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  1. M.18.1 - Relatives Search Index Cards of the Central Location Index (CLI) in New York

    M.18.1 - Relatives Search Index Cards of the Central Location Index (CLI) in New York Index Cards: There are approximately 1,200,000 index cards, not in alphabetical order. Most of the cards are in good physical condition.

  2. Documentation of the district administrations in the Sumy region, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the district administrations in the Sumy region, 1941-1944 Included in the collection: - Protocols of investigations regarding partisan activities in the Shostka district; - Documentation regarding the allotment of food to the local population in the Akhtyrka district; - Documentation regarding the transfer of local residents to Germany, executions, and the supply of food and equipment to the German Army in the Putivl district.

  3. M. 71-Documentation regarding the Holocaust from archives in Romania and Moldova

    M. 71-Documentation regarding the Holocaust from archives in Romania and Moldova Information regarding the persecution of the Jews in Romania; deportations from Bessarabia and Bukovina; the establishment of ghettos in Transnistria; anti-Jewish legislation and orders, and drafting of Jews for forced labor under the Antonescu regime, and more.

  4. TR.3 - Documentation collected in preparation for the Eichmann Trial, 1933-1962

    TR.3 - Documentation collected in preparation for the Eichmann Trial, 1933-1962 The Mossad (Israel Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations) discovered where Adolf Eichmann was residing in Argentina while using a false identity. Eichmann was captured and brought to Israel in early 1960. His trial, which was held in Beit Ha'am in Jerusalem [today, the Gerard Behar Center building], began in April 1961. The trial lasted for approximately three months, and Eichmann was subsequently sentenced to death for his part in the murder of the Jews of Europe. Eichmann submitted an appeal to the...

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Gan Shmuel Booklet/ collection of testimonies (photocopy, 62 pages); "Group of redeemed people," Hashomer Hatzair organization in detention in Cyprus, 1947.

  6. Collection of personal files of Jewish teachers employed in the Riga municipal education system, 1923-1941

    Collection of personal files of Jewish teachers employed in the Riga municipal education system, 1923-1941 In the collection there are personal files of Jews, teachers and educational system workers in Riga, arranged according to the Latvian alphabet.

  7. O.52.3 - Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - General Documentation

    O.52.3 - Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - General Documentation The purpose of the Yad Vashem project - to prepare an Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - is to perpetuate the history of the communities that were destroyed during the Holocaust. The historiography of the communities focused on countries and sometimes on districts, but not on the history of the local communities. With the increase of interest in the local communities, this Record Group serves as a very important source for historians and researchers working in this field. As part of the preparation o...

  8. Aldo Toscano Collection

    Aldo Toscano Collection Documentation pertaining to the mass murder of the Jews in various cities of the Novara region in the Piemonte area of Italy by the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, 12 September-10 October 1943. The documentation was collected and written by Aldo Toscano. - "L'Olocausto del Lago Maggiore" (The Holocaust of Lake Maggiore), the book by Aldo Toscano, regarding the mass murder of the Jews in the cities on the banks of Lake Maggiore in the Novara region in the Piemonte area of Italy; - Collection of testimonies regarding the murder of the Jews in the cities in the Novara re...

  9. Files of the Oberfinanzpraesident Berlin-Brandenburg

    Files of the Oberfinanzpraesident Berlin-Brandenburg The local (Finanzamt) and regional (Oberfinanzpraesidium) finance offices were the central offices for the registration of Jewish property by the Nazi authorities. The Jewish property was later seized by means of very high emigration taxes and confiscation. Special importance was given to the Finanzamt Moabit-West in Berlin, headed by Willy Bötcher, which received the responsibility for the confiscation of property of political emigres (whose citizenship was revoked) throughout the German Reich on 30/08/1933. The function of the offices w...

  10. Documentation of the municipal Jewish high school in Riga, 1921-1940

    Documentation of the municipal Jewish high school in Riga, 1921-1940 Circulars, orders and instructions of the Riga municipality's education department; the Jewish education administration and other institutions; correspondence with the department of middle schools, regarding educational activities and the composition of the teachers and pupils; reports of meetings and the teachers committee; lists of teachers; lists of pupils; elementary school diplomas; record books of grades [marks]; copies of matriculation certificates.

