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

  1. Reinhard Strecker Collection: Judges and Trials in Nazi Sondergerichte (Special Courts)

    Included in the Collection: - Microfilms JM/1750-JM/1752: Verdicts from trials held in special courts in Germany, Poland and the Protectorate; the trials usually were conducted against non-Jews, and in most cases, the sentence was death. Besides the verdict and verdicts rendered for appeals, in some instances the collection also contains correspondence regarding the carrying out of the sentences, including official notification that the verdict has been carried out;- Microfilm JM/1753: Reports regarding the executions carried out in the Brandenburg prison, 1943-1945; - Microfilm JM/1754: Fi...

  2. The Relico Collection: Documentation of the Committee for Relief of the War-Stricken Jewish Population, World Jewish Congress, Geneva

    The Collection contains documentation regarding the activities of the Committee during the war as well as its post-war activities. In the Collection from the war period, there is correspondence between Committee members and Jews living under the German regime and correspondence with family members living in the free world and trying to help their Jewish relatives living under the German regime. In the letters sent from ghettos and camps there is information regarding the condition of the Jews. Sometimes these were the last letters of the Jews who perished afterwards. Included in the documen...

  3. Reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdiens (SD-Security Service) headquarters regarding the activities taking place in the Soviet Union including the activities of the Einsatzgruppen

    Reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdiens (SD-Security Service) headquarters regarding the activities taking place in the Soviet Union including the activities of the Einsatzgruppen The initial reports are reports (Referat) from the Director of the IVA1 (Gestapo-struggle against the Communists) in the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA-Reich Security Headquarters) that were distributed among officials in the RSHA, with Himmler foremost among them; beginning with Report No. 4, the reports received the SIPO and SD Headquarters heading, with the acronym IVA...

  4. Reports prepared by the Hechalutz Center in Geneva for the World Jewish Congress (WJC) regarding the situation of the Jews in Slovakia and other countries, 1944-1945

    Reports prepared by the Hechalutz Center in Geneva for the World Jewish Congress (WJC) regarding the situation of the Jews in Slovakia and other countries, 1944-1945

  5. Reports regarding salaries received by workers in the Jewish education system in Latvia, 1920-1940

    Reports regarding salaries received by workers in the Jewish education system in Latvia, 1920-1940

  6. Righteous Among the Nations Collection.

    The files concern rescuers recognized as Righteous Among the Nations and honoured by Yad Vashem. It is only an indication of the actual number of rescuers, since it is based on the cases brought to the attention of Yad Vashem. Most Righteous were recognised thanks to the requests made by rescued Jews. By January 1st 2014, there were 1665 files of Belgian rescuers. There is a file for every rescue case, containing the documents gathered through the process of recognition. One will find correspondence, notes, sometimes photographs, and material related to the recognition ceremonies.

  7. Romania - Ministry of the Interior - Passports Office, 1940-1944

    Romania - Ministry of the Interior - Passports Office, 1940-1944

  8. The Romanian Collection: Documentation, mostly from the Holocaust period, regarding the fate of the Romanian Jews

    The first 82 files in the Record Group include documentation of the Jewish organizations which were active in Romania, 1941-1947: The Central Council of Romanian Jews; The Federation of the Union of Communities; The Joint Distribution Committee; The Union of Romanian Jews; The Jewish Party; the General Jewish Council and the Jewish Democratic Committee. The rest of the files contain mainly personal documentation submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive by private people on an on-going basis.

  9. Saly Mayer Archive: Documentation regarding the activities of Saly Mayer, President of SIG (the Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)

    The documentation is from 1939-1950. Most of the documentation describes the activities of Saly Mayer as the (unofficial) representative of the JDC in Switzerland during World War II.Saly Mayer transferred JDC funds to persecuted Jews in Europe and Shanghai in different ways. He also distributed money for the care of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland. As part of his activities, he received information regarding what was happening in Europe against the Jews, for example in Slovakia (from the Bratislava Working Group). He was in contact with representatives and activists of various Jewish or...

