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  1. Municipal Savings Bank of Opatów County, Branch in Ostrowiec Komunalna Kasa Oszczędności powiatu opatowskiego Oddział w Ostrowcu (Sygn. 2950)

    The matter of an agreement between the Municipal Savings Bank and Aron Kupferblum of 1935. The unit consists of declarations, official correspondence, certificates, an extract from a notarial deed.

  2. Primary School no 5 in Wierzbnik Szkoła Podstawowa nr 5 w Wierzbniku (Sygn. 2748)

    The materials relate to the school's activities, such as: reports on pedagogical conferences, administrative matters, correspondence, etc. Typical information for this type of documentation: name and surname of the child, date and place of birth; school class attended; grades in individual subjects of study. The materials (from different years) also contain school certificates.

  3. Ernest Chambré postcards

    Three (3) postcards sent to Ernest Chambré in Tel Aviv, Palestine (now Israel), from multiple authors in France. The postcards are dated January 23, 1945, September 24, 1945, and September 23, 1946.

  4. Municipal Government in Iłża Zarząd Miejski w Iłży (Sygn. 3025)

    Numerous post-war materials regarding real estate (including those owned by Jews) and decisions regarding their return to their owners or transferring them for use to other people.

  5. Wanderer and Biheller families collection

    Consists of Wanderer family photographs, copies of the Biheller family tree, and restitution-related papers that primarily relate to the donor's mother, Ruth Wanderer Biheller (1935-2020) with some documentation capturing the Wanderer family's experience in the Aschau displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany after they survived the Holocaust in hiding in Brzeżany, Poland (currently Berez︠h︡any, Ukraine). They immigrated to the United States in 1951. Identification documents, such as an Israeli passport and Palestinian identity card, for Ruth's husband, Hans Josef Biheller (Joseph Bihelle...

  6. Sąd Grodzki in Proszowice Sąd Grodzki w Proszowicach (Sygn. 1979)

    Court files in civil and criminal matters in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin. Post-war materials regarding real estate owned by Jews, applications for correction or reconstruction of birth, death or other documents.

  7. Court of the First Instance in Busko Zdrój Sad Grodzki w Busku Zdroju (Sygn. 2149)

    Files of civil cases brought by Jews, inhabitants of the town of Busko Zdrój, in various cases such as: eviction, division of property or inheritance, statement of rights to property or inheritance, rectification of personal data, statement of death, recognition as dead. In addition, a small number of criminal cases against Jews from the 1930s.

  8. Edmund F. Franz papers

    Comprised of the signed identification card of Edmund F. Franz issued by the European Theater of Operations in 1945, indicating his status as a Special Investigator for the War Crimes Branch

  9. Files of the Sienno commune Akta Gminy Sienno (Sygn. 2816)

    Books of the minutes of meetings and resolutions of the Sienno commune (Lipsk County) council from the pre-war and post-war period contain various information about the Polish and Jewish population and their real estate. Moreover, the control of death cards for the years 1942-1945 of inhabitants of the Sienno commune. Indexes and registers of commune residents contain detailed information about individual properties and its residents, such as address, surname and first name; parents' names and mother's maiden name; date and place of birth and many more.

  10. Primary School and High School no 1 in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Szkoła Podstawowa i Liceum nr 1 w Ostrowcu Świętokrzyskim (Sygn. 2905)

    The materials relate to the school's activities, such as: reports on pedagogical conferences, administrative matters, correspondence, etc. Typical information for this type of documentation: name and surname of the child, date and place of birth; school class attended; grades in individual subjects of study. The materials (from different years) also contain school certificates.

  11. Tax Office in Starachowice Urząd Skarbowy w Starachowicach (Sygn. 2983)

    Books of industrial certificates (and their index) containing information about Jews running a business in the area of the former Iłża county. In addition, list of businesses run in Starachowice, lists of real estate owners, income tax and industrial tax records.

  12. Court of the First Instance in Wierzbnik Sąd Grodzki w Wierzbniku (Sygn. 3050)

    Court files in civil and criminal matters in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin. Post-war materials regarding real estate owned by Jews, applications for correction or reconstruction of birth, death or other documents.

  13. Collection of Stanisław Leszczyński Zbiór Stanisława Leszczyńskiego (Sygn. 1332)

    A collection of press clippings from the Polish press about World War II, the fate and history and the Holocaust of the Jews, the Polish underground and partisans during the war, and other related topics.

  14. Estate Hugo Schühle Nachlass Hugo Schühle

    The papers are arranged in three main areas. The first includes Schühle’s personal and business papers. The second documents the rental and property management of the house at Prinzregentenplatz 16 in Munich including the apartment of Adolf Hitler. These records offer some insights into the banality of Hitler's way of life. The third document the expansion of the "Otto Schühle" company in October 1938 through the acquisition of the Aryanized company "Otto Herr & Co." in Hamburg and its roofing felt factory in Malliß (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania) from Ludwig Schwabe and Elsa Kaufmann. In ...

  15. Estate Richard Korherr Nachlass Richard Korherr

    The Nachlass Richard Korherr comprises the personal papers of Richard Korherr (1903-1989), Chief Inspector for Statistics at the Reichsführer SS and Chief of the German Police and at the Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German ‘Volkstum’. The collection contains two copies of the Korherr report, created as part of the post-war confrontation with it. In addition to personal documents, the estate consists predominantly of correspondence with individuals and institutions such as H. G. Adler, the Leo Baeck Institute in London, Karl Ludwig Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg and his wife, ...

  16. Primary School no 2 in Skarżysko-Kamienna Szkoła Podstawowa nr 2 w Skarżysku-Kamiennej (Sygn. 2931)

    The materials relate to the school's activities, such as: reports on pedagogical conferences, administrative matters, correspondence, etc. Typical information for this type of documentation: name and surname of the child, date and place of birth; school class attended; grades in individual subjects of study. The materials (from different years) also contain school certificates.

  17. Court of the First Instance in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski Sąd Grodzki w Ostrowcu Świętokrzyskim (Sygn. 3062)

    Court files in civil and criminal matters in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin. Post-war materials regarding real estate owned by Jews, applications for correction or reconstruction of birth, death or other documents.

  18. Selected records of the Office of Information and Propaganda of Warsaw Province Urząd Informacji i Propagandy województwa warszawskiego (wybrane materiały) (Sygn. 501)

    Various records from the post-war period: a list of organizations from September 1945, a list of crimes committed during the war in Warsaw and the Warsaw District, records of evidence of crimes, correspondence, situation reports from the period 1945-1947.

  19. Ner Tamid [Eternal light] lamp donated to the Gilgenberg synagogue by Joseph Marcus

    An inscribed Ner Tamid [Eternal Light] lamp donated to the Gilgenburg Synagogue Community by Joseph Marcus in August 1913. The Ner Tamid hangs above the ark in every synagogue. The lamp should never be extinguished or turned off, because it represents God's eternal and imminent presence in the Jewish community and the lives of its members. Joseph (1857-1934) was a member of the synagogue and the Jewish community of Gilgenburg, Germany (now Dąbrówno, Poland). He was married to Rosa Scherk Marcus (1866-1943?), who was deported during the Holocaust and killed.

  20. Dorothy and Siegmund Schnitman papers

    Consists of two Canadian passports issued in 1947 for Dorothy (nee Segal, 1919-2012) and Siegmund (1919-2005) Schnitman who met in Canada in the 1940s while living in Toronto after escaping Poland and Germany, respectively, in the 1930s. Both passports indicated the dates of their Canadian citizenship, granted in 1946, and their immigration to the U.S. via Buffalo, NY in February 1948 before they settled in New York City.