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Language of Description: Czech
Language of Description: English
Language of Description: Finnish
Country: Israel
Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. O.41.3 - Names of Holocaust victims found in religious books housed in the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem

    Names of Holocaust victims found in religious books housed in the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem

  2. M.1.P - She’erit Hapletah Collection - DP life in the camps, 1945-1948

    M.1.P - She’erit Hapletah Collection -Displaced persons life in the camps, 1945-1948 In this Collection there is documentation regarding the lives of the displaced persons (DPs) in the camps. It contains thousands of placards from the camps, mainly concerning cultural and artistic matters, religious life, sport, elections and political parties. Additionally, there are announcements , principally issued by administrative departments in the Eschwefe DP camp and the Feldafing DP camp. There are letters or surveys on subjects related to daily life in the DP camps in a few individual files.

  3. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Neot Mordechai

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Neot Mordechai Personal documentation (original): 1. Two postcards sent from Terezin [Theresienstadt] (by Ernst Levizon) to his adoptive family in Denmark (1943); 2. Two letters written by the mother of E. Levizon to his adoptive family in Denmark in 1940.

  4. Collection of Erich August Paul Puttkammer, regarding Sperrstempels (exemptions) for Jews in the Netherlands, 1942-1953

    Collection of Erich August Paul Puttkammer, regarding Sperrstempels (exemptions) for Jews in the Netherlands, 1942-1953 Erich August Paul Puttkammer was born in Poland in 1891; he received Dutch citizenship in 1939 and worked as a lawyer in a bank in Amsterdam during the war; using his contacts with the Devisenschutzkommando, along with the use of gold, diamonds, paintings and jewelry, he obtained deportation exemptions for Jews, of whom most were already in Westerbork camp as inmates; Puttkammer was arrested after the war, but was released due to lack of evidence; Included in the collectio...

  5. Documentation from the Finanzaemter (Finance Ministry) local units in the Saar region

    Documentation from the Finanzaemter (Finance Ministry) local units in the Saar region In the collection there is one file of the Finanzamt Blieskastel, dealing with assistance in studies and training (Ausbildungsbeihilfen); one file of the Finanzamt Neunkrichen deals with income and property taxes; 16 files of the Finanzamt Völklingen - most of the files deal with real estate owned by various Jews in the area, and the remainder deal with the administration of the real estate by the authorities; included is a file with lists of the Jewish property administered and a file that deals in its en...

  6. Documentation from the Niedersaechsische Staatsarchiv Stade

    Documentation from the Niedersaechsische Staatsarchiv Stade Included in the collection among other documents are requests submitted to the regional assistance committee, the Sonderhilfsausschuss fuer den Reb.-Bezirk Stade, by persecuted people, to receive a stipend or assistance.

  7. Documentation from the Stadtarchiv Ulm (Municipal Archives)

    Documentation from the Stadtarchiv Ulm (Municipal Archives)

  8. M.39 - Documentation from the State Archive in the Odessa Region, 1939-1945

    M. 39- Documentation from the State Archive in the Odessa Region, 1939-1945 In the collection there is official documentation from the Romanian regime in Transnistria, including the decision made by Marshal Ion Antonescu regarding Romanian military officials in Transnistria and a list of names of the government officials. Additionally, there is documentation regarding the deportation of Jews to camps in Transnistria, lists of Jews deported to Transnistria and where they were located in 1942, prepared by the Jewish Center, lists of Gypsies deported from Romania to Transnistria, documentation...

  9. Documentation of the German authorities and the local authorities in Belorussia, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the German authorities and the local authorities in Belorussia, 1941-1944 Included in the collection, among other material, are orders of the German authorities, including orders regarding the evacuation of residents, a call by the head of the Police in Belorussia in the Koidanovo area to members of the partisans detachments to surrender, and procedures regarding the collection of taxes.

  10. Documentation of the Narodnaya Samopomoshch association in Mogilev, 1942-1944

    Documentation of the Narodnaya Samopomoshch association in Mogilev, 1942-1944 Included in the collection: - List of members of the association; - Regulations; - Budget; - List of property; - Instructions.

