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  1. Žydų mokslo institutas (JIVO) Vilniuje

    • Žydowski instytut naukowy (JIWO) w Wilnie
    • Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO) in Vilnius

    "In 1925, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research was founded in Vilna (Wilno, Poland; now Vilnius, Lithuania), by key European intellectuals, including Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud, to record the history and pioneer in the critical study of the language, literature and culture of the Jews of Eastern Europe. From its inception, YIVO was deeply concerned that the language and culture of East European Jewry were undergoing radical change in a rapidly modernizing world. YIVO's founders were tireless in collecting the documents and archival records of Jewish communities across Eastern Europ...

  2. Gebietskommissariat Dnjepropetrowsk-Stadt

    • Дніпропетровський штадткомісар, м. Дніпропетровськ

  3. Chef der Zivilverwaltung in Luxemburg

    • CdZ Luxemburg

    Chef der Zivilverwaltung (Head of Civil Administration, CdZ) was a German official title in the Second World War. Task of a Head of the Civil administration was to conduct on behalf of the Commander in Chief of the German army in conquered territories the civil administration.

  4. Wilhelm Brauckmann

    • Wilhelm Karl August Brauckmann

    Brauckmann was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany and lived in Luxembourg. He joined the NSDAP in 1935. In autumn 1940, he was appointed to the Civil Administration in occupied Luxembourg (CdZ) and assigned to Subdepartment IVa, headed by Dr. Hans Christian Neugebauer, where he worked until September 1944. He served in a unit dealing with house contents, until 1942, of which he then became commander. After receiving confiscation instructions from Neugebauer, Brauckmann’s unit drew up lists of the contents of deportees’ and migrants’ homes, confiscated their belongings, sold them on the free mar...

  5. Josef Ackermann

    Josef Ackermann was a German politician and a representative of the Reichstag for the Nazi Party (NSDAP), joining the party in 1925. Born in Arenberg-Immendorf he died in Vallendar, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. After the occupation of Luxembourg by German troops in May 1940, the Chef der Zivilverwaltung (Head of Civil Administration, CdZ) Gustav Simon announced Ackermann to be part of his staff as head of Abteilung IV in the CdZ. Ackermann was Sonderbeauftragter für die Verwaltung des jüdischen und Emigrantenvermögens,

  6. Добрянська міська управа, с. Добрянка Добрянського району Чернігівської області

    • Dobrianka village board, village of Dobrianka, Dobrianka district of Chernihiv oblast

  7. Сосницька районна поліція, смт. Сосниця Сосницького району Чернігівської області

    • Sosnytsia district police, town of Sosnytsia, Chernihiv oblast
    • Sosnytska raionna politsiia, smt. Sosnytsia Chernihivskoi oblasti

  8. Корюківська районна поліція, смт. Корюківка Чернігівської області

    • Koriukiv district police, town of Koriukivka, Chernihiv region
    • Koriukivska raionna politsiia, smt Koriukivka Chernihivskoi oblasti

  9. Козелецька районна управа, смт. Козелець Козелецького району Чернігівської області

    • Kozelets district board, town of Kozelets, Kozelets region of Chernihiv oblast
    • Kozeletska raionna uprava, smt Kozelets Kozeletsloho raionu Chernihivskoi oblasti

  10. Petras Baublys

    Petras Baublys was born on 23 May 1914 in Lyda (Byelorussia). He was Pediatrician and head of an orphanage in Kaunas. During the Nazi occupation, an underground Jewish organization active in the Kovno ghetto asked Baublys if the orphanage, situated in the same section of the city as the ghetto, could be used as a temporary place of refuge for Jewish children and a steppingstone for moving Jewish children to safer, permanent locations. Baublys agreed; over time, tens of Jewish babies and children were admitted into the orphanage. In 1977 Baublys was posthumously awarded the title "Righteous ...

  11. 11-as rezervinės policijos batalionas

    • Reserve-Polizei- Batallion 11

  12. Чернігівська обласна комісія з історії Великої Вітчизняної війни

    • Chernihiv regional commission on the history of the Great Patriotic War
    • Chernihivska oblasna komissiia z istorii Velykoi Vitchiznianoi viyny

  13. Редакція газети "Українське Полісся", м. Чернігів Чернігівської області

    • Editorial board of the "Ukrainske Polissia" newspaper, city of Chernihiv, Chernihiv region
    • Redaktsiia hasety "Ukrainske Polissia", m. Chernihiv Chernihivskoi oblasti

  14. Švenčionių apskrities policijos vadas

    • Police Chief Commander of Švenčionys county

    Police Chief Commander of Švenčionys county was under the authority of German administrative and military authorities. The main goal of the Police Chief Commander was to ensure stability and security in the district, to supervise whether residents live according laws. Police Chief Commander of Švenčionys county office supported Nazi authorities.

  15. Vilniaus apskrities viršininkas

    • Der Kreischef von Wilna
    • The Chief of Vilnius district

  16. Državni arhiv u Bjelovaru

    • The State Archive in Bjelovar

  17. Laikraščio ,,Panevėžio apygardos balsas“ redakcija

    • Editors of the newspaper "Panevėžio apygardos balsas"

    The newspaper printed propaganda, German administrations posts and announcements, articles concerningLithuanian political and economic situation and literary pieces.

  18. Stefanija Glemžaitė

    Stefanija Glemžaitė, a local doctor in Kupiškis, compiled a list of her Jewish patients and other Jews who were killed in Kupiškis in 1946.

  19. Kretingos apskrities policijos vadas

    • Der Kreispolizeiführer in Kretinga
    • Chief of Police of Kretinga District

    The task of the Chief of Police of Kretinga District was to ensure all citizens obey the law, to secure and to protect private property of residents, to control activities of the police stations and precincts of Kretinga city and district.

  20. Kauno miesto žydų tikybinės bendruomenės taryba

    • Council of the Jewish Religious Community of Kaunas

    Activities of the community started on December 1919. The community was officialy registered on 14 March 1920.