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  1. Documentation of the underground organizations of the Communist Party and the Komsomol movement in Belorussia, 1941-1944

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12796915
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1941-1944
    • Investigation report Legal documentation List of Communists List of Komsomol members List of partisans List of residents List of underground members Official documentation Protocol Statistical report Survey report

    Documentation of the underground organizations of the Communist Party and the Komsomol movement in Belorussia, 1941-1944 Included in the collection, among other material: - Survey reports and investigation reports regarding the activities of the partisans units in Belorussia; - Statistical reports regarding partisans units; - Lists of partisans; - Reports regarding underground activities of the Party organizations and the Komsomol movement; - Lists of Communists and members of the Komsomol movement; - Documentation and intelligence reports; - Reports regarding the persecution and murder of ...

  2. Documentation of the Industrie und Handelskammer (Chamber of Industry and Commerce) in Zittau, from the Saechsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv (Saxony State Archive) in Dresden, 1935-1945

    Documentation of the Industrie und Handelskammer (Chamber of Industry and Commerce) in Zittau, from the Saechsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv (Saxony State Archive) in Dresden, 1935-1945 The Gewerbegesetz (Commerce Legislation) of the Kingdom of Saxony, dated 15/10/1861, ordered the establishment of Handelskammern (Chambers of Commerce) and Gewerbekammern (Chambers of Industry) in every Amtshauptmannschaft (district) in the Kingdom starting on 01/01/1862. These organizations underwent unification and became the Industrie und Handelskammern (Chamber of Industry and Commerce) in 1931, including in Z...

  3. Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in the Amtsgericht (Magistrates Court) in Werl

    Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in the Amtsgericht (Magistrates Court) in Werl

  4. Materials from the Reichssippenamt (Reich Genealogy Certification Office)

    Materials from the Reichssippenamt (Reich Genealogy Certification Office) Included in the collection, among other documentation, are security photographs of the Registration Books (Matrikel und Personenstandsregister) of Jewish communities in Germany, prepared in winter 1944 by the Gatermann company in Duisburg-Hamborn - Part A of the materials, which includes a variety of personal documents of communities to the east of the Oder-Neisse Line (reels JM/22659 - JM/22668). In addition to these materials, the Record-Group also includes a collection of personal data of Jewish families that was c...

  5. Documentation from the Foreign Affairs Office of the Saar region, 1950-1956

    Documentation from the Foreign Affairs Office of the Saar region, 1950-1956 The collection includes mainly information regarding contacts between the Saar region and Israel, and with Jewish families; claims for compensation by Jews; information regarding former Nazis in the region's area.

  6. Documentation of the governor of the Galicia region, 1941-1944

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12819720
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1941-1944
    • Announcement Circular Correspondence Instruction List of officials List of physicians Memoir book Memorandum Official documentation Questionnaire Survey report הודעה

    Documentation of the governor of the Galicia region, 1941-1944 There was a governance in the Galicia region during 1941-1944, as part of the Generalgouvernement; Included in the collection, among other documentation: - Correspondence between the SS and the SD administration in Lemberg with the SS and the SD administration and the local authorities in the Drohobycz district during 1941-1944, regarding the supervision over residents who are citizens of foreign countries and in particular, over Gypsies and Jews; - Correspondence regarding work permits and travel permits for Jews and the use of...

  7. Documentation of the regional and district Police in Bobruysk, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the regional and district Police in Bobruysk, 1941-1944 Included in the file, among other material: - Documentation of the Ordnungsdienst (Order Service); - Lists of POWs and refugees; - Orders of the Bobruysk Police; - Lists of policemen; - Antisemitic propaganda; - Lists of detainees in the prison in Bobruysk.

  8. Documentation of the Frauenwirtschaftskammer (Women's Economic Chamber) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Frauenwirtschaftskammer (Women's Economic Chamber) in Hamburg

  10. M.52.TsDIALU - Documentation from the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv

    M.52.TsDIALU - Documentation from the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv Documentation in this Sub-Record Group includes many documents from the period before World War II, including personal files of professors from the University of Lwow, letters and documentation of Metropolite Andrzej Szeptycki, official documentation and legal documentation regarding members of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), lists of Jewish residents who voted [in the elections] for the Polish Sejm, lists of voters in the elections for the Jewish Community Council in Lwow, lists of ...

