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Country: Israel

  1. Documentation from the Bobruysk district administration, 1941-1944

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 10440674
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1941-1944
    • Application Correspondence List of healthcare workers List of Jewish residents List of livestock owners List of residents List of skilled professionals Official documentation

    Documentation from the Bobruysk district administration, 1941-1944 The Mogilev and Vitebsk regions, a large part of the Gomel region, the eastern districts of the Minsk region and part of Polesye belonged to the outlying area under the control of the Heeresgruppe Mitte (Army Group Centre). The occupying regime established local administrations in the city as auxiliary power. Included in the documentation from the district administration of Bobruysk are directives from the District Director on the following subjects: funding for Bobruysk municipal institutions; commerce arrangements in the c...

  2. P.39 - Bernardo Grosser Collection: Bernado Grosser was active in Delasem, the relief organization for the Jews in Italy

    P.39 - Bernardo Grosser Collection: Bernado Grosser was active in Delasem, the relief organization for the Jews in Italy Correspondence and personal documentation belonging to Delasem (Delegazione per l'Assistenza degli Emigranti Ebrei- Delegation for the Assistance of Jewish Emigrants) activist Bernardo (Berl) Grosser who escaped to Switzerland during the war and was an activist on behalf of the Jewish refugees from Italy in Switzerland. Included in the Record Group is documentation from the Galpi (gratitude to the Italian population) Organization which Bernardo Grosser and Yugoslavian sur...

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

    Files from the Reichskanzlei (Reich Office) in Germany

  4. TR. 15 - Protocols and historical documentation from the Demjanjuk Trial, 1986-1988

    TR. 15 - Protocols and historical documentation from the Demjanjuk Trial, 1986-1988 In 1987, Ivan Demjanjuk was placed on trial in Jerusalem in accordance with the Nazi and Nazi Collaborators (Punishment) Law. Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian who immigrated to the United States and was extradited to Israel, was accused of serving as a guard in the Treblinka extermination camp during the war. The inmates of the camp referred to him as "Ivan the Terrible". The Jerusalem District Court, in session with the special panel of Judges Dov Levin, Tzvi Tal and Dalia Dorner, found Demjanjuk guilty and sentenced...

  5. Documentation of the Landesherrenschaften - Landesausschussangelegenheiten (Land Authorities - Land Committee Matters) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Landesherrenschaften - Landesausschussangelegenheiten (Land Authorities - Land Committee Matters) in Hamburg

  6. M.1.DNA -The German Academy of Science: Lexicon regarding outstanding economists (not including Jews), 1930-1941

    M.1.DNA -The German Academy of Science: Lexicon regarding outstanding economists (not including Jews), 1930-1941 This Subsection contains pre-World War II files of the German Academy of Science in Munich, including documentation for a lexicon of outstanding German economists and industrialists (Deutsche Wirtschfsfuehrer), since 1801 excluding Jews. The files contain correspondence about the project and the files of the project itself as well as an information page with a few lines regarding each person, arranged alphabetically.

  7. Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in Amtsgericht Altena (Westphalia)

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12421535
    • 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 Amtsgericht Altena (Westphalia) Bestand: Amtsgericht Altena 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 includi...

  8. TR.17.OBUiADwKa - Documentation from the Branch Office for Preservation and Dissemination of IPN Archival Records in Katowice, Poland, 1948-1950

    TR.17.OBUiADwKa - Documentation from the Branch Office for Preservation and Dissemination of IPN Archival Records in Katowice, Poland, 1948-1950

  9. Documentation from Gutschow, Architekt f.d. Neugestaltung d. Hansestadt Hamburg und Amt f. Kriegswichtigen Einsatz (the architect for the redesign of the city and the Important War Activities office) in Hamburg

    Documentation from Gutschow, Architekt f.d. Neugestaltung d. Hansestadt Hamburg und Amt f. Kriegswichtigen Einsatz (the architect for the redesign of the city and the Important War Activities office) in Hamburg File A96, frames 76-94; File A107, frames 96-122.abc

  10. Documentation of the Liechtensteinisches Landesarchiv in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, including lists of names of Jews, Police documentation against Jews, the deportation of the Jews from Liechtenstein, transports, the care of Holocaust survivors after the liberation, and other matters, 1937-1947

    Documentation of the Liechtensteinisches Landesarchiv in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, including lists of names of Jews, Police documentation against Jews, the deportation of the Jews from Liechtenstein, transports, the care of Holocaust survivors after the liberation, and other matters, 1937-1947

