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  1. "Dr. Theodor Herzl", Sofia

    Zionist organization in Sofia, Bulgaria

  2. 1-asis lietuvių policijos batalionas

    • Das litauische Schutzmannschafts- W-Bataillon Nr. 1
    • Lithuanian 1st Police Battalion

    The 1st Battalion which was located in Kaunas and was active in the mass murdering process of Jews in Kaunas and the periphery in summer and autumn 1941. The 1st Battalion's soldiers killed tens thousands of Lithuanian and foreign countries (Germany, Austria, Czech Republic) Jews. Since 20 December 1941 the Battalion was renamed to 13th Battalion and was active in Byelorussia.

  3. 11-as rezervinės policijos batalionas

    • Reserve-Polizei- Batallion 11

  4. 16-я 'Литовская' стрелковая дивизия

    • 16th Lithuanian Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
    • Lietuviškoji 16-oji Raudonosios Armijos divizija

    The 16th Rifle Division was a formation in the Red Army created during the Second World War. The division was formed twice, and was given the title 'Lithuanian' during its second formation. It was originally established at Novgorod in October 1939. In the end of 1941 reformed and given the title 'Lithuanian', the division participated in several battles against Nazi Germany, including Kursk, Belarus, and the Baltic. It was disbanded at the end of the war, although it was briefly revived in 1955 before being disbanded once more. When the 16th Division was reformed after its destruction, it w...

  5. 1st Czechoslovak independent field battalion

    • 1. Ceskoslovensky samostatny polni prapor

  6. 814-oji karo lauko komendantūra

    • Feldkommandantur 814
    • Military Field Commander Number 814 in Vilnius

    Military Field Commander Number 814 in Vilnius was established in July 1941 and existed untill July 1944. The institution was under the authority of Der Kommandant in Litauen des Wehrmachtsbefehlshabers Ostland. The Commandant handled almost all military and civilian affairs, except for the political. Also supervised activities of the committee of the citizens' of the Vilnius city and the area and activities of the Lithuanian auxiliary police.

  7. 9. SS Totenkopf-Sturmbann

    • 9. SS TOTENKOPFSTURMBANN

  8. A. Abbe Lagarde

  9. A. Alfrech

    • א. אלפריך

    State's advisor in Hamburg in 1935

  10. A. Milhado

  11. A. Richert

  13. A. Χαμπούρης

    • A. Chabouris
    • A . Hambouris

    A. Chambouris was a Greek Christian businessman from Thessaloniki and I. Asseo's business partner.

  14. Aage Andersen

  15. Aaron Schwarz

    תעשיין וכימאי יהודי הולנדי, מנהל החברה Polak & Schwarz

  18. Abba Hillel Silver

    • אבא הלל סילבר

    American Rabbi and communal leader

  19. Abel Herzberg

    • Abel Jacob Herzberg

    17 September 1893 – 19 May 1989

    Abel Jacob Herzberg (17 September 1893 – 19 May 1989) was a Dutch Jewish lawyer, writer and poet. He wrote many plays and novels, focused mainly on Biblical characters. His works include 'Tweestromenland", "Kroniek der Jodenvervolging", and "Om een lepel soep". Herzberg was a prisoner in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from 11 January 1944 to 10 April 1945.