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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Yad Mordechai Testimonies/ experiences/ memoirs/ articles (from the personal files of the kibbutz members): 1. Moshe Bar-Semakh; 2. Gavriel Koren; 3. Avraham Stern-Kochavi.

  2. 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...

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Yehiam Testimonies/ experiences/ memoirs: 1. Moshe Opatovski; 2. Chanania Einhorn Arnon; 3. Ilana (Tanenbaum) Ben Israel; 4. Asher Bentuv; 5. Edna Bentuv; 6. Lea Baram; 7. Tamar Gavish; 8. Yitzhak Zimmerman Degan; 9. Chaya Harari; 10. Miriam Vardi; 11. Abri Sela; 12. Ruthi Sela; 13. Nechama (Shuster) Rahav; 14. Aharon Rahav.

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Yifat Testimonies/ memoirs/ experiences: 1. Shalom Barkai; 2. Miriam Weinberger; 3. Yosef Singer; 4. Dudi Zelig; 5. Yehuda (????), eulogy; 6. Binyamin Cohen; 7. Rachel Cohen (testimony and background material regarding the "Exodus"); 8. Esther Lissai (eulogy); 9. Malka Nashelski; 10. Zila (Goldman) Sobol; List: '"Events in the life of Arieh Barzilai, written by him" (photocopy); Documents (photocopy): 1. Shalom Barkai: a. "List of immigrants...

  5. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kvutzat Yavne

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kvutzat Yavne Testimonies/experiences: 1. Chana Asher; 2. Yaakov Gadish; 3. Yosef Gottlieb; 4. Sara Donenfeld; 5. Ruchama Chayut; 6. Sara Tessler - "Leyaldei" ["To my children"]; 7. Yitzhak Kaphan Sarid, "From Kaphan to Sarid: Grandfather's stories - these lines were written in their memory ... and on your behalf", Kvutzat Yavne, 1992; Essay (in Hungarian), from the estate of Israel Kattan (handwritten, photocopy).

  6. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from private individuals

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from private individuals Submitter of the material: Pinchas Adler; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in January 2005 1. Letter to Arie Mintkevich (chairman of the Public Council on the Contribution of Holocaust Survivors to the State of Israel); 2. His experiences; 3. Photocopy of a letter from the commander of the Israeli Air Force, IAF (01/12/2004) *** Submitter of the material: Frida Oster (by means of her daughter Revital Keletz); Material...

  7. Documentation created by the Romanian government and the Romanian Army, photocopied from the Osoby Archives in Moscow

    Documentation created by the Romanian government and the Romanian Army, photocopied from the Osoby Archives in Moscow

  8. Documentation created by the Romanian Military Cabinet, photocopied from the Osoby Archives in Moscow

    Documentation created by the Romanian Military Cabinet, photocopied from the Osoby Archives in Moscow

  9. Documentation from a brick factory in Vendichany, 1943

    Documentation from a brick factory in Vendichany, 1943 Included in the collection: - Attendance reports of laborers, including Jewish laborers; - Lists of workers in the factory; - Documentation regarding the payment of salaries to the laborers.

  10. Documentation from a trial conducted against Ernst Lerch and other Austrian war criminals from the SSPF headquarters in Lublin, who participated in "Aktion Reinhardt"

    Documentation from a trial conducted against Austrian war criminals, most of whom participated in "Aktion Reinhardt" - Investigation against Hermann Hoefle started in Landesgericht Linz (the Linz District Court) in 1947 (Vg8 6771/47); - Main part of the investigation conducted by Landesgericht Salzburg (the Salzburg District Court) from 1956 (11a Vr 1382/56) and Landesgericht Wien (the Vienna District Court) from 1962 (27c Vr 852/62); - Final investigation conducted by Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court), 1962-1971 (25 Vr 3123/71); - Transfer of the files to the various...

  11. Documentation from Amtsgerichte (Courts of Law) in Hessen, Germany

    Documentation from Amtsgerichte (Courts of Law) in Hessen, Germany In the collection is documentation from ten Courts of Law in the rural area of the Darmstadt Province: Alsfeld, Altenstadt, Bad Nauheim, Bad Vilbel, Bensheim, Beerfelden, Butzbach, Gernsheim, Herbstein, and Hirschhorn. For general information (in German) regarding the sub-group in the original Archive, including details regarding the character of the legal material, see the file: "Hessen G28 Amtsgerichte_Findbuch" in the Multimedia page. For information regarding each of the Courts of Law in the collection and regarding the ...

