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

  1. Westermann Collection: Documentation of the Jewish organizations from the period before the German occupation

    Westermann Collection: Documentation of the Yiddish organizations from the period before the German occupation Annual reports regarding activities of the Linat Zedek Hospital and the Gemilut Chasadim Association, 1924-1926; documentation of the HaGymnasia HaIvrit (Hebrew High School) in Riga, Latvia and documentation regarding its closing during the Soviet occupation in 1940.

  2. Documentation of Jewish financial institutions in Estonia, 1921 - 1942

  3. Documentation of the Generalbauinspekteur fuer die Reichshauptstadt (Construction Inspector General for the Reich's Capital) in Berlin from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1938-1942

    Documentation of the Generalbauinspekteur fuer die Reichshauptstadt (Construction Inspector General for the Reich's Capital) in Berlin from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1938-1942 The institution of the Generalbauinspekteur für die Reichshauptstadt was created by a special order of Adolf Hitler, 30 January 1937. This was the title bestowed on Albert Speer with the goal of initiating grandiose construction plans that would redesign parts of Berlin and acquire for Berlin a dominant standing in the world. Later on, the authority delegated to Speer was expanded both in Berlin itself and in other...

  4. Files of the Sozialbehoerde I (Social Agency I) in Hamburg

    Files of the Sozialbehoerde I (Social Agency I) in Hamburg

  5. O.90 - Documentation of Holocaust survivors in Israel, mainly from kibbutzim

    O.90 - Documentation of Holocaust survivors in Israel, mainly from kibbutzim This Record Group includes documentation, mainly copies of documentation preserved in the archives of kibbutzim throughout Israel. The documentation is mostly the personal documentation of Holocaust survivors who arrived to Eretz Israel and afterwards to the State of Israel from the end of World War II until the early 1960s. The material is comprised mainly of personal documentation, including letters, testimonies, dairies, photographs and various documents.

  6. Documentation of the Senatskanzlei - Verawltungsabteilung (Senate Chamber - Administration department) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Senatskanzlei - Verawltungsabteilung (Senate Chamber - Administration department) in Hamburg

  7. Documentation of the Lower Municipal Court in Czersk, 1948-1950

    Documentation of the Lower Municipal Court in Czersk, 1948-1950 Included in the collection are appeals by relatives of Jews who were murdered during the war period, submitted to the Lower Municipal Court in Czersk district in order to receive declarations of death.

  8. Documentation of the area Commissioners in northern Russia and the Baltic countries, 1942-1944

    Documentation of the area Commissioners in northern Russia and the Baltic countries, 1942-1944

  9. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Ashdot Ya'akov Ihud

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Ashdot Ya'akov Ihud Testimonies: 1. "The escape from the ghetto - from the story of Zipora Weissblit"; 2. Klara Ehrlich (January 1985); 3. "Excerpts from the words of Klara Ehrlich, regarding Auschwitz and the day of liberation from the Nazis" (Eve of Holocaust Day, 5745 [1985]); 4. Yaakov Grinstein, "Minsk during the Holocaust"; 5. Michael Ben Artzi; 6. Henia Barkai; 7. Aviva Niv; 8. Chaim Vardi; Lists: 1. Female youth members who married i...

  10. Files from the Finance Ministry (Finanzaemter) in the Unterfranken region, Bavaria

    Files from the Finance Ministry (Finanzaemter) in the Unterfranken region, Bavaria Including files from the following Record Groups: Amorbach, Veranlagungssteuer (Microfilm JM/20778-20781, additional material in JM/22139, frames 1-279) Aschaffenburg, Verwaltungsschriftgut (Microfilm JM/20782) Aschaffenburg, Veranlagungssteuer (Microfilm JM/20783-20784) Bad Brueckenau, Verwaltungsschriftgut (Microfilm JM/20785) Bad Brueckenau, Fruehere Abgaben (Microfilm JM/20786-20787, additional material in JM/22139, frame 544 and ff.) Bad Kissingen, Verwaltungsschriftgut (Microfilm JM/20788) Bad Kissingen...

