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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Collection of passports of Jews, submitted to the prefecture of the city of Riga, Latvia during 1919-1940

    Collection of passports of Jews, submitted to the prefecture of the city of Riga, Latvia during 1919-1940 The passports were submitted to the local authorities for the purpose of renewal or for receipt of Latvian citizenship; the passports contain personal information, including passport photos of the Jews.

  2. Collection regarding the S. Liberman kindergarten, elementary school and private high school in Riga, 1932-1939

    Collection regarding the S. Liberman kindergarten, elementary school and private high school in Riga, 1932-1939 Included in the collection are reports of meetings of the teachers committee, and parents and pupils meetings; general documentation regarding the activities of the elementary school and high school; instructions and circulars of the education department of the Riga municipality, regarding the acceptance and dismissal of teachers; lists of teachers; classroom record books; protocols of examinations; documentation regarding the pupils' health situation.

  3. 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.

  4. Documentation of the "Herzliya" Jewish youth movement in Riga, 1928-1940

    Documentation of the "Herzliya" Jewish youth movement in Riga, 1928-1940 Covenant of the Herzliya youth movement and protocols of meetings of the central committee; receipt books; lists of members of the movement; summaries of meetings and gatherings; reports regarding the activities of various Zionist organizations and activities of the aliya training agricultural farm; monthly inspections regarding the movement's activities; lists of donors; survey and pamphlet of the World Organization of the General Zionists in Latvia and overseas; correspondence by the Herzliya movement with the Jewish...

  5. Documentation of Obshchestvo Zdravookhraneniya Evreyev (OZE- Organization for Health Protection of the Jewish Population) in Latvia

    Documentation of Obshchestvo Zdravookhraneniya Evreyev (OZE-Organization for Health Protection of the Jewish Population) in Latvia History of the Organization OZE is the Russian acronym for Obshchestvo Zdravookhraneniya Evreyev (Organization for Health Protection of the Jewish Population), an organization that has its origins in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1912. OZE was founded in order to disseminate information pertaining to proper hygiene among the Jews, to further socio-medical topics and to contribute to safeguarding the health of the Jewish population. The Organization for Health Protec...

  6. Documentation of the "Machaneh Yisrael" Jewish organization, 1936-1940

    Documentation of the "Machaneh Yisrael" Jewish organization, 1936-1940 Included in the collection of the "Machaneh Yisrael" organization in Riga: Covenant of the "Machaneh Yisrael" organization; protocols of meetings of the organization; lists of members of the board; lists of the organization's branches; correspondence with Zionist organizations overseas regarding fundraising and the establishment of a new yeshiva; receipt books of the organization; personal records of members of "Machaneh Yisrael" in Riga.

  7. Documentation of the elementary education institutions directorate of the department of schools, of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia, 1927-1938

    Documentation of the elementary education institutions directorate of the department of schools, of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia, 1927-1938 Included in the collection is historical information regarding a Jewish kindergarten, and files regarding work disputes in Jewish schools.

  8. Documentation from the Stadtarchiv Leer, regarding the forced sale, confiscation and restitution of Jewish owned real estate in Leer and the surrounding area, 1938-1981

    Documentation from the Stadtarchiv Leer, regarding the forced sale, confiscation and restitution of Jewish owned real estate in Leer and the surrounding area, 1938-1981 Included in the Collection: - Sub-Record Group Rep 01: Files from the Nazi period regarding the takeover of Jewish owned real estate, 1938-1944; - Sub-Record Group Rep 02: Requests from the postwar period for the restitution of or compensation for property that was confiscated or obtained by means of a forced sale, including a special file for requests from the Jewish Trust Corporation, and a file that includes lists of Jewi...

  9. Documentation of the high schools directorate of the department of schools, of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia, 1931-1940

    Documentation of the high schools directorate of the department of schools, of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia, 1931-1940 Included in the collection is correspondence with the association for the advancement of Jewish culture in Yelgava regarding the opening of a high school and other subjects; correspondence with schools and high schools in Yelgava, Daugavpils, Liepaja, Rezekne and Riga, regarding the acceptance and dismissal of teachers, the financing of the studies, the participation of pupils, the distribution of Communist posters, and scholarship payments to pupils.

  10. Documentation of the Magistrates Court of Law in Neunkirchen (Amtsgericht Neunkirchen) in the Saar region, 1925-1935

    Documentation of the Magistrates Court of Law in Neunkirchen (Amtsgericht Neunkirchen) in the Saar region, 1925-1935 Included in the collection are excerpts from regulations of German and Nazi organizations, in which they ban the membership of Jews.

