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  1. P.7- Archive of Marc Jarblum, Zionist Leader and one of the leaders of the Jewish underground in France, 1941-1967

    P.7- Archive of Marc Jarblum, Zionist Leader and one of the leaders of the Jewish underground in France, 1941-1967 Marc Jarblum was one of the leaders of the Poalei Zion movement in Poland, the Federation des Societes Juives de France (FSJF- Federation of Jewish Societies in France) and the Jewish underground in France during World War II. This record group contains a bibliographical sketch, letters written by Jarblum, and information regarding Jewish organizations in France, persecution of the Jews, material about the French underground, information concerning post war events, corresponden...

  2. R.2 - National Socialist Party documentation from the Gau Wien (Vienna District), 1938-1945

    R.2 - National Socialist Party documentation from the Gau Wien (Vienna District), 1938-1945 NSDAP Gau Wien was established in 1926. The last Gauleiter (District Director) before the annexation of Austria to Germany was Dr. Leopold Tavs, who was appointed to this position in 1937. On 22 May 1938, after the Anschluss, when all the institutions in Austria, including the Nazi institutions were reorganized, SS-Standartenführer Odilo Globocnik was given that position. He was removed from his job after suspicions of corruption on his part arose, and Josef Bürckel was appointed in his place on 31 J...

  3. R.3 - Documentation of the Nazi Party (National Socialist Party - NSDAP) in Eretz Israel, 1928-1939

    R.3 - Documentation of the Nazi Party (National Socialist Party - NSDAP) in Eretz Israel, 1928-1939 The first two chapters of the Nazi Party in Eretz Israel were established in Sharona and Jaffa in March 1933. Karl Ruf from Haifa set the chapters up, but during most of the time that the Nazi Party was active Cornelius Schwarz, from the Templar settlement, served as head of the party. In the summer of 1933 the party numbered 42 members, and in 1934, their numbers reached 239 (the largest chapter was in Jerusalem with 67 members). That same year, there were already active Nazi youth organizat...

  4. O.39 - Collection of memoirs written by survivors as part of a competition held by Yad Vashem, 1957

    O.39 - Collection of memoirs written by survivors as part of a competition held by Yad Vashem, 1957 In 1957 the Yad Vashem administration held an essay competition in which participants were to write about their personal experiences during the Holocaust. The collection includes 200 of these essays.

  5. O.42 - The Brueckheimer Collection regarding the Jewish communities in Bavaria and the Kristallnacht riots throughout Germany

    O.42 - The Brueckheimer Collection regarding the Jewish communities in Bavaria and the Kristallnacht riots throughout Germany The Collection contains information regarding the Jewish communities in Bavaria which were affected by the Kristallnacht riots.

  6. 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)

    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) The documentation is from 1939-1950. Most of the documentation describes the activities of Saly Mayer as the (unofficial) representative of the JDC in Switzerland during World War II. Saly Mayer transferred JDC funds to persecuted Jews in Europe and Shanghai in various ways. He also distributed money for the care of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland. As part of his activities, he received info...

  7. M.17 - Documentation of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva, 1933-1940

    M.17 - Documentation of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva, 1933-1940 The collection contains correspondence of Joseph Thon and Theodor Grubner, representatives of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva. There are also personal letters from relatives of Jews in Poland to the Polish Jews in Geneva, reports regarding the situation of the Jews in Poland and lists of Jews from Poland.

  8. P.22 - The Dr. Nathan Eck Collection, holocaust researcher, 1938-1976

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 4019707
    • English, Hebrew
    • Administrative documentation Draft Excerpt(s) Letter List of refugees Memoirs Newspaper clippings Note Passport Personal documents Poems/Songs Record of persecuted persons Reports Research article Testimony

    P.22 - The Dr. Nathan Eck Collection, holocaust researcher, 1938-1976 In the collection there are files from the private archive of Dr. Nathan Eck. Description of the collection: 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. About Dr. Nathan Eck: - Dr. Nathan Eck was born in Janow, Poland, 19 March 1896. He was a Gordonia youth movement activist and a Zionist activist, as w...

  9. O.22- The Mecker Collection: Letters and newspaper clippings from the "Forverts" newspaper published in New York regarding the search for relatives, 1940-1951

    O.22- The Mecker Collection: Letters and newspaper clippings from the "Forverts" newspaper published in New York regarding the search for relatives, 1940-1951 J. Mecker was one of the editors of the "Forverts" newspaper published (in Yiddish) in New York. Between 1945 and 1951 Mecker collected letters and written testimonies sent to the newspaper by Holocaust survivors. Some of this documentation appeared in the newspaper. Newspaper clippings as well as manuscripts of letters and testimonies that were not published in the newspapers were submitted to Yad Vashem by Ms. Rachel Auerbach in 195...

  10. O.23 - Gilbert Collection: Documentation written by senior Nazi war criminals in detention during the Nuremberg Trials

    O.23 - Gilbert Collection: Documentation written by senior Nazi war criminals in detention during the Nuremberg Trials Gustave Mark Gilbert was an American psychologist best known for his psychological diagnoses of high ranking Nazi leaders and officials during the Nuremberg Trials. In the collection there are interviews with these Nazi leaders and officials, as well as essays and manuscripts written by them while they were imprisoned during the trials. Among other items in the documentation: - Hans Michael Frank, Governor of the Generalgouvernment, who described his experiences and persona...