  11. Collection of the Hilfsausschuß fur die Deutschen in den Niederlanden, 1940-1943

    Collection of the Hilfsausschuß fur die Deutschen in den Niederlanden, 1940-1943 The role of the Hilfsausschuß fur die Deutschen in den Niederlanden was the determination of damages and payment of compensation to German citizens who suffered from war damages in the Netherlands; the Hilfsausschuß was based on VO 21/41; Germans outside of the Netherlands were also entitled to compensation, on condition that the damage to property was caused in the Netherlands; most of the claims related to the property of Jewish refugees from Germany who had stored their household contents in storage rooms of...

  12. Documentation of the Mogilev Podolskiy municipality, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the Mogilev Podolskiy municipality, 1941-1943 Included in the collection are instructions by the governor of Transnistria, regarding the establishment of an office for the organization of work for Jews; correspondence with the district prefecture and the Police regarding the transfer of Jews to public works; appeals by Jews to the municipality for the purpose of receiving work permits; announcements regarding the transfer of a payment to Jews sent by the "Jewish Committee"; appeals by residents to the city's authorities regarding receiving an apartment; documentation regard...

  13. Testimony regarding the experiences of children on the Aryan side during the war and in children's homes in Poland after the liberation

    Testimony regarding the experiences of children on the Aryan side during the war and in children's homes in Poland after the liberation Wanderings and suffering of children on the Aryan side; atrocities committed by the Nazis; help from nuns and Polish, Ukrainian and especially Czech farmers. Jewish children's homes in Poland (Krakow, Bielski, Lodz and Czestochowa) after the liberation; feelings of isolation and alienation of the children.

  14. Documentation regarding the municipal Jewish school in Tukums, 1920-1940

    Documentation regarding the municipal Jewish school in Tukums, 1920-1940 Included in the collection: Reports of meetings of the teachers committee; classroom record books; lists of pupils; regulations and instructions of the education department of the Riga municipality; birth certificates of pupils; school diplomas; pupils record books; kindergarten classroom record books; correspondence regarding the school and kindergarten activities.

  15. Documentation of the district German gendarmerie in Grodno, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the district German gendarmerie in Grodno, 1941-1944 The Collection contains lists of detainees following Communist activity, procedures regarding the struggle against partisan activity transmitted by the district commander of the gendarmerie to local units, reports regarding the execution of people attempting to escape and documentation regarding salary payments to the gendarmes.

  16. The Attorney Jean Brunschvig Personal Archive: Certificates from the San Salvador Consulate in Geneva, 1942-1944

    The collection is composed of documents signed by Mantello certifying that the bearer of the document is a San Salvadorian citizen.

  17. 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.

  18. Questionnaires filled out by children in the Foehrenwald DP camp, 1945-1946

    The questionnaires include questions concerning the names of family members, their places of origin and the general background of the children. On the reverse side of each questionnaire there is a short report regarding the history of the child from the day s/he was deported to the ghetto, the camps to which s/he was deported, when s/he was separated from his/her family members and places where s/he was from after the liberation until his/her arrival at the DP camp.

  19. Kaelter Collection: Documentation from the estate of David and Judith (Edith) Kaelter, residents of Germany, who emigrated to Eretz Israel in 1939

    The material includes: - Details regarding David and Judith Kaelter's families (File 1); - Personal documents belonging to David and Judith Kaelter and their families, including a few rabbis among their relatives (Files 2, 3, 7, 8, 10);- Documents regarding the professional activities of David Kaelter (File 4); - Testimony and memorial booklet regarding the Kristallnacht riots (File 5);- Memoirs and summaries written by David Kaelter regarding his life and the organizations and institutions in which he was active (File 6); - David Kaelter's professional activities as a teacher in Israel (Fi...

  20. The Ball-Kaduri Collection: Contemporary testimonies and reports regarding the Holocaust of the Jews of Germany and Central Europe, 1943-1960

    The Record Group includes memoirs of Jewish leaders in various areas of Jewish life in Germany. Although there is much documentation regarding the fate of individual Holocaust victims, the main emphasis of the Record Group is on the different Jewish organizations. There is much information about local community organizations and the central Jewish organizations of German Jewry, including general, Zionist, and religious organizations. There is also documentation regarding emigration preparations and relations with the Nazi authorities as seen by the Jews. There are over 300 files in the reco...