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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Documentation of the administration of the municipal branch of the state bank in Rovno, 1940-1941

    Documentation of the administration of the municipal branch of the state bank in Rovno, 1940-1941 Included in the collection are lists of Jews from Rovno and documentation of the finance department of the Jewish school in Rovno.

  3. Collection of newspaper clippings, posters and pamphlets produced by Ukrainian Nationalists and the German authorities in the Zhitomir region, 1941-1944

    Collection of newspaper clippings, posters and pamphlets produced by Ukrainian Nationalists and the German authorities in the Zhitomir region, 1941-1944 Included in the collection: - Newspaper clippings from the "Ukrainske Slovo", "Golos Volyni", "Nova Doba", "Boyevoy Put" and "Nabat" newspapers; - Appeals, posters, announcements and instructions of the German and Ukrainian local authorities; - Appeals and posters intended for Red Army soldiers, partisans and the Ukrainian population; - Appeals issued by Grigori, the governor of Zhitomir and Vinnitsa; - Instruction sent by Erich Koch, the R...

  4. M.26.1 - Search for relatives forms printed by the Relative Search Department of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in Stockholm, 1944-1947

    M.26.1 - Search for relatives forms printed by the Relative Search Department of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in Stockholm, 1944-1947 Alphabetized questionnaires completed by survivors in order to search for their relatives; the questionnaires contain details regarding the survivor requesting the search and his/her experiences during the war.

  5. List of occupants who resided in Sumy, arranged according to streets, 1941-1943

    List of occupants who resided in Sumy, arranged according to streets, 1941-1943

  6. Documentation from the Amtsgericht Lichterfelde

    Documentation from the Amtsgericht Lichterfelde Files from two Record Groups of the Landesarchiv Berlin: Files from the A Rep. 345 Record Group: in most part, files of estates and wills of Jews, from the years 1933-1939; Files from the B Rep. 045 Record Group: in most part, personal files of Jews, from the years 1946-1961, and lists of those who withdrew from the Evangelist Church.

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

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

  8. Card file of the Jewish community in the Lemberg Ghetto, 1941-1943

    Card file of the Jewish community in the Lemberg Ghetto, 1941-1943

  9. R.1 - German Foreign Office

    R.1 - Documantation of the German Foreign Office, 1870-1945 Research conducted from the year 2000 and following regarding Nazi Germany has demonstrated that as opposed to the image promoted after the war, the German Foreign Ministry workers were actively involved in the extermination of the Jews of Europe. Almost all of them were working towards strengthening Germany and implementation of its goals, including the Nazis who joined the Foreign Ministry following the Nazi rise to power and the veteran Foreign Ministry workers. Among the goals of the Foreign Ministry was the amplification of an...

  10. Documentation of the Bundeskanzleramt (Office of the Prime Minster) in Vienna

    Documentation of the Bundeskanzleramt (Office of the Prime Minster) in Vienna The collection contains files on various subjects, before and after the Anschluss (annexation of Austria to Germany): files regarding Nazi, anti-Nazi and Socialist propaganda in various places (based on reports from the Austrian Embassies), the Vaterländische Front (the Austrian Party in power until the Anschluss), surveys of the German press and what it has to say regarding Austria, and more. One of the files (Microfilm JM/29036, Scans 112-128) surveys the relatives of Adolf Hitler in Austria.

  11. Files of the arbitrator for claims for compensation in Ulm

    Files of the arbitrator for claims for compensation in Ulm: The legal basis for the work of the arbitrator for reparations in the American zone was Law No. 59 of the Military Government (American Control Area) of November 10, 1947. According to this, the confiscated property, firm, bank account or other property was to be returned or compensation for it was to be paid. For this, the injured party or his legal successor had to conduct contentious proceedings against the individual or institution liable for restitution, which had seized the property. In order to prevent every claim for reimbu...

  12. Official documentation of the German occupation authorities in Latvia, from the Westermann Collection in Riga

    Official documentation of the German occupation authorities in Latvia, from the Westermann Collection in Riga The Westermann Collection includes official documentation of the municipal administration of the Rigas Prefekturas (Riga Prefecture) Police; official documentation of Einsatzgruppe A active in Latvia in 1941; orders and instructions by the Sicherheitspolizei to the SD and SS in Latvia; instructions of the Generalkommissar and Giebitskommissar of Riga; Latvian antisemitic newspapers, from 1939-1940 and from the German occupation period; lists of Jews who were deported from Hamburg, D...

  13. Documentation of the district German Court of Law in Lemberg, 1942-1944

    Documentation of the district German Court of Law in Lemberg, 1942-1944

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Afek Testimonies/ interviews/ memoirs: 1. Booklet, "[Kibbutz] Members tell about the illegal immigration", Afek, July 1964; 2. Moshe Sharfstein - his experiences; 3. Shalom Perlovitz - testimony.

  16. Lists of voters from Kostopol, 1939-1940

    Lists of voters from Kostopol, 1939-1940

  17. Documentation of the Reichsverkehrsministerium (Reich Ministry of Transportation), Germany, 1933-1945

    Documentation of the Reichsverkehrsministerium (Reich Ministry of Transportation), Germany, 1933-1945

  18. M.30 - Kurt Grossmann Archives: Documentation regarding Kurt Grossman's activities as an advisor to the Jewish Agency and documentation regarding reparations

    M.30 - Kurt Grossmann Archives: Documentation regarding Kurt Grossman's activities as an advisor to the Jewish Agency and documentation regarding reparations Kurt Grossmann was born in Berlin, Germany. He served as the Executive Director of the League for Human Rights from 1926 to 1933. In February 1933, he left Germany and moved to Prague, Czechoslovakia where he founded the Democratic Refugee Relief Committee, an organization dedicated to providing relief to refugees. He also edited the news about Germany for a news service [news agency]. In 1939, he moved to the United States and worked ...

  19. Documentation of the rural administrations in the Kleck District, 1941-1942

    Documentation of the rural administrations in the Kleck District, 1941-1942 The Collection includes documentation of the Nagorna District administration; instructions of Wilhelm Kube regarding mixed marriages, identification of Jews, life in the occupied territories and selling of Jewish homes; instructions regarding the manner of confiscating Jewish property in the Baranowicze and Kleck areas; instructions by the area administrative Commander in Zaostrovichi regarding the confiscation of property from the Judenrat; list of Jewish residents living in Kletsk, from 02 February 1942; documenta...

  20. Maurice Frankenhuis Collection

    Maurice Frankenhuis Collection Publications and correspondence, newspaper clippings and pamphlets regarding the Nazi crimes and trials against Nazis; Included in the file: - "A Journey into Darkness" by Maurice Frankenhuis, regarding his life in the Netherlands during the German occupation, in Westerbork camp, and during his deportation to Theresienstadt; - Issue of "The Saturday Evening Post" newspaper, Oct. 22, 1966, including an article regarding the Eichmann Trial, "Historical Trial: Auschwitz", published by the "Hiroshima - Auschwitz Peace March" organization.