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Holding Institution: Wiener Library for the Study of the Nazi Era and the Holocaust, Tel Aviv University/ספריית וינר לחקר התקופה הנאצית והשואה, אוניברסיטת תל-אביב

  1. [Situation of Jews in Galicia]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains three reports about the situation of Jews in Galicia. The report is based on the narration of a witness. It discribes the situation of Jews in Eastern Galicia from the beginning of the occupation by the Soviet Union on the 17th of September 1939 till December 1939. When the Red Army invated Poland the Jews were impute to welcome the invasion. But infact they saw the invasion by the Soviet Union as the lesser evil, as beeing occupied by the Nazis. But as the report shows, the Jewish population in Eastern Galicia had to suffer under the the new communist regime. Not just ant...

  2. Das Laterndl

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several informations about the 'Laterndl, Wiener Kleinkunstbühne' (the Lantern). The material which is attached includes programms, announcements of performances and social events, texts and drafts of satirical pieces, documentary photographs of performances and rehearsals. The Lantern was a small theater, founded and run by Austrian exiles in London during World War II. It was connected to the 'Austrian center', the 'Free Austrian Movement' and the 'Interniertenfond'. Opened on June 21st, 1939, it was active throughout the war years, with a break between summer 1940 and 1...

  3. [Condition of Jewish Communities in Wartime, a Survey Pt. 3]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Entries documenting the state of Jewish communities in the period of September 1939 – November 1939. This entry surveys Przemyśl (Occupied by the Germans for three days, then by the Russians, heavily damaged in bombardment with multiple casualties, Jewish shops and businesses looted, elderly Jews shot, the Jewish population displaced); Gabin (Occupied by the Germans, all Jewish houses synagogues and schools destroyed, several casualties); Stoczek Łukowski (Occupied by the Germans, destroyed in bombardments)' Kutno (damaged in bombardments especially the Jewish sections, multiple casualties ...

  4. [Reports from Brussels Relief Committee]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several information about the activities of Belgium relief organisation and association in the years of the German occupation and after World War II. Some of the organizations had there basis in Belgium, but most of them were in America. The organizations had several methods and allies to broadcarst informations, collect money or help the people in Belgium during WWII or after the war. The Belgian Information Centre, based in America, started a radio broadcasts in July 1942, giving informations about activities in Belgium and other countries. This broadcarst gave people in...

  5. The Destruction of Brok - Bulletin No.6

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    This bulletin was intended to publish the work of the Committee for collecting material about the destruction of the Jews in Poland, describing the destruction of the town of Brok. The town before the war is described as peaceful, with good relations between Jews and non-Jews, including the ethnic German population of the area. The bulletin describes how, at the beginning of the war, aerial bombardment damaged the town, and refugees flooded it. Jewish youth fled east. At first the Germans appeared friendly, although they took goods with no payment, but after a short while they drove the pop...

  6. [Restitution, business, tax, accounting and labor law in Germany]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains newspaper clippings by Der Bertriebs-Berater (business consultant) and other documents. The Betriebs-Berater is a weekly trade journal for business and tax lawyers since 1946. It gives relevant information from the areas of business, tax, accounting and labor law - each broken down according to independent headings. The newspaper deals with the topic of Rückerstattung (recompense) as a constitutional law, the interference of the state in economic questions, the control of foreign exchange, the law of taxation, income tax and other taxes. Furthermore topics of social law, s...

  7. Das Laterndl

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several informations about the 'Laterndl, Wiener Kleinkunstbühne' (the Lantern). The material which is attached includes programms, announcements of performances and social events, texts and drafts of satirical pieces, documentary photographs of performances and rehearsals, newspaper reports and critiques and letters. The Lantern was a small theater, founded and run by Austrian exiles in London during World War II. It was connected to the 'Austrian center', the 'Free Austrian Movement' and the 'Interniertenfond'. Opened on June 21st, 1939, it was active throughout the war ...

  8. Six Mois D'Activite De La Section

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains a research realized by the Aide aux Israélites Victimes de la Guerre in Belgium regarding the resettelment and transit of Jews in 1945. After the war a lot of Jews were resettled to Belgium or used the country for a transit. This caused a lot of orgizational work for the relief organizations in Belgium. The Office national des anciens combattants et victimes de guerre (ONAC), the Aide aux Israélites Victimes de la Guerre (IVG), the Intergovernmental Committe on Refugees, the American Joint Distribution Committee and others created special committees concerning the needs of...

