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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Testimony of Yitzchak Offenbach regarding the fate of the Jews of Dereczyn

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Testimony of Yitzchak Offenbach regarding the fate of the Jews of Dereczyn In 1939, the Jewish population of Dereczyn numbered approximately 700 people. Deportation of Jews from the neighboring villages to Dereczyn; the number of Jews in Dereczyn increased to approximately 3,000; occupation of Dereczyn by the German Army, 31 June 1941; life in Dereczyn including decrees, robbery of property and forced labor paving roads; appointment of a Judenrat; deportation of 150 Jews to labor in the Kozlowszczyzna camp; participation of Jewish policemen from Slonim in carrying out the deportation; execu...

  2. Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and Arab countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, November 1943

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • צרור רשימות 23/54

    Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and Arab countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, November 1943 Poland: Report on uprisings in the Lodz and Bialystok Ghettos; closing of the exhibition: "The Jewish World Plague"; Himmler's visit to Poland. Generalgouvernement: Education and services to German, Polish and Ukrainian citizens, according to a speech made by Buehler, deputy governor general of the Generalgouvernement; Goebbels' speech; Germany: Information from witnesses regarding the condition of Hamburg after the air-raids; Slovakia: Law ...

  3. Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and Arab countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, December 1943

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • צרור רשימות 25/56

    Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and Arab countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, December 1943 Poland: Thousands of Jews remain in hiding in the Warsaw Ghetto; German legislation regarding Polish citizens and German citizens; testimony regarding murder of Jews in Kiev; mass graves of Jews from Riga. Germany: Problems in providing food; air-raids on German cities; Goebbels' speech. Rome: Levying of payment of a forced contribution in gold on the Jews of Rome. Slovakia: Possibilities for implementation of insurance certificates by Jews....

  4. Testimony from an anonymous witness regarding the deportation of Jews from Grodno and its surrounding area

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Testimony from an anonymous witness regarding the deportation of Jews from Grodno and its surrounding area Deportation of the Jews of Sokolki, 24-25 April [?] 1943; forced labor in industry in the Bialystok Ghetto by order of the German Army; arrival of refugees from deportation trains to the Bialystok Ghetto; false promises made by members of the Grodno Judenrat regarding the deportation of the ghetto Jews to forced labor camps; execution of Jews during "Aktions"; fate of the Jews of Krinki after the "Aktion", November 1942; deportation of the Jews of Jasinowka; opposition of the Jews of M...

  5. Two reports by the War Refugee Board regarding the negotiations held between Saly Mayer and SS representatives, and a book titled "Rescue to Switzerland: The Musy and Saly Mayer Affairs", including a collection of War Refugee board documents regarding the

    1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

    Two reports by the War Refugee Board regarding the negotiations held between Saly Mayer and SS representatives, and a book titled "Rescue to Switzerland: The Musy and Saly Mayer Affairs", including a collection of War Refugee board documents regarding the negotiations with SS representatives concerning the fate of the Jews in Hungary; documents dated, 1944-1982 - Final report by the director of the War Refugee Board in Washington, 15 September 1945, including a description of the negotiations held between Saly Mayer and SS representatives, and instructions issued by US President F. D. Roose...

  6. Documentation regarding the transfer of relief to Jews in Austria, including correspondence between Saly Mayer and the Red Cross organization regarding the financing of the Red Cross organization's activities in Vienna, a report by Israel Kasztner regardi

    1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

    Documentation regarding the transfer of relief to Jews in Austria, including correspondence between Saly Mayer and the Red Cross organization regarding the financing of the Red Cross organization's activities in Vienna, a report by Israel Kasztner regarding [the transfer of] food goods to Jews in Austria, a report by the Jewish Agency regarding the fate of the Jews in Austria, and other matters, 1944-1945 - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and the Red Cross organization in Vienna, regarding the financing of the Red Cross organization's relief activities on behalf of the Jewish survivors in...

  7. Documentation regarding monetary claims related to monies borrowed by the JDC organization in France in exchange for payment of the debt in dollars after the war, and regarding the transfer of monies by the JDC on behalf of the Jews in France, 1941-1945

    1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

    Documentation regarding monetary claims related to monies borrowed by the JDC organization in France in exchange for payment of the debt in dollars after the war, and regarding the transfer of monies by the JDC on behalf of the Jews in France, 1941-1945 - Monetary claims related to monies borrowed by the JDC organization in France, in exchange for payment of the debt in dollars after the war; - Lists of lenders; - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and the US Legation in Bern, regarding the transfer of monies from the United States to France; - Listing of telephone discussions between Saly M...

