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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Testimonies and memoirs regarding Nazi war crimes in Belorussia during World War II

    Testimonies and memoirs regarding Nazi war crimes in Belorussia during World War II Included in the collection: - Testimonies regarding the Minsk Ghetto and Nazi war crimes; - Memoirs of the partisans commissar Boris Khaimovich; - Article regarding Nazi actions in the occupied areas of Belorussia; - Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, regarding the city of Kiev.

  2. Testimonies and reports written by Jewish and non-Jewish inmates from the Netherlands, most of them political prisoners, regarding prisons and concentration camps, 1933-1945

    Testimonies and reports written by Jewish and non-Jewish inmates from the Netherlands, most of them political prisoners, regarding prisons and concentration camps, 1933-1945 Lists of people from the Netherlands who perished in camps, and a report regarding the persecution of Jews by the Amsterdam Police, 1939-1945; Correspondence of the Netherlands Tracing Mission, 1945-1948; Orders given by Harster, regarding the obligation on the entire population to possess an identity card, 1940-1941; Lists of the Centraal Registratiebureau Voor Joden, regarding Jewish survivors from the Netherlands in ...

  3. Testimonies of Holocaust Survivors collected by the Central Jewish Historical Commission in Poland, 1944-1947

    The collection consists of approximately 7,200 testimonies collected by the Centralna Żydowska Komisja Historyczna (Central Jewish Historical Committee) in Poland during its active years, 1944-1947. After the establishment of the ZIH (Jewish Historical Institute) the documentation was transferred to the ZIH Archives, and catalogued as Records Group 301. In the collection there is a large variety of testimonies given by Holocaust survivors regarding their lives in the ghettos, labor camps and concentration camps, as well as testimonies from survivors who fought in partisan units and survivor...

  4. Testimonies, diaries and memoirs from the Holocaust period and regarding the Holocaust

    In the collection there are diaries, testimonies and memoirs written mostly by survivors with some material written by Jews who perished in the Holocaust. The content of the documentation is varied and multi-lingual. Most of the documentation was written and documented after the war, and the rest, mainly diaries, during the Holocaust. Those who were persecuted have documented their personal experiences, and through this documentation it is possible to closely follow the personal stories of the writers before the war, during the war and afterwards.

  5. The Testimony Collection gathered by the Central Historic Committee of the Liberated Jews in Munich, 1946-1948

    During the three years of its existence, the Central Historic Committee (CHC) gathered approximately 2,550 testimonies from Holocaust survivors from different countries within occupied Europe. The testimonies deal with the fate of the survivors in various countries during the Nazi occupation.

  6. Testimony regarding the experiences of children on the Aryan side during the war and in children's homes in Poland after the liberation

    Testimony regarding the experiences of children on the Aryan side during the war and in children's homes in Poland after the liberation Wanderings and suffering of children on the Aryan side; atrocities committed by the Nazis; help from nuns and Polish, Ukrainian and especially Czech farmers. Jewish children's homes in Poland (Krakow, Bielski, Lodz and Czestochowa) after the liberation; feelings of isolation and alienation of the children.

  7. The Arvid Elstoft Collection - Documents of the underground resistance movements in Denmark in WWII

    Content of the folders: 1. Forged personal documents, illegal newspapers of the various underground movements, illegal flyers and pamphlets, brochures and propaganda material, lists of various underground publications. 2. Letter answering condolences by Lise Munk, hectographed lists of underground publications of the "Frit Nordisk Forlag", flyers with news concerning resistance activities, printed material with instructions on street fighting, essay by Kaj Munk on the objectives of the underground, Poems, songs and a drawing "Liberté mort". 3. Propaganda material: satirical post cards, cart...

  8. The Dr. Nathan Eck Collection, holocaust researcher, 1938-1976

    The documentation mainly deals with research on various aspects of the Holocaust period in Poland and France. There are research papers, testimonies, newspaper clippings, correspondence and documentation concerning the emigration of Jews to Latin American countries. Outstanding documentation in the collection: - Draft of Dr. Nathan Eck's memoirs, Paris, June-July 1944; - Undated draft of descriptions and memoirs from the WW II period in Lodz, Warsaw and Vittel; - Testimonies regarding the persecution and murder of Jews and the uprising in the Sobibor extermination camp; - Articles, essays, ...

  9. TR. 15 - Protocols and historical documentation from the Demjanjuk Trial, 1986-1988

    TR. 15 - Protocols and historical documentation from the Demjanjuk Trial, 1986-1988 In 1987, Ivan Demjanjuk was placed on trial in Jerusalem in accordance with the Nazi and Nazi Collaborators (Punishment) Law. Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian who immigrated to the United States and was extradited to Israel, was accused of serving as a guard in the Treblinka extermination camp during the war. The inmates of the camp referred to him as "Ivan the Terrible". The Jerusalem District Court, in session with the special panel of Judges Dov Levin, Tzvi Tal and Dalia Dorner, found Demjanjuk guilty and sentenced...

  10. TR. 19: Documentation from the Trial against Bovensiepen and others

    TR. 19: Documentation from the Trial against Bovensiepen and others Otto Bovensiepen served as a Gestapo commander in several places. On 18 March 1941, he was appointed head of the Gestapo in Berlin. In 1943 he was also appointed Inspekteur der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (Chief of the Security Police and SD) in Berlin; in 1944 he was appointed Chief of the Security Police and SD in Denmark as well. In 1969, he was brought to trial at the initiation of the RSHA Work Group (a body which worked within the framework of the Attorney General's Office investigating criminals who had been part o...

