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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Documentation from the Reich Ministry for Propaganda

    Documentation from the Reich Ministry for Propaganda The collection contains files that were photographed in the National Archives in Potsdam, East Germany, including part of the material for this Record Group. The entire Record Group was transferred to the Bundesarchiv Berlin (Berlin Federal Archives), where it is being held under the original signature NS18. The microfilm collection that was transferred to Yad Vashem following a systematic investigation of the Record Group, is recorded in the collection description No. 5338698 in Sapir.

  2. Collection of documents from the Rabbi of the village of Rejowiec

    Collection of documents from the Rabbi of the village of Rejowiec

  3. M.49.E- Testimonies of Holocaust Survivors collected by the Central Jewish Historical Committee in Poland, 1944-1947

    M.49.E- Testimonies of Holocaust Survivors collected by the Central Jewish Historical Committee in Poland, 1944-1947 The collection consists of approximately 7,200 testimonies collected by the Centralna Żydowska Komisja Historyczna (Central Jewish Historical Committee) in Poland during its active years, 1944-1947. After the establishment of the ZIH (Jewish Historical Institute) the documentation was transferred to the ZIH Archives, and catalogued as Records Group 301. In the collection there is a large variety of testimonies given by Holocaust survivors regarding their lives in the ghettos,...

  4. Administrative documentation from the Oberlandesgericht (Regional Upper Court of Law) of Hamburg

    Documentation from the Oberlandesgericht (Regional Upper Court of Law) of Hamburg

  5. Documentation of the central bureau of statistics of Belorussia, regarding the Jewish population in Cherikov, 1920-1935

    Documentation of the central bureau of statistics of Belorussia, regarding the Jewish population in Cherikov, 1920-1935 Included in the collection: - Lists of Jewish business owners in Cherikov; - List of Jews who are members of the municipal council in Cherikov; - Statistical reports regarding Jewish educational and cultural institutions.

  6. Collection of articles from the local Ukrainian press, 1941-1944

    Collection of articles from the local Ukrainian press, 1941-1944 The collection includes articles published in the local Ukrainian press during 1941-1944, regarding the "Jewish Question" and German orders.

  7. Documentation of the Communist Party District Committee in Zheludok, 1940 and 1945

    Documentation of the Communist Party District Committee in Zheludok, 1940 and 1945 The Collection includes protocols from meetings of the District Committee; documentation regarding preparations for the elections; appeals by residents to the District Committee; correspondence of the District Committee with the Regional Committee and the Central Committee regarding the approval of appointments; list of former Party members living in the District; personal file cards of Party members; list of residents who were murdered by the Germans, compiled in 1945.

  8. Collection of De Nederlandsche Landstand - The Netherlands Agriculture and Fishing Authority, 1941-1945

    Collection of De Nederlandsche Landstand - The Netherlands Agriculture and Fishing Authority, 1941-1945 De Nederlandsche Landstand - The Netherlands Agriculture and Fishing Authority was established in the Netherlands by the Germans in 1941, in order to take control over all matters related to agriculture and fishing; at the head of the authority stood E. J. Roskam, who was also the head of the Agrarisch Front, a section of an organization of collaborators with the Germans in the Netherlands.

  9. M.52.DAmK - Documentation of the State Archives of the City of Kiev

    M.52.DAmK - Documentation of the State Archives of the City of Kiev History of the Archives: The Archives was established in 1932 by order of the People's Commissioners Council and the central general Ukrainian Executive Committee. During 1932-1958 it was called the Archives of the City of Kiev affiliated with the City Council. During 1958-1962 it was active as the Municipal State Archives, without a storeroom for permanent collections. From 1962 it was active as the Municipal State Archives, with a storeroom for permanent collections. Since 1980 it has been called the State Archives of the...

  10. Documentation of the Communist Party District Committee in Belostok, 1939-1941

    Documentation of the Communist Party District Committee in Belostok, 1939-1941 The Collection includes reports of propaganda activity among the local population.

