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  1. Jewish community, Berlin: Copy notice re resignation from Maria Golda Goldminz

    Copy notice from the Vorstand der Jüdischen Gemeinde, Oranienburger Str., Berlin N4 to the effect that Maria Golda Goldminz wishes to leave the Jewish CommunityGerman 

  3. Alexander Baron: Correspondence and other papers

    This collection consists of (mostly copy) correspondence between Alexander Baron and copy articles from a variety of newspapers and periodicals. The subject of the collection deals in particular with Alexander Baron's ongoing arguments with the editor of searchlight, Gerry Gable, centred on Baron's refutation of the charge of anti-semitism.

  5. 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...

  6. Copy telegram re removal of Jews from Marseille to Compeigne

    Copy telegram, signed Schleier, re an order by the SD to remove foreigners, mainly Jews, from Marseille district to Camp in CompiègneGerman 

  7. Copy timetable: Holiday trains for foreign workers

    Copy train timetable of so-called ‘holiday trains for foreign workers' between Germany and the following countries: France, Belgium, Holland, Croatia, Bohemia and Moravia Protectorate and UkraineGerman 

  8. Polizeipräsident, Leipzig: copy letter

    Copy letter from the Polizeipräsident, Leipzig, to an unidentified family, giving them notice to leave by authority of a police order dated 22 August 1938German 

  9. Reichsfuehrer SS: Copy letter re Jewish Hospital, Munich

    Copy letter from Reichsführer SS, Himmler, to Chef der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD, re the removal of patients from the Jewish hospital, Munich to Terezin, as the premises are required for a school for nurses and midwives from LebensbornGerman 

  10. Directions on the disposal of Jewish property prior to evacuation to Litzmannstadt, nd

    Document entitled ‘guidelines for the handling of the property of Jews sent to Litzmannstadt', containing specific instructions on how the property of Jews must be handled, quoting the authority of several laws and ordinances 

  11. Copy notice re deportation of Jews from Austria

    Copy notice sent by the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde, Vienna, to an unknown recipient, stating that the recipient of the letter is to report to the offices of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde, Vienna on 17 October 1939 as a transport of persons capable of work is to leave for Poland on 18 October 1939 by government ordersGerman 

  12. Hirsch family documents

    The papers in this collection document aspects of the life of Jonni Hirsch a Jewish Mischling, from Kiel, Schleswig-Hollstein, and of certain members on the Jewish side of his family. The papers are evidence of the way in which the lives of Jews in a German city became ever more difficult as a consequence of growing antisemitism. This is demonstrated in subtle ways by, for example, the copies of Abraham Hirsch's 19th century war record c1935 (-/4); the letters from shops and cafes requesting Jonni Hirsch not to frequent them because the customers do not like it (-/5, -/7, -/15); and the per...

  13. Chief Rabbi Herz: Passover letter and postcard

    Printed Passover letter from the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and postcard mourning the victims of the massacres in PolandEnglish 

  14. Jewish population in Germany: statistics

    Set of typescript statistics enumerating the population of Jews in Germany broken down by age range and towns within each zoneEnglish 

  15. Sonja Lange: work permit

    Work permit for the Jewess, Sonja Lange, issued by the balloon works department of the Zeppelin Airship Company, Berlin,German 

  16. Antisemitic discrimination in the Third Reich: Various copy documents

    This is a collection of copy documents, the common theme of which is antisemitic discrimination practised by the nazis with particular reference to the professions. Medicine, dentistry, the law, the theatre and retail are all represented.

  17. Report entitled league of Nations and racial persecution in Germany

    Typescript report entitled The League of Nations and Racial Persecution in Germany, designated ‘Strictly Confidential- not to be communicated' with the following sub-headings: ‘International representation against persecution before the foundation of the league'; ‘Position since the foundation of the league'; ‘Position of minorities in Germany'; ‘Possibility of Action under the covenant'; ‘Procedure before the League'; ‘Importance of action'English 6 pages 

  18. Labour service in Austria: Copy letter

    Copy partial letter from a German girl on labour service in Austria showing the terrible conditions endured by workerA note from Alfred Wiener accompanying the document, 20 May 1940, states that the girl is German; "the letter is absolutely authentic, the original being in our hands"; the names of the people and places mentioned and some minor details have been altered or left out "for obvious reasons The former reference number is 210C/

  19. Liberation of the concentration camps: Copy excerpts from interviews and other papers

    The accounts of liberation from the concentration camps (-/1) are more often than not unsourced. The utterances of leading Nazis (-/2) are extracted from published sources.

  20. Hungarian-American Council for Democracy: Appeal for help

    This appeal by Bela Lugosi, president of the Hungarian- American Council for Democracy, New York, is accompanied by a leaflet exorting kinfolk to oppose the Hungarian regime which is sympathetic to the Nazis.