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  1. The Grünspan Case

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains a report about the 'Grünspan case', written by Reich Minister Dr. Goebbels in 1938 and printed by 'M. Müller & Sohn K.G., Berlin S.W.68'. The Günspan case is concerning Herschel Feibel Grynszpan (German: Hermann Grünspan), who was a Polish-Jewish refugee, born in Germany. His assassination of the Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath on the 7th of November 1938 in Paris was his way to take revenge for his Jewish brethren in Germany. After the murder of the secretary of legation, the German nation took up retaliatory measures against Jews in Germany, as Goebbels writes. R...

  2. [On the Evian conference and the situation of Jews in Germany]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains a typewritten document of three pages written in Dutch and published by the “Joodsche Perscommissie voor byzondere Berichtgeving” in Amsterdam in July 1938. The document contains three short articles on the situation of Jewish people in Germany. The first text deals with the Evian Conference regarding the emigration of Jewish people from Germany. The second text is on the rise of suicide cases among the Jewish people in Germany. Finally, the third text deals with public protest of English clerics against the persecution of Jews in Germany.

  3. [Correspondence regarding treatment of foreign children, fit for Germanization]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The files contains original documents in German and the translation in English between Himmler, Greifelt and Kaltenbrunner from 1940-1943. The documents regard the treatment of pregnant foreign women inside of the Reich and foreign children, fit for Germanization.

  4. Monthly Report for the Month of September, 1953

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The business report provides an overview of the work and figures of the ITS in 9/1953 regarding the Case Work (inquiries, requests for death certificates, certificates of residence or historical and statistical data), Archive (e.g. Concentration Camp and civil administration records) and Administration (supplies and utilities, transport, communication, travel, budget and finance and personnel).

  5. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains five circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) between August and December 1969. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1633, no. 1632, no. 1631, no. 1627, and no. 1626. 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”), and regarding pensions, professional damages and dama...

  6. Jews in Sweden IV

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the fourth part of a collection of lists compiled by the Jewish community of Sweden. It is a continuation of the previous compilation of group 2 (Jews who arrived after June 26th, 1945). The lists are in alphabetical order consisting of last and first name, date of birth, last domicile and identity card no. and are grouped by nationality.

  7. Die Territorial-Bewegung

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the third part of Max Apt's paper on the history of the Diaspora. “The Territorial movement” (Israel Zangwill) believed in the establishment of a Jewish state in a territory other than Palestine to avoid conflict with the Arab population. The file lists abstracts from the Geneva conference of the International Labor Office from March 7, 1938 by South American government representatives. A letter to Dr. Apt from the American embassy is included. The next chapter deals with the “Evian conference” which tried to find a solution to the refugee crisis. The chapter includes extensive ...

  8. Child- Tracing

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains two letters from the Chief Representative of Central Tracing Bureau, Berlin to the Red Cross Netherlands, Berlin. In the first short letter the CTB asks to forward documents (21.10.1947). In the second one the CTB is requesting help from the RCN in order to find out what happened to a working camp in Finow, Brandenburg /Germany in which 60 Ukrainians boys were held until 1945. Furthermore, they seek help to investigate a children's hospital in Dresden (21.10.1947).

  9. 2-поліцейський участок Префектури міста Одеси.

    USHMM has copied from this fonds and describes the copies as follows: Fond 2353; Opis 1 Ed. hr. No. 232 – Declarations on the ethnic origin of persons in Transnistria. 165pp. Fond 2353; Opis 1 Ed. hr. No. 241 – Birth certificates of Transnistrian citizens. 1943. 64pp. Fond 2353; Opis 1 Ed. hr. No. 248 – Lists of refugees in Transnistria. 78pp. Fond 2353; Opis 1 Ed. hr. No. 251 – Population statistics for the district of Odessa. 1943. 18pp. Fond 2353; Opis 1 Ed. hr. No. 254 – Population statistics for the district of Odessa. 1943. List of 3,441 persons under the age of 20 in Odessa. 1943. 91...

