Archival Descriptions

Displaying items 21 to 40 of 1,669
Language of Description: English
Country: Israel
  1. Documentation of the Reich Food Producers Organization (Reichsnaehrstand) and of the leader of the Reich Farmers, Germany, 1933-1945

    Documentation of the Reich Food Producers Organization (Reichsnaehrstand) and of the leader of the Reich Farmers, Germany, 1933-1945 Reich Food Producers Organization was the umbrella organization of the farmers and vendors of agricultural produce in Germany, established after the rise of the Nazis to power, 1933, and united within it a number of umbrella organizations that preceded it. The organization had a hierarchical structure and was headed by Richard Walther Darre, who received the title of Reich Farmers' Leader (Reichsbauernfuehrer). Under Darre's leadership, the organization was th...

  2. Police documentation from the Graubünden, Switzerland canton (region) regarding Jewish refugees, 1937-1944

    Police documentation from the Graubünden, Switzerland canton (region) regarding Jewish refugees, 1937-1944 - Files of Jewish refugees; - Police documentation.

  3. P.1 - Archive of Recha Freier, the founder of Youth Aliyah in Germany, 1935-1951

    P.1 - Archive of Recha Freier, the founder of Youth Aliyah in Germany, 1935-1951 Recha Freier was born in Norden, in the northwestern part of Germany, in 1892. On completion of her University Language studies, she worked as a teacher and folklore researcher. In 1932 she conceived of the idea of organizing the sending of Jewish youth to Eretz Israel for education in the kibbutzim. She gathered funds for this purpose and saw her idea become a reality when the first group of Jewish youth left Berlin in late 1932. The World Jewish Congress approved the idea in 1933, however initially Recha Frei...

  4. M.41.ZGABar - Documentation from the Regional State Archive of Baranovichi

    M.41.ZGABar - Documentation from the Regional State Archive of Baranovichi History of the Regional State Archive of Baranovichi The Regional Archive of Baranovichi was established in 1940. During the German occupation, the Archive's activities were halted from 1941-1944. Following the dissolution of the Baranovichi region, the Archive became the Municipal State Archive of Baranovichi in 1954. In November 1963, a branch of the State Archive of the Brest Region in Baranovichi was established, based on several regional archives and on the Municipal Archive of Baranovichi. In September 1996, th...

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha 1. Memorial booklet, "Nathan"; 2. Three documents (in German, 1938) (photocopy).

  6. Documentation of the district administration in Kostopol, 1941-1942

    Documentation of the district administration in Kostopol, 1941-1942 - Instructions by the Gebietskommissariat (district commissioner) in Kostopol; - Statistical data regarding the nationalization of property and the sale of Jewish homes, 19/12/1941-29/09/1942; - Appeals to the Kostopol municipality by two Jews, regarding receiving a food allotment, 04-05/1942; - List of children born in the Kostopol district, 1937-1938; - Instructions by the mayor of Kostopol, regarding the sale of clothing and shoes of Jews that were left in the municipal area, and the sale of clothing and shoes to poor pe...

  7. Collection of Dr. Hans Max Hirschfeld, secretary of the Commerce, Industry, Shipping and Agriculture departments in the Netherlands, 1940-1941

    Collection of Dr. Hans Max Hirschfeld, secretary of the Commerce, Industry, Shipping and Agriculture departments in the Netherlands, 1940-1941 Collection that documents the administration of the Dutch economy by the Germans and the attitude toward the Jews in that context in 1940-1941; Included in the collection: Circulars, correspondence and protocols of meetings of the Departement van Binnenlandsche Zaken in The Hague, regarding the dismissal of Jews from public positions, examination of the Aryan origin of clerks, and reports regarding the status of the Jews in the Dutch economy and in t...

  8. Files of Jews in the Nuernberg and Fuerth Police

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 7642544
    • English, Hebrew
    • Identity card Official documentation Personal documents Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors
  9. Collection of photographs of anti-Jewish signs photographed on the Bentheim-Hannover-Berlin Highway in Germany, 1935, from the Osoby Archive in Moscow

    Collection of photographs of anti-Jewish signs photographed on the Bentheim-Hannover-Berlin Highway in Germany, 1935, from the Osoby Archive in Moscow The collection was photographed by a Dutch motorcyclist travelling on the highway. A typical sign in the collection: "The Jews Are Not Wanted"

  10. P.60 - Dr. Joseph Kermish Collection, Director of the Yad Vashem Archives, 1953-1979

    P.60 - Joseph Kermish Collection, Director of the Yad Vashem Archives, 1953-1979 Dr. Joseph Kermish was born in the town of Zlotniki, in the Tarnopol district, 1907. He studied history at the University of Warsaw and completed his doctoral studies in 1937. He spent the years 1936-1939 preparing a book of bibliographies on the history of Warsaw and the history of the Jewish community in Warsaw, work that was suspended with the outbreak of the war, 01 September 1939, and his draft into the Polish Army. He spent the period of the German occupation, from 1941, in the town of Probuzna, not far f...

