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  1. [Bergen-Belsen concentration camp - Celle displaced persons camp]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains documents regarding the situation in the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen after its liberation in May 1945. The first documents are two typewritten reports on the living conditions (health, sanitation, food, clothing, housing) in the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen after the liberation. The reports were written in English by members of the British Army in May 1945. Furthermore, the file contains the camp regulations written in German and Polish for the time after the liberation. Unfortunately, the other documents are only barely readable if not unreadable at all, the scri...

  2. IRO-ITS-Child Search Branch – Yearly report 1948 History

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The yearly report begins with an explanation about Himmler's eugenic ideology implemented in the Lebensborn project and the justification of the kidnapping for children for the purpose of Germanization. As an example serves the case of Lidice. After the massacre of all if the adult males and the deportation of the females to a concentration camp, the children considered fit for Germanization were taken to Lebensborn home.The IRO and ITS tried to find those children and established a Child Search Branch for that purpose. Furthermore, the organization of the Child Search Branch is explained i...

  3. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains seven circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) ranging between September and November 1968. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1585, no. 1583, no. 1582, no. 1579, no. 1577a, no. 1577, and no. 1578. They mainly deal with recent court judgements made by the German Federal Court (Bundesgerichtshof) on questions of restitution after Nazi persecution, especially regarding juridical regulations and proceedings for claims within the Federal law for restitution („Bundesentschädigungsgesetz”), the status of being recognized as a re...

  4. An example of a tracing case concerning a "Lebensborn" Child located through the joint efforts of the Polish Red Cross, German Suchdienst und IRO

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains of examples of successful tracing cases of the "Lebensborn" children Feliks and Maria. Through international effort of the Red Cross Child Search Branches in Poland and Czech, the German Suchdienst and the ITS, the children were be able to be returned to their country of origin. The file includes documents in Polish, German and English.

  5. [A letter by Norman Bentwich about Evian Conference]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    A letter by Bentwich to Stephany summarizing the statements of different countries regarding the refugee question developments during the Evian conference. Bentwich is complaining about the uselessness of the conference and the states' statements.

  6. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of Shmuel Grossbard, 19 year old yeshiva student from Suwałki. He describes aerial bombardment and German planes flying over the city, and fire from the Polish military, as well as panic among the civilian population. The Germans entered the city the following day, and several of the neighboring cities that same day, but did no special harm. Here the testimony cuts off. Protocol No. 21 is an extract from a volume of protocols /statements provided by a group of Polish-Jewish refugee writers and journalists who fled to Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1939 they formed a committee to collect e...

  7. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland: Statement No. 6]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Statement No.6 is an extract from a volume of protocols / statements provided by a group of Polish-Jewish refugee writers and journalists. In 1939 they formed a committee to collect evidence on the condition of the Jews in Poland under German occupation. This statement is by Lejb Blumberg, born 1915 in Warsaw, and describes briefly his escape from Warsaw to Vilnius in Oktober 1939. The statement is originally in Yiddish. Both, the original and the English translation are attached. Statement No. 6 -- פראטאקאל נומער 6

  8. Treatment of refugees in the United Kingdom

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several informations from different organizations regarding the topic of the treatment of refugees in the United Kingdom. British organization collaborate closly with each other and represent all of their practical experience in dealing with refugees. A coordinating Committee for refugees in the United Kigdom has also been formed. Besides that there is a close cooperation between British and other organizations. The information given by other organizations are all regarding the refugee question. For example how they can organize themselves better, how they can help and rea...

  9. Die Judenbrücke II

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The Story is the second part of a fictitious tale of life in a refugee camp in Cyprus (Caraolos and Xylotymbus) after World War II, under British military administration. It describes the general atmosphere, struggles and political activities of the refugees as well as the views of the British military and politicians, American Aid organizations and volunteering medial staff. An interesting exchange of ideas is retold between an officer of the British Army and a Jewish doctor about Zionism, and a Jewish homeland, as well as a conversation with an Egyptian Jew highlighting the struggles of J...

  10. Aus der Emigration

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    “Aus der Emigration” (From the exile), account by Dr. Curt Rosenberg for the years of 1939 to 1948 about his emigration from Germany, life in Glasgow as a refugee, internment in Bury and the Isle of Man. He describes in vivid detail the peaceful life in Glasgow, the interesting characters among the refugees in the internment camps in Bury and Camp Hutchinson, and the variety of cultural activities organized by the inmates. Later on he returns to Glasgow, where he describes the strained relationship between the established Jews and the refugees. It includes a program of cultural activities f...