  11. P.41 -Collection of Oskar Schindler, Righteous Among the Nations, personal documentation, mostly from after 1945

    P.41 -Collection of Oskar Schindler, Righteous Among the Nations, personal documentation, mostly from after 1945 In the collection: personal documents, correspondence with the German authorities after the war; lists of Jews whom Schindler saved; newspaper clippings; certificates of appreciation and more. The collection also contains correspondence between Oskar Schindler and the Jews he saved; the correspondence reflects the efforts made by the survivors on his behalf after the war.

  12. Народни одбор Првог реона града Београда

    • City of Belgrade People's Council of the First district
    • Narodni odbor Prvog reona grada Beograda

    The most important parts of the fund are documents of the War Damage Commission of the First District (Komisija za ratnu štetu Prvog reona) and documents of the Office for the Inheritances of the First District (Referat za mase Prvog reona). There are reports about the members of families and relatives who lost their lives during the German occupation and Holocaust. There are data about their property too.

  13. Народни одбор Другог реона града Београда

    • City of Belgrade People's Council of the Second District
    • Narodni odbor Drugog reona grada Beograda

    The most important parts of the fund are documents of the War Damage Commission of the Second District (Komisija za ratnu štetu Drugog reona) and documents of the Office for the Inheritances of the Second District (Referat za mase Drugog reona). There are reports about the members of the families and relatives who lost their lives during the German occupation and Holocaust. There are data about their property too.

  14. Народни одбор Трећег реона града Београда

    • City of Belgrade People's Council of the Third District
    • Narodni odbor Trećeg reona grada Beograda

    The most important parts of the fund are documents of the War Damage Commission of the Third District (Komisija za ratnu štetu Trećeg reona). There are reports about the members of the families and relatives who lost their lives during the German occupation and Holocaust. There are data about their property too.

  15. M.25 - Documentation of the Mouvement National Hebreu (MNH - Hebrew National Movement) in France, 1941-1942

    M.25 - Documentation of the Mouvement National Hebreu (MNH - Hebrew National Movement) in France, 1941-1942 Georges Blumberg, the MNH founder apparently established the archives; MNH was founded in Paris before the outbreak of the war; the MNH leaders were Georges Blumberg and Adia Gourevitch; the goal of the movement was to redefine the terms "Jewish nation" and "Hebrew state"; MNH published two editions of the "Shem" anthology in Paris. The documentation in the collection was prepared for an anthology that was meant to be published in Marseilles, where Blumberg lived; the files are compri...

  16. P.46- Kaelter Collection: Documentation from the estate of David and Judith (Edith) Kaelter, residents of Germany, who emigrated to Eretz Israel in 1939

    P.46- Kaelter Collection: Documentation from the estate of David and Judith (Edith) Kaelter, residents of Germany, who emigrated to Eretz Israel in 1939 David Kaelter served as a teacher in a few Jewish communities in the Saxony region of Germany and subsequently in Berlin. In 1935 he established and administered a Jewish elementary school in Koenigsberg. In 1939, David and Judith (Edith) Kaelter made aliya to Eretz Israel, where David continued in the teaching profession. The material includes: - Details regarding David and Judith Kaelter's families (File 1); - Personal documents belonging...

  17. Bundesministerium für Vermögenssicherung und Wirtschaftsplanung, Sektion Vermögenssicherung

    • Federal Ministry for Securing Property and Economic Planning, Section Security Property

    Der Bestand enthält Akten zu folgenden Themen: Präsidialdienst, Dienstbetrieb, Organisation, Ermittlung, Erfassung, Evidenz und Statistik, Vermögen der NSDAP, Repatriierungsangelegenheiten (vgl. StGBl Nr. 11/1945), Wirtschaftsplanung, öffentliche Verwalter und öffentliche Aufsichtspersonen (vgl. BGBl Nr. 157/1946), Währungs- und Finanzpolitik, Potsdamer Beschlüsse, österreichisches Vermögen im Ausland, Angelegenheiten der Rückstellung und Rückgabe von Vermögen, Angelegenheiten des Vermögens nicht deutscher Herkunft, Angelegenheiten der durch Artikel 22 des Staatsvertrages (vgl. BGBl Nr. 152...

  19. Document Center

    Der Bestand enthält die Provenienzen der Parteidienststellen sowohl auf der Gauebene als auch auf der Kreisebene. Ebenso sind die Ortsgruppen vertreten. Neben den NS-Organisationen und Verbänden bilden die SS und die SA eine größere Einheit. Daneben sind auch Akten der amerikanischen Militärregierung, der Spruchkammern sowie weiterer Behörden und Institutionen enthalten.

  20. Judaica

    Die Judaica-Bestände enthält Unterlagen zur jüdischen Geschichte Münchens vom 17., insbesondere vom 19. bis ins 21. Jahrhundert. Die Schriftstücke, Fotos, Druckschriften und Bücher, Graphiken, Gemälde und weiteren Objekte stammen meist aus privater Provenienz.