  11. Documentation from the Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart (Main State Archives)

    Documentation from the Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart (Main State Archives)

  12. M.18.2 - Correspondence of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) with the Central Location Index (CLI) of the Relatives Search Department

    M.18.2 - Correspondence of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) with the Central Location Index (CLI) of the Relatives Search Department Correspondence between different organizations in various countries (including the JDC offices around the world). The correspondence deals with administrational topics and subjects regarding the search for relatives. The documentation is arranged by country or date or organization.

  13. Files from the Reichskanzlei (Reich Office) in Germany

    Files from the Reichskanzlei (Reich Office) in Germany

  14. Documentation of the central committee of the Communist Party in Belorussia, 1941-1944

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12797601
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1941-1944
    • Appeal to the authorities Exhumation report Legal documentation Letter List of Communists List of evacuated persons List of partisans List of refugees Official documentation Personal documents Statistical report Survey Survey report הודעה

    Documentation of the central committee of the Communist Party in Belorussia, 1941-1944 Included in the collection, among other material: - Documentation of the central committee of the Communist Party in Belorussia; - Documentation of the headquarters of the partisans movement; - Lists of Communists; - Personal documents of Jewish Communists; - Situation reports regarding the occupied territories in Belorussia; - Reports regarding the establishment of ghettos, deportation of refugees, and the persecution and murder of Jews; - Survey reports of the partisans units in Belorussia; - Statistica...

  15. Documentation of the district administration in Korets, 1941-1942

    Documentation of the district administration in Korets, 1941-1942 Included in the collection: - Instructions given to the district heads by the Gebietskommissariat (district commissioner) in Rowno; - Instructions given to the Judenrat and permits to its employees from the Korets municipality; - Appeals regarding the purchase of property owned by Jews; - Permits prepared by the Korets municipality; - Correspondence regarding the sale of Jewish property; use of the property and the restitution of property stolen by local residents; - Requests by residents of Koretz regarding the purchase of p...

  16. Documentation handed over to the Osoby Archive in Moscow from the Pushkin State Museum in Moscow regarding the confiscation of books and art

    Documentation handed over to the Osoby Archive in Moscow from the Pushkin State Museum in Moscow regarding the confiscation of books and art

  17. O.75: Letters and postcards from the Holocaust period or regarding the Holocaust

    O.75: Letters and postcards from the Holocaust period or regarding the Holocaust In the Record Group are personal letters collected by Yad Vashem since its establishment. The letters were written before, during and after the Holocaust period in the Nazi occupied countries - in ghettos, camps and hiding places, and in the countries to which the Jewish refugees from Europe succeeded in escaping before and during the Holocaust. The letters were sent to family members, relatives, acquaintances, friends and close friends in European countries and countries overseas. In the collection are letters...

  18. O. 64.2 - Theresienstadt Collection: Original documentation from the Theresienstadt Ghetto

    O. 64.2 - Theresienstadt Collection: Original documentation from the Theresienstadt Ghetto The Documentation Collection from the Theresienstadt Ghetto is comprised of three principle collections: A. The Zeev Sheck Collection, also known as the Dokumentační Akce-Praha (Prague Documentation Project) Collection [Files 1-110]; B. The Hermann Weisz Collection [Files 111-422]; C. The Miscellaneous Collection including documentation from the ghetto submitted to the Yad Vashem Archives by private bodies and others [Files 423-469]. A. The Zeev Sheck Collection Provenance of the Collection: Born in O...

  19. Documentation of the Communist Party District Committee in Radun, 1940-1941

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 13250979
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1940-1941
    • Letter List of candidates List of Communists List of elections committee members List of judges List of residents List of workers Protocol Reports Survey report

    Documentation of the Communist Party District Committee in Radun, 1940-1941 The Collection includes protocols from District Committee meetings; lists of Communists and officials; documentation regarding elections to local Party positions; various status reports and statistical reports that were sent to the Communist Party's Regional Committee; letter from the Communist Party Secretary regarding the meetings held by Jews in Radun.

  20. R.5 - Card catalog of German emigrants expatriated by the Nazis (Ausbürgerungskartei)

    R.5 - The German emigrants card catalog expatriated by the Nazis (Ausbürgerungskartei) The Nazi regime in Germany revoked the citizenship of German citizens who emigrated from Germany, and criticized the regime. Revocation of citizenship also meant confiscation of property, an action which turned many of the emigrants (who had escaped from Germany without managing to sell their property) into people with nothing at all. The lists of those whose citizenship had been revoked were published in the "Deutscher Reichsanzeiger", the official State publication. The first list was published on 25 Au...