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Item type: Archival Descriptions

  1. Association of Polish Jews in France Association des Juifs polonais en France, Paris (Fond 45)

    1. Russian State Military Archives (Osobyi) records

    Correspondence with the Polish Emigrant Administration, name lists and bios of members, activity reports, account books, miscellaneous documents, speeches by leaders of the Polish Emigrant Government in France, including Gen. Sikorski and Ignacy Paderewski; a copy of the Jewish newspaper "Semen", and other printed materials. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.

  2. Editorial Board of the Jewish Weekly "Die Wahrheit," Vienna Redaktion der Wochenschrift "Die Wahrheit", Wien, Organ der "Union österreichischer Juden" (Fond 677)

    1. Russian State Military Archives (Osobyi) records

    The collection contains correspondence with members of the Union of Austrian Jews and various subscribers, with religious communities, Jewish organizations, the Hungarian parliament, and the publishers. Consists also of card files of organizations and individuals who placed advertisements in the newspaper, issues of the newspapers: “Der Morgen”, “Der Wiener Tag”, “Gemeindeblatt”, clippings from German newspaper on clashes between Arabs and Jews in Palestine, manuscripts of articles by various authors on the situation of Jews in the countries of Europe and America, and the office cashbook. T...

  3. Union of Jewish Humanitarian Associations B'nai B'rith of Austria B'nai B'rith-Bund der jüdischen humanitären Vereinigung Österreichs des UOBB und seine Ortsgruppen, Wien (Fond 1221)

    1. Russian State Military Archives (Osobyi) records

    Letters, correspondence, notes, and memos of Zionist organizations regarding assistance for German emigrants seeking to resettle in Palestine. Included is an appeal from a Russian aid organization on behalf of Russian Jews. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.

  4. Salonika-Palestine Corporation AG "Saloniki-Palästina", Saloniki (Fond 1437)

    1. Russian State Military Archives (Osobyi) records

    Correspondence with banks and manufacture companies, including with the Jewish Colonial Bank in London, American Jewish Joint Distributions Committee, Salonika Palestine Bank, and others. Includes statistics of financial activities, loans, bank expenses, lists of prices of manufacture goods, contracts and power of attorney between bank and different clients. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.

  5. National Committee for Relief to Political Refugees Comité national de secours aux réfugiés politiques, Paris (Fond 533)

    1. Russian State Military Archives (Osobyi) records

    Minutes of the meetings of the Federation of German emigrés in France; proposed revisions to an international convention on German refugees; a paper on aid to refugees in Czechoslovakia; statistical reports and other materials from the Comité national de secour aux réfugiés politques (National Aid Committee for Political Refugees); committee documents, including correspondence with aid committees in various French cities; and letters and information bulletins from other organizations involved in aid including the Parti socialiste (Socialist Party), Parti républicain-radical et radical-socia...

  6. Jewish Religious Community Graz Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Graz (Fond 709)

    1. Russian State Military Archives (Osobyi) records

    The records of the entire Fond 709, 1871-1938 (45 Dela) features documents of the Jewish Religious Community of Graz and Jewish organizations. Including are minutes, correspondence, circulars, records on real estate and financial assets, community financial statements, a card files and lists of the community members, voter lists, questionnaires of individuals joining the committee for social security, articles on the history of community, catalog of books in the library of Rabbi S. Műsam and international bulletins. Includes also documents on aid to Jewish emigrants, reports from the Jewish...

  7. The Board of Directors of the Jewish Congregation in Szczecin Vorstand der Synagogen-Gemeinde Stettin (Fond 726)

    1. Russian State Military Archives (Osobyi) records

    Archival records of the synagogue in Stettin (Szczecin, Poland) and the history of Jews in the region from 1906 to 1937: it consists of a bulletin and various documents of the "Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland" regarding the need to better organize statistics on Jewish organizations; correspondence, statistics and clippings on the emigration of Jews from Szczecin (Stettin). Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.

  8. I'm An American -- Louis Adamic

    1. "I'm An American" NBC radio broadcasts

    On August 10, 1940, Louis Adamic spoke with Mr. Shawnessy, Deputy Commissioner of the Immigration Service about his hopes for immigrants coming to America. The passionate political writer believes that many newcomers arrive with a common purpose of freedom and opportunity; therefore they possess the American spirit long before they arrive. Adamic goes on to define and explain “Americanism”. He believes immigration to America has drained Europe of those “who had the will to defend freedom in their homelands.” The author also warns it is not enough to be appalled by the actions of Hitler and ...

  9. Okresní národní výbor Tábor

    • District National Committee of Tábor / NAD 65

    The fonds is linked to the Tábor District Office. It contains documents concerning municipal affairs, population movements, emigration, domicile right, education, health, police, construction, poverty, charity, agriculture, trades, finance and the military. Jews are explicitly mentioned in the following documents: persecution of Jews during the Nazi occupation (lists made in 1947); Jewish religious community - members of the leadership in Tábor 1948; territorial organization of churches - Jewish religious community 1949-1989.

  10. Archiv města Světlá nad Sázavou

    • Archives of the Town of Světlá nad Sázavou / NAD 1242

    The fonds stores privileges, land registers, municipal agenda, minutes of the council board and council, economic affairs, and other documents. Information of Jews can mainly be found in documents on economic matters and minutes of the municipal council board and council meetings. The economic agenda - especially the Mahler stonemason's company. There are also documents about the mayor Alfred Weinstein (mayor since 1931) and the Morawetz family - the owners of the castle in Světlá na Sázavou until 1938. The period 1938-1945: decrees against Jews.

