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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Documentation of the State Archives of the Rovno Region

    The archives was established in March 1940 as the historical archives of the region, and as of 1941 it was called the State Archives of the Rovno Region. The material for the archives was collected gradually. At the start, the archives received documents from local institutions and from factories, non-profit organizations, associations, and from educational and healthcare institutions that were in existence from the period when Rovno still belonged to Poland. By 1940, collections that dated from 1921-1939 were transferred to the archives. With the start of the Great Patriotic War, the archi...

  2. Documentation from the “Jews in Latvia” Museum

    The O.80 record group is composed of 159 files in Latvian, German, Russian and Hebrew. The record group includes official German documentation photocopied by Westermann in various archives in Germany, and documentation from the Central Archives of Latvia; Description of the O.80 record group: The material in the O.80 record group includes reports, instructions, summaries and orders by local administration personnel, including official documentation of Reichskommissariat Ostland. The second part of the O.80 collection includes memoirs and letters by individual Jews collected by the Westerman...

  3. Documentation of the administration of neighborhood no. 5 in Kharkov, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the administration of neighborhood no. 5 in Kharkov, 1941-1943

  4. O.7.cz- Documentation regarding the Jews of Bohemia and Moravia (Czechia), mainly during the Holocaust

    O.7.cz- Documentation regarding the Jews of Bohemia and Moravia (Czechia), mainly during the Holocaust In the Sub-Record Group there is documentation regarding Jewish youth movements and sports associations that were active before World War II, documentation concerning anti-Jewish legislation from 1939-1944; official documentation about the work of the Central Office for Jewish Emigration and pertaining to the employment of Jews; newspaper clippings on the subject of Jews in the Economy, 1938-1943, documentation regarding Jewish communities, documentation concerning the function of the Jewi...

  5. Collection of Rachel Auerbach, author and founder of the Oral Testimonies Department at Yad Vashem archives

    he Rachel Auerbach Collection contains: Personal documentation; biography; rough drafts of her letters from before the war; versions of her works in Yiddish, Hebrew and Polish; articles published in Israel and abroad; articles on general subjects written in Yiddish, Hebrew and Polish; correspondence; documentation regarding the book "Treblinka" by Jean François Schreiber; research articles about Rachel Auerbach; radio broadcasts; scripts; documentation regarding the Oral Testimonies Department at Yad Vashem; documentation regarding Rachel Auerbach and Yad Vashem; documentation related to th...

  7. Documentation from archives in Austria regarding the Holocaust

    In the Record Group there is documentation from national, district and local archives in Austria. There is much information in the Record Group regarding the persecution of the Jews by the federal and local authorities and activities of institutions that persecuted the Jews. In this Record Group there is also information regarding Jewish Community life, Jewish property and various lists of Jews, such as lists of Jews (and Mischlinge or those married to Jewish women) who were dismissed from government service or lists of local Jews.

  8. Documentation regarding the Holocaust from regional and local archives in Germany

    The Record Group contains documentation gathered from state, regional and local archives in Germany. In the documentation there is much information regarding the persecution of the Jews on the local level, including deportations, as well as information regarding life in the Jewish communities, Jewish property and sometimes, lists of local Jews.

  9. O.4 - Legal documentation collected in Israel in preparation for criminal trials

    O.4 - Legal documentation collected in Israel in preparation for criminal trials This Record Group contains material regarding Nazi criminals collected in Israel to assist in the interrogations and the placing of war criminals on trial, including: Testimonies of Holocaust survivors collected in courts in Israel as requested by courts abroad, newspaper clippings regarding criminals (at times regarding camps as well), lists of Nazi criminals, documentation regarding criminal trials abroad (newspaper articles, indictments, verdicts), correspondence regarding the collection of the material, and...

  10. Financial documentation of Jewish education institutions, 1920-1940

    Financial documentation of Jewish education institutions, 1920-1940 Budgetary documents of Jewish schools; budget reports of schools and other Jewish education institutions.

