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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. [Summary of the work of the ITS Child Search Branch]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains an overview of the yearly ITS report of the year 1948. Furthermore it contains correspondences between a polish mother and her child, showing successful Germanization. Also, reports of the Nazi organisations involved in the Germanizing process and an outline of the structure and practices of Lebensborn for guidance in child search of the ITS.

  2. [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.

  3. Kriegs-Gefangene

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several documents dealing with regulations and procedures for war prisoners by the Nazi military commanders in France. Under the command of the Feldkommandantur 550 in Epinal, correspondences about applications for extradition of war prisoners and general proceedings with them are attached. An application was made in order to extradite Andre Maurice, Prisoner No. 8894, because his work in a mill was absolutely needed. Also an application for the release of the war prisoner Sergent Chanudet was submitted by his father in law. Furthermore handwritten letters are attached. Th...

  4. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains four circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from February and March 1969. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1600, no. 1596, no. 1598, and no. 1595. 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 ...

  5. Remarks and Suggestions for the International conference convened by the American Government

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Suggestion for the Evian Conference regarding the number of emigrants, financial requirements, colonization, transfer of Property, distribution of emigrants, public opinion and the emigrants' situation of Jews in Germany

  6. [World Jewish Congresses of 1944 on Jewish Emergency Relief measures and 1948 the creation of the State of Israel]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains protocols, reports and memoranda issued either officially or internally during the 1944 and 1948 World Jewish Congress meetings by working groups and the organization itself. Moreover the file contains open editorials and proposed resolutions regarding the creation of the State of Israel in 1948 as well as lists of individually attending delegates and national delegations. Moreover the file also contains resolutions and proposals regarding emergency relief of Jewish persons who suffered under Nazi and fascist rule in newly liberated areas in Eastern and Western Europe.

  7. [Propaganda in Ungarn, unter Bezugnahme auf den Erlass vom 26. April 1933, P2143]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains a report by the German Embassy of Budapest to the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin dated 31.07.1933 as an answer to decree P2143 from 26.04.1933 regarding Anti-German propaganda in Hungary. There are two main sources of Anti-German Propaganda in Hungary: the ones rooted in Hungary's inner political life and the ones influenced by foreign countries like France and Poland. The report names reasons for Anti-German Propaganda and means of promoting it. Furthermore, it describes the Hungarian Press, the French and Polish Propaganda in more detail. It also mentions influcence f...

  8. [Correspondence between Rosenblueth, Bentwich and Stephany]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Correspondence between Rosenblueth, Bentwich and Stephany and others regarding the memorandum from the Council of the German Jewry at the Evian conference.

  9. [IRO-ITS- Child Search Branch- Quarterly Report, July/August/ September 1949]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    This file contains a statistical review of the work done by the ITS in cooperation with the UNRRA and IRO in the third quarter of 1949. It included statistics about missing children, unaccompanied located children, a questionnaire called "Personal Data of the Child"(Personalien des Kindes) and an evaluation of the questionnaire.

  10. Enquiry concerning relative of unaccompanied child in Germany

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Form about the sought of the parent of an unaccompanied child by the Preparatory Commission for the international Refugee Organization (PCIRO). The enquiry is about a mother named Regina that was an inmate at the women's Concentration Camp in Ravenbrück / Germany. This enquiry is a cooperation between the military authorities and the PCIRO.

  11. The Jewish Question in Japan

    1. Judge Hadassa Ben-Itto collection 1926-2018

    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

  12. [Ludwig Dische Papers - Bukovina History II]

    1. The Ludwig Dische papers : Bukovina’s Jewish history

    The file includes information about the acquisition of the Bukovina, quotes from the essay of Georg Drozdowski's "Zwischen den Herzogtümern" and Eduard Fischer's "Krieg ohne Heer : meine Verteidigung der Bukowina gegen die Russen". The "Heimatkunde Bukovina" mentions that Israelites are counted as German by authorities because of their mother tongue. There are also handwritten notes about the book "Geschichte von Czernowitz" by Raimund Friedrich Kaindl. Some of the handwritten notes are hard to read.

  13. The Jewish Question in Japan

    1. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

    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

  14. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. United Restitution Organization (URO): Rundschreiben 1961-1973

    The file contains eight circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) ranging between February and April 1964. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1217, no. 1219, no. 1218, no. 1215, no. 1211, no. 1209, no. 1208, and no. 1207. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures, professional damages following Nazi persecution, the definition and the condition of people who were expelled (“Vertriebene”), and on damage to the personal freedom. The topics include: „Beru...

  15. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. United Restitution Organization (URO): Rundschreiben 1961-1973

    The file contains five circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from August and September 1963. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1161, no. 1160, no. 1159, no. 1158, no. 1155. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures, various definitions of the term “Flüchtling” (refugee) and regulations regarding questions of citizenship, and finally professional damages following Nazi persecution. The topics include: „ Berufsschaden, Rentenwahl “, „Staatenlose und...

  16. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. United Restitution Organization (URO): Rundschreiben 1961-1973

    The file contains six circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from November 1965 and February 1966. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1384, no. 1383, no. 1382, no. 1371, no. 1369, and no. 1367. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures, damages to the professional career following Nazi persecution, damage to the property, and the definition of the term “refugee” (“Flüchtling”). The topics include: “ Wiedereinstieg in den vorigen Stand“, „Berufsschad...

  17. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. United Restitution Organization (URO): Rundschreiben 1961-1973

    The file contains six circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) ranging between April and June 1966. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1417, no. 1408, no. 1407, no. 1405, no. 1404, and no. 1402. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations, medical examinations following Nazi persecution, and damage to life. The topics include: “Urteil des Bundesgerichtshofes“, „Revisionsbeschwerde oder Neuantrag nach BEG-Schlußgesetz“, “ Vertriebenen-Eigenschaft“, “ Medizinische Begut...

  18. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. United Restitution Organization (URO): Rundschreiben 1961-1973

    The file contains ten circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from January and February 1964. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1198, no. 1197, no. 1196, no. 1195, no. 1194, no. 1193, no. 1192, no. 1188, no. 1186, and no. 1184. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures in Austria, professional damages following Nazi persecution, information regarding the subsistence level in Israel, and the definition and the condition of people who were expelled (“...

  19. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. United Restitution Organization (URO): Rundschreiben 1961-1973

    The file contains five circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from January and February 1965. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1302, no. 1300, no. 1299, no. 1298, and no. 1296. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures, table records, and the definitions of the terms “Vertriebener” (expellee) and “Flüchtling” (refugee) for people who fled the Soviet occupied part of Germany. The topics include: „Tabellensätze“, „Antragsfrist und Wiedereinsetzung f...

  20. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. United Restitution Organization (URO): Rundschreiben 1961-1973

    The file contains eight circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from April and May 1964. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1229, no. 1228, no. 1227, no. 1226, no. 1225, no. 1223, no. 1222, and no. 1220. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures, health damages and professional damages following Nazi persecution, persecution in the city of Danzig, and the medical examination of Displaced Persons after 1945. The topics include: „Berufsschaden“, „Gesun...