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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. O.52.2 - Documentation prepared for the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - North-West Communities

    O.52.2 - Documentation prepared for the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - North-West Communities The purpose of the Yad Vashem project - to prepare an Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - is to perpetuate the history of the communities that were destroyed during the Holocaust. The historiography of the communities focused on countries and sometimes on districts, but not on the history of the local communities. This project is meant to fill in what is lacking in this area. With the increase of interest in the local communities, this Record Group serves as a very impo...

  2. Documentation regarding the Jewish community in Athens, Greece

    Documentation regarding the Jewish community in Athens, Greece Included in the collection are community registration documents; regulations of the Jewish community of Athens; regulations of the community's Rabbinical Court, minutes of Rabbinical Court sessions, Rabbinical Court decisions, marriage contracts and divorces filed at the Rabbinical Court, and related documents; financial documentation of the Jewish community of Athens, as well as documentation regarding religious education at Jewish community schools and the teaching of Judaism at Jewish secular schools; Also included in the col...

  3. Census of the Jewish population of Latvia, August-September 1941

    Census of the Jewish population of Latvia, August-September 1941 Lists of residents compiled as part of the census conducted in Latvia, August-September 1941, including the names of Jews.

  4. Documentation regarding the community high school and the Jewish elementary schools in Riga, 1924-1941

    Documentation regarding the community high school and the Jewish elementary schools in Riga, 1924-1941 Included in the collection: Lists of pupils; grade [marks] booklets; appeals and requests to be accepted to the school; teachers' opinions regarding pupils; teachers' salary slips; list of books in the school library; reports from teachers' conferences, 1938-1940; photograph albums from 1930-1941.

  5. Collection of personal files of Jewish teachers prepared by the Commission for Teacher Certification of the Jewish Education Division of the Latvian Republic Ministry of Education, 1920-1941

    Collection of personal files of Jewish teachers prepared by the Commission for Teacher Certification of the Jewish Education Division of the Latvian Republic Ministry of Education, 1920-1941

  6. Documentation of the Jewish education administration in the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia, 1920-1941

    Documentation of the Jewish education administration in the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia, 1920-1941 Correspondence with the office for Jewish education regarding various matters: Opening of Jewish schools, and opening of a conservatorium; acceptance of new teachers, and dismissals; the language of instruction/studies: Yiddish or Hebrew; examinations; reports regarding the Jewish theater, and the Jewish workers professional committee; lists of men of letters [intellectuals].

  7. 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.

  8. Reports regarding salaries received by workers in the Jewish education system in Latvia, 1920-1940

    Reports regarding salaries received by workers in the Jewish education system in Latvia, 1920-1940

  9. Documentation regarding the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in Riga, 1921-1940

    Documentation regarding the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in Riga, 1921-1940 Description of the Collection: The Jewish National Fund (JNF) covenant; reports of meetings of the JNF administration and meetings of members of the JNF; work regulations; diaries of the JNF and Keren Hayesod; lists of members of the board and members of JNF branches; correspondence with the press department regarding the publication of the fund's periodical; lists of JNF members, and correspondence regarding donations; lists of donors; receipt books; diagrams; personal cards of members, arranged according to the Latv...

  10. Documentation of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in Riga, regarding the organization's members and donors, 1921-1940

    Documentation of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in Riga, regarding the organization's members and donors, 1921-1940 Including in the collection are personal records of members of the JNF, arranged in alphabetical order according to the Latvian alphabet; lists of donors to the JNF who gave donations in memory of their parents who are buried in the large cemetery or in the municipal cemetery in Riga; lists of members, and questionnaires; lists of people who paid membership dues.

  11. Documentation of Olim, the Association of Latvian Jews for the Advancement of Settlement in Palestine

    Documentation of Olim, the Association of Latvian Jews for the Advancement of Settlement in Palestine The Association platform, and protocols of Directorate meetings; lists of members of the Olim Association; survey reports and information regarding news from Eretz Israel; surveys concerning the activities of Zionist organizations in the Europe countries and the United States; information for the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) regarding the condition of the agricultural estates in Latvia, and correspondence with Zionist organizations abroad on organizational and general topics; articles...