  11. Documentation from official institutions in Westphalia

    Documentation from official institutions in Westphalia In the Collection is documentation from the following institutions: Staatsanwaltschaft Münster: JM/14892 (frames 241-256); Oberfinazpraesident Westfalen (Oberfinazdirektion): JM/14907 (frames 295-403); Bundesbahndirektion Münster: JM/14914 (frames 12-20); Landwirtscaftliche Kreisstellen: JM/14914 (frames 21-67); Sonderbeauftragte fuer die Abwicklung der Hauptvereinigungen: JM/14938 (frames 140-273).

  12. תקים של עורכי דין יהודיים שפעלו בפני בית המשפט העל-מחוזי (Oberlandesgericht) ובית המשפט המחוזי (Landgericht) ב-Frankfurt a.Main

    The inventory contains all surviving manuals, general ledgers and process registers of the Jewish lawyers and consultants (Konsulenten) working in Frankfurt a.M., who were admitted to the regional court or the regional appeal court of Frankfurt a.M., namely Dr. Joseph Cahn (1935-39, 1m, Abt. 474/1), Dr. Robert Cahn (1933-41, 3,5 m, Abt. 474/2), Dr. Siegfried aka Fritz Gutenstein and Dr. Ing. Siegfried Popper (1926-43, 18 m, Abt 474/3), Dr. Julius Gruenebaum (1931-41, 5.5 m, Abt. 474/4), Siegfried Katzenstein (Abt. 474/5) and to a lesser extent of Max Kowalski, Julius Meyer, Richard Eilbott,...

  13. Polizeipraesidium Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe Police Headquarters): Files of Jews who are requesting to emigrate

    Polizeipraesidium Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe Police Headquarters): Files of Jews who are requesting to emigrate

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Yagur Documents (photocopy): I. Regarding the Teheran Children: 17/11/1942 - Yagur Diary, meeting of the secretariat and the administration of the school regarding accepting the Teheran Children; 15/12//1942 - Diary entry 1376 - Draft of Ada to organize the absorption of the refugee children arriving from Iran; 29/12/1942 - Diary entry 1382 - General meeting in which it was decided to draft Ada; 11/01/1943 - Diary entry 1390 - Meeting regard...

  15. M.18.1 - Relatives Search Index Cards of the Central Location Index (CLI) in New York

    M.18.1 - Relatives Search Index Cards of the Central Location Index (CLI) in New York Index Cards: There are approximately 1,200,000 index cards, not in alphabetical order. Most of the cards are in good physical condition.

  16. Documentation of the district administrations in the Sumy region, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the district administrations in the Sumy region, 1941-1944 Included in the collection: - Protocols of investigations regarding partisan activities in the Shostka district; - Documentation regarding the allotment of food to the local population in the Akhtyrka district; - Documentation regarding the transfer of local residents to Germany, executions, and the supply of food and equipment to the German Army in the Putivl district.

  17. M. 71-Documentation regarding the Holocaust from archives in Romania and Moldova

    M. 71-Documentation regarding the Holocaust from archives in Romania and Moldova Information regarding the persecution of the Jews in Romania; deportations from Bessarabia and Bukovina; the establishment of ghettos in Transnistria; anti-Jewish legislation and orders, and drafting of Jews for forced labor under the Antonescu regime, and more.

  18. TR.3 - Documentation collected in preparation for the Eichmann Trial, 1933-1962

    TR.3 - Documentation collected in preparation for the Eichmann Trial, 1933-1962 The Mossad (Israel Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations) discovered where Adolf Eichmann was residing in Argentina while using a false identity. Eichmann was captured and brought to Israel in early 1960. His trial, which was held in Beit Ha'am in Jerusalem [today, the Gerard Behar Center building], began in April 1961. The trial lasted for approximately three months, and Eichmann was subsequently sentenced to death for his part in the murder of the Jews of Europe. Eichmann submitted an appeal to the...

  19. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Gan Shmuel

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Gan Shmuel Booklet/ collection of testimonies (photocopy, 62 pages); "Group of redeemed people," Hashomer Hatzair organization in detention in Cyprus, 1947.

  20. Collection of personal files of Jewish teachers employed in the Riga municipal education system, 1923-1941

    Collection of personal files of Jewish teachers employed in the Riga municipal education system, 1923-1941 In the collection there are personal files of Jews, teachers and educational system workers in Riga, arranged according to the Latvian alphabet.