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  1. Documentation of the Landratsamt (District authority) of the Siegen district, Westphalia

    Documentation of the Landratsamt (District authority) of the Siegen district, Westphalia

  2. Documentation of the detention center of the administration for the keeping of order in Mogilev, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the detention center of the administration for the keeping of order in Mogilev, 1941-1944 Included in the collection: - Lists of inmates and detainees; - Orders by the local authorities; - Documentation of the Ordnungsdienst (Order Service); - Personal files of detained Jews; - Statistical reports regarding inmates.

  3. תיעוד של בית משפט השלום (Amtsgericht) ב-Werne (ווסטפליה)

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12429046
    • English, Hebrew
    • Legal documentation Official documentation Personal documents Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors

    Repertory: Amtsgericht (district court) Werne 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 applic...

  4. Documentation of the Staatliche Pressestelle (State Press Office) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Staatliche Pressestelle (State Press Office) in Hamburg

  5. Documentation of the faculties of the University of Hamburg

    Documentation of the faculties of the University of Hamburg

  6. Personal files of Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1930-1950

    Personal files of Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1930-1950 The files are located in the N-Serie section in the Police department of the Swiss Ministry of Justice and the Police; the section contains approximately 45,000 personal files of civilian refugees who were absorbed by Switzerland from 1936 and until after World War II; approximately half of the refugees were Jews.

  7. M.52.DAKhO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Kharkov Region

    M.52.DAKhO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Kharkov Region History of the Archives: The archive was established in 1880 by members of the Historical-Philological Society of the University of Kharkiv, and was called the Historical Archives of Kharkiv. In 1920 the archive received the name, the Central Historical Archives affiliated with the education department of the Kharkiv sub-division. The Regional Historical Archives of Kharkiv was established in 1926, to which documentation was transferred from the Central Historical Archive. In March 1932 the Regional Historical Archives...

  8. Official documentation from Italian government offices from the World War II period

    Official documentation from Italian government offices from the World War II period - Correspondence between the Italian Foreign Ministry and various Italian embassies; - Italian Foreign Ministry reports regarding the situation of the Jews in Italy after the commencement of the Race Laws; - Correspondence between the Italian Foreign Ministry and the army regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees under Italian protection.

  9. Documentation from the police and gendarmerie administration in the Baranowitschi district, 1941-1944

    Documentation from the police and gendarmerie administration in the Baranowitschi district, 1941-1944

  10. Documentation of the administration of the Shargorod district, 1942-1944

    Documentation of the administration of the Shargorod district, 1942-1944 Included in the collection are instructions and orders by the prefecture and governor of Transnistria, regarding the supply and distribution of the agricultural produce; instructions and directives by the district administration regarding the sowing of grain; documentation regarding the payment of salaries to the workers in the district administration and the rural administrations; reports by government clerks.

  11. O.86 - Switzerland Collection

    O.86 - Switzerland Collection The Collection was opened recently; until now it has consisted of only one file (See also Yad Vashem Record Group M.63 - Documentation from Provincial Archives in Switzerland).

  12. Documentation of the Reich Women's Leadership (Reichsfrauenfuehrung), Germany, 1933-1942

    Documentation of the Reich Women's Leadership (Reichsfrauenfuehrung), Germany, 1933-1942 The Reich Women's Leadership, established in February 1934, included the German Women's Organization (Deutsches Frauenwerk), the umbrella organization of women's organizations in Germany, established in 1933, and the National Socialist Women's Union (Nationalsozialistische Frauenschaft), established in 1931. It was headed by Gertrud Scholz-Klink, who received the title of "Leader of Reich Women" (Reichsfrauenfuehrerin), November 1934. The two organizations and their female leaders did not have any real ...

  13. O.2 - Wiener Library Collection of Testimonies, London, 1940-1957

    O.2 - Wiener Library Collection of Testimonies, London, 1940-1957 Alfred Wiener (1885-1964), the man who planned and established the Wiener Library, was born in Potsdam Germany; by profession, he was an expert in Middle East affairs and researcher of Islam. From 1919 he served as the legal advisor for the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens (Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith), and published many articles about the Jews of Germany. When the Nazis rose to power in 1933, Wiener immigrated to the Netherlands and lived in Amsterdam. He began to collec...

  14. Documentation of the regional employment office in Stanislawow, 1936-1939

    Documentation of the regional employment office in Stanislawow, 1936-1939

  15. Collection regarding the S. Liberman kindergarten, elementary school and private high school in Riga, 1932-1939

    Collection regarding the S. Liberman kindergarten, elementary school and private high school in Riga, 1932-1939 Included in the collection are reports of meetings of the teachers committee, and parents and pupils meetings; general documentation regarding the activities of the elementary school and high school; instructions and circulars of the education department of the Riga municipality, regarding the acceptance and dismissal of teachers; lists of teachers; classroom record books; protocols of examinations; documentation regarding the pupils' health situation.

  16. Documentation of the German and local authorities in the Pinsk region, 1941-1944

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12795074
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1941-1944
    • Announcement Appeal to the authorities Approval Correspondence Death certificate Identity card Instruction Letter List of bakery owners List of forced laborers List of homeowners List of Jewish women List of landowners List of residents Official documentation Order Survey report הודעה

    Documentation of the German and local authorities in the Pinsk region, 1941-1944 Included in the collection, among other material: - Appeals by Jewish pupils in the schools in Pinsk to the Gebietskommissar (district commissioner) and the commander of the schools, requesting to receive work permits; - Orders of the Gebietskommissar, regarding the imposition of taxes on the Jews; - Death certificates of Jewish residents of Pinsk; - Announcements regarding Jews from Pinsk who became sick with infectious diseases; - Orders by the Supreme Commander of Wolyn to the commander of Brest Litovsk, reg...

  17. Documentation of the Jewish community in Lwow, 1885 - 1942

    Collection of files containing documentation of the Jewish community in Lwow

  18. Collection of the Departement van Justitie - Department of Justice of the Netherlands, regarding the deportation of Jews in 1943

    Collection of the Departement van Justitie - Department of Justice of the Netherlands, regarding the deportation of Jews in 1943 Included in the collection: Telegrams received by the Police commander in the Departement van Justitie of the Netherlands, including reports regarding the deportations of Jews from the various cities, 1943.

  19. Documentation from the Croatian State Archives: Croatian Ministry of State Treasury, Office for Nationalized Property, Jewish Section, 1941

    Documentation from the Croatian State Archives: Croatian Ministry of State Treasury, Office for Nationalized Property, Jewish Section, 1941 This collection includes in most part documents from two Ustasha government agencies charged with the supervision and then the confiscation of Jewish property: The Office for the Renewal of the Economy (May and June 1941), and its successor, the State Directorate for Economic Renewal (July-December 1941). The collection consists of correspondence between these central agencies and their local offices and other government and/or Ustasha party offices. Th...

  20. Documentation of the German and local authorities in the Gomel Region, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the German and local authorities in the Gomel Region, 1941-1943 In the Collection there is documentation from the district and municipal administrations in the Gomel Region, documentation from the prisons in Rechitsa and Bobruysk, a list of residents in Rechitsa, directives issued by the Reichskommissar-Ukraine regarding the setting of prices, documentation from Hans Rothke, the Petrikov Gebietskommissar, directives from the Mozyr Gebietskommissar, correspondence and directives of the German authorities in Mozyr, Zhitkovichi and Petrikov, documentation of the municipal admi...