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Language of Description: English
Country: Israel

  1. M.52.DATO - Documentation of the State Archive of the Ternopil Region

    M.52.DATO - Documentation of the State Archive of the Ternopil Region History of the Archive: The archive was established in 1939 as the Regional Historical Archive of Ternopil. In 1941 and until the present it has been called the State Archive of the Ternopil Region, except for the period of 1958-1980 when it served as the Regional State Archive of Ternopil. During the period of World War II some of the documentation was transferred to Uzbekistan, but most of its collections were destroyed during the war. Following the liberation in late 1944, the archive renewed its work. The Sub-Record G...

  2. M.63 - Documentation from archives in Switzerland

    M.63 - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from provincial archives in Switzerland, 1930-1950 The documentation is composed mainly of material received by Yad Vashem from the archives of cantons and Jewish communities in Switzerland. Documentation received from the Federal Archive of Switzerland and the State Archive of Lichtenstein is also included in the Record Group. There is also material from various institutions that dealt with Jewish refugees in Switzerland, personal files of thousands of Jewish refugees who escaped to Switzerland as well as the files of Jewish refugees who were de...

  3. Documentation from the Bezirksamt Schoenberg in Berlin, 1926-1935

    Documentation from the Bezirksamt Schoenberg in Berlin, 1926-1935 The city of Schoeneberg and the town of Friedenau were incorporated into the city of Berlin in 1920, as the Bezirk (municipal district of) Schoeneberg. In this Record Group are files related to the construction sector, regarding synagogues and buildings belonging to Jewish institutions in the district's area.

  4. Documentation of the Soviet authorities in Slonim, 1939-1941

    Documentation of the Soviet authorities in Slonim, 1939-1941 Included in the collection are legal files against the Jews, lists of people obligated for the draft, and appeals by Jewish residents to the lands department in the municipality.

  5. Documentation of the Minsk District administration, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the Minsk District administration, 1941-1944 The Collection includes commands and orders for restricting the rights of Jews in the Minsk area; correspondence of the area administrations regarding two Jews; list of Jews from the Ostroshitskiy Gorodek Ghetto; list of Jews who paid an agricultural tax to the District administration in Ostroshitskiy Gorodek, 1941-1942; correspondence of the Minsk District Police with the (Gebietskommissar) District Commissioner regarding Jews and children of mixed marriages residing in the Minsk District, 1942; official documentation regarding ...

  6. Documentation from the Wuerttembergische Verwaltungsgerichtshof

    Documentation from the Wuerttembergische Verwaltungsgerichtshof

  7. Collection of the Commissie-Clevering committee, which examined the attitude toward refugees by the authorities in the Netherlands, 1946-1950

    Collection of the Commissie-Clevering committee, which examined the attitude toward refugees by the authorities in the Netherlands, 1946-1950 Official documentation of the Commissie-Clevering committee, established by the Foreign Ministry of the Netherlands in 1946 for the purpose of examining the attitude of the embassies toward Dutch citizens who escaped to Switzerland, France, Spain, Portugal and other countries during the war period: Included in the collection: Testimonies of: A. Cohen E. Elzas L. Flesseman M.H. Gans A.J. Goedkoop E.H. van Hasselt M.H.J. Hedeman-Joosten J.M. Kijzer J. P...

  8. Documentation of the Gebietskommissar (district governor) in Owrutsch, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the Gebietskommissar (district governor) in Owrutsch, 1941-1943 Included in the collection are instructions of the Reichskommissar (Reich commissioner) of Ukraine and the Gebietskommissar (district governor) in Owrutsch, lists of Ukrainian policemen, and other documentation.

  9. M.55 - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from regional and local archives in Germany

    M.55 - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from regional and local archives in Germany The Record Group contains documentation gathered from state, regional and local archives in Germany. In the documentation there is much information regarding the persecution of the Jews on the local level, including deportations, as well as information regarding life in the Jewish communities, Jewish property and sometimes, lists of local Jews.

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

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

    Files from the Reichskanzlei (Reich Office) in Germany

  13. 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...

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

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

  15. 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.

  16. 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...

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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.