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  1. Калининская областная комиссия содействия в работе Чрезвычайной государственной комиссии по установлению и расследованию злодеяний немецко-фашистских захватчиков и их соообщников и причиненного ими ущерба гражданам, колхозам и общественным организациям, государственным предприятиям и учреждениям СССР. 1943-1953

    Постановления СНК СССР. Акты (общегородские и общерайонные) об ущербе, причиненном немецко-фашистскими захватчиками гражданам отдельных районов и городов Калининской области, о злодеяниях, совершенных во временно оккупированных районах Калининской области. Сообщение Калининской областной комиссии об ущербе, причиненном оккупантами, о злодеяниях, совершенных ими на территории области об установлении и расследовании фактов этих злодеяний. Обобщенные сведения об ущербе, причиненном государственному и колхозно-кооперативному сектору народного хозяйства Калининской области. Статьи из газеты "Про...

  2. March of Time -- outtakes -- French Navy hailing neutral freighters, seizing contraband

    Shots of a French submarine which, according to the dope sheet, captured a German freighter and took it to a Moroccan port. French sailors on the ocean look for ships from neutral countries carrying contraband goods. Sailors board a ship for inspection. The bags in the cargo hold are labelled "Oslo." A ship docked at a harbor (the same ship?) with the name "Tjikandi" visible. Pan across a huge warehouse full of goods, presumably seized cargo. Officials inspect some of these goods. A group of French sailors pulls the outer layer off a bag of cargo to reveal the word "Hambourg" on the inner b...

  3. Ehrenreich family papers

    Consists of family photographs, correspondence, official documentation, programs, and articles related to Dr. Nathan and Mrs. Frieda Rosenstein Ehrenreich and their son, Helmut (Henry) Ehrenreich, originally of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Nathan was a composer and the musical director of a prestigious Jewish choir in Frankfurt and one of the founders of the Jewish Kulturbund before the family's 1939 emigration to the United States. After arriving in the United States, Dr. Ehrenreich continued his career in music in Buffalo, NY. The collection includes documents related to the education of e...

  4. Report from Drancy concentration camp

    Three typewritten pages documenting the first stages of the Holocaust of the Jews of France and the state of affairs within the Drancy concentration camp a few months after it was established in August 1941. The letter begins with a general description of the situation outside of the camp (arrests, attempts for family members to visit) and then includes a detailed description of living conditions in the camp (sleeping on floors, food rations, punishments). The bulk of the letter is dedicated to describing protests of Jewish physicians at the camp and the order to release prisoners whose con...

  5. Selected records of the Communal Council in Sędziszów Gminna Rada Narodowa w Sędziszowie (Sygn.1666)

    Contracts for the lease of Jewish real estate, ordinances, circulars, minutes of meetings, budget and financial documentation, correspondence related to abandoned properties, martyrdom and war damage. Includes registers of Jewish properties and population statistics,

  6. Documentation of the central committee of the Communist Party in Belorussia, 1941-1944

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12797601
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1941-1944
    • Appeal to the authorities Exhumation report Legal documentation Letter List of Communists List of evacuated persons List of partisans List of refugees Official documentation Personal documents Statistical report Survey Survey report הודעה

    Documentation of the central committee of the Communist Party in Belorussia, 1941-1944 Included in the collection, among other material: - Documentation of the central committee of the Communist Party in Belorussia; - Documentation of the headquarters of the partisans movement; - Lists of Communists; - Personal documents of Jewish Communists; - Situation reports regarding the occupied territories in Belorussia; - Reports regarding the establishment of ghettos, deportation of refugees, and the persecution and murder of Jews; - Survey reports of the partisans units in Belorussia; - Statistica...

  7. Державна надзвичайна комісія СРСР по встановленню і розслідуванню нанесених злодіянь німецькими загарбниками Полтавській області, м. Полтава Полтавської обл

    • State Extraordinary Commission for Investigation of the German Crimes in Poltava Region, city of Poltava, Poltava region
    • Derzhavna nadzvychaina komisiia SRSR po vstanovlenniu i rozsliduvanniu nanesenykh zlodiian nimetskymy zaharbnykamy Poltavskii oblasti, m. Poltava Poltavskoi obl

    Most of the files contain information about the material damage caused to various towns and villages of the region. Files 1618, 1623-1625, 1627, 1634-1646 contain statements of the Commission about civilians killed by the ‘German-fascist invaders’ in various localities of the region.

  8. War Criminals Department, Legal Division (Kriegsverbrecherreferat) of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews) - Munich

    n the collection there are personal files regarding Nazi war criminals and Ukrainian, Latvian and Lithuanian collaborators, mainly in the areas of Poland. There are testimonies of survivors in all the documentation.

  9. Initiative "Teilen mit Ostdeutschland" e.V.

    • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
    • B 379
    • German
    • 1991-1997
    • Schriftgut 33 Aufbewahrungseinheiten 2,3 laufende Meter

    Bestandsbeschreibung Die Initiative "Teilen mit Ostdeutschland e. V." wurde am 18.3.1991 als eine politisch unabhängige, private und gemeinnützige Vereinigung gegründet mit dem Ziel, durch Mitgliedsbeiträge und Spenden zur Aufbauhilfe in den neuen Bundesländern und zur Angleichung der Lebensverhältnisse beizutragen. Gefördert wurden insbesondere Einrichtungen für Jugendliche, vor allem durch den Erwerb von Lehr- und Unterrichtsmitteln an Schulen, sowie durch die Förderung von Projekten zur beruflichen Qualifikation und zur sinnvollen Freizeitgestaltung. Mit Ablauf des 31.12.1996 beendete di...

