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Language of Description: English
Country: Israel

  1. Svejk in the Protectorate

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The publication which is based on the novel “The good soldier Svejk” by Jaroslav Hasek ironically criticizes the German occupation of the protectorate Bohemia and Moravia. Svejk is arrested in a pub while discussing the botched attempt on Hitler’s life in Munich with the innkeeper. He is transferred to Petschek castle and interrogated by the Gestapo. He behaves in typical "Svejk" manner to expose the lunacy of his surroundings.

  2. Emeric Fiser, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1914; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Emeric Fiser, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1914; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Montintin during the war; work as an educator in an OSE (Children's Aid Society) children's home; escorts a group of children to the Swiss border; visit at the OSE office in Chambery, 1944; detention by the Gestapo along with the office staff, February 1944; deportation to Auschwitz, 07 March 1944. In the file: - Photographs of Emeric Fiser; - Testimonies; - Articles.

  3. Leon Eugene Wolpert, born in Russia, 1910; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Leon Eugene Wolpert, born in Russia, 1910; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Works for OSE (Children's Aid Society) along with his wife, Elisabeth, from 1941; life working for OSE including providing food to Jews in hiding in the Lyons area; escape to Switzerland due to health problems of his wife; couple is denied entrance into Switzerland; detention by the Gestapo; deportation to Auschwitz with his wife on Transport 60, 07 October 1943. In the file: - Summary of his activities.

  4. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Detailed report regarding Auschwitz-Birkenau submitted by Walter Rosenberg (Rudolph Vrba) and Alfred Wexler (Josef Lanik) who succeeded in escaping from the camp

    1. M.20 - Archive of Dr. Abraham Silberschein, Geneva: Documentation regarding relief to persecuted Jews, 1939-1951

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Detailed report regarding Auschwitz-Birkenau submitted by Walter Rosenberg (Rudolph Vrba) and Alfred Wexler (Josef Lanik) who succeeded in escaping from the camp Detailed report regarding Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1942-1944, submitted by Walter Rosenberg (Rudolph Vrba) and Alfred Wexler (Josef Lanik) who succeeded in escaping from the camp, 07 April 1944, and arriving in Slovakia Also in the file: - Gestapo telegram regarding the escape of these two inmates, 09 April 1944; Two Gestapo telegrams regarding the escape of inmates from Auschwitz: Siegfried Lederer, Cz...

  5. Het laatste geschrift van prof. Titus Brandsma

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The pamphlet is the last writing of Prof. Dr. Titus Brandsma by “Order of the Gestapo” in the Scheveningen prison on January 22nd, 1942. Brandsma was an outspoken critic of the Nazis even before the war. He was imprisoned in Dachau and executed by lethal injection. In 2002 Brandsma was canonized by Pope Francis.

  6. Esther Grinberg, born in Paris, France, 1910; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Esther Grinberg, born in Paris, France, 1910; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Life in Paris including work within the framework of the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee); arrest in Lyons by the Gestapo, 07 February 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Sobibor on Transport 53; death in Sobibor. Also in the file: - Description of an "Aktion" in Lyon, 09 February 1943.

  7. Documentation of the regional and municipal auxiliary committee to the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, regarding Nazi war crimes in the Kiev region, 1944-1945

    Documentation of the regional and municipal auxiliary committee to the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, regarding Nazi war crimes in the Kiev region, 1944-1945 Included in the collection: - List of the committee's documentation regarding the murder of Jews and non-Jews in Kiev, in Syrets camp and in the Zhaskov district; - Confirmations regarding the number of residents in neighborhoods in the city of Kiev in December 1943; - Lists of residents from Kiev who were deported to Germany and arrested by the Gestapo; - List of POWs who perished in a POW camp in Darnitsa, 1941-1943.

  8. Wechselnde Pfade

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The account by Walther Hensel describes his arrest and internment in various prisons on trumped up charges during the years 1937-1939. He describes in harrowing detail the humiliations and abuse one had to endure by the hands of the Gestapo, but also acts of kindness by regular prison guards. With the help of a committed lawyer, he managed to be released early.

  9. Testimony of Isak Sznajder, born in Choroszcz, Poland, 1907, regarding the criminal acts of Boleslaw Kalinowski, the policeman

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Testimony of Isak Sznajder, born in Choroszcz, Poland, 1907, regarding the criminal acts of Boleslaw Kalinowski, the policeman Service of Boleslaw Kalinowski from Zalesiany as a policeman attached to the [place] Gestapo; chasing after of Jews from Choroszcz and from Izbyszcze hiding in the forests by Kalinowski including revealing hiding places; capture of Jews and turning them over to the Gestapo by Kalinowski; murder of Jews by Kalinowski; testimony of Choroszcz residents regarding Kalinowski's crimes.

  10. Biskupi i kapłani Lubelszczyzny w szponach Gestapo 1939-1945

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The Polish publication “Bishops and priest of the Lublin region in the clutches of the Gestapo” provides information on the abuse, torture and murder Catholic clergy had to endure at the hands of the Nazsi during its occupation of the Lublin region of Poland during World War II. It includes a list of victims.

