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

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of Abraham R., 20 year old from Lomza. He tells of the German bombardments of Lomza and noted a single Jewish casualty, then tells of his own deportation to a detainee-camp in Rastenburg, Germany (now Ketrzyn, Poland), where about 1300 Jews were held without food. Each night the prisoners received a loaf of bread per 4 men, and no more. He describes how on arrival of Polish prisoners, the Germans and Poles took the Jews' clothes, and how three men died because they couldn't handle the cold, hunger and disease. he was in the camp for three weeks, and was freed eventually together w...

  2. Monthly Report for the Month of September 1953

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Report about incoming inquiries and outgoing reports and certificates in high numbers. Furthermore, ITS internal such as a rewarding program for the staff. Also, a request to establish a witness index with records from camp leaders, block leaders and prominent inmates for archival and historical reasons.

  3. [Documents concerning the formalities connected with the emigration from Austria in 1938 and life as a refugee in Great Britain]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Documents concerning the formalities connected with the emigration from Austria in 1938 and immigration to Great Britain, including important details for life as a refugee in Great Britain, containing lists, adresses, advice and contacts for refugess from Austria after the "Anschluss" of Austria to the Third Reich in 1938. The documents also contains a list regarding children who are about to be sent to Great Britain on a so called "Kindertransport".

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

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of J. K. a 30 year old trader from Przemyśl who returned there from Warsaw at the beginning of October. He describes how the city was initially taken over by the Germans who bombarded it; many people were left homeless. During the first days of the German occupation all Jewish stores were looted, with the Germans recording a film claiming the Christian population of the city looted them. Additionally, the author describes mass arrests of the Jewish intelligentsia of the city, and their mass execution. The Jews were required to pay large sums to free the arrestees but received only...

  5. [Memorandum of Cecil Roth Concerning the Situation of Italian Jewry in 1939]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Cecil Roth gives a personal analysis on the situation of the Italian Jews under fascist rule and to the state of anti-Semitism towards them. In his eyes it is not as much a popular widely spread sentiment as in Germany, but an anti-Semitism that has been ordered from "above". And even so, anti-Semitism in Italy does not spring from a genuine, latent feeling thereof, but of political necessity and Italian interests, mainly the Axis Berlin-Rom, which demands Italy to pursue anti-Semitic legislation and policies. The varying types of Jewish residents in Italy, genuine Italian Jews and Jewish r...

  6. [Documents on the German resistance group "Onkel Emil"]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains various documents on German resistance during World War 2 and more specifically on the resistance group “Onkel Emil”. It consists of a correspondence between the German lawyer Ludwig Ruge and his acquaintances in which he asks for sources on the German underground, as well as of member lists of “Onkel Emil”. However, the largest part of the file is a typewritten chapter of a book by Ruth Andreas-Friedrich, a key member of the group. The book was published in 1947 under the title of “Der Schattenmann” . There, she describes in detail the struggle of living through the last ...

  7. [Measures taken against Jews]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several documents dealing with regulations and procedures against Jews by the Nazi military commanders in France. Information and telegrams about confiscations of Jewish property and aryanizations are given. Under the topic of measures against Jews correspondences regarding the confiscations of Jewish property in Epinal, France are attached. The Lehmann Sohn company, buying and selling cotton waste, was managed on January 6, 1941 under the provisional rule. The German authority had ordered the determination of the stocks. The contents of Levy Charmes' warehouse were also c...

  8. [list of place name mentions with corresponding protocol numbers]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The document contains a list of all place names - over a hundred names -of Jewish communities in Poland mentioned in the testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German-occupied Poland, and the corresponding testimony numbers they can be found in. The list is arranged by statement / protocol number.