  8. Documentation regarding the situation of the Jews who were deported to Transnistria, and the relief activities by the JDC and Red Cross organizations on behalf of the Jews, 1942-1943

    1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

    Documentation regarding the situation of the Jews who were deported to Transnistria, and the relief activities by the JDC and Red Cross organizations on behalf of the Jews, 1942-1943 - Correspondence between Saly Mayer and Wilhelm Fischer, a Zionist leader in Bucharest and one of the JDC representatives in Romania; - Letters written by Wilhelm Fischer to Nathan Schwalb, the Hechalutz movement's representative in Geneva, regarding relief to the persecuted Jews in Transnistria; - Documentation regarding the sending of medicine and medical goods to Transnistria by the Red Cross organization; -...

  9. Documentation regarding the financing of the JDC organization's relief activities to Jews in Romania and private claims related to the relief activities in Romania, 1943-1947

    1. P.36 - Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of the SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

    Documentation regarding the financing of the JDC organization's relief activities to Jews in Romania and private claims related to the relief activities in Romania, 1943-1947 Documentation regarding the financing of the JDC organization's relief activities to the Jews in Romania, 1943-1946: - Correspondence between Wilhelm Fischer and Nathan Schwalb, the Hechalutz organization representative in Switzerland, regarding the relief activities to the Jews in Romania, 1943; - Correspondence between Saly Mayer, the JDC representative in Switzerland, and the Red Cross organization, regarding the re...

  10. Testimony of Rachel Dawidow, born in Uzventis, Lithuania, 1914, regarding her experiences in Telsiai, the Rheine farm, camps, the Siaulai Ghetto and hearsay testimony of the Jews in Uzventis

    1. O.71- Koniuchowsky Collection: Testimonies Regarding the Holocaust of Lithuanian Jewry, 1945-1981

    Testimony of Rachel Dawidow, born in Uzventis, Lithuania, 1914, regarding her experiences in Telsiai, the Rheine farm, camps, the Siaulai Ghetto and hearsay testimony of the Jews in Uzventis Life before the war; move with the family to Telsiai, 1935. Deportation with the Jews to the camp on the Rheine farm; camp life; transfer to another camp; camp life including a meeting with women from Uzventis; receives information about the Jews in Uzventis; escape to the Siauliai Ghetto; ghetto life including maintains contact with a non-Jewish physician from Uzventis; help from the physician to find ...

  11. Testimony of Mosze Gilinski, born in Lyntupy, Lithuania, 1912, regarding his experiences in the Lyntupy Ghetto, the Swieciany Ghetto and with the partisans in a forest

    1. O.71- Koniuchowsky Collection: Testimonies Regarding the Holocaust of Lithuanian Jewry, 1945-1981

    Testimony of Mosze Gilinski, born in Lyntupy, Lithuania, 1912, regarding his experiences in the Lyntupy Ghetto, the Swieciany Ghetto and with the partisans in a forest Life before the war in Lyntupy. German occupation; transfer of the local administration by the Poles; looting of Jewish owned property; restrictions on the Jews including the yellow badge; deportation to forced labor; escape of refugees from Swieciany and the surrounding area; knowledge of the murder of Jews in a poligon, 08-09 October 1941; establishment of a ghetto; ghetto life including Judenrat activities; annexation of t...

  12. Collection of the Directie van Handel en Nijverheid - Office of Commerce and Industry in the Netherlands, 1905-1943

    Collection of the Directie van Handel en Nijverheid - Office of Commerce and Industry in the Netherlands, 1905-1943 In the collection of the Office of Commerce and Industry in the Netherlands there is much information regarding the economic development in the Netherlands before and during the Nazi occupation, including the labor market in the Netherlands during the 1930s, the draft of reserve forces among Dutch merchants in 1940, and the removal of Jews from the Dutch economy, for instance Jewish clerks and Jewish businesses such as Bijenkorf, Hollandia Kattenburg & Co, Zwanenburg, Orga...

  13. Collection of the Binnenlands Bestuur - Ministry of the Interior of the Netherlands, Local Authorities Department, 1924-1944

    Collection of the Binnenlands Bestuur - Ministry of the Interior of the Netherlands, Local Authorities Department, 1924-1944 Binnenlands Bestuur - Ministry of the Interior of the Netherlands, Local Authorities Department, was responsible for the administration of matters related to the regions, municipalities, and needy persons, Armwezen. The local Police, firefighters and air defense forces were subordinate to it and were transferred to the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice during the Nazi occupation period. A general draft of the Dutch Army was declared in June 1939. Binnenlands B...

