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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Degania Alef

  2. Documentation of the municipal administration and local institutions in Romny, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the municipal administration and local institutions in Romny, 1941-1943

  3. M.45 - Documentation from archives in Lithuania, 1941-1945

    M.45- Documentation from archives in Lithuania, 1941-1945 The documentation includes records groups from the following archives: Gebietskommissar Wilno-Land (the District Commissioner of Vilna), Oberfeldkommandatur 396, Gebietskommissar Stadtkommandant Wilno Kaunas, Wilno Stadt und Land SS, Wilno Sipo und SD, Sipo und SD Kommandant Kaunas, the SD prison in Stadtkommandatura Marjampol, Vilna and more. In the collection there is also documentation from various organizations, including lists of members of the Judenrat departments in the Vilna Ghetto, lists of the Jewish police in the Vilna Ghe...

  4. Documentation of the Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (BdS-Commander-in Chief of the Security Police and SD) in Riga, from the Osoby Archive in Moscow

    Documentation of the Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (BdS-Commander-in Chief of the Security Police and SD) in Riga, from the Osoby Archive in Moscow

  5. Documentation of the district council in Mogilev and its executive committee, 1926-1941

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 13615301
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1926-1941
    • Appeal to the authorities List of elections committee members List of Jews List of occupants List of officials List of representatives to the Elections Committee List of workers List of workers engaged in commerce Official documentation Personal records Questionnaire

    Documentation of the district council in Mogilev and its executive committee, 1926-1941 Included in the collection are appeals for the restitution of the right to vote; lists of officials; delegates who work in the various departments of the district council, and residents; documentation regarding the elections for the Supreme Council in the Soviet Union, 1937; personal documentation of Jews.

  6. Documentation of the Jewish community in Tlumacz, 1935-1936

    Documentation of the Jewish community in Tlumacz, 1935-1936 Included in the collection are budget and community plans and lists of Jews who paid taxes for 1935-1936.

  7. O.15 E - Testimonies collected by the National Relief Committee for Deportees in Hungary (DEGOB)

    O.15 E - Testimonies collected by the National Relief Committee for Deportees in Hungary (DEGOB) Testimonies collected from Holocaust survivors by Deportáltakat Gondozó Országos Bizottság (the National Relief Committee for Deportees in Hungary [DEGOB]), 1945-1946. The testimonies were passed on to the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) by the Magyar Zsidó Múzeum és Levéltár (Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives [MZSML]). Some of the testimonies were passed on in their original form and some were photocopied ( Signature: 2, XX-G microfilm reels). DEGOB collected a total of approximately 3,65...

  8. 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...

  9. Documentation from the Center for the Study of the History of Romanian Jews, 1940-1944

    Documentation from the Center for the Study of the History of Romanian Jews, 1940-1944 In the collection there is documentation of the Centrala Evreilor (Federation of Jewish Communities; the Judenrat) in Romania and information regarding the relief activities of the Federation on behalf of the Romanian Jews and the Jews who were deported to Transnistria.

  10. M.21.4 - Kriegsverbrecherreferat (War Criminals Department), Central Committee of Liberated Jews - Munich

    M.21.4 - Kriegsverbrecherreferat (War Criminals Department), Central Committee of Liberated Jews - Munich The War Criminals Department was established in the American Occupied Zone shortly after the end of World War II. It was active from 1946-1951 as the Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Munich, in cooperation with the Central Historical Commission in Munich and other survivor organizations. The purpose of the Department was to locate war criminals and collaborators, to gather documentary material, to collect testimonies from survivors and to bring the criminal...

  11. Documentation of the Reich Credit Offices Headquarters (Hauptverwaltung der Reichskreditkassen), Germany, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the Reich Credit Offices Headquarters (Hauptverwaltung der Reichskreditkassen), Germany, 1941-1944 Documentation of the Reich Credit Offices Central Administration, during the war period. Included are documents that relate to the economic policies in the occupied territories.

