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  1. Collection of Belorussian sources regarding various matters, from the 1920s until the 1990s

    Collection of Belorussian sources regarding various matters, from the 1920s until the 1990s In the collection is a list of owners of apartments in Minsk [used] for hiding, who were active during 1941-1944; newspaper clippings from the Red Army newspaper, "Boyevoy listok", regarding Nazi war criminals in Belorussia during 1941-1944; (the number of people who perished in the Belorussia and Grodno regions); documentation of the partisans detachments under the command of Zorin during 1943-1944; memoirs regarding the activities of the underground in the Minsk Ghetto during 1941-1943; and, statis...

  2. Documentation from the Landratsamt Marburg

    Documentation from the Landratsamt Marburg

  3. Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission in the Mogilev region, 1944-1946

    Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission in the Mogilev region, 1944-1946 - Reports prepared by the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, regarding the damage caused to the economy and the population in the Mogilev region; included in the report is a survey of the history of Mogilev and calculation of the damage caused to institutions in the city; information regarding the mass murder of civilians in Krichev, Merkulovichi. Gorodets, Palykhovichi and Shklov; calculation of the damage caused to agricultural institutions, according to areas and the types of damage; estimatio...

  4. Situation reports prepared by the Gestapo, from materials of the Preußische Staatsministerium in the Geh. Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz

    Situation reports prepared by the Gestapo, from materials of the Preußische Staatsministerium in the Geh. Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz The Preußische Staatsministerium was an organization of the Prussian State governmental authority. It served in the past in particular as the State government, and during the period of the Weimar Republic and afterwards it served as a uniting body (Kollegium) of the government's Ministers, and as the personal office (Kanzlei - Bureau) of the Prime Minister of the State. The material that was copied for Yad Vashem includes situation reports (Lageber...

  5. Documentation of the Stadtkommissar (city governor) in Shitomir, 1942-1943

    Documentation of the Stadtkommissar (city governor) in Shitomir, 1942-1943 Included in the collection: - Instructions by the Stadtkommissar (city governor) in Shitomir to the newspaper editorial staff; - Appeals by residents, to receive housing.

  6. Documentation of the operational committee in the Nikolayev region, 1945-1946

    Documentation of the operational committee in the Nikolayev region, 1945-1946 Included in the collection is documentation regarding the release of Polish citizens including Jews for the purpose of returning to Poland, following the agreement signed between the Soviet Union and the Polish government in 1945.

  7. Documentation of the Soviet government authorities, regarding war crimes by the Nazis and their collaborators in the Zaporozhye region, 1944

    Documentation of the Soviet government authorities, regarding war crimes by the Nazis and their collaborators in the Zaporozhye region, 1944 Included in the collection: - Survey report of the regional commission for the investigation of war crimes by the Nazis and their collaborators in the Zaporozhye region, regarding the German occupation period; - Exhumation report prepared by the regional commission for the investigation of war crimes by the Nazis and their collaborators in the Zaporozhye region and the surrounding area; - Testimony of members of the Komunar Kolkhoz, regarding the murde...

  8. Documentation from the Indura municipality, 1937-1938

    Documentation from the Indura municipality, 1937-1938 Included in the collection is list of the residents who paid municipal taxes in 1937-1938; documentation of the Police in Indura regarding fines imposed on the Indura residents.

  9. Documentation of the supervisor over the schools in Stanislawow, 1927-1939

    Documentation of the supervisor over the schools in Stanislawow, 1927-1939

  10. O.80 - Documentation from the “Jews in Latvia” Museum

    O.80 - Documentation from the “Jews in Latvia” Museum The “Jews in Latvia” Museum was established in 1989 on the initiative of Holocaust survivors headed by well-known historian Marger Westermann. In the beginning the museum acted as a center for documentation. Its first permanent collection was opened in 1996. At present its collection is displayed in three galleries; the third gallery is dedicated to Latvian Jewry during the Holocaust and there is a special department dedicated to the Righteous Among the Nations. The Record Group is composed of 159 files in Latvian, German, Russian and He...

  11. Collection of the Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging, NSB - the Nazi Movement in the Netherlands, 1933-1945

    Collection of the Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging, NSB - the Nazi Movement in the Netherlands, 1933-1945 The Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging - NSB was established in the Netherlands by ir. A.A. Mussert and C. van Geelkerken in 1931; The rise to power of Hitler in Germany in 1933 contributed to the large rise of the NSB in the Netherlands; the NSB joined the government as a fascist party in 1937; during the war, the NSB was the main political partner of the German occupation authorities; Seyss-Inquart declared the NSB as the only legal party in the Netherlands in 1941; the NSB establishe...

  12. 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...

  13. Documentation regarding Jews, from various record groups in the Stadtarchiv Bremerhaven (Municipal Archives)

    Documentation regarding Jews, from various record groups in the Stadtarchiv Bremerhaven (Municipal Archives)

  14. Documentation of the Communist Party District Committee in Shchuchin, 1939-1941

    Documentation of the Communist Party District Committee in Shchuchin, 1939-1941 The Collection includes protocols from Party meetings; lists and personal documentation of members of the Elections Committee; lists of candidates and of Party members.

  15. Documentation of the administration of the Lwow region, regarding Jewish organizations, 1930s

    Documentation of the administration of the Lwow region, regarding Jewish organizations, 1930s

  16. O.64.2/SCH.5 - Documentation regarding Personalities in ghetto Theresienstadt

    O.64.2/SCH.5 - Documentation regarding Personalities in ghetto Theresienstadt

  17. Card files and personal documentation of Stutthof camp inmates from various countries and nationalities, 1939-1945

    Card files and personal documentation of Stutthof camp inmates from various countries and nationalities, 1939-1945 Stutthof camp was a Nazi concentration camp located 37 kilometers east of Danzig, near the city of Sztutowo in Poland. The camp, established in September 1939, was the first concentration camp established outside the borders of Germany. It was the last camp to be liberated by the Allied forces. During the period that Stutthof camp was active it had approximately 110,000 inmates imprisoned there, including 28,000 Jews. More than 80,000 of the inmates perished in the camp.

  18. Documentation from the Archive of the City of Bremen, regarding the Jews of Bremen during the Nazi regime and after 1945

    Documentation from the Archive of the City of Bremen, regarding the Jews of Bremen during the Nazi regime and after 1945

  19. M.43 - Documentation from archives in Latvia, 1918-1946

    M.43 - Documentation from archives in Latvia, 1918-1946 In the collection there are files selected from the Latvian State Historical Archives in Riga and other files received from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Description of the collection Included in the documentation from the Latvian State Historical Archives in Riga is correspondence between the educational institutions in Latvia and various bodies regarding the budget, teachers' salaries, and matriculation exams, 1921-1940. In the collection there is documentation of the Association of Latvian Jews for the A...

  20. M.83 - Documentation from archives in Kazakhstan, 1926-1972

    M.83 - Documentation from archives in Kazakhstan, 1926-1972 In the Records Group there are collections selected from archives in Kazakhstan. Included in the Record Group: Documentation of the Municipal Council of Workers' Representatives and its Executive Committee in Karaganda, 1926-1972: Orders issued by the People's Commission of the Coal industry (NKUP), 1939-1943; statements by the staff and the organization regarding workers in the Industry for the Production of Flammable Materials; documentation of the academic education institutions (for example, documentation of the medical school ...