Archival Descriptions

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Language of Description: English
Country: Israel
  1. M.52.DALO - Documentation of the State Archives of the Lwow Region

    M.52.DALO - Documentation of the State Archives of the Lwow Region History of the Archives: The State Archives of the Lwow Region was established in December 1939 on the basis of the State Archives of Lwow. The archive was called the Regional Historical Archives in Lwow until 1941. It was called the State Archive of the Lwow Region during 1941-1958, and was called the Regional State Archives in Lwow during 1958-1980. As of 1959 the documentation that was in the Regional Archives in Drogobych was transferred to it. Since 1980 it has been called the State Archives of the Lwow Region. The Sub-...

  2. 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...

  3. M.41.ZGAPin - Documentation from the Regional State Archive in Pinsk

    M.41.ZGAPin - Documentation from the Regional State Archive in Pinsk The Regional Archive of Pinsk was established in 1940. During the German occupation, the Archive's activity was halted during 1941-1944 and was renewed only in August 1944. The Archive changed its mission following the dissolution of the Pinsk region, and it became the Municipal State Archive of Pinsk in 1954. In September 1996, the Archive changed its definition again, and it became the Local State Archive of Pinsk. As of 30 June 2001 and following, the Archive has been known as the "Scientific-Methodological Institution ...

  4. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from private individuals

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from private individuals Submitter of the material: Pinchas Adler; Material submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive in January 2005 1. Letter to Arie Mintkevich (chairman of the Public Council on the Contribution of Holocaust Survivors to the State of Israel); 2. His experiences; 3. Photocopy of a letter from the commander of the Israeli Air Force, IAF (01/12/2004) *** Submitter of the material: Frida Oster (by means of her daughter Revital Keletz); Material...

  5. Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS-Jewish Self Aid) activities in the Generalgouvernement, 1939-1943

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 5083562
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1939-1944
    • Administrative documentation Application Balance sheet Correspondence Financial accounts List of Jews List of names Lists Report Reports Statistical data Statistical report Survey report

    Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS-Jewish Self Aid) activities in the Generalgouvernement, 1939-1943 The Jewish Self Aid organization (in Polish: Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna [ZSS]; in German: Juedische Soziale Selbshilfe) was set up in Krakow in 1940; it went by this name until July 1942. After that date, the organization's welfare activities were cut back by order of the German authorities, and they mainly consisted of the transferring of medicines to Jews in labor camps until this activity, too, was discontinued in mid-1944. ZSS documentation includes correspondence between the administra...

  6. Records of the Geneva office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1945-1954.

    This incredibly rich archival fonds contains several hundreds of files relevant to the immediate post-war relief efforts of the JDC, and its support of Jewish organisations engaged in the reconstruction of the Belgian Jewish communities during the late 1940s - early 1950s. The fonds is divided into four main sections (‘subcollections’): Administration, Organisations, Subject Matter and Countries & Regions. Subcollection 1: Administration contains the following files, whose descriptions explicitly mention Belgium, Brussels, … and other relevant keywords: “Financial Statistical Reports” (...

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Yagur Documents (photocopy): I. Regarding the Teheran Children: 17/11/1942 - Yagur Diary, meeting of the secretariat and the administration of the school regarding accepting the Teheran Children; 15/12//1942 - Diary entry 1376 - Draft of Ada to organize the absorption of the refugee children arriving from Iran; 29/12/1942 - Diary entry 1382 - General meeting in which it was decided to draft Ada; 11/01/1943 - Diary entry 1390 - Meeting regard...

  8. M.41.GABr - Documentation from the State Archive of the Brest Region

    M.41.GABr - Documentation from the State Archive of the Brest Region History of the State Archive of the Brest Region: The State Archive of the Brest Region was created on 11 February 1940 as part of the system of the People's Commissariat for Interior Matters. The Archive stores the documentation of the Polish state institutions and organizations that were active in the Polesie region during 1919-1939 (and which were annulled by the Soviets during the same period), including also the documentation of the military authorities, the social and political organizations and associations, and sta...