  12. Documentation of the Council and the regional Executive committees in Mogilev, 1944-1945

    Documentation of the Council and the regional Executive committees in Mogilev, 1944-1945 Included in the collection are personal documents of workers in the district and municipal Executive committees.

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha 1. Memorial booklet, "Nathan"; 2. Three documents (in German, 1938) (photocopy).

  14. Documentation from the Stadtarchiv Ludwigsburg (Ludwigsburg Municipal Archives)

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 11054802
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1890-2011
    • Financial accounts food card Legal documentation Letter List of Jewish residents Newspaper clippings Official documentation Orders Photograph Protocol Questionnaire Record of persecuted persons

    Documentation from the Stadtarchiv Ludwigsburg (Ludwigsburg Municipal Archives) The collection includes varied and detailed documentation regarding the persecution of the Jews of Ludwigsburg during the Nazi regime, from various angles. The material includes: protocols of municipality departments, orders published against Jews, Jewish businesses and their closure, the confiscation of Jewish property including estimations of the value of many plots of land, tax files, files of local organizations, files regarding construction, photographs, a collection of a local historian who corresponded wi...

  15. Documentation from the Auswanderungsberatungsstelle (Emigration Counseling Office) for Lippe and Westfallen in Muenster

    Documentation from the Auswanderungsberatungsstelle (Emigration Counseling Office) for Lippe and Westfallen in Muenster

  16. Documentation of the regional Commission for the Investigation of Crimes against the Polish Nation in Kielce, dated 1947-1991

    Documentation of the regional Commission for the Investigation of Crimes against the Polish Nation in Kielce, dated 1947-1991 Included in the collection is documentation regarding the murder of Poles and Jews by German policemen in Nowy Korczyn during 1939-1945; murder of Jews and Poles in the Opatow district during 1941-1944; crimes committed by workers in the Radom concentration camp during 1940-1944; abuse and murder of Jewish and Polish forced laborers in the HASAG company factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna camp during 1939-1945; investigation documents and documentation regarding crimes com...

  17. Various materials regarding the Jews of Wasserburg am Inn

    Various materials regarding the Jews of Wasserburg am Inn

  18. O.85 - Austrian Communities Registry

    O.85 - Documentation collected for the Austrian Communities Registry The purpose of the Yad Vashem Communities Registry Project is to perpetuate the history of the communities destroyed during the Holocaust. The historiography of the communities focused on countries, and sometimes on districts, but not the history of the local communities. With the increase of interest in the local communities, this Record Group also serves as a very important source for historians and researchers working in this field. The task of preparation of the Austrian Communities Registry was assigned to Dr. Herbert...

  19. M.68 - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from archives in the Netherlands, 1930-1950

    M.68 - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from archives in the Netherlands, 1930-1950 The documentation gathered in the archives in the Netherlands is mainly from the National Institute for War Documentation (NIOD) and the Amsterdam Municipal Archives, as well as Het Nationaal Archief (the National Archives) and smaller archives throughout the Netherlands. The documentation deals with persecution of the Jews of the Netherlands, anti-Jewish orders and directives, the German authorities in the Netherlands during the war, Jews in camps in the Netherlands and the East, the Joodse Raad (Jewis...

  20. O. 21 - M. Weichert Collection about Jewish Social Welfare in the Generalgouvernement: Documentation regarding the activities of the Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS - Jewish Social Self-Help Organization) in Poland during the German occupation, and documentation regarding Michal Weichert

    O. 21 - M. Weichert Collection about Jewish Social Welfare in the Generalgouvernement: Documentation regarding the activities of the Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS - Jewish Social Self-Help Organization) in Poland during the German occupation, and documentation regarding Michal Weichert Michal Weichert was born in Podhajce, eastern Galicia, Poland, 1890. He attended Polish schools, earned a degree in law at the University of Vienna, and also attended the Theater Arts Academy in Berlin. Upon his return to Poland, he established the Young Yiddish Theater in Warsaw. He served as a Yiddish t...