  11. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of P. L., 24 year old from Krakow. He tells how in the first few days of the war the city government and police evacuated, and he left on a train with other evacuees to Tarnów and then to Jarosław and to Wyszkow where he remained for three weeks until the Russians left. Protocol No. 154 is an extract from a volume of protocols /statements provided by a group of Polish-Jewish refugee writers and journalists who fled to Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1939 they formed a committee to collect evidence on the condition of the Jews in Poland.

  12. Monthly Report for the month of December, 1951 and Annual Report for the year 1951

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    This Report is a summary of the work accomplished by the ITS. Among corporative details the report also mentions a cooperation with the German "Wiedergutmachungs-" authorities (Idemnification authorities) and the visit of two experts from the "Institut für Zeitgeschichte" which conducted research with the files of the ITS.

  13. [Summary of the work of the ITS Child Search Branch]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains an overview of the yearly ITS report of the year 1948. Furthermore it contains correspondences between a polish mother and her child, showing successful Germanization. Also, reports of the Nazi organisations involved in the Germanizing process and an outline of the structure and practices of Lebensborn for guidance in child search of the ITS.

  14. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of J. L., 18 year old yeshiva student from Koden, a small town by Biala Podlaska of 100 Jewish families. He tells how most of the Jewish population left Koden for Brisk before the Germans entered it, while the Christian population remained. He continued his studies in the Brisk yeshiva. Protocol No. 151 is an extract from a volume of protocols /statements provided by a group of Polish-Jewish refugee writers and journalists who fled to Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1939 they formed a committee to collect evidence on the condition of the Jews in Poland under Nazi occupation.

  15. Monthly Report for the month of December, 1952

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The monthly report shows a high acquisition of files for the ITS, namely 7.200 files from the Concentration camp Natzweiler. Furthermore, it mentions a list from the Israeli Consul covering the mass immigration of Jews from Germany to Israel from 1948-1950, reports about the administration and budget, data regarding the personnel, international relations and the relations of the ITS to German federal and land authorities.

  16. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains four circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from February and March 1969. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1600, no. 1596, no. 1598, and no. 1595. They mainly deal with recent court judgements made by the German Federal Court (Bundesgerichtshof) on questions of restitution after Nazi persecution, especially regarding newly established juridical regulations and proceedings for claims within the Federal law for restitution („Bundesentschädigungsgesetz”). Furthermore, the issues focus on the status of being recognized as ...

  17. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of A. W., 20 year old trader from Goworowo. He describes the occupation by the Germans, then by the Russians, of the Bialystok area, and tells how, under German occupation, the Jews were burned inside the synagogue in the town of Czyzew-Osada. The town of Zambrow had its synagogue and study hall, with their torah scrolls, burned and bombarded. Protocol No. 54 is an extract from a volume of protocols /statements provided by a group of Polish-Jewish refugee writers and journalists who fled to Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1939 they formed a committee to collect evidence on the condition of...

  18. [IRO-ITS- Child Search Branch- Quarterly Report, July/August/ September 1949]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    This file contains a statistical review of the work done by the ITS in cooperation with the UNRRA and IRO in the third quarter of 1949. It included statistics about missing children, unaccompanied located children, a questionnaire called "Personal Data of the Child"(Personalien des Kindes) and an evaluation of the questionnaire.

  19. [Nazi Justice Trial Transcripts]

    1. The Nazi Justice collection

    The carpenter Josef Tomanee (born in Ratiboř in 1901) had already been a member of the French Foreign Legion and a refugee in Spain, before he went to trial in Brno due to his try to cross the border between the protectorate and Slovakia. He was also suspected of planning to join a Slovakian partisan movement. The court pleaded for Tomanee's death.

  20. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. United Restitution Organization (URO): Rundschreiben 1961-1973

    The file contains five circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from August and September 1963. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1161, no. 1160, no. 1159, no. 1158, no. 1155. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures, various definitions of the term “Flüchtling” (refugee) and regulations regarding questions of citizenship, and finally professional damages following Nazi persecution. The topics include: „ Berufsschaden, Rentenwahl “, „Staatenlose und...