  11. O.33- Testimonies, diaries and memoirs from the Holocaust period and regarding the Holocaust

    O.33- 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 write...

  12. M.52.DATO - Documentation of the State Archive of the Ternopil Region

    M.52.DATO - Documentation of the State Archive of the Ternopil Region History of the Archive: The archive was established in 1939 as the Regional Historical Archive of Ternopil. In 1941 and until the present it has been called the State Archive of the Ternopil Region, except for the period of 1958-1980 when it served as the Regional State Archive of Ternopil. During the period of World War II some of the documentation was transferred to Uzbekistan, but most of its collections were destroyed during the war. Following the liberation in late 1944, the archive renewed its work. The Sub-Record G...

  13. M.63 - Documentation from archives in Switzerland

    M.63 - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from provincial archives in Switzerland, 1930-1950 The documentation is composed mainly of material received by Yad Vashem from the archives of cantons and Jewish communities in Switzerland. Documentation received from the Federal Archive of Switzerland and the State Archive of Lichtenstein is also included in the Record Group. There is also material from various institutions that dealt with Jewish refugees in Switzerland, personal files of thousands of Jewish refugees who escaped to Switzerland as well as the files of Jewish refugees who were de...

  14. Documentation from the Bezirksamt Schoenberg in Berlin, 1926-1935

    Documentation from the Bezirksamt Schoenberg in Berlin, 1926-1935 The city of Schoeneberg and the town of Friedenau were incorporated into the city of Berlin in 1920, as the Bezirk (municipal district of) Schoeneberg. In this Record Group are files related to the construction sector, regarding synagogues and buildings belonging to Jewish institutions in the district's area.

  15. Documentation of the Soviet authorities in Slonim, 1939-1941

    Documentation of the Soviet authorities in Slonim, 1939-1941 Included in the collection are legal files against the Jews, lists of people obligated for the draft, and appeals by Jewish residents to the lands department in the municipality.

  16. Documentation of the Minsk District administration, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the Minsk District administration, 1941-1944 The Collection includes commands and orders for restricting the rights of Jews in the Minsk area; correspondence of the area administrations regarding two Jews; list of Jews from the Ostroshitskiy Gorodek Ghetto; list of Jews who paid an agricultural tax to the District administration in Ostroshitskiy Gorodek, 1941-1942; correspondence of the Minsk District Police with the (Gebietskommissar) District Commissioner regarding Jews and children of mixed marriages residing in the Minsk District, 1942; official documentation regarding ...

  17. Documentation from the Wuerttembergische Verwaltungsgerichtshof

    Documentation from the Wuerttembergische Verwaltungsgerichtshof

  18. Collection of the Commissie-Clevering committee, which examined the attitude toward refugees by the authorities in the Netherlands, 1946-1950

    Collection of the Commissie-Clevering committee, which examined the attitude toward refugees by the authorities in the Netherlands, 1946-1950 Official documentation of the Commissie-Clevering committee, established by the Foreign Ministry of the Netherlands in 1946 for the purpose of examining the attitude of the embassies toward Dutch citizens who escaped to Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal and other countries during the war period: Included in the collection: Testimonies of: A. Cohen E. Elzas L. Flesseman M.H. Gans A.J. Goedkoop E.H. van Hasselt M.H.J. Hedeman-Joosten J.M. Kijzer J. P...

  19. Documentation of the Gebietskommissar (district governor) in Owrutsch, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the Gebietskommissar (district governor) in Owrutsch, 1941-1943 Included in the collection are instructions of the Reichskommissar (Reich commissioner) of Ukraine and the Gebietskommissar (district governor) in Owrutsch, lists of Ukrainian policemen, and other documentation.

  20. M.55 - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from regional and local archives in Germany

    M.55 - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from regional and local archives in Germany The Record Group contains documentation gathered from state, regional and local archives in Germany. In the documentation there is much information regarding the persecution of the Jews on the local level, including deportations, as well as information regarding life in the Jewish communities, Jewish property and sometimes, lists of local Jews.