  9. [Fundraising Efforts DALJEWCIB Shanghai/Harbin with Jewish Communities all over Asia]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Correspondence Of The In Harbin Located "DALJEWCIB" Office with a a Jewish community representative of the Jewish community of Bombay, regarding the emigration wave of Jewish refugees arriving in Harbin and Shanghai and a plea for financial assistance in order to help the disposessed refugees

  10. [Memorandum for the conference of the High Commission for German refugees]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains a memorandum regarding a conference for the High Commissionar for German refugees, which took place on the 2nd. of June 1936 is Geneva. The 'National Committee for German refugees' tried to present their views and proposals for the conference. Topics of the memorandum were questions of German emigration to Czechoslovakia. Specifically the legal standing of the German emigrants in Czechoslovakia and the right of asylum. But the right of asylum is not just a matter of legal arrangement, also the social problems of emigration were demonstrated in the memorandum. Furthermore t...

  11. 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.

  12. The Alien Pioneer Corps (an MSS)

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file consists of two parts. The first by an unknown author from before 1938 is an outline for propaganda movies for British soldiers, giving them an overview of their "Allies" in countries surrounding Germany to highlight what they are fighting for and who else is fighting against the Nazis. The purpose is to give an overview of the allied country which should be appealing, interesting, and of high quality. It gives an outline of the production (text, photos, music). The second part is an overview of the Pioneer Corps comprising of soldiers who are refugees from Nazi-occupied countries....

  13. [Court and denaturalization preceedings regarding Feodor Fedorenko, Ukrainian SS guard at Treblinka extermination facility]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains extensive material in the form of court proceedings regarding the war criminal trials and subsequent denaturalization and deportation of Feodor Fedorenko, a former Ukrainian SS guard at Treblinka extermination facility in occupied Poland. Fedorenko is accused of having actively participated in the massmurder conducted in Treblinka and testimony alleges his presence and participation in shootings of numerous victims. The Fedorenko trial was the 1st trial that sought to deal with US citizens who participated actively in the Holocaust and later came to the United States under...

  14. [Public manifastation of gratitude to the Belgium nation]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several information about a public manifastation to show respect to the Belgium nation. There was a huge festivity to thank the Belgium nation for there generosity and the help regarding the Jewish population. Queen Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium honored this ceremony, alongside with Cardinal Jozef-Ernest van Roey, Family members of the Van Cauweleart and Chaim Perelman. Also representatives of the Belgium Government were invited by the Jewish Relief organisations. Further important representatives from several nations and from all over the wold showed their respec...

  15. [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.

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

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of Lejzer-Isaac Gottlieb, a yeshiva student from Mir. He left Opatów two days before the Germans entered it, for Bialystok. He describes the German aerial bombardment, and a flood of refugees into Bialystok, as well as the burning of Torah scrolls by the Germans. He fled on through Vawkavysk, and eventually found the Soviets in Navahrudak, where he notes Polish resistance and shots fired by partisans. He mentions the rumours f the burning of several Jewish communities by the germans' bombardment or soldier actions, but cannot confirm these rumors. Protocol No. 28 is an extract fro...

  17. The Problem of Italian Jewry

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The Jewish community in Italy has not been prepared for the installment of anti-Semitic legislation in 1938. The legislation closely followed its German inspiration, for example in the exclusion of Jews from public and economic life. Also citizenships have been revoked and the people exiled from Italy fall into distinct categories. Italian Jews have been forced to search for a new home overseas, the US, Palestine and South America, due to the many restrictions the Italian government has put on them. Various committees for the relief of refugees exist all over Italy and who are helping the J...

  18. [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.

  19. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland: Statement No 86]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of Marcus Z., 23 years old compositor from Warsaw. He left Warsaw with some of his young friends and was caught in a refugee camp in Mińsk Mazowiecki, where he describes thousands of refugees living in difficult conditions. He returned to Warsaw where he heard German artillery, and severe bombardment that resulted in fires that killed many and spread for several days due to lack of water. Protocol No. 86 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 com...

  20. [Labor and Refugee Camps in Switzerland during World War II]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains various memoranda concerning the treatment of and legal rules of behavior for war and Nazi prosecution victims seeking refuge in Switzerland for the duration of World War II, while being interned in labor and refugee camps.