Oskar Mendelsohn collection

Identifier
irn500293
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.0108
  • RG-10.254
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1991, 1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Norwegian
  • English
  • Yiddish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500293

Extent and Medium

folders

13

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donor Oskar Mendelsohn photocopied the bulk of the collection at the Norwegian Resistance Museum Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum and other archival repositories. The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in August 1992 together with printed booklets and articles Mendelsohn authored, and copies of several extracts from wartime diaries, memoirs, and histories.

Scope and Content

Consists of photocopies and printed material relating to the fate of Norwegian Jews during World War II. Central to the collection are many documents that illustrate the experience of Norwegian Jews under the Quisling Government, including police lists, official forms and certificates, antisemitic legislation, and extracts from several memoirs and diaries detailing daily life. The collection also contains copies of Nazi documents related to the Jews of Norway, lists of Norwegian Holocaust victims, and postwar survivor testimonies and legal initiatives.

System of Arrangement

The collection is organized into thirteen series: RG-10.25401: Lists of anti-Jewish legislation and actions in Norway. RG-10.25402: Printed materials regarding the Holocaust in Norway. RG-10.25403: Antisemitic legislation promulgated by the Quisling Government. RG-10.25404: Police lists of Norwegian Jews (1942). RG-10.25405: Official government forms and certificates inventorying Jews and their possessions. RG-10.25406: Documents regarding anti-Jewish police actions. RG-10.25407: Civil, governmental, and ecclesiastical responses to the persecution of Jews in Norway. RG-10.25408: Copies of Nazi documents related to Jews in Norway. RG-10.25409: Post-war affidavits from Norwegian Jewish Holocaust survivors to the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Police (1947). RG-10.25410: Name lists of Norwegian victims of the Holocaust. RG-10.25411: Postwar litigation against the Gestapo and the Quisling Government by Holocaust victims. RG-10.25412: Excerpts from two published diaries detailing wartime experiences in Norway. RG-10.254*13: Excerpts from Norwegian wartime memoirs and histories

Subjects

  • Norway--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Norwegian.
  • Jews--Norway.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Norway.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.