  11. TR. 21: Documentation from trials conducted against war criminals that were held in Austria after the war

    TR. 21: Documentation from trials conducted against war criminals that were held in Austria after the war In the Records Group there is documentation from trials conducted against war criminals in Austria after the war. The main body of the Record Group consists of verdicts and short items regarding trials conducted in the People's Courts after the war. Additionally, in the Record Group there is much documentation from the trials of Ernst Lerch and others, SSPF(SS-und Polizeifuehrer- SS and police) commanders in Lublin, including important information regarding the mass murder of the Europe...

  12. TR.10 - Indictments, verdicts and investigatory reports from the trials of Nazi criminals, Germany

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 4019677
    • English, Hebrew
    • Indictment Investigation report Legal documentation List of perpetrators Maps Names of perpetrators Official documentation Photograph Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors Sentence Survey report

    TR.10 - Indictments, verdicts and investigatory reports from the trials of Nazi criminals, Germany The Record Group contains extensive legal documentation prepared during criminal investigations and trials conducted against Nazi criminals in West Germany and East Germany. The documentation is mainly from two sources: 1. The Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizwaltungen (Central Office of the State Justice Administrations for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes) in Ludwigsburg, West Germany: The basic investigatory materials that were transferred afterwards to the local States Attorne...

  13. TR.11 - Israeli Police Investigations of Nazi Crimes: Documentation of the Israel Police unit assigned to investigate Nazi war crimes

    TR.11 - Israeli Police Investigations of Nazi Crimes: Documentation of the Israel Police unit assigned to investigate Nazi war crimes In the Record Group there are files prepared by the Israel Police unit assigned to investigate Nazi war crimes for use in Nazi war criminal trials. In the files there is documentation regarding criminals or locations where crimes were committed (such as camps) including protocols of testimonies, information collected by the police, and much administrative documentation regarding the investigations and the unit itself.

  14. TR.12 - Gideon Hausner Collection: The prosecutor in the Eichmann Trial, 1960-1965

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 8421635
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1960-1965
    • Correspondence Legal documentation Newspaper clippings Official documentation Personal documents Protocol Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors Survey report

    TR.12 - Gideon Hausner Collection: The prosecutor in the Eichmann Trial, 1960-1965 In the Record Group there is a collection submitted to Yad Vashem by Gideon Hausner, the prosecutor in the Eichmann Trial. The Record Group includes protocols from the Eichmann Trial, files of documentation gathered by the prosecution in preparation for and during the trial, correspondence between the prosecution and various bodies, as well as newspaper clippings regarding the trial. The Record Group also includes a detailed psychological opinion regarding Eichmann.

  15. TR.13 - Documentation of the UN Committee about War Crimes

    TR.13 - Documentation of the UN Committee about War Crimes This Record Group contains documentation created by the UN Committee about War Crimes, 1944-1949. The job of the Committee was to assist the various governments in bringing World War II war criminals to trial by collecting documentation, conducting investigations and giving legal counsel. The Record Group reflects the work of the Committee and its sub-committees and includes protocols and reports of the committees' meetings, documentation collected by the Committee and reports regarding the trials of war criminals held in the variou...

  16. TR.16 - Legal documentation- Romania

    TR.16 - Legal documentation - Romania Legal documentation regarding Romanian and Hungarian war criminals who collaborated with the Germans during the Holocaust period. The trials were conducted in Romania at the end of World War II, during the years 1945-1946, and they include correspondence, indictments, verdicts and appeals concerning these trials. The indictments include testimonies of survivors regarding the crimes of the defendants.

  17. TR.17 - Documentation from the Archive of the Main Commission for Investigation of Crimes against the Polish People, the Institute of National Remembrance in Poland

    TR.17 - Documentation from the Archive of the Main Commission for Investigation of Crimes against the Polish People, the Institute of National Remembrance in Poland In the Record Group there is documentation gathered by the Main Commission for Investigation of Crimes against the Polish People, which was active in Poland after World War II. The Commission gathered much documentation from various sources: documentation from the offices of the German authorities that left Poland with the withdrawal of the Wehrmacht, as well as loot and documentation that came into the hands of the Allied force...

  18. TR.17.OBUiADwGd - Documentation from the Branch Office for Preservation and Dissemination of IPN Archival Records in Gdansk, Poland, 1946-1990

    TR.17.OBUiADwGd - Documentation from the Branch Office for Preservation and Dissemination of IPN Archival Records in Gdansk, Poland, 1946-1990

  19. TR.17.OBUiADwKa - Documentation from the Branch Office for Preservation and Dissemination of IPN Archival Records in Katowice, Poland, 1948-1950

    TR.17.OBUiADwKa - Documentation from the Branch Office for Preservation and Dissemination of IPN Archival Records in Katowice, Poland, 1948-1950

  20. TR.17.OBUiADwLd - Documentation from the Branch Office for Preservation and Dissemination of IPN Archival Records in Lodz, Poland, 1940-1980

    TR.17.OBUiADwLd - Documentation from the Branch Office for Preservation and Dissemination of IPN Archival Records in Lodz, Poland, 1940-1980