  11. תיקי בדיקת רכוש (Vermoegenskontrollakten) של Finanzamt Wuerzburg, בואריה

    Finanzamt (tax authority) Wuerzburg: property control files In 1946, the Bavarian State Office for Asset Management and Restitution was set up in Munich. It served for the supervision and execution of the property control ordered by the occupying power, for the administration of the assets confiscated under the law for the liberation from national socialism and militarism or under fiduciary administration and for the accomplishment of the reparations. The office was initially reporting to the prime minister, since 1948 to the Ministry of Finance. Since 1948, an independent State Office for ...

  12. M.61 - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from State Archives in Hungary

    M.61 - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from State Archives in Hungary In the Record Group there are lists of deportees, lists of Jewish property, official correspondence, trials conducted against war criminals in Peoples' Courts in Budapest and Pécs, including the major trials held immediately after the war, such as the Szalasi Trial. There is also documentation from the [Jewish] communities regarding ghettos, anti-Jewish directives and orders, announcements and receipts issued for payments taken from Jewish funds to cover the expenses of building the ghetto.

  13. Documents of the Reich Committee for the Battle Against Tuberculosis (Reichstuberkuloseausschuss), 1941-1945

    Documents of the Reich Committee for the Battle Against Tuberculosis (Reichstuberkuloseausschuss), 1941-1945 Documents of the Reich Tuberculosis Committee from the war period. Most of the documents relate to activities to eradicate tuberculosis among forced laborers. Some of the documents relate to Jews (orders regarding tuberculosis among Jews, reference to a vaccine against tuberculosis that was developed by a Jewish doctor, and more).

  14. Documentation of the Jugendbehoerde I (Youth Office I) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Jugendbehoerde I (Youth Office I) in Hamburg

  15. Documentation of the local Soviet authorities in the Mogilev region, 1941-1980

    Documentation of the local Soviet authorities in the Mogilev region, 1941-1980 Included in the collection is a list of homeowners in Bobruysk in 1941, a list of Jewish soldiers from Bobruysk who were killed or listed as missing in action during 1939-1944, and documentation regarding the murder of residents of the Osipovichi district during 1941-1944.

  16. Collection of documentation from private sources regarding the Jews of Italy, mainly during the period of World War II

    Collection of documentation from private sources regarding the Jews of Italy, mainly during the period of World War II - Official, personal and family documentation of the Jews in Italy during the Holocaust; - Diaries kept during the Holocaust in Italy; - Letters and postcards from the Holocaust period in Italy; - Documentation regarding stories of rescue of Jews in Italy during the Holocaust; - Documentation regarding Jewish fighters in the resistance and serving in the Italian Army; - Collection containing material from Gianfranco Moscati from Naples.

  17. M.41.GAOOMog - Documentation from the State Archive of the Public Organizations in the Mogilev Region

    M.41.GAOOGO - Documentation from the State Archive of the Public Organizations in the Mogilev Region History of the State Archive of the Public Organizations in the Mogilev Region The regional Archive of the Communist Party was established in Mogilev in March 1940. Before its establishment, the responsibility for the conservation of the Communist Party documents was imposed on the History Department starting in 1925, and as of 1927 the responsibility was imposed on the Communist Party Archive of the Mogilev region. During the period of the Great Patriotic War (World War II), the documentati...

  18. Documentation of Soviet local authorities in Estonia, 1940 - 1941

  19. Documentation from the Merzig municipality in the Saar region, 1913-1946

    Documentation from the Merzig municipality in the Saar region Documentation from the Kultusministerium (Ministry of Religions and Education) of the Saar region

  20. Documentation of the district administration in Kostopol, 1941-1942

    Documentation of the district administration in Kostopol, 1941-1942 - Instructions by the Gebietskommissariat (district commissioner) in Kostopol; - Statistical data regarding the nationalization of property and the sale of Jewish homes, 19/12/1941-29/09/1942; - Appeals to the Kostopol municipality by two Jews, regarding receiving a food allotment, 04-05/1942; - List of children born in the Kostopol district, 1937-1938; - Instructions by the mayor of Kostopol, regarding the sale of clothing and shoes of Jews that were left in the municipal area, and the sale of clothing and shoes to poor pe...