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  1. Account of the Kohn family's fate during the Holocaust

    • Wiener Holocaust Library
    • WL1793
    • English
    • 2010
    • 1 folder
    • Updated 3 months ago

    This collection consists of a family history report on the fate of Thomas Brady's grandparents, Bernhard and Hedwig Kohn and their daughter Herta from Vienna who perished in the Holocaust.Account of the Kohn family's fate including illustrations of contemporary documents and details of other members of the family who were murdered. 

  2. Article intended for distribution among Wehrmacht soldiers regarding crimes of the Germans in the extermination camps in Poland, 1943

    1. M.11 - The Tenenbaum-Mersik Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground
    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 3714229
    • English, Hebrew
    • Original Typewritten copy 5 pages/frames
    • Updated 4 years ago

    Article intended for distribution among Wehrmacht soldiers regarding crimes of the Germans in the extermination camps in Poland, 1943 Responsibility of the Germans for the murder of millions of Jews in Europe; burning of synagogues, desecration of cemeteries and the establishment of extermination camps within occupied Poland, 1943; murder of Jews in the Wartheland area including the Jews of Lodz by the use of gas vans in the Chelmno camp; murder of the Jews of eastern Galicia, Lublin and Slovakia in the Belzec extermination camp by electrocution; murder of Jews in the Auschwitz and Sobibor ...

  3. Bent metal fork recovered from Chelmno killing center

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn1085
    • English
    • 1986-1987
    • overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Depth: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm)
    • Updated 7 months ago

    Metal fork, likely recovered from a temporary pit furnace at Chelmno killing center in German-occupied Poland, during an archaeological excavation in 1986 and 1987. Killing operations at Chelmno commenced on December 8, 1941. Prisoners were taken to a camp at a manor house (Schlosslager) in the village to undress and relinquish their valuables. They were then loaded into a gas van where they were killed. The van was then driven 2.5 miles northwest of the village to a camp in the Rzuchowski forest (Waldlager), where the bodies were dumped into mass graves. The large number of corpses created...

  4. Bent metal fork recovered from Chelmno killing center

    1. Muzeum Okregowe w Konine collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn1085
    • English
    • 1986-1987
    • overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Depth: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm)
    • Updated 7 months ago

    Metal fork, likely recovered from a temporary pit furnace at Chelmno killing center in German-occupied Poland, during an archaeological excavation in 1986 and 1987. Killing operations at Chelmno commenced on December 8, 1941. Prisoners were taken to a camp at a manor house (Schlosslager) in the village to undress and relinquish their valuables. They were then loaded into a gas van where they were killed. The van was then driven 2.5 miles northwest of the village to a camp in the Rzuchowski forest (Waldlager), where the bodies were dumped into mass graves. The large number of corpses created...

  5. Bent, rusted teaspoon recovered from Chelmno killing center

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn1075
    • English
    • 1986-1987
    • overall: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 5.625 inches (14.287 cm)
    • Updated 7 months ago

    Metal teaspoon, likely recovered from a temporary pit furnace at Chelmno killing center in German-occupied Poland, during an archaeological excavation in 1986 and 1987. Killing operations at Chelmno commenced on December 8, 1941. Prisoners were taken to a camp at a manor house (Schlosslager) in the village to undress and relinquish their valuables. They were then loaded into a gas van where they were killed. The van was then driven 2.5 miles northwest of the village to a camp in the Rzuchowski forest (Waldlager), where the bodies were dumped into mass graves. The large number of corpses cre...

  6. Bent, rusted teaspoon recovered from Chelmno killing center

    1. Muzeum Okregowe w Konine collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn1075
    • English
    • 1986-1987
    • overall: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 5.625 inches (14.287 cm)
    • Updated 7 months ago

    Metal teaspoon, likely recovered from a temporary pit furnace at Chelmno killing center in German-occupied Poland, during an archaeological excavation in 1986 and 1987. Killing operations at Chelmno commenced on December 8, 1941. Prisoners were taken to a camp at a manor house (Schlosslager) in the village to undress and relinquish their valuables. They were then loaded into a gas van where they were killed. The van was then driven 2.5 miles northwest of the village to a camp in the Rzuchowski forest (Waldlager), where the bodies were dumped into mass graves. The large number of corpses cre...

  7. Briefe Februar 1941-November 1941

    1. Nachlässe
    2. Teich-Birken, Martha u. Isaak
    • Institut für Zeitgeschichte–Archiv
    • ED 514 / 1
    • German
    • 1941
    • Updated 8 years ago

    Gedenkbuch Isaak David und Martha Teich-Birken, darin: Briefe Familie Teich-Birken sowohl als Transkription als auch im Original, alles in Fotokopie.