  10. German occupation of Kharkov; daily life

    Soldiers in Kharkov, busy city street scene, marketplace, etc. German soldiers and military vehicles throughout. Shot of German women crossing street, probably nurses (they wear military uniforms and white caps). Signs in German, including "Soldatenheim." Germans and civilians in busy marketplace. German soldiers walk past a bedraggled Soviet soldier (?) sitting in the marketplace. One of the Germans asks for and is given the man's cigarette. German soldier talking with old man, who removes his hat and refuses the cigarette offered to him by the German -- the old man appears a bit crazy. PO...

  11. Phillip Greenglass family papers

    The collection consists of letters written to Phillip Greenglass in the United States from his family in Babruĭsk, Belarus. A select few letters in Russian also include donor-provided translations. Also included are pre-war photographs of Phillip’s family in Babruĭsk and depictions of his visit with his family in Babruĭsk in 1938.

  12. Anneliese Silberstein: personal papers

    This collection contains the personal papers of Anneliesa Silberstein, a Jewish girl from Berlin who emigrated to Palestine in 1939.Personal papers Including certificate of inheritance and her father's last will, birth and marriage certificates of her parents, family register, photocopy of Anneliesa's Palestinian certificate of naturalisation (1743/1-) and some family correspondence (1743/2). Also included are two of Anneliesa's diaries (1743/3) in which she refers to the political situation and how it affected her life as a Jewish girl in Berlin. She discusses her fate and the meaning of l...

  13. Reichsaufsichtsamt für das Kreditwesen

    Bestandsbeschreibung Im Bestand sind Unterlagen zur Genossenschaftsgesetzgebung, zu Erhebungen über Gas-, Wasser- und E-Werke sowie Materialien zur Überprüfung von Einzelfällen überliefert. Erschliessungszustand Findkartei Zitierweise BArch R 3110/...

  14. De Nederlandsche Bank NV, (1643) 1814-1980 (1995), 3e zending

    Het overgedragen gedeelte van het archief van De Nederlandsche Bank NV omvat 15% tot 20% van het verwachte totale aantal inventarisnummers van het archief na bewerking, en 30% tot 40% van de verwachte totale omvang in strekkende meters. Het betreft tot heden nog voor het overgrote gedeelte seriële bescheiden: boekhouding en rekening-courantadministratie (1814 - 1983); Aandeelhoudersadministratie (1814 - 1948); administratie van de inlevering (vordering) van goud, andere edele metalen en buitenlandse betaalmiddelen ingevolge Deviezenverordening 1940 en het Deviezenbesluit 1945 (1940 - 1962);...

  15. Archief van Lydia Chagoll.

    Dit bestand bevat archiefmateriaal dat vooral dateert van de jaren vóór de samenwerking tussen Chagoll en Buyens. We noteren vooreerst allerlei persoonlijke documenten zoals privé-briefwisseling, diploma’s, stukken in verband met de studies van Chagoll enz. Verder heeft dit archiefbestand vooral betrekking op haar danscarrière – onder meer het Ballet Lydia Chagoll. Het bevat programma’s, notities, contracten met dansers, overeenkomsten met vb. de BRT/RTB, recensies van opgevoerde stukken, allerhande thematische dossiers (vb. over het opdoeken van het Ballet Lydia Chagoll in 1970) maar voora...

  16. Zentralgewerberegister

    • Central Trade Registry

    Das Zentralgewerberegister erschließt die Gewerbeakten der Magistratischen Bezirksämter, die teilweise bereits im Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv liegen, teilweise jedoch noch bei den Magistratischen Bezirksämtern. Die Zuständigkeit dieser Bezirksämter richtet sich nach dem Standort der Gewerbeausübung bzw. nach dem Standort der weiteren Betriebsstätte. Es handelt sich beim Zentralgewerberegister um eine Kartei, deren älterer Teil im Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv und deren jüngerer in der Magistratsabteilung 63 aufbewahrt wird. Die Kartei verweist nicht nur auf die Gewerbeakten, sondern ent...

  17. German educational film: domesticating the African elephant

    This short film first depicts the African elephant in its natural habitat, aand then as domesticated elephants being used as work animals for a variety of tasks. All the scenes are EXT scenes. There are some interesting scenes shot at night in the camp, where the elephants can be seen with people riding them, etc. VS, of elephant hunting. There is a long, arduous scene where approximately 10 men try to rope and restrain a wild elephant. They are successful in roping one of his hind legs, but the elephant continues to fight off some of the men with his forelegs and his trunk, this struggle i...

  18. Diary of Hans Frank

    Contains the diary (day book) of Hans Frank, governor of occupied Poland during World War II. The journal is in typed format, in chronological order, covering all aspect of Generalgouvernment (GG) administration from its seat in the royal Wawel castle in Krakau (Kraków). The entries reflect careful, thoughtful consideration of administrative matters, rather than the spontaneous thoughts or feelings usually found in a diary.

  19. Ardeatine Caves Massacre: cave

    Ardeatine Caves Massacre, Italy. EXT shots of Rome streets. Sign on wall: "Catacombe di San Callisto." Entry into cave, INT of cave hallways. Vehicle. MLS, entrance to cave. Sign: "Via Rasella." Aerial view, street in Rome. Cart. Still photographs. EXT, shutters of window. VAR, EXT pocked walls. Still photograph showing corpses piled in front of stone wall and men with hands behind their heads. CU, man's face. VS, CUs documents with names of victims. Aerial shots, city buildings, MLS, apartment building with windows open. Note: 320 Italian civilians were murdered in Ardeatine Caves on March...

  20. Selected records, Obóz Koncentracyjny Sachsenhausen Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen (GK 137)

    Files and waybills to KL Sachsenhausen from various camps and places, personal files of prisoners, periodic reports, 1941-1942 regarding camp crew: ceremonies, training and others matters.