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Language of Description: English
Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. M.52.DAViO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Vinnytsa Region

    M.52.DAViO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Vinnytsa Region History of the Archives The State Archives of the Vinnitsa Region was established in 1920 as the Archives of the Podole Region. During its first years, the Archives was intended as a place the storage and conservation of documents from the pre-Bolshevik period. The Archives was transferred to the responsibility of the NKVD in 1938. The Archives received the name: the State Archives of the Vinnitsa Region, in 1944. Since 1960, the Archives has been under the authority of the Implementation Committee of the Vinnitsa Reg...

  2. Documentation of the writer, Arthur Rosenberg, 1932

    Documentation of the writer, Arthur Rosenberg, 1932 In the collection there is correspondence from 1932 of the writer, Arthur Rosenberg, who lived in Paris, with acquaintances, publishers and the editorial boards of newspapers in Germany, proposing that he work for them as a journalist or requesting that they publish his books and articles, many of which were about the current situation in France.

  3. Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission in the Vinnitsa region, 1944

    Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission in the Vinnitsa region, 1944 The collection includes documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission in the Vinnitsa region, June-November 1944, and includes documents, testimonies and survey reports regarding the murder of Jews during the German occupation. The documentation includes statistical reports, arranged according to the districts of the Vinnitsa region; information regarding the mass murder of the Jews of Vinnitsa, including the dates, methods of murder and the murder sites; number of people murdered, and numbe...

  4. Documentation of the partisans and underground organizations active in the Vinnitsa region, 1942-1944

    Documentation of the partisans and underground organizations active in the Vinnitsa region, 1942-1944 The collection includes official documentation, including appeals and posters intended for the Ukrainian population, and anti-fascist propaganda and oaths of partisans (including Jews) from various places in occupied Ukraine, 1943; survey reports regarding the activities of the Lenin partisans unit in the Vinnitsa region, the cavalry brigade under the command of V. Vladimirov, and the Stalin partisans unit under the command of V. Slyusarenko, 1943-1944, including sections of lists of names ...

  5. Documentation of the Reichsgericht (Reich Supreme Court) in Leipzig and the Reichsanwaltschaft (Reich Prosecution Service) associated with the court, 1939-1945

    Documentation of the Reichsgericht (Reich Supreme Court) in Leipzig and the Reichsanwaltschaft (Reich Prosecution Service) associated with the court, 1939-1945 The main subject of the files is the determination of racial origin. Appeals of verdicts handed down by various courts throughout the German Reich regarding people who had been defined as Jews or Mischlinge (children of mixed marriages) reached the Reich Supreme Court, arguing that in actuality the origin of these people was Aryan. The vast majority of the files were from Austria, mainly from Vienna. The files on Microfilm JM/29041 (...

  6. M.52.DARO - Documentation of the State Archives of the Rivne Region

    M.52.DARO - Documentation of the State Archives of the Rivne Region History of the Archives The archives was established in March 1940 as the historical archives of the region, and as of 1941 it was called the State Archives of the Rovno Region. The material for the archives was collected gradually. At the start, the archives received documents from local institutions and from factories, non-profit organizations, associations, and from educational and healthcare institutions that were in existence from the period when Rovno still belonged to Poland. By 1940, collections that dated from 1921...

  7. Documentation of the Zionistische Vereinigung für Deutschland (Zionist Federation of Germany - ZVfD) in Berlin, 1921-1938

    Documentation of the Zionistische Vereinigung für Deutschland (Zionist Federation of Germany - ZVfD) in Berlin, 1921-1938 In the collection there is correspondence of the Zionistische Vereinigung für Deutschland in Berlin and its leaders, including Heinrich Loewe and Eduard Klee, on matters of Zionist activities, Berlin community politics, the Jewish press, giving aid to various people (among other circumstances with help in making aliya to Eretz Israel), newspaper clippings dealing with Zionist activities and fliers sent out by the ZVfD to its members.

  8. Documentation of Hermann Goering and the Four-year Plan, 1937-1944

    Documentation of Hermann Goering and the Four-year Plan, 1937-1944 The collection contains much varied documentation including correspondence and data regarding German Reich funds and foreign currency matters (including specific guidelines of Goering for the allocation of funds for various subjects); detailed statistical data regarding the financial situation and regarding the German economy throughout all its branches, related to the Four- year Plan for which Goering was responsible; information regarding the property from the occupied countries transferred to the Germans.

  9. Documentation of the Historical Commission of Himmler, the SS leader, 1921-1942

    Documentation of the Historical Commission of Himmler, the SS leader, 1921-1942 The Commission was set up as part of Himmler's Personalstab (personal staff). Its primary purpose was to investigate the reasons for the failure of the Nazi revolutionary attempt in Austria in June 1934 (at that time, it was headed by Reinhard Heydrich). Afterwards, the Commission continued and gathered historic material about Austrian internal politics and National Socialism in Austria. Among the tasks Himmler assigned the Commission was also to collect and investigate evidence regarding SS personnel suspected ...

  10. Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission active in the Rovno region, 1944-1945

    Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission active in the Rovno region, 1944-1945 Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, May-December 1944, including documentation regarding the murder of Jews in Dubno, and including the results of examinations of mass burial places in Rovno and the Rovno region, and the dates of the murder, the number of Jews and POWs who were murdered, and other matters; documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, regarding the murder of Jews in Dubno, including the results of examinations in the mass burial sites in Dub...

