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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

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

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

  3. 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...

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

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

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

  7. 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.

  8. Plaut Collection, regarding the Jewish Community of Hamburg

    Plaut Collection, regarding the Jewish Community of Hamburg

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. תיעוד מה-Bezirksausschuss/Bezirksverwaltungsgericht Berlin, שנים 1932-1941

    District Committee / District Administrative Court Berlin The capital Berlin separated in 1875 from the Provincial Association of Brandenburg and, according to the Provincial Order of June 29, 1875, formed together with the adjacent areas a city district. With the Administrative Court Act from July 3, 1875, each district obtained a District Administrative Court at the official residence of the district president. According to the Law on General Administration of July 30, 1883, Bezirksausschuesse (district committees) were set up to standardize the intermediate authorities, and to these admi...

  14. Documentation of the Reichswirtschaftsministerium (Reich Ministry of Economy), Germany, 1933-1945

    Documentation of the Reichswirtschaftsministerium (Reich Ministry of Economy), Germany, 1933-1945

  15. Collection of the Netherlands Civil Representation in Belgium, 1940-1945

    Collection of the Netherlands Civil Representation in Belgium, 1940-1945 Following the departure of the Dutch diplomats from the Nederlands Consulaat te Brussel (Netherlands Consulate in Brussels) in Belgium in 1940, the Dutch government established the Bureau ter Behartiging van de Belangen van Nederlanders (Bureau for the Coordination of Civilian Affairs of Dutch citizens in Belgium), which was active during 1940-1945; Included in the collection: Official documentation, including anti-Jewish orders and decrees, 1940-1945.

  16. Documentation from the Archive of the Landrat of the Ludwigslust district (Mecklenburg Province, Germany)

    Documentation from the Archive of the Landrat of the Ludwigslust district (Mecklenburg Province, Germany) In the18th century the rulers of the Mecklenburg-Schwerin Herzogtum (Duchies) established their residential palace in Ludwigslust. In the 19th century barracks were also established in the city, which housed the Duchies' army units. The district, with the city of Ludwigslust at its center, was established in 1922. In the Mecklenburg-Schwerin State, its administrative unit was defined and called the Amt (office). In 1933, when the Nazis acted in order to create uniformity among the local...

  17. Documentation from the Regierungspraesident (Regional head) [in] Kassel

    Documentation from the Regierungspraesident (Regional head) [in] Kassel

  18. Documentation of the Council and the Municipal Executive committee in Lyakhovichi, 1944-1977

    Documentation of the Council and the Municipal Executive committee in Lyakhovichi, 1944-1977 Included in the collection is the decision of the Executive committee in Lyakhovichi municipality, regarding the treatment of the Jewish cemetery, 1967.

  19. Documentation of the handicrafts schools directorate of the department of schools, of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia, 1926-1940

    Documentation of the handicrafts schools directorate of the department of schools, of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia, 1926-1940 Included in the collection is correspondence with the handicrafts school in Riga and correspondence with the association for Jewish education; correspondence with the handicrafts school in Liepaja regarding the educational process, the budget, the practical work during the summer and the appointment of new teachers; correspondence with the "Bikur Cholim" hospital school for nurses.

  20. TR.17.OBUiADwSz - Documentation from the Branch Office for Preservation and Dissemination of IPN Archival Records in Szczecin, Poland, 1964-1981

    TR.17.OBUiADwSz - Documentation from the Branch Office for Preservation and Dissemination of IPN Archival Records in Szczecin, Poland, 1964-1981 Included in the collection are information pamphlets of the State Museum of Auschwitz Camp, 1976-1981; list of places of Nazi criminals in Police; documentation regarding Nazi criminals suspected of the murder of inmates in the Police labor camp (a sub-camp of the Stutthof concentration camp); list of labor camps in the area of the Szczecin region; documentation regarding German camps in Poland during 1939-1945, including documentation regarding gh...