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  1. Testimony of Michl Orszanski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1905, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, in prison in Grodno and in prison in Bialystok

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Testimony of Michl Orszanski, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1905, regarding his experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto, in prison in Grodno and in prison in Bialystok Occupation of Bialystok by the German Army, 26 June 1941; burning of the Great Synagogue; murder of Jews and burning of their bodies in the burning synagogue; riots against the Jews including burning their homes; deportation of Jews to forced labor; establishment of the Bialystok Ghetto, 01 August 1941; works as a painter in SS and Gestapo units outside the ghetto; attitude of the Polish foremen towards the workers; "Aktion" in the ...

  2. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: JUNA (Juedische Nachrichten, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) correspondence regarding postwar antisemitism; Holocaust research and help to refugees during the war, 1942-1969

    1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969

    Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: JUNA (Juedische Nachrichten, press agency of SIG [Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland]) correspondence regarding postwar antisemitism; Holocaust research and help to refugees during the war, 1942-1969 In the file: - JUNA correspondence (B. Sagalowitz) with various personalities regarding the struggle against Neo-Nazism and postwar displays of antisemitism - Correspondence with Karl Ferdinand Finus, the German farmer, 1951-1959, regarding protection of living creatures and the ban on kosher ritual slaughtering in Germany; the ban on kosher ritual slaughter...

  3. Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documents, essays, lists and photographs regarding the Theresienstadt Ghetto, the fate of the Jews of Czechoslovakia and Slovakia and the illegal immigrant ship, "Pentcho"

    1. P.13 - Archive of Benjamin Sagalowitz , head of the press agency of the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland, 1929-1969

    Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Documents, essays, lists and photographs regarding the Theresienstadt Ghetto, the fate of the Jews of Czechoslovakia and Slovakia and the illegal immigrant ship, "Pentcho" - "Ghetto Nasich Dnu", a book by Mirko Tuma, on the Theresienstadt Ghetto, published in Prague with a German translation, 1946; - Essay on the history of the Theresienstadt Ghetto, prepared for the Nazi authorities; - Copy of an order to report for deportation from Theresienstadt and Jewish autonomous administration bank documents; - Original supply coupons from the Theresienstadt Ghetto; - Li...

  4. Testimony of Aba Veinstein, born in Marijampole, Lithuania, 1922, regarding his experiences in Kaunas, in hiding in Simnas and using a false identity in the Alytus area

    1. O.71- Koniuchowsky Collection: Testimonies Regarding the Holocaust of Lithuanian Jewry, 1945-1981

    Testimony of Aba Veinstein, born in Marijampole, Lithuania, 1922, regarding his experiences in Kaunas, in hiding in Simnas and using a false identity in the Alytus area Life before the war in Simnas; attends a Jewish school; life in Kaunas including university studies. Outbreak of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, 22 June 1941; escape from the Red Army; transfer with Jews to a center; release from the center with help from a friend; transfer of Jews to a monastery by Lithuanians; transfer with Jews to Fort 7 by Lithuanians; German occupation, 24 June 1941; receives a travel perm...

  5. Fonds Maxime Steinberg.

    The Maxime Steinberg archives are essentially composed of thematic files containing copies of original archival documents, copies of periodicals and scientific literature assembled by Steinberg within the framework of his historical research. 11 boxes are related to the Comité de Défense des Juifs and the Association des Juifs en Belgique; some contain original archival material. 13 boxes consist of files concerning individuals – some hold just one page with biographical information, while others are fairly extensive and include many copied documents. 43 boxes contain the documentation file...

  6. Postcard

    1. Beno Helmer collection

  7. Beno Helmer scrapbook

    1. Beno Helmer collection

    Scrap book containing items from the Łódź Ghetto.

  9. Оперативно-статистична звітність КГБ УРСР

    • Operational and statistic reporting by KGB UkrSSR

    • File 48. Information on intelligent and investigative work for 1941 (appendix-chart). • File 49. Information about secret-service and operational work for 1942. • File 50. Information on operational and investigative work for the first half of 1943. • File 51. Information on operational and investigative work for 1943. • File 53. Information on the results of operational and investigative work for 1944 (reference). • File 57. Information on the results of operative and investigative work for 1945 (reference and review of activities). • File 58. Information on operational and investigative...

  10. Tighina County Tribunal

    • Tribunal judeţean Tighina
    • Тигинский уездный трибунал
    • Tiginskiy uyezdnyy tribunal

    Court cases of establishing a date of birth (in particular, of Blank Abram), of establishing death, of marriage (in particular, of the spouses Rabinovich Leiser and Orentberg Sarrah), of approving the division of property, of establishing rights to property, of violating laws, of collecting debt, about the infliction of bodily harm, the violation of marital fidelity, the approval of custody. The cases on charges of: arson, theft, embezzlement and embezzlement of state money and property, abuse of power, forgery of documents (in particular, by Belzer Aba and Groisman Toivi), personal abuse, ...