  12. Documentation regarding Keren Hayesod in Riga, 1920-1940

    Documentation regarding Keren Hayesod in Riga, 1920-1940 Keren Hayesod was established at the annual conference of the World Zionist Organization held in London in July 1920, as the fundraising arm of the Zionist movement. The Keren Hayesod Manifest of 1920 reflected the determination and decisiveness of the new Zionist organization: "The time has arrived for the concentration of the Jewish effort on behalf of the establishment of the National Jewish Home". Keren Hayesod was charged with the responsibility for the financing of aliya and settlement in Eretz Israel; Before the establishment o...

  13. Documentation from the Württembergisches Innenministerium (Württemberg Ministry of the Interior)

    Documentation from the Württembergisches Innenministerium (Württemberg Ministry of the Interior)

  14. Documentation of the Jewish national organization "Trumpeldor" in Riga, 1929-1941

    Documentation of the Jewish national organization "Trumpeldor" in Riga, 1929-1941 History of the organization The organization was officially established on 20 August 1924. The aim of its establishment was the establishment of a Jewish country in Eretz Israel. The main focus of the organization was the education of youth toward national values, the study of Hebrew, physical labor, and the study of agricultural professions, handicrafts and seamanship. The organization declared that the Jewish citizens of Latvia be educated toward the spirit of a national state. Thus, on 15 May 1935, approxim...

  15. Documentation regarding the municipal Jewish school in Tukums, 1920-1940

    Documentation regarding the municipal Jewish school in Tukums, 1920-1940 Included in the collection: Reports of meetings of the teachers committee; classroom record books; lists of pupils; regulations and instructions of the education department of the Riga municipality; birth certificates of pupils; school diplomas; pupils record books; kindergarten classroom record books; correspondence regarding the school and kindergarten activities.

  16. Registration books of the incoming and outgoing documents [correspondence] of the Jewish education administration in the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia, 1920-1934

    Registration books of the incoming and outgoing documents [correspondence] of the Jewish education administration in the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia, 1920-1934

  17. Documentation of municipal Jewish schools in Riga, 1922-1940

    Documentation of municipal Jewish schools in Riga, 1922-1940 Included in the collection: Classroom record books; lists of pupils; incoming and outgoing postal documents; bills; birth certificates of pupils; matriculation certificates; reports regarding matriculation examinations; examinations in the Latvian language that were given in various classes; correspondence regarding various subjects.

  18. Lists of Riga residents who received food ration coupons from the municipal commercial administration, 1939-1940

    Lists of Riga residents who received food ration coupons from the municipal commercial administration, 1939-1940

  19. Documentation of the municipal Jewish high school in Riga, 1921-1940

    Documentation of the municipal Jewish high school in Riga, 1921-1940 Circulars, orders and instructions of the Riga municipality's education department; the Jewish education administration and other institutions; correspondence with the department of middle schools, regarding educational activities and the composition of the teachers and pupils; reports of meetings and the teachers committee; lists of teachers; lists of pupils; elementary school diplomas; record books of grades [marks]; copies of matriculation certificates.

  20. Documentation of the I. F. Raukhvarger private school in Riga, 1921-1941

    Documentation of the I. F. Raukhvarger private school in Riga, 1921-1941 Included in the collection: Reports of meetings of the school committee of the high school of Bints (protocols of meetings, reports regarding parents meetings, lists of members, and so forth); reports of the teachers committee; protocols of entrance and transition examinations; lists of pupils; copies of matriculation certificates; teachers documents; Curriculum Vitae (CVs) of teachers; lists of teachers; personal documentation of former pupils; pupils grade books [marks]; correspondence with various institutions regar...