  8. Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, November 1945

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency in Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • ועדת - ההצלה של הסוכנות היהודית לארץ-ישראל ,ביולטין, נובמבר (ב) 1945
    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 5655406
    • English, Hebrew
    • Original 12 pages/frames
    • Updated 4 years ago

    Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing information from various sources regarding the experiences of the Jews in Europe during the war and afterwards, November 1945 Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee containing: - Information regarding the situation of the Jews in Eastern Europe after the war; - Excerpt from a letter written by a refugee in Shanghai, October 1945; - Excerpt from a letter written by a female survivor from Kaunas, May 1945; - A survey of the Chelmno camp; - Information from a survivor regarding the...

  9. Collection of materials regarding Nazi crimes in Poland Zbiór materiałów dotyczących zbrodni hitlerowskich w Polsce (Sygn. 1348)

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn714714
    • English
    • 1944-1947
    • 1,530 digital images, PDF
    • Updated 7 months ago

    Selected records of Polish courts and commissions researching Nazi crimes. Consists of protocols and reports examining the area of the former Chełmno concentration camp (Kulmhof am Nehr); investigative files of crimes in Siedlce and the surrounding area; witness testimonies; materials about Nazi perpetrators from the Krosno county; the case file against K. Heinemeyer; sentences for persons cooperating with the German authorities; testimonies of Nazi criminals regarding the Warsaw Uprising of 1944; prosecution files of Nazi criminals at Żyrardów area, and correspondence.

  10. Concrete remnants excavated from the crematorium at Chelmno killing center

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn1095
    • English
    • 1986-1987
    • a: Height: 25.000 inches (63.5 cm) | Width: 61.000 inches (154.94 cm) | Depth: 54.000 inches (137.16 cm) b: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Depth: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) c: Height: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
    • Updated 7 months ago

    Concrete fragments recovered from a crematorium foundation at Chelmno killing center in German-occupied Poland, during an archaeological excavation in 1986 and 1987. Killing operations at Chelmno commenced on December 8, 1941. Prisoners were taken to a camp at a manor house (Schlosslager) in the village to undress and relinquish their valuables. They were then loaded into a gas van where they were killed. The van was then driven 2.5 miles northwest of the village to a camp in the Rzuchowski forest (Waldlager), where the bodies were dumped into mass graves. The large number of corpses create...

  11. Concrete remnants excavated from the crematorium at Chelmno killing center

    1. Muzeum Okregowe w Konine collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn1095
    • English
    • 1986-1987
    • a: Height: 25.000 inches (63.5 cm) | Width: 61.000 inches (154.94 cm) | Depth: 54.000 inches (137.16 cm) b: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) | Depth: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) c: Height: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
    • Updated 7 months ago

    Concrete fragments recovered from a crematorium foundation at Chelmno killing center in German-occupied Poland, during an archaeological excavation in 1986 and 1987. Killing operations at Chelmno commenced on December 8, 1941. Prisoners were taken to a camp at a manor house (Schlosslager) in the village to undress and relinquish their valuables. They were then loaded into a gas van where they were killed. The van was then driven 2.5 miles northwest of the village to a camp in the Rzuchowski forest (Waldlager), where the bodies were dumped into mass graves. The large number of corpses create...

  12. Corroded metal heel plate recovered from Chelmno killing center

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn1089
    • English
    • 1986-1987
    • overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
    • Updated 7 months ago

    Metal heel plate, likely recovered from a temporary pit furnace at Chelmno killing center in German-occupied Poland, during an archaeological excavation in 1986 and 1987. Killing operations at Chelmno commenced on December 8, 1941. Prisoners were taken to a camp at a manor house (Schlosslager) in the village to undress and relinquish their valuables. They were then loaded into a gas van where they were killed. The van was then driven 2.5 miles northwest of the village to a camp in the Rzuchowski forest (Waldlager), where the bodies were dumped into mass graves. The large number of corpses c...

  13. Corroded metal heel plate recovered from Chelmno killing center

    1. Muzeum Okregowe w Konine collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn1089
    • English
    • 1986-1987
    • overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
    • Updated 7 months ago

    Metal heel plate, likely recovered from a temporary pit furnace at Chelmno killing center in German-occupied Poland, during an archaeological excavation in 1986 and 1987. Killing operations at Chelmno commenced on December 8, 1941. Prisoners were taken to a camp at a manor house (Schlosslager) in the village to undress and relinquish their valuables. They were then loaded into a gas van where they were killed. The van was then driven 2.5 miles northwest of the village to a camp in the Rzuchowski forest (Waldlager), where the bodies were dumped into mass graves. The large number of corpses c...

  14. Documentation of the Central Jewish Historical Committee, regarding Chelmno camp

    1. O.65 - Collection of Jacob Robinson, Jurist and Diplomat
    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 10573284
    • English, Hebrew
    • Typewritten
    • Updated 4 years ago

    Documentation of the Central Jewish Historical Committee, regarding Chelmno camp List of testimonies regarding Chelmno camp, collected by Jacob Waldman and deposited with the Central Jewish Historical Committee in Poland; testimony of Bronislaw Baginski, who was a prosecutor in the town of Turek; testimony of Henryk Kruszynski, regarding the murder process in Chelmno camp; testimony of Andrzej Miszczak, regarding the process for the elimination of the bones of the murdered people; written testimony of Zygmunt Kaszynski, regarding the murder of his father in Chelmno; testimony of Kaszynski t...