  11. Bălţi County Tribunal

    • Tribunal judeţean Bălţi
    • Бельцкий уездный трибунал
    • Bel'tskiy uyezdnyy tribunal

    Cases of divorce (including Shore Gersha divorcing Shore Malka, Schneider Kiva divorcing Schneider Feiga and other couples), cases of establishing the fact of marriage, of collecting alimony, of establishing an unknown absence, of restoring violated property rights, of alienation of land, cases to consider claims of residents for the return of cash debts (including Dtamand Gersh reqires Tyndler Leib to return the debt; Smukler Lei requires Body Vasily to return the debt), cases on consideration of monetary claims, rulings of the tribunal to impose arrest on property, registration logs s Tri...

  12. Second Global Structures Convocation lecture by Ferencz

    Lecture, "Creating Global Structures for Agenda 21." Second Global Structures Convocation, Washington, DC. February 6-9, 1992. ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (tape 10 in conference series) Introduction by Robert Livingston, president of Positions for Social Responsibility. Second introduction by Catherine Porter, executive director of US Citizens Network. Ferencz discusses new structures needed to create a more peaceful planet. Broad frameworks include a world community that is environmentally healthy, free from war, and economically sound. He argues for coordinated action on an international ...

  13. Otto D. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Otto D., who was born in Vienna, Austria in 1922. He recalls his mother's death in 1927; his father's remarriage to a non-Jew who converted to Judaism; antisemitic harassment; German occupation in 1938; losing his job; working for one year as a non-Jew on a farm near Hannover; returning to Vienna, fearing exposure; working in a factory labor camp with his father; arrest in 1941; imprisonment for one year; learning his sisters were deported (he never saw them again); his deportation to Flossenbürg; slave labor; transfer to Auschwitz in October 1942; a privileged posi...

  14. Telford T. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Telford T., who was born in New York in 1908. He recounts his education; working in military intelligence during the war; joining Judge Robert Jackson's staff for the first Nuremberg trial in 1945; searching for documentation of German war crimes; establishing the legal basis for the trials in the International Military Tribunal charter; working on the indictment in London; using Nuremberg for the trial because of its facilities; details of the trial; and his appointment as chief prosecutor for subsequent trials. Mr. T. describes trials of Nazi doctors who performed e...

  15. Leo K. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Leo K., who was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany in 1922, the older of two sons. He recounts his father was a cantor and synagogue teacher; moving to Nuremberg when he was three; attending Jewish schools, including high school in Fu?rth with Henry Kissinger; attending an orthodox youth group convention in Hamburg; his father obtaining a cantor's position in St. John's, Newfoundland; their emigration in March 1938 to escape Nazism; their move to the United States in March 1941; military draft in May 1943; intelligence training; participating in campaigns with the 2nd Arm...

  16. Klaus Barbie trial

    Contains original court transcripts from the trial against Klaus Barbie for war crimes. On May 11th, 1987, after 4 years of pre-trial investigation in Lyon, France, Klaus Barbie's trial opened. It was the first case for crimes against humanity tried in France. Pierre Truche was the chief prosecutor, and Jacques Vergès was the defense attorney. The collection includes over 37 court sessions (approximately 185 hour trials) held in Lyon form May 11 to July 3, 1987. Barbie had to answer several charges: the liquidation of the Lyon committee of the L'Union générale des israélites de France (UGI...

  17. Anniversary; War Crimes Trials: Einsatzgruppen Case; Allied Council Meeting

    02:30:00 (Munich 680) Sig Corps 85th Anniversary, Hanau Sig Depot, Germany, March 3, 1948. MCU, Maj. Gen. Jerry V. Matejka saluting soldiers to be decorated and advancing to award the Italian War Cross. (The men decorated are Maj. Aldo R. Rossi, Capt. Wayne A. Meyers, and M/Sgt. Paul M. Daugherty). VS, black Army band playing as it marches in review, followed by 22nd HQ detachment, 218th, 192nd, and 69th Sig. Companies. (The men marching carry slung rifles.) MS, Sgt. and soldiers in the ranks listening to he general's talk. 02:34:47 (Munich 674) War Crimes Trials - Subsequent Trial Proceedi...

  18. Postwar war crimes trials related to the Holocaust

    Contains materials from trials conducted in the Ukrainian SSR (Soviet Socialist Republic) during and after World War II. The material includes documents from pre-trial investigations by the Ukrainian NKVD (Narodnyĭ komissariat vnutrennikh del), as well as interrogation protocols, indictments, verdicts and sentences, and post-sentencing histories. For each trial, the case number, the regional office, and principal defendant are listed. The collection also contains investigation and trial records of refugees from East and Central Europe who were arrested and interrogated by the Soviet State ...

  19. Rudolf Höss statement

    The papers consist of a statement regarding the Jews killed at Auschwitz concentration camp signed by Rudolf Höss at Nuremberg, Germany, on May 15,1946.

  20. Leon Weliczker Wells notebooks

    The Leon Weliczker Wells notebooks consists of fourteen volumes and two pages written by Wells during his second period of imprisonment in the Janowska concentration camp and while in hiding in the basement of the Kalwinski family following his escape. Wells describes the work of Sonderkommando 1005 in the Janowska camp, his escape, and his hiding place on the Kalwinski family’s farm. These notebooks were widely published as "The Janowska Road" and "The Death Brigade."