  14. M.18 - Documentation of the Central Location Index (CLI) of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in New York

    M.18 - Documentation of the Central Location Index (CLI) of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in New York The Central Location Index (CLI) was established by various relief organizations in May 1944. The goal of the CLI was to concentrate data regarding refugees and those missing. After the organization (CLI administration) disbanded in May 1949, the documentation was stored in the cellars of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in New York; in 1957 the documentation was transferred to Yad Vashem. In the collection there are documents, lists and index cards. There are two main sectio...

  15. Collection of the Hilfsausschuß fur die Deutschen in den Niederlanden, 1940-1943

    Collection of the Hilfsausschuß fur die Deutschen in den Niederlanden, 1940-1943 The role of the Hilfsausschuß fur die Deutschen in den Niederlanden was the determination of damages and payment of compensation to German citizens who suffered from war damages in the Netherlands; the Hilfsausschuß was based on VO 21/41; Germans outside of the Netherlands were also entitled to compensation, on condition that the damage to property was caused in the Netherlands; most of the claims related to the property of Jewish refugees from Germany who had stored their household contents in storage rooms of...

  16. Central Location Index of the Relatives Search Department

    In the collection there are documents, lists and index cards. There are two main sections to the collection: Index Cards and Boxes of Documents.1. Index Cards: There are approximately 1,200,000 index cards, not in alphabetical order. Most of the cards are in good physical condition; 2. Boxes of documents: There are approximately 210 boxes of documents clearly divided into two kinds of material:A. The lists are located in 83 boxes including the names of those survivors for whom the organization has searched. The names appear on the index cards as well (in Part 1), because with every applicat...

  17. David Boder Collection: Testimonies of survivors in DP camps in Germany

    This record group is a collection of testimonies recorded by David Boder, a Professor of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology, in DP camps in Europe in 1946. The collection is comprised of testimonies of Jews and non-Jews, recorded in various languages and translated into English. The testimonies focus on the events in the lives of the survivors during the war in the ghettos and camps, while serving in the military, in hiding and in children's homes. The testimonies also contain information regarding the rehabilitation of the survivors from immediately after the war until the ...

  18. Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Letters from Rabbi Dr. Alexander Carlebach (originally from Hamburg) from Germany regarding his activities in the British Occupied Zone and accompanying documents, 20 August 1946-03 July 1947

    1. P.15 - Rabbi Eli Munk Archives: Correspondence regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees in Germany during the early post-Holocaust years

    Rabbi Munk Personal Archive: Letters from Rabbi Dr. Alexander Carlebach (originally from Hamburg) from Germany regarding his activities in the British Occupied Zone and accompanying documents, 20 August 1946-03 July 1947 In the file: - Gemeindestatistik - statistical data regarding a community (with no mention of which community); handwritten notes (p. 2); - Letter from Rabbi Carlebach from Eilshausen to his wife, Marga, regarding a work tour he made in Germany; the letter is written on Jewish Committee For Relief Abroad from London stationery (pp. 3-5), 20 August 1946; - Letter from Rabbi ...

  19. M.20 - Archive of Dr. Abraham Silberschein, Geneva: Documentation regarding relief to persecuted Jews, 1939-1951

    M.20 - Archive of Dr. Abraham Silberschein, Geneva: Documentation regarding relief to persecuted Jews, 1939-1951 Born in 1882, in Lwow, Poland, Dr. Abraham Silberschein was an attorney who dedicated himself to public service. He was one of the outstanding leaders of the Labor Zionist movement in Poland, and in 1922, he was elected by the movement to serve in the Polish Sejm as the Labor Zionist representative . In 1930 he arrived in Geneva as a representative to the Zionist Congress. Due to the outbreak of World War II, Dr. Silberschein did not return to Poland, but he remained in Switzerla...

  20. Map of the wanderings of the siblings Emil and Ilana Landau from Warsaw to Eretz Israel, 1939-1943, a diagram of Asino camp where the siblings were interned, 1941, and memoirs of Alina Ilana Landau Karniel regarding the experiences of her family during the war

    1. O.32 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Soviet Union from the Holocaust period

    Map of the wanderings of the siblings Emil and Ilana Landau from Warsaw to Eretz Israel, 1939-1943, a diagram of Asino camp where the siblings were interned, 1941, and memoirs of Alina Ilana Landau Karniel regarding the experiences of her family during the war - Diagram of Asino camp near Novosibirsk where the siblings Emil and Ilana Landau were interned, sketched by Emil Landau, 1941; - Map of the wanderings of the siblings, Emil and Ilana Landau from Warsaw to Eretz Israel, 1939-1943, drawn by Emil Landau, with a dedication to Ilana Landau, 07 September 1943; - Memoirs of Alina Ilana Land...