  9. M.52.Crimea - Documentation from the State Archives of the Republic of Crimea

    M.52.Crimea - Documentation from the State Archives of the Republic of Crimea History of the Archive: The Archive was established on 22 May 1919 as the Central Archive of Crimea. The Archive was affiliated with the Taurica University until November 1920. As of November 1920 it was the Central Archive of Crimea. The Archive was divided into two archives in April 1926, and became the Historical Archive and the Archive of the October Revolution. The two Archives were merged into the Central State Archive of the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of Crimea (Krymskaya ASSR) in April 1941. From...

  10. O.84 - Documentation gathered in preparation of the "Hungarian Communities Registry" published by Yad Vashem

    O.84 - Documentation gathered in preparation of the "Pinkas HaKehillot, Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities, Hungary" published by Yad Vashem The ""Pinkas HaKehillot, Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities, Hungary" Project and a history of the Record Group: "Pinkas HaKehillot, Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities, Hungary", which was published in 1975 was the third volume in the Yad Vashem "Communities Registry" series. The editorial board members (Theodore Lavi, Nathaniel Katzburg, Shmuel Shichor, Neta Perach and Avraham Shein) wrote in the introduction to the book: "This volume […] went through...

  11. O.64.2/SCH - The Zeev Scheck Collection

    O.64.2/SCH - The Zeev Scheck Collection Provenance of the Collection: Born in Olomouc (Czechoslovakia) in 1920, Zeev (Wilhelm) Sheck was active in the Maccabi Hatzair youth movement, and worked as a Hebrew teacher in Prague. On 19 November 1943, he was deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto, and from there to concentration camps. He was liberated in the spring of 1945 and he returned to Prague. Zeev Sheck founded and directed Dokumentační Akcee (The Prague Documentation Project). The Project documented the fate of the Jews of Bohemia and Moravia during the Holocaust, and [concentrated] mainl...

  12. Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS-Jewish Self Aid) activities in the Generalgouvernement, 1939-1943

    In the documentation: The ZSS documentation includes correspondence between the administration of the organization in Krakow and the branches throughout the Generalgouvernement, and correspondence with the German governmental authorities, the Judenrats, and various Jewish relief organizations, such as CENTOS, ORT, TOZ and welfare organizations outside of Poland, mainly the JDC. In the correspondence there are requests for social welfare in various areas, itemization of aid and welfare activities including assistance to those in need and Jewish refugees, the establishment and maintenance of ...

  13. M.41.GAMog - Documentation from the State Archive of the Mogilev Region

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 10431971
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1941-1944
    • Appeal to the authorities Application Correspondence List of forced laborers List of healthcare workers List of Jewish residents List of residents List of workers Official documentation

    M.41.GAMog - Documentation from the State Archive of the Mogilev Region History of the State Archive of the Mogilev Region The Archive was established on 05 July 1938, and its documentation is comprised of documentation that was found in the regional archives of Mogilev and Kalinin. In 1941, it included 1,316 original collections that contained 650,000 conservation units. During the war, some of the documents were evacuated but most were destroyed (1,200 original collections). The Archive resumed its activity in the city of Krichev in 1943, and in Mogilev in 1944. During the same time all o...

  14. Documentation from official institutions and offices in Hamburg, regarding Jews and the persecution of Jews

    Documentation from official institutions and offices in Hamburg, regarding Jews and the persecution of Jews List of contents of the microfilms (the number in parentheses is the record group number of the official institute): JM/14529 (frames 76-1469) + JM/17009 (frames 3-203) Staatliche Pressestelle I - IV (135-1 I-IV) (collection 12622667) JM/17009 (frames 204-2248) + JM/17010 - JM/17014 + JM/17015 (frames 3-183) Gerichtsvollzieherwesen (214-1) (collection 12633244) JM/17015 (frames 184-497) Polizeidisziplinskammer (221-9) (collection 12679826) JM/17015 (frames 498-518) Erbhofgericht (222-...