  11. Collection of J. J. Weissman, regarding emigration applications of Jews, submitted to the Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei in the Netherlands, 1941-1943

    Collection of J. J. Weissman, regarding emigration applications of Jews, submitted to the Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei in the Netherlands, 1941-1943 Included in the collection: Curriculum Vitae (CVs) and letters sent by Weissman to the SIPO and SS commander, regarding the exchange of monies for emigration permits; documents regarding exemption from detention in a camp and deportation, until the end of the procedure for the transfer of the required sum in order to receive emigration permits; rejection announcements by the SIPO and SD commander.

  12. Documentation of the Nazi director for Enemy Asset Management next to the Reichskommissar (Reich Commissioner) for the occupied Netherlands

    Documentation of the Nazi director for Enemy Asset Management next to the Reichskommissar (Reich Commissioner) for the occupied Netherlands

  13. Documentation of the Jewish community in Tarnopol, 1925-1938

    Documentation of the Jewish community in Tarnopol, 1925-1938 Included in the collection: - Financial reports of a hospital and old age home in Tarnopol; - Correspondence with the Polish authorities regarding a hospital, old age home, Mikveh (ritual bath) and Jewish cemeteries; - Correspondence with the financial administration; - Declarations by Jewish physicians who were accepted to work in a hospital; - List of donors from the United States who donated to the fund of a hospital in the city; - Correspondence regarding the organization of courses for hospital attendants.

  14. Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in the Amtsgericht (Magistrates Court) in Hamm (Westphalia)

    Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in the Amtsgericht (Magistrates Court) in Hamm (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 ...

  15. Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, regarding the murder of the Jewish population in the Stanislawow region during the German occupation, from the State Archives of the Ivano-Frankovsk Region, 1941-1945

    Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, regarding the murder of the Jewish population in the Stanislawow region during the German occupation, from the State Archives of the Ivano-Frankovsk Region, 1941-1945 Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, including data regarding the overall number of people who perished in the cities and districts of the Stanislawow region, and announcements by representatives of the Jewish community regarding the abuse and murder of Jews in the Stanislawow Ghetto and in Bolszowce, Halicz, Kosow, Rohatyn and Gorodenka during ...

  16. 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...

  17. O.76.2 - Songs/Poems mostly written by Holocaust survivors

    O.76.2 - Songs/Poems mostly written by Holocaust survivors Most of the songs and poems gathered in this Sub-Records Group were written by Holocaust survivors in various languages, mainly during the Holocaust period and afterwards. A small number of the songs and poems were written by Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Many poems describe experiences and events from the Holocaust period, as well as longings for home and the people from whom they were forced to part. Some of the poems that were written after the Holocaust are dedicated to the memory of family members, friends and acquaintanc...

  18. Documentation of the Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg), which was responsible for the confiscation of Jewish works of art

    Documentation of the Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg), which was responsible for the confiscation of Jewish works of art Documentation of the Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce, a body established in September 1940, following the occupation of France. Its function was to plunder works of art that were owned by Jews who had left France. Alfred Rosenberg, the Chief Nazi Party ideologist was placed at its head. The Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce was assisted by the French Police and by the German occupation forces in its activities. Later, the Taskforce are...

  19. M.52.DAKherO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Kherson Region

    M.52.DAKherO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Kherson Region History of the Archives: The special archival committee of the Kherson district was established in April 1922, which was subordinate to the archival committee of the Mykolaiv sub-division. The committee became subordinate to the archival committee of the Odessa sub-division in 1922. In November 1925 the archival committee became subordinate to the regional archival administration of Kherson, which began its work in October 1926. The regional archival administration underwent reorganizing and became a local archival a...

  20. Collection of Afdeling Kabinet, Onderwijs - Netherlands Ministry of Education, Government department, 1940-1945

    Collection of Afdeling Kabinet, Onderwijs - Netherlands Ministry of Education, Government department, 1940-1945 Netherlands Ministry of Education, Government department in The Hague, responsible for contacts and the implementation of orders given by the Reichskommissar für die besetzten Niederländischen gebiete (German government in the Netherlands) in the area of education, 1940-1945; Included in the collection: Official documentation of the Departement van Opvoeding, Wetenschap en Cultuurbescherming: Afdeling Kabinet; Consequences [ramifications] of the anti-Jewish legislation in the Neth...