  11. Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in the Amtsgericht (Magistrates Court) in Muenster (Westphalia)

    Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in the Amtsgericht (Magistrates Court) in Muenster (Westphalia) In the Collection are files including applications to Courts of Law in Westphalia for the recognition of death of local Jews who were deported to the East by the Nazis, and for whom no official Declaration of Death had been given. These applications (requests) were submitted in most part by the relatives of those who had perished, [and] who requested to receive claims for compensation from Germany. The files include the applications includ...

  12. Documentation of the Vinnytsa municipality, 1941-1942

    Documentation of the Vinnytsa municipality, 1941-1942 Included in the collection are lists of children who are in orphanage no. 2 in Vinnytsa; lists of Vinnytsa and Pyatnichany residents; lists of residents who paid taxes in 1941-1942; correspondence and personal documentation of Yelena Goryachkovskaya, who served as a translator for the Gebietskommissariat (district commissioner's office); reports regarding the registration of the city's residents, according to ethnic origin; lists of identity cards and temporary documents that were distributed to the city's residents.

  13. Collection of documents from documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission in the Kirovograd region, 1944-1946

    Collection of documents from documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission in the Kirovograd region, 1944-1946 The collection includes documentation from the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission in the Kirovograd region during 1944-1946, regarding the murder of the local population, including Jews and Soviet POWs; documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission in the Ustinovka, Malaya Viska, Novo Arkhangelsk and Podvysokoye districts, 1941-1944.

  14. O.64.2/SCH.4 - Zeev Scheck: Articles, Manuscripts, Drafts for Lectures

    O.64.2/SCH.4 - Zeev Scheck: Articles, Manuscripts, Drafts for Lectures

  15. Documentation of the Communist Party District Committees in the Gomel Region, 1938-1939, 1945-1946

    Documentation of the Communist Party District Committees in the Gomel Region, 1938-1939, 1945-1946 The Collection includes a list of Jewish workers; documentation regarding candidates for the course of secretaries for the Communist organizations; reports of the Communist Party District Committee meetings in Rechitsa regarding the appointments of Communists.

  16. Plaut Collection, regarding the Jewish Community of Hamburg

    Plaut Collection, regarding the Jewish Community of Hamburg

  17. Documentation from the National Archives of Moldova, 1941-1944

    Documentation from the National Archives of Moldova, 1941-1944 In the collection there are files created by government bodies in Bessarabia and Bukovina. In the files there is information regarding the establishment of the Cernauti, Moghilev and Chisinau Ghettos; the camps and forced labor, and the deportation of Jews to Transnistria. In the files there are also lists of names and statistical data.

  18. Documentation of the Communist Party Municipal Committee in Gomel, 1944-1949

    Documentation of the Communist Party Municipal Committee in Gomel, 1944-1949 The Collection includes reports from meetings of the Municipal Committee including the acceptance of new members to the Party and nominations.

  19. Documentation of the district administration in Korets, 1941-1942

    Documentation of the district administration in Korets, 1941-1942 Included in the collection: - Instructions given to the district heads by the Gebietskommissariat (district commissioner) in Rowno; - Instructions given to the Judenrat and permits to its employees from the Korets municipality; - Appeals regarding the purchase of property owned by Jews; - Permits prepared by the Korets municipality; - Correspondence regarding the sale of Jewish property; use of the property and the restitution of property stolen by local residents; - Requests by residents of Koretz regarding the purchase of p...

  20. P.42 - Jan Karski Collection

    P.42 - Jan Karski Collection Jan Karski, an emissary of the Polish underground in Paris and London, submitted important reports regarding the murder of the Jews of Poland to the representatives of the Polish government-in-exile in London in 1942. Along with other documentation, these reports served as the basis for a joint statement by the Allies which was made on 17 December 1942. Jan Karski remained in the west until the end of the war and worked to persuade the government heads and the public leaders to act in order to rescue the Jews of Poland from extermination. After the war Jan Karsk...