  11. Documentation of the Magistrates Court of Law in Ottweiler (Amtsgericht Ottweiler) in the Saar region, 1909-1940

    Documentation of the Magistrates Court of Law in Ottweiler (Amtsgericht Ottweiler) in the Saar region, 1909-1940 Included in the collection: Two files that deal with trials of Jews during the Nazi period; Files that include orders, in most part orders that were given after the annexation of the Saar region to Nazi Germany. The orders deal with the integration of the system of law of the region with the system of law of Germany, including the obligation that employees in the law system must be of Aryan origin; File from the period from before WWI that deals with matters concerning commerce, ...

  12. Documentation from the Amtsgericht Perl (Magistrates Court in Perl) in the Saar region, 1936-1958

    Documentation from the Amtsgericht Perl (Magistrates Court in Perl) in the Saar region

  13. Documentation of the Magistrates Court of Law in Völklingen (Amtsgericht Völklingen) in the Saar region, 1933-1943

    Documentation of the Magistrates Court of Law in Völklingen (Amtsgericht Völklingen) in the Saar region, 1933-1943 Included in the material that was photocopied for Yad Vashem are, in most part, orders and instructions given by the law authorities, including the German Ministry of Justice and the Courts of Law and authorities in the Saar region. The orders relate to Jews and to inmates and to their handling, among other matters. Included in the collection are two files that deal with trials that were held during 1933-1934, in which a Jewish lawyer participated.

  14. Documentation of the Magistrates Court of Law in St. Wendel (Amtsgericht St. Wendel) in the Saar region, 1933-1939

    Documentation of the Magistrates Court of Law in St. Wendel (Amtsgericht St. Wendel) in the Saar region, 1933-1939 Included in the collection are, in most part, the regulations of local associations (the Red Cross organization, Volunteer Firefighters, and sports organizations), including a clause that bans the membership of "non-Aryans" in the organization. Also in the collection: a file that includes an order from 1933 that details the conditions of the detainees in the prison in St. Wendel; the file mentions Jewish detainees.

  15. Documentation of the handicrafts schools directorate of the department of schools, of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia, 1926-1940

    Documentation of the handicrafts schools directorate of the department of schools, of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Latvia, 1926-1940 Included in the collection is correspondence with the handicrafts school in Riga and correspondence with the association for Jewish education; correspondence with the handicrafts school in Liepaja regarding the educational process, the budget, the practical work during the summer and the appointment of new teachers; correspondence with the "Bikur Cholim" hospital school for nurses.

  16. 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...

  17. Documentation of the "Hebrew" Gymnasium, the middle and high school of the Association for the Advancement of the Arts and Science among the Jews

    Documentation of the "Hebrew" Gymnasium, the middle and high school of the Association for the Advancement of the Arts and Science among the Jews In the collection there is historical information regarding the establishment of the high school, the elementary school and the nursery school; there are fliers from the Riga Council Education Department concerning the school's activities; orders and directives of the Education Department; reports, announcements and information pertaining to activities of the nursery school, information about the composition of the students and their health; lists...

  18. Documentation from the Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Saarlouis (Public Prosecutor's Office in Saarlouis), 1928-1938

    Documentation from the Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Saarlouis (Public Prosecutor's Office in Saarlouis), 1928-1938 The documentation that was copied for Yad Vashem includes details regarding Jewish jurists, trials against Jews, Jewish prisoners, anti-Jewish legislation in the Saar region, examinations of the Aryan origin of workers in the legal system, proceedings against Germans accused of friendly relationships with Jews, attacks on Jews and on Jewish property, and Jewish businesses that were in contact with the judicial system; The documentation was copied for Yad Vashem in 2012.

  19. Documentation from the Amt Illingen (Regional Authority of Illingen)

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 11638021
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1806-1972
    • Charter Financial accounts List of deportees List of Jewish community council members List of Jewish community members List of Jewish residents List of party members Newspaper clippings Official documentation Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors Survey report

    Documentation from the Amt Illingen (Regional Authority of Illingen)

  20. Documentation from the Gestapo Staatspolizeistelle Saarbruecken, 1937-1944

    Documentation from the Gestapo Staatspolizeistelle Saarbruecken, 1937-1944 In the documentation that was copied for Yad Vashem, there are files that deal with supervision over the clergy; training of candidates for the position of supervisor; examination [inspection] of members of the Foreign Legion in Metz, on suspicion of spying; foreign workers; people who are in need of special police protection; The documentation was copied for Yad Vashem in 2012.