  15. Four eyeglass lenses recovered from Chelmno killing center

    1. Muzeum Okregowe w Konine collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn1092
    • English
    • 1986-1987
    • a: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) b: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) c: Diameter: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) d: Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
    • Updated 7 months ago

    Four eyeglass lenses, likely recovered from a temporary pit furnace at Chelmno killing center in German-occupied Poland, during an archaeological excavation in 1986 and 1987. Killing operations at Chelmno commenced on December 8, 1941. Prisoners were taken to a camp at a manor house (Schlosslager) in the village to undress and relinquish their valuables. They were then loaded into a gas van where they were killed. The van was then driven 2.5 miles northwest of the village to a camp in the Rzuchowski forest (Waldlager), where the bodies were dumped into mass graves. The large number of corps...

  16. Four eyeglass lenses recovered from Chelmno killing center

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn1092
    • English
    • 1986-1987
    • a: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) b: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) c: Diameter: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) d: Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
    • Updated 7 months ago

    Four eyeglass lenses, likely recovered from a temporary pit furnace at Chelmno killing center in German-occupied Poland, during an archaeological excavation in 1986 and 1987. Killing operations at Chelmno commenced on December 8, 1941. Prisoners were taken to a camp at a manor house (Schlosslager) in the village to undress and relinquish their valuables. They were then loaded into a gas van where they were killed. The van was then driven 2.5 miles northwest of the village to a camp in the Rzuchowski forest (Waldlager), where the bodies were dumped into mass graves. The large number of corps...

  17. Gutachten zum Ghetto Lodz

    1. Manuskripte
    2. Gutachten
    • Institut für Zeitgeschichte–Archiv
    • MS 2126 / 1
    • German
    • 1994
    • Manuskripte 100 Seiten
    • Updated 8 years ago

    Gutachten im Auftrag des Sozialgerichts Berlin zum Ghetto Lodz vom 15. Dezember 1994, das u.a. zu folgenden Fragen Stellung bezieht: Wann wurde das Ghetto eingerichtet, bis zu welchem Jahr bestand es; wem war das Ghetto organisatorisch unterstellt; wieviele Menschen lebten zu den unterschiedlichsten Zeiten in dem Ghetto? Welchem Zweck diente das Ghetto, worin bestand seine wirtschaftliche Bedeutung; wie war das Ghetto intern politisch und wirtschaftlich organisiert; existierten im Ghetto staatliche oder private Betriebe; in welcher Weise geschah die Entlohnung im Ghetto; gab es im Ghetto ei...

  18. Jakubowicz family portrait

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn519750
    • English
    • folder 1
    • Updated 7 months ago

    Contains a photographic portrait of the Jakubowicz family taken circa 1929 in Wielun, Poland. Standing in the back row, from left are: Chaja-Ita; Ester Szykman; Victor; Pola; Juda Idel and Mania. Sitting in the front row from left are: Chana Stawski Jakubowicz, holding Tuwia in her lap; Rachel Holtz Jakubowicz; and Herszl, Awram Zysman and Kalman Jakubowicz.

  19. Large, rusted metal key recovered from Chelmno killing center

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn1094
    • English
    • 1986-1987
    • overall: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Depth: 4.125 inches (10.477 cm)
    • Updated 7 months ago

    Metal skeleton key, likely recovered from a temporary pit furnace at Chelmno killing center in German-occupied Poland, during an archaeological excavation in 1986 and 1987. Killing operations at Chelmno commenced on December 8, 1941. Prisoners were taken to a camp at a manor house (Schlosslager) in the village to undress and relinquish their valuables. They were then loaded into a gas van where they were killed. The van was then driven 2.5 miles northwest of the village to a camp in the Rzuchowski forest (Waldlager), where the bodies were dumped into mass graves. The large number of corpses...

  20. Large, rusted metal key recovered from Chelmno killing center

    1. Muzeum Okregowe w Konine collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn1094
    • English
    • 1986-1987
    • overall: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Depth: 4.125 inches (10.477 cm)
    • Updated 7 months ago

    Metal skeleton key, likely recovered from a temporary pit furnace at Chelmno killing center in German-occupied Poland, during an archaeological excavation in 1986 and 1987. Killing operations at Chelmno commenced on December 8, 1941. Prisoners were taken to a camp at a manor house (Schlosslager) in the village to undress and relinquish their valuables. They were then loaded into a gas van where they were killed. The van was then driven 2.5 miles northwest of the village to a camp in the Rzuchowski forest (Waldlager), where the bodies were dumped into mass graves. The large number of corpses...

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