  11. M.52.DAVO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Wolyn Region in Lutsk

    M.52.DAVO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Wolyn Region in Lutsk The archives was established in 1939 as the Historical Archives of the People's Commission for Ukrainian Internal Matters - UNKVD. In 1941, the archives became the State Archives of the Volyn Region. During the years of the German occupation, 1941-1944, the archives was inactive; the archives includes, however, documentation from the occupation period and regarding the activities of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in the Volyn region. This Sub-Record Group i...

  12. M.52.DAKO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Kiev Region

    M.52.DAKO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Kiev Region The State Archives of the Kiev Region was established in 1922 as the Central Historical Archives of Kiev. As of 1932, it was called the Historical Archives of the Kiev Region, and in 1943 it was named the State Archives of the Kiev Region. This Archives preserves many documents from the 17th century, and it also includes documents from contemporary times; much of the documentation regards the history of the Great Patriotic War [World War II] and the German occupation of the Kiev region during 1941-1943; The Sub-Record Grou...

  13. Documentation of the Reichsministerium des Innern (Reich Ministry of the Interior) from the OSOBY archive, 1939-1942

    Documentation of the Reichsministerium des Innern (Reich Ministry of the Interior), 1939-1942 The collection includes correspondence on various subjects. Microfilm JM/29052, Frames 1952-2187, includes a file catalogue of names of Germans whose citizenship was revoked.

  14. M.52.NMIUuDSV - Documentation of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War in Kyiv

    M.52.NMIUuDSV - Documentation from the National Museum of the History of Ukraine during World War II in Kyiv History of the Archives: The idea regarding the establishment of a Museum of the History of World War II was born already in 1943 but its construction was delayed until the 1970s. An important stage on the way to the establishment of the museum was an exhibition held in April 1946, called "The Ukrainian Partisans' Struggle against the Nazi Occupiers". In early 1950 the documentation from the exhibition was transferred to the State Historical Museum, and in 1970 a team for the establi...

  15. M.52.DAKirO - Documentation of the State Archives of the Kirovograd Region

    M.52.DAKirO - Documentation of the State Archives of the Kirovograd Region History of the Archives: In November 1925 a decision was made by the presidium of the Executive Committee of the Zinoviyevsk region, regarding the establishment of an archive. However, in 1930 the archive was closed and in its place a local archival administration was established in Zinoviyevsk. In November 1931 the general-Ukrainian central Executive Committee published a decision regarding the changing of all the local archival administrations to State Historical Archives. In early 1932 a re-organizing process was ...

  16. M.52.TGIAUKB - Documentation from the Library of the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Kiev

    M.52.TGIAUKB - Documentation from the Library of the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Kiev This subsection contains documentation from the occupation regime, for example: orders from the Kamenets-Podolski municipality and Feldkommаndаtur (field command) to the Jews of Kamenets-Podolski, the District and the Region regarding the wearing of the yellow badge; order issued by the Mayor of Odessa regarding the real estate and property that had previously belonged to the Jews.

  17. M.52.DAmK - Documentation of the State Archives of the City of Kiev

    M.52.DAmK - Documentation of the State Archives of the City of Kiev History of the Archives: The Archives was established in 1932 by order of the People's Commissioners Council and the central general Ukrainian Executive Committee. During 1932-1958 it was called the Archives of the City of Kiev affiliated with the City Council. During 1958-1962 it was active as the Municipal State Archives, without a storeroom for permanent collections. From 1962 it was active as the Municipal State Archives, with a storeroom for permanent collections. Since 1980 it has been called the State Archives of the...

  18. M.52.GUOK - Documentation from the Main Department of Education of the Kiev City State Administration

    Documentation from the Archives of the Education Department of the Kiev Municipality Lists of orphan children who stayed in orphanage no. 4 in Kiev, 1941-1947; list of orphan children in the orphanages in Kiev, 1943; lists of children in special orphanage no. 6 in Kiev, including data regarding their place and date of birth, nationality, and the dates of the arrival and departure of each child (selected pages with names of Jews), 1945-1952.

  19. M.52.DAHmO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Khmelnitskiy Region

    M.52.DAHmO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Khmelnitskiy Region History of the Archives: The Archives Authority was established in the Kamyanets Podilsk district in April 1922. Afterwards the Archives Authority became the Archives Authority of the Kamyanets Podilsk subdivision in 1925, and it became the local Archives Authority of Kamyanets Podilsk in 1932. The name of the Archives Authority was changed to the Regional State Historical Archives of Kamyanets Podilsk in March 1932. The Archive was subordinate to the Executive Committee of the Vinnitsa region. With the establishm...

  20. Documentation of the Verband der österreichen Zionisten (League of Austrian Zionists) in Vienna, 1936-1937

    Documentation of the Verband der österreichen Zionisten (League of Austrian Zionists) in Vienna, 1936-1937 The collection includes publicity (placards and leaflets) and correspondence of the Verband der österreichen Zionisten, which was the Austrian branch of the Revisionist Movement, and of accompanying organizations, such as the Brit HaKanaim Youth Federation; the correspondence was with the Austrian authorities, the Jewish community in Vienna and with Jewish and Zionist organizations. Among other items in the collection, there is correspondence with the police regarding permission to hol...