  10. Service Européen de Recherches (SER– European Search Service) card catalogue from France, 1940-1946

    Service Européen de Recherches (SER– European Search Service) card catalogue from France, 1940-1946 Bringing of the SER material to Israel by Israel Froikin, 1961; in the collection, there are three kinds of card catalogues: 1. Card Catalogue for searching for relatives, in which the following details appear: The name being searched, place and date of birth, nationality; parents' names, profession, date of residence in France, last address, date of arrest or deportation and deportation destination; details of the searcher: name; place of birth and last address; 2. Card catalogue for sending...

  11. Service Européen de Recherches (SER– European Search Service) card catalogue from France, for searching for relatives, 1940-1946

    Service Européen de Recherches (SER– European Search Service) card catalogue from France, for searching for relatives, 1940-1946 The following details appear in the card catalogue: The name being searched; place and date of birth; nationality; parents' names; profession; date of residence in France and last address; as well as date of arrest or deportation and deportation destination.

  12. Service Européen de Recherches (SER– European Search Service) card catalogue of deportees from France, 1940-1946

    Service Européen de Recherches (SER– European Search Service) card catalogue of deportees from France, 1940-1946 In the card catalogue: Names of family members of Jews from France who were deported by the Germans from various places; indicated on the card: the name of the deportee, year and place of birth, nationality and the name of the camp to which s/he was deported.

  13. The She’erit Hapletah Collection - Displaced Persons life in the camps, 1945-1948

    In this Collection there is documentation regarding the lives of the displaced persons (DPs) in the camps. It contains thousands of placards from the camps, mainly concerning cultural and artistic matters, religious life, sport, elections and political parties. Additionally, there are announcements , principally issued by administrative departments in the Eschwefe DP camp and the Feldafing DP camp. There are letters or surveys on subjects related to daily life in the DP camps in a few individual files.

  14. 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...

  15. Soviet documentation regarding Nazi war crimes carried out in the Khakiv region during 1944-1945

    Soviet documentation regarding Nazi war crimes carried out in the Khakiv region during 1944-1945 Included in the collection: - Testimonies collected from residents of the Stary Saltov district; - List of streets whose name was changed during the occupation period; - Antisemitic posters including an appeal to local residents to travel to work in Germany, a call to partisans and Red Army soldiers to surrender, announcements regarding the distribution of land, and Nazi propaganda; - Reports regarding Nazi war crimes in Kharkiv during the occupation period; - Report regarding trials of war crim...

  16. The SS Members personal files from the Berlin Document Center

    This collection includes personal files of SS officers above the rank of Untersturmfuehrer has been kept at the BDC. In the files there is varied documentation, and in certain instances, the BDC personnel have added documentation regarding a specific officer from other collections in the BDC archive. A large number of files regarding the SS officers were created from questionnaires concerning the personality of the officer. In addition to general data, there is also psychological and medical information and information regarding the officer's outlook on life. In the SS personal files there ...

  17. Tax files of Jews, from the Finanzamt Heilbronn

    Tax files of Jews, from the Finanzamt Heilbronn

  18. Tax files of Jews, in the Finanzamt Schwäbisch Gmünd, 1914-1962

    Tax files of Jews, in the Finanzamt Schwäbisch Gmünd, 1914-1962 Included in the collection are tax files of Jews and Jewish businesses.

  19. Testimonies and memoirs of Jews who resided in Belorussia, regarding the war period

    Testimonies and memoirs of Jews who resided in Belorussia, regarding the war period Included in the collection are testimonies and memoirs of Jews regarding the underground activities, and regarding their experiences in the ranks of the partisans, and testimonies regarding the Minsk Ghetto.

  20. Testimonies and memoirs regarding Nazi war crimes in Belorussia during World War II

    Testimonies and memoirs regarding Nazi war crimes in Belorussia during World War II Included in the collection: - Testimonies regarding the Minsk Ghetto and Nazi war crimes; - Memoirs of the partisans commissar Boris Khaimovich; - Article regarding Nazi actions in the occupied areas of Belorussia; - Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, regarding the city of Kiev.