  11. Joseph C. Solarz papers

    The Joseph C. Solarz papers include narratives, letters, photographs, and news clippings documenting the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The narratives include a personal narrative by Solarz and a report by an anonymous author. The letters include a 1945 illustrated note to Solarz by liberated prisoners Tadeusz Warsowicz, Jozef Kachel, and Stefan Dziwlik; a letter from “Alex” to his parents recounting his visit to Buchenwald; and a 1957 letter from former Buchenwald prisoner Feliks Grossman. Photographs depict the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp, and most bear capti...

  12. O.36 - David Boder Collection: Testimonies of survivors in DP camps in Germany

    O.36 - David Boder Collection: Testimonies of survivors in DP camps in Germany This record group is a collection of testimonies recorded by David Boder, a Professor of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology, in DP camps in Europe in 1946. The collection is comprised of testimonies of Jews and non-Jews, recorded in various languages and translated into English. The testimonies focus on the events in the lives of the survivors during the war in the ghettos and camps, while serving in the military, in hiding and in children's homes. The testimonies also contain information regardin...

  13. Documentation regarding the Jewish community in Athens, Greece

    Documentation regarding the Jewish community in Athens, Greece Included in the collection are community registration documents; regulations of the Jewish community of Athens; regulations of the community's Rabbinical Court, minutes of Rabbinical Court sessions, Rabbinical Court decisions, marriage contracts and divorces filed at the Rabbinical Court, and related documents; financial documentation of the Jewish community of Athens, as well as documentation regarding religious education at Jewish community schools and the teaching of Judaism at Jewish secular schools; Also included in the col...

  14. Shapell family photograph collection

    The collection consists of photographs documenting German-occupied Oświęcim, Poland, circa 1940-circa 1941, and refugees living in the Münchberg, Germany, displaced persons camp, circa 1946. The photographs of Oświęcim include depictions of buildings, Jewish men forcibly having their beards and sidelocks (peyot) cut off, street scenes, and Jews clearing snow under the presence of a German soldier. Included are undated typed captions in Polish, and English translations of the captions produced in 2013. The bulk of the photographs of Münchberg document a funeral and re-interment ceremony in 1...

  15. Complete Israelite cookbook with consideration of French and Bohemian cuisine, as well as Easter cuisine Cookbook, Vollständiges israelitisches Kochbuch, owned by Clara Gutmann

    Jewish cookbook that belonged to Herbert’s mother, Clara Gutmann. The book was written by Marie Kauders and published in Prague (now Prague, Czech Republic) by Jakob B. Brandeis in 1898. The book is part of a collection documenting the experiences of Herbert Gutmann and the Gutmann family in Germany and their immigration to the United Kingdom and the United States before and during WWII.

  16. Documentation of the Geheime Feldpolizei (Secret Field Police-GFP) unit known as Eichenhain (in the area of Hitler's headquarters in the Winniza area of Ukraine) and of other GFP units in the occupied Soviet Union areas, from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the Geheime Feldpolizei (Secret Field Police-GFP) unit known as Eichenhain (in the area of Hitler's headquarters in the Winniza area of Ukraine) and of other GFP units in the occupied Soviet Union areas, from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1941-1943 The first part of the collection includes documents from various units. The first part contains many documents from the Eichenhain unit which was active in the FHQu Wehrwolf area (the area of the Fuehrer's [Hitler's] headquarters) in Strishawka (ten kilometers north of Winniza, Ukraine). The unit (known as RSD in the documents) wa...

  17. Documentation of the municipal administration of Bobruysk, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the municipal administration of Bobruysk, 1941-1944 Included in the documentation: Directives from the municipal administration of Bobruysk; a census; obtaining winter clothes from the population; appointment of municipal workers; an inspection of the movements among the population in the city; organization of the work in the kolkhozes; municipal sanitation; directives from the Generalkommissar of Belorussia and the Kommandatur; directives from the Generalkommissar of Belorussia and the Kommandatur of Bobruysk including: draft of workers for labor in Germany; establishment ...

  18. Reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdiens (SD-Security Service) headquarters regarding the activities taking place in the Soviet Union including the activities of the Einsatzgruppen

    Reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdiens (SD-Security Service) headquarters regarding the activities taking place in the Soviet Union including the activities of the Einsatzgruppen The initial reports are reports (Referat) from the Director of the IVA1 (Gestapo-struggle against the Communists) in the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA-Reich Security Headquarters) that were distributed among officials in the RSHA, with Himmler foremost among them; beginning with Report No. 4, the reports received the SIPO and SD Headquarters heading, with the acronym IVA...

  19. TR.10 - Indictments, verdicts and investigatory reports from the trials of Nazi criminals, Germany

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 4019677
    • English, Hebrew
    • Indictment Investigation report Legal documentation List of perpetrators Maps Names of perpetrators Official documentation Photograph Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors Sentence Survey report

    TR.10 - Indictments, verdicts and investigatory reports from the trials of Nazi criminals, Germany The Record Group contains extensive legal documentation prepared during criminal investigations and trials conducted against Nazi criminals in West Germany and East Germany. The documentation is mainly from two sources: 1. The Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizwaltungen (Central Office of the State Justice Administrations for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes) in Ludwigsburg, West Germany: The basic investigatory materials that were transferred afterwards to the local States Attorne...

  20. Documentation of the Generalbauinspekteur fuer die Reichshauptstadt (Construction Inspector General for the Reich's Capital) in Berlin from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1938-1942

    Documentation of the Generalbauinspekteur fuer die Reichshauptstadt (Construction Inspector General for the Reich's Capital) in Berlin from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1938-1942 The institution of the Generalbauinspekteur für die Reichshauptstadt was created by a special order of Adolf Hitler, 30 January 1937. This was the title bestowed on Albert Speer with the goal of initiating grandiose construction plans that would redesign parts of Berlin and acquire for Berlin a dominant standing in the world. Later on, the authority delegated to Speer was expanded both in Berlin itself and in other...