  15. החלטות על הכרה במוות (Todeserklaerungen) של בית משפט השלום (Amtsgericht) ב-Bochum (ווסטפליה)

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12423680
    • English, Hebrew
    • Legal documentation Official documentation Personal documents Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors

    Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in Courts of Law in Westphalia In the Collection are files including applications to Courts of Law in Westphalia for the recognition of death of local Jews who were deported to the East by the Nazis, and for whom no official Declaration of Death had been given. These applications (requests) were submitted in most part by the relatives of those who had perished, [and] who requested to receive claims for compensation from Germany. The files include the applications including details regarding those who p...

  16. M.52.DAChrvO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Chernovtsy Region

    M.52.DAChrvO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Chernovtsy Region History of the Archives The State Archives of the Chernovtsy Region was established in November 1907, but it was closed in early 1918 along with other government institutions following the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The northern area of Bukovina and the Khotin district in the Bessarabia region were included in the Kingdom of Romania. By order of the Romanian Ministry of Education and the General State Directorate of the Archives of Romania, the State Archives of Bukovina in Chernovtsy was established in ...

  17. M.52.DAIFO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Ivano-Frankovsk Region

    M.52.DAIFO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Ivano-Frankovsk Region History of the Archives: The Archives was established in December 1939 and was called the Regional Historical Archives of Stanislawow until 1941. Before its establishment, all of the documentation was kept in institutions of the authorities and in public institutions. This documentation began to be collected by the Stanislawow UNKVD as of November 1939 in the new regional Archives after the same institutions and organizations were cancelled by the Soviet authorities. The name of the Archives was changed during ...

  18. M.46 - Documentation from the State Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF), 1939-1960

    M.46- Documentation from the State Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF), 1939-1960 In the RG there is documentation from the following organizations: - The Council for Religious Affairs of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, 1943-1953, and the Council for Religious Affairs of the Government of the Soviet Union, 1943-1954 The documentation includes protocols, official correspondence and reports concerning religious life and the Soviet Jewish communities during the war and afterwards, the fate of the Jews during the Holocaust, statistical data regarding the Jewish population and...

  19. P.69 - Archive of the Levy family, from Essen, Germany, 1863-1993

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 10568932
    • English, Hebrew
    • Administrative documentation Article Balance sheet Book Brochure Certification Correspondence Curriculum Vitae (CV) Death certificate Diary Diploma Draft Drawing Envelope Financial accounts Identity card Invitation Journal Lecture Legal documentation Letter(s) Libretto Medical documentation Money Newspaper clippings Note Notebook Obituary Papercut Passport Personal records Photocopy Photograph Play Play(s), script(s) Poems/Songs Postcard Protocol Record of deportees Record of persecuted persons Research article Speech Telegram Telephone directory Thesis/Dissertation Travel ticket Will

    P.69 - Archive of the Levy family, from Essen, Germany, 1863-1993 About the Levy family: Dr. Ernst Levy (b.1872) was the eldest son of physician Dr. Hermann Levy (b. 1838) and his wife Emma, née Hirschland (b. 1847). Dr. Ernst Levy and his wife, the former Martha Ruthenburg (b. 1878) lived in Essen, Germany, where Dr. Levy was a general practitioner and researcher. They had four children, Hermann (b. 1906), Rudolf (b. 1908), Hans (b. 1911) and Eva (b. 1914). A year after the rise of nazism, Hermann Levy, a lawyer by training, went to study a new career in Paris, France, since he was banned ...

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Hatzerim Personal documentation (from the personal files of kibbutz members): 1. Yechezkel Roth (Of Blessed Memory): a. Eulogy regarding Yechezkel Roth; b. Transcription of a talk given by Yechezkel Roth to the children at the "Yaldei Teheran" ("Teheran Children") school at Kibbutz Urim, 1980; c. Ernest Roth: "Notes: Chapters of a diary from the Holocaust period", translated from German by Avraham Bimka, Kibbutz Hatzerim, 1986; d. Diary of Y...