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Displaying items 1,101 to 1,120 of 1,934
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Language of Description: English
Country: United Kingdom

  1. Letter re Jews in German army

    Copy of a letter from Dr Best of the Gestapo, Berlin, to the Reichskriegsminister concerning discussions held by Kurt Sabatzki of the Central Verein and Generalleutnant von Bonin as to whether Jews could serve in the German Army. The report about these discussions reached the Gestapo, Berlin, via the Staatspolizeistelle, Magdeburg 

  2. Jewish rest home Lehnitz: an account

  3. Flyer: Holocaust Memorial Day in Barnet

    Holocaust Memorial Day Announcement of an event at the Middlesex University English 

  4. Copy report of transport of Jews from Düsseldorf to Minsk

    This is an apparently authentic certified copy of a report about a transport of Jews from Düsseldorf to Minsk, which commenced on 10 November 1941. The author was Hauptmann der Schutzpolizei, Meurin. The document is countersigned by Oberwachtmeister der Sch[utzpolizei?] [illegible]. Whilst the addressee is not explicit, the tenor of the report and the list of recommendations for future transports in the penultimate section suggest that it was written for the attention of the Gestapo, Düsseldorf, ie the organisation responsible for deporting the city's Jews. The description of the embarkatio...

  5. History of Frankfurt's Jews: essays and memoirs

    This collection comprises numerous copy articles and accounts of Jewish organisations and individuals who had a connection with the history of Frankfurt am Main. The articles, written by a variety of authors, were commissioned with the intention of publishing a book on the recent history of Franfurt's Jews. The book was never published.

  6. La Vista Report

    /1 La Vista report, 11 pages,15.5.1947/2 Short bibliography of articles re Vatican and escaped Nazis/3 Copy letter from Bob Fink to Tom Bower re La Vista Report, 29.6.1983

  7. Bergmann family collection

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access an audio interview with the donor.

  8. Benario family: copy genealogical papers and copy papers re Olga Benario-Prestes

    This collection consists of two distinct though related groups of copy papers. The first documents, in part, the relatively short but eventful life of the German Jewess, Olga Benario, a short biographical sketch of whom follows. Also contained are copy papers which document the Benario family history. The order in which the latter arrived remains unchanged. Also included are some copy papers, which document the fate of Rudolph Benario, a family member, who was imprisoned on account of his activities as a member of the Communist Party.

  10. Central Verein Berlin: reports of interviews with individuals re antisemitism

    The papers are reports of interviews, which Wiener had with various individuals concerned with trying to influence antisemitic agitation by Hitler. The individuals are Dr Planck, Staatssekretär der Reichskanzlei; von Steinau-Steinrück, the personal representative of the interior minister; and Alfred Leonhard Tietz

  11. Copy correspondence with newspaper editors and academics re articles about Israel

    Copy correspondence with newspaper editors and academics re articles about Israel 

  12. World Jewish Congress: memorandum on genocide

    This document contains observations and comments by the World Jewish Congress on the United Nations' Draft Convention on Genocide

  13. Bekennende Kirche: various papers

    This material relates to the growing opposition to the Nazi-supported German Christian Movement by members of the German Evangelical community. In particular, the newly formed Confessing Church (Bekennende Kirche) rejected the authority of the National Synod which was presided over by Nazis and demanded allegiance to Adolf Hitler. Correspondents include pastor Heinrich Vogel; Otto Dibelius, general superintendent of the Brandenburg Church; Albertz, superintendent of the Bekennende Kirche, Berlin-Brandenburg; Dr Duckert, Gauobmann Deutsche Christen.

  14. Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia: reports re conditions

    Two reports which deal with conditions, particularly for Jews, under the Nazis in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, 1939.

  15. Hans Globke: deposition concerning Jewish name changes in the Third Reich

    This is an original signed statement by Hans Globke, formerly chief adviser to Konrad Adenauer and earlier, official commentator on the Nuremberg Racial Laws. The statement deals with the provision of names denoting the Jewish origins of German citizens. The document is typescript with corrections apparently initialled, signed and dated by Globke.

  16. Galewsky family collection

  17. Dr Robert Michaelis: working papers for book on the Dreyfus affair

    This collection consists of the working papers of Dr. Robert Michaelis for his two publications on the Dreyfus affair.

  18. Hamburg-Amerika Linie: Copy notice re illegal emigration to Palestine

    Copy of a notice from the Hamburg Amerika Linie, travel company, Breslau office, re sailings and prices for illegal emigration to PalestineGerman 

  19. Second Generation Conference, 1997: Miscellaneous material

    Second Generation Conference, 1997: Miscellaneous material 

  20. Copy letter re contract with Jewish company, Kiel

    Copy letter from Dr. Moeller, a lawyer in Kiel, to a German carpenter, who tried to avoid a contract he had entered into with a Jewish firm.