  10. Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of SIG (the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

    The documentation is from 1939-1950. Most of the documentation describes the activities of Saly Mayer as the (unofficial) representative of the JDC in Switzerland during World War II.Saly Mayer transferred JDC funds to persecuted Jews in Europe and Shanghai in different ways. He also distributed money for the care of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland. As part of his activities, he received information regarding what was happening in Europe against the Jews, for example in Slovakia (from the Bratislava Working Group). He was in contact with representatives and activists of various Jewish or...

  11. Documentation regarding the Jews of Germany, mainly during the Holocaust

    Most of the documentation is from Jewish sources. The first 106 files are remnants from the archives of Jewish institutions, organizations and communities in Germany.Some of this Record Group consists of documentation photocopied from municipal archives in Germany regarding the Jews and including personal documents, surveys and articles regarding the destruction of the communities in Germany and more. There is also documentation included in the Collection regarding the Jewish school in Harlingen, 1933-1939, submitted by the principal of the school, Hugo Josef Rosenthal-Jashuvi, to Yad Vashem.

  12. Jewish Labor Committee Records, Part II: Holocaust Era Files.

    In “Series III: Foreign Countries” of this fonds, we find several files containing “mixed materials” on Belgium, for the period 1948-1956. See box 80, folders nrs. 25-32 and box 81, folders nrs. 1-2. These numbers correspond with microfilm reels nrs. 237-238. In “Subseries IV:C: Child Adoption Program: Correspondence files” of “Series IV: Immigration, Resettlement and Refugee Aid” we note the following files: “Belgium: General & Lists” (box 114, folder nr. 29), “Belgium: Mila Alter” (box 114, nrs. 30-31) and “Belgium: Poale Zion” (box 114, nr. 32). These files mostly contain corresponde...

  13. Jelgavas apriņķa policijas iestādes

    • Jelgava District Police Institutions
    • Polizeibehörden Kreis Mitau

    The fonds contains information about activities of the police institutions in the district since 1919. The wartime documents contain information about prisoners of war and war refugees, pursuit and apprehension of communists, Jews and Roma, Roma escapes from prisons (1941-1942), and lists of persons drafted into the German Army (1944).

  14. Vuosien 1939-1944 sodat ja niistä johtunut toiminta: Suhteet Saksaan

    1. Valtiollisen poliisin II arkisto
    • Wars 1939-1944: Relations with Germany

    The records concern Finland’s relations with Germany during World War II. Subgroup G 5 is especially important; it includes records concerning deportations of Jewish refugees to Germany.

  15. Correspondence with Berent, Ernst

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence sheds light on Berent’s bonds with his German home. The letters centre on source material on the Jewry of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland), and a critical discussion of an anti-German article published in the Library’s Bulletin. Contained are birthday wishes as well as a letter of condolence on Berent’s passing.

  16. Correspondence regarding Dokumentenwerk - with Brügel, Johann Wolfgang

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Comprising primarily notes and memos the correspondence centres on meetings with The Wiener Library’s project researcher Francis L. Carsten as well as a meeting with IfZ project researcher Hans Mommsen and a review of his work.

  17. Correspondence with Alexander, Kurt

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence centres on a request to Alfred Wiener for a reference or introduction letter, with which Alexander hoped to boost his chances for a job in New York. Other addressed issues are: his salary at the Jewish Central Information Office or The Wiener Library respectively, the hiring of a third person at the United Restitution Organization, and a condolence note to his widow following his sudden passing. Contained is a not dated résumé of Alexander’s as well as a letter to a third person named Lola Alexander.

  18. Correspondence with Bloch, Julius

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence centres on the whereabouts of the of the Jewish community in Friedberg near Frankfurt am Main. Contained are letters of several other individuals involved in the object’s tracing process. Upon his passing the acquisition of parts of Bloch’s estate is briefly discussed.

  19. Correspondence with Breslauer, Walter

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence concerns various administrative, financial, and mostly historical aspects, i.e. those related to the Nazi persecution of the Jews. Particular reference deserves the discussion of a draft of a new constitution for The Wiener Library (1948-49). Beside several handwritten letters by Breslauer the correspondence contains on letter in Dutch language.

  20. Correspondence with Bondy, Louis Wolfgang

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence centres on everyday issues, mainly the acquisition of books. Contained is also the copy of a certification of employment dates and salary of Bondy for his time at the Jewish Central Information Office (JCIO) in Amsterdam.