  12. 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.

  13. Documentation from archives in Belorussia, 1930-1960

    In the record group there are files selected from the State Archive of Belorussia and the Archive of the Public Associations (the archives of the former Communist Party) of Belorussia, the State Archive of the Grodno Region, the State Archive of Belorussia which was attached to the National Archive of the Republic of Belorussia, the State Archive of the Public Associations of the Grodno Region, the State Archive of the Gomel Region, the State Archive of the Public Associations of the Mogilev Region; the Historical Museum of the Great War for the Motherland (the Great Patriotic War - World W...

  14. Documentation from Archives in Croatia regarding the Holocaust

    Included in the Record Group: -Correspondence among various institutions in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II;- Reports submitted by Ustasha institutions regarding Jewish affairs; - Documentation regarding Jewish refugees;- Lists of refugees, deportees, inmates and those who perished; - Documentation regarding deportations of Jews from various places in Croatia;- Documentation regarding antisemitic propaganda and legislation; - Correspondence between the German Foreign Ministry and the German Embassy in Zagreb;- Documentation regarding the rescue of Jews; - Documentation ...

  15. Documentation from archives in Estonia, 1941-1946

    A. Documentation from the Estonian State Central Archives (ERA) in Tallinn, Estonia Examples: - Collection of the autonomous leadership regarding Jewish culture in Estonia; - Collection of the Valga Juudi Spordiselts Makkabi (Maccabi Sports Association) in Valga; - Collection of the Tartu Akadeemiline Juudi Ajaloo ja Kirjanduse Selts ülikooli juures (Association for Jewish Culture and History) in Tartu; - Collection of the Tartu-Juudi üliõpilaste Kassa (Jewish Students'Fund) in Tartu, 1887-1928; - Collection of the Tartu Juudi Usuühing (Religious Jewish Community of Tartu), 1861-1940; - Col...

  16. Documentation from archives in Latvia, 1918-1946

    In the collection there are files selected from the Latvian State Historical Archives in Riga and other files received from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Description of the collection: Included in the documentation from the Latvian State Historical Archives in Riga is correspondence between the educational establishment in Latvia with various bodies regarding budget, salaries of the teachers and matriculation exams, 1921-1940. In the collection there is documentation of the Association of Latvian Jews for the Advancement of Settlement in Eretz Israel, correspond...

  17. Documentation from archives in Lithuania, 1941-1945

    The documentation includes records groups from the following archives: Gebietskommissar Wilno-Land (the District Commissioner of Vilna), Oberfeldkommandatur 396, Gebietskommissar Stadtkommandant Wilno Kaunas, Wilno Stadt und Land SS, Wilno Sipo und SD, Sipo und SD Kommandant Kaunas, the SD prison in Stadtkommandatura Marjampol, Vilna and more. In the collection there is also documentation from various organizations, including lists of members of the Judenrat departments in the Vilna Ghetto, lists of the Jewish police in the Vilna Ghetto, food cards belonging to the ghetto residents, documen...

  18. Documentation from Blankenburg (Harz), Germany

    Documentation from Blankenburg (Harz), Germany

  19. Documentation from Economic Archives in Germany, 1933-1945

    n the Collection there is documentation regarding the confiscation of Jewish property including: - Documentation from Wirtschaftsarchiv Baden-Wuertemberg containing correspondence regarding the Aryanization of Jewish shops and companies, and directives from the Finanzministerium (Finance ministry) regarding the distancing of Jews from economic life;- Documentation from the Oberfinanzdirektion Berlin (Financial Directorate in Berlin) regarding Jewish property, including a list of Jews expelled from their homes, property and tax files of Jews, directives and regulations regarding Jewish prope...

  20. Documentation from estates in the State Archives in Saarbruecken, 1932-1951

    Documentation from estates in the State Archives in Saarbruecken, 1932-1951 Included in the collection is documentation from the estates of the following persons: Becker family - file with certificates of honor received by Miss Becker for her assistance in volunteering for the "Winter Help" campaign (the German campaign, not the Jewish one) during 1936-1938; Bock family - two files regarding the acting career of Albert Bock in various theaters; Johannes Hoffmann - who served as the head of the government in the Saar region following the war [World War I]. Nine files that deal with his conta...