netherlands. Responsible for rounding-up of Dutch Jews.

  7. Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung

    • Central Office for Jewish Emigration

    Founded in 1938-08

    Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung was originally established in 1938-08 by the German Sicherheitspolizei and the Sicherheitsdienst to supervise the emigration and expulsion of the Jews of Austria. Later, the Zentralstelle also dealt with the Jews of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and Amsterdam.

  9. Hans Böhmcker

    6 November 1899 - 18 October 1942

    German "Beauftragter des Deutschen Reiches" for Amsterdam, Persecuted Jewish citizens.

  10. Wallenberg Raoul

    • Wallenberg, Raoul, 1912-1947
    • Wallenberg, Raoul 1912-1945
    • Vallenberg, Raulʹ, 1912-1947
    • Валленберг, Рауль, 1912-1947
    • Wallenberg, Raoul
    • ...

    05/08/1912

    17/07/1947

    Swedish architect, businessman and diplomat. He arrived in Hungary in July 1944 as a member of the Swedish diplomatic mission. He played a dominant role in the diplomatic protection provided for Jews. He issued thousands of protective documents and placed numerous Budapest buildings under Swedish protection during the Arrow Cross regime. Soviet authorities arrested him in January 1945 and took him to Moscow, where he died in 1947.

  11. Bund (Poland)

    1897/1949

    Bund was a Jewish socialist party, since 1918 an independent organization in Poland. The main task was to create cultural-national autonomy for the Jews and to make the socialist transformation of society.

  12. Bund - Algemeyner Yidisher Arbeter Bund in Lite, Poyln un Rusland

    • General Jewish Labour union of Russia, Lithuania and Poland
    • בונד - אלגעמנער יידישער ארבעטסבונד אין רוסלנד, ליטע אוא פולין
    • ברית הפועלים היהודית הכללית ברוסיה, ליטא ופולין

    From 1897 to 1948

  13. Czechoslovakian Army

    • Československá armáda
    • צבא צ'כוסלובקי

  14. Kusmin, M.A.

    • Major Kusmin

  15. Rahm Karl

    02/04/1907

    30/04/1947

    Born 1907 in Klosterneuburg. Died 1947 in Litoměřice. Austrian SS-Obersturmführer and commander in Terezín. Rahm worked at the Central Office for Jewish Emigration in Vienna and Prague. Commandant of Terezín from February 1944 - May 1945.

  16. Vichy France

    • Vichy Regime

    Founded in 1940-06-22

    Following the German defeat of France in 1940-05, French and German officials signed an armistice on 1940-06-22. Under its terms, northern France came under direct German occupation. Southern France remained unoccupied and was governed by a French administration, headquartered in the city of Vichy. In July the French National Assembly voted to suspend the constitution of the Third Republic and placed the new ‘Vichy regime’ under the leadership of the aging Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain. Officially neutral, Vichy France collaborated closely with Germany. In closely patterned on that of Germa...

  17. Joodse Raad voor Amsterdam

    • Judenrat

    1941-02/1943-09-29

    Amsterdam had its Joodse Raad, a Judenrat resembling the Polish model in many of its characteristics. The Joodse Raad voor Amsterdam was established in 1941-02.

  18. Chaim Pazner

    • חיים פזנר
    • Chaim Pozner

    1899-1981

    Chaim Pazner was born in Kowal, Poland, 04 January 1899. In his youth he was active in the Hechalutz movement in the Wloclawek area in Poland, and he served as Vice-Principal of the Hebrew High School in Wloclawek. He was the director of the Committee of Assistance to Polish Refugees in Danzig, 1920-1922. He also served as the representative of the Jewish Telegraphic Association (JTA) in Danzig, 1921-1923. He was one of the leaders of the League for Working Eretz Israel in Wloclawek, and he was elected as a representative to the 12th Zionist Congress in Karlsbad and to other Zionist convent...

  19. United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

    • UNRRA

    1943/1945 - 1947

    United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was an international relief agency, largely dominated by the United States but representing 44 nations. It was founded in 1943 but its main activity started after WWII in 1945. UNRRA has an aim to relief the victims of war by donating them food, fuel, medical care, shelter, clothing and other essential necessities. UNRRA cooperated with many charitable organizations and later in 1948 it was replaced by Marshall plan.

  20. Philips

    Dutch company. Its director Frederik (Frits) Philips saved the lives of 382 Jews by convincing the Nazis that they were indispensable for the production process at Philips.