  9. The Jewish Question in Japan

    1. Bern Trial, Bern, Switzerland, 1934-1935

    A document written by Tetsu Kohno entitled The Jewish Question in Japan covering a time span from the turn of the 20th century till 1986. He mentions Captain Norihito Yasueof who translated the Protocols into Japanese in 1924; the antisemitic article of Kaho Ohba, 1917, in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper; the retranslation of the Protocols in 1938 by Eikichi Kubota; the publishing of two antisemitic books, 1986, entitled 'If You Know the Jews You Will Understand the World' and 'If You Know the Jews You Will Understand Japan' by Masami Uno

  11. [Correspondence between British and Czech Jewish relief organizations]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Several letters have been written by Dr. Frischer, Chairman of the Central Jewish Committee in Prague, by Mr. Stephany, Joint Secretary of the Central British Fund and by Mr. Passman, of the American Joint Distribution Committee in the middle east. The Correspondence treats the situation of Czechoslovakian Jewry in August and September 1945. Furthermore the Committee in Czechoslovakia and its members are introduced. In this Mr. Benes serves as a Chairman in Prague and Mr. Revesz in Bratislava.

  12. ITS, Yearly Report 1948 / Registration Form / Program of Action for rescue of Jews in Nazi occupied territories

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains of a yearly report from 1948 which shows statistics from the UNRRA and IRO about missing and unaccompanied children. Furthermore it includes a document called "Program of Action for Rescue of the Jews in Nazi occupied territories, proposed by the joint Emergency Committee on European Jewish Affairs" ( not dated). The next document is a letter by the ITS informing about the increasing numbers of solved cases of missing and unaccompanied children from October 1949. The last document in a registration card for unaccompanied children from the ITS Child Search Branch for Barbar...

  13. [DALJEWCIB correspondence regarding transit-visa Problems for Emigrees from Germany traveling via Poland or the Soviet Union by land/train to Mandchukuo]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    DALJEWCIB correspondence regarding transit-visa Problems for emigrees from Germany traveling via Poland or the Soviet Union by land/train en route to Mandchukuo. Especially the intransigence of Polish and Soviet border authorities is mentioned as one of the hindrances in reaching Mandchukuo by train.

  14. Aus der Emigration II

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the continuation of Curt Rosenberg's account of his life in Scotland after his flight from Nazi Germany including his legal struggles with his landlord. He describes life in London in 1942 and his work in the German Refugee Center in Glasgow. He also recounts a court hearing, the differences between German and British jurisdiction, and the difficulties refugees face when settling in foreign surroundings.

  15. [Liste des Israélites libérés de camps de concentration d'Allemagne at arrivés en Belgique]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains two lists of liberated Jews from German concentration camps. One list gives informations about former Jewish citizens of Belgium, who immigrated back to Belgium from the 31st of March till the 31st of July 1946. An other list shows Jewish transits who passed through Belgium to an other destination. This list shows transits also from the 31st of March till the 31st of July 1946. Both lists include first and last names, informations about the native town, birthday and their nationality if they had one.

  16. Judenbewegung

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several documents dealing with regulations and procedures against Jews by the Nazi military commanders in France. Information and telegrams about confiscations of Jewish property and aryanizations are given. The confiscation of emigrant property in Nantes were arranged by the Verwaltungsstab-Verwaltungsabteilung of the Militärverwaltungsbezirk B. Documents relating to buying permits and the regulations regarding wholesale and retail prices are attached. Precise instructions for the management of the confiscated objects can also be seen. The Amt Rosenberg is responsible for...

  17. [A letter regarding important points of Bentwich's talks with Myron C. Taylor]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    A letter regarding important points of Bentwich's talks with Myron C. Taylor, such as dealing with the problem of refugees from Germany and Austria rather than with the large Jewish problem of Eastern Europe. The conference should be urged to adopt a definite practical program of enlarged emigration. A committee should be set up to deal with the German government. Topics that should be discussed at the Evian conference

  18. [ITS case file, 1947-1948]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Case about the guardianship of a findeling boy named Peter, born 1945. Several parties claimed guardianship over the orphan and the identification of such took over 2 years. It was unclear to the authorities whether the boy was Polish or German. Documentation includes declarations regarding the boy from the German court, and correspondences between the parties in German, English and polish.

  19. [Labor and Refugee Camps in Switzerland during World War II]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains various memoranda concerning the treatment of and legal rules of behavior for war and Nazi prosecution victims seeking refuge in Switzerland for the duration of World War II, while being interned in labor and refugee camps.

  20. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains four circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from April and July 1969. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1612, no. 1603, no. 1605, and no. 1604. They mainly deal with recent court judgements made by the German Federal Court (Bundesgerichtshof) on questions of restitution after Nazi persecution, especially regarding newly established juridical regulations and proceedings for claims within the Federal law for restitution („Bundesentschädigungsgesetz”). Furthermore, the issues focus on the status of being recognized as a re...