  11. Lists of residents evacuated from Belorussia to the internal areas of the Soviet Union

    Lists of residents evacuated from Belorussia to the internal areas of the Soviet Union Lists of people evacuated from Belorussia to the Kuybyshev, Yaroslavl, Bashkirskaya ASSR, Mordovskaya ASSR, Chuvashskaya ASSR, and other regions of the Soviet Union.

  12. Collection of protocols from the Population Registry, compiled in the Lodz Ghetto

    Collection of protocols from the Population Registry, compiled in the Lodz Ghetto

  13. Vormundschaftswesen (Custodianship) files of the Amtsgericht (Magistrates Court) in Hamburg

    Vormundschaftswesen (Custodianship) files of the Amtsgericht (Magistrates Court) in Hamburg Included in the Collection are files of Jews for whom Vormundschaftswesen (Custodianship) and Pflege (Shelter) proceedings were opened. Among other matters, the files relate to Jews who were property owners and whose property was confiscated by the State for various reasons (for instance, regarding emigres who left debts). The files include, among other material, lists of property of the Jews, and detailed reports of the Custodianship office regarding the activities and financial accounts of the Jews.

  14. Vormundschaftswesen (Custodianship) files of the Justizverwaltung I (Justice administration) in Hamburg

    Vormundschaftswesen (Custodianship) files of the Justizverwaltung I (Justice administration) in Hamburg

  15. Documentation of the women's high school affiliated with the "Jewish Association for Elementary and High Schools" in Kolomyja, 1939

    Documentation of the women's high school affiliated with the "Jewish Association for Elementary and High Schools" in Kolomyja, 1939 Included in the collection are protocols of the final exams for the 1938/1939 school year.

  16. Documentation from the local archives in Cluj and St. Gheorghe, Romania

    Documentation from the local archives in Cluj and St. Gheorghe, Romania Ten files, of which Files Nos. 1-8 and 10, include information in Hungarian. A few of the files are from the communities in the cities and towns in Transylvania in the area of Haromszek. The people in the communities wrote the history of the Jews of Haromszek and preserved the paperwork dealing with the life of the community. The main paperwork deals with matters pertaining to Kezdivasarhely and Sepsiszentgyorgy. In File No. 9 there are documents from Cluj in Romanian.

  17. Documentation of the regional draft office in Stanislav, 1944-1945

    Documentation of the regional draft office in Stanislav, 1944-1945 Included in the collection are reports regarding the "Aktions" of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in Ukraine during 1944-1945.

  18. Documentation from the Kinderrettungsverein of the Berliner Stadtmission in Berlin

    Documentation from the Kinderrettungsverein of the Berliner Stadtmission in Berlin The Kinderrettungsverein (Child Rescue Association) was established in 1905 by the priest Wilhelm Pfeiffer, a priest at the Evangelist Innere Mission (Inner Mission) in Berlin. The Association was meant to care for children who were born out of wedlock in the large "Charite" hospital in Berlin. The Association also took care of orphans and half-orphaned children. The Association received custody over the children, took care of their education and vocational training, and attempted to find foster [adoptive] pa...

  19. O.31 - Documentation of the Jews of Italy mainly from the Holocaust period

    O.31 - Documentation of the Jews of Italy mainly from the Holocaust period Personal documentation submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive containing testimonies, letters and personal documents of different kinds. Among the documentation in the Record Group there are also lists of Jews as well as other official documentation, most of it copies on microfilm spools of the documentation from the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People in Jerusalem and the Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation (CDEC) in Milan regarding the Jewish communities in Italy, antisemitic legislation, pe...

  20. Documentation of the Wilejka District Commissioner, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the Wilejka District Commissioner, 1941-1944 The Collection includes documentation of the municipal administration in Molodeczno regarding the handing over to town residents of homes that were confiscated from Jews; appeal by the local Head of the Wilejka District to the District Commissioner (Gebietskommissar) requesting to release two Jews from detention; commands by the Molodetschno Commander (Kommandant) regarding the prohibition of turning on lights in the evening hours; official documentation of the Regional Commissioner (Generalkommissariat) in Minsk and the District...