  11. Regine Gattegno, born in Lyons, France, 1923; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Regine Gattegno, born in Lyons, France, 1923; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II From a family with Turkish origins; EIF (French Jewish Scouts) activities in Lyons, from 1940; La Sixieme (the Sixth) and OSE (Children's Aid Society) activities; detention with a group of activists by the Gestapo in the UGIF (Union Generale des Israelites de France) building, 09 February 1943; detention in the presence of Klaus Barbie; deportation to camps with the group of activists; perishes in a camp. In the file: - Photograph of Regine Gattegno; - Excerpts...

  12. Franz von Galen

    1. Biographical press cuttings collection (1945-1970s)

    "The Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen (16 March 1878 – 22 March 1946) was a German count, Bishop of Münster, and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. During World War II, von Galen led Catholic protest against Nazi euthanasia and denounced Gestapo lawlessness and the persecution of the church. He was appointed a Cardinal by Pope Pius XII in 1946. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2005."--wikipedia (English)(viewed 12.9.2016). Newspaper clippings

  13. Kulka-Jaeckel Collection: Nazi reports regarding public opinion in Germany

    The Collection includes reports regarding the Stimmungsberichte (atmosphere; mood) among the members of SD units, the Gestapo, the Nazi Party and local authorities throughout Germany. The reports in which there is information regarding the Jews served as the basis for the book,"Die Juden in den geheimen NS-Stimmungsberichten 1933-1945"(The Jews in the Secret Nazi Atmosphere Reports, 1933-1945), Kulka, Otto Dov and Jäckel, Eberhard, eds., Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2004.

  14. Reports and articles by the Ghetto Archives staff: "The Social Welfare Department - Its Establishment, Activity and Closure" by Jozef Zelkowicz "דער אפטייל פאר סאציאלער הילף - זיין אנטשטיין טעטיקייט און ליקווידאציע"

    1. O.34 - Zonabend Collection: Documentation From the Lodz Ghetto

    Reports and articles by the Ghetto Archives staff: "The Social Welfare Department - Its Establishment, Activity and Closure" by Jozef Zelkowicz Survey about the activities of the Social Welfare Department from its establishment, 15 October 1939 until its closure in its initial format, 27 September 1940; statistical data taken from Rumkowski's reports to the Gestapo and from departmental reports to Rumkowski regarding its activities; most of the data is related to the activity of the public kitchens which were opened first in the city and then in the ghetto; details about the number of lunch...

  15. Documents, letters and articles published in the Israeli and foreign press regarding the libel trial conducted by Erich Kulka in the Prague Court against Josef Sebesta, the author of the book, "V zemi zaslíbené?" (In the Promised Land?) and the Melantrich

    1. P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author

    Documents, letters and articles published in the Israeli and foreign press regarding the libel trial conducted by Erich Kulka in the Prague Court against Josef Sebesta, the author of the book, "V zemi zaslíbené?" (In the Promised Land?) and the Melantrich publishing house, 1987-1989 Correspondence with various bodies and articles published in Czechoslovakia and various countries regarding the trials initiated by Erich Kulka in his struggle against Josef Sebesta and his book, "V zemi zaslíbené?" (In the Promised Land?), in which Kulka is presented as a Gestapo agent during World War II and a...

  16. "16 Days in Hiding": Report by an unknown author regarding his experiences in hiding in Grodno

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    "16 Days in Hiding": Report by an unknown author regarding his experiences in hiding in Grodno Liquidation of the Grodno Ghetto under the command of Kurt Wiese and Erich Schott, the Gestapo men, February-12 March 1943; life in hiding including a detailed description of the hiding place; collaboration of the Polish and Belorussian police with the Germans in discovering hiding places of Jews; capture of the Jews in hiding; escape of the author; the author's transfer to Bialystok.

  17. Den norske Kirkekamp

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The typewritten report by pastor Harald Sandbaek describes the efforts of Danish clergy to resist the Nazi occupation. He was a well-known resistance fighter who was responsible for acts of sabotage,then captured and tortured by the Gestapo. He managed to escape wounded and continued the fight after his escape to Sweden.

  18. Two documents issued by the Jewish community in Linz to Rudolf Gans-Schiller, including certification of his appointment as Director of the Emigration Bureau in Linz, 1938

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Two documents issued by the Jewish community in Linz to Rudolf Gans-Schiller, including certification of his appointment as Director of the Emigration Bureau in Linz, 1938 - Thank-you letter to Rudolf Gans-Schiller from the Jewish community in Linz for the donation of 4,000 Reichsmark in support of needy Jews and assistance to the emigration of needy Jews; - Certificate from the Jewish community in Linz that Rudolf Gans-Schiller was appointed by Max Hirschfeld, Chairman of the Jewish community, as Director of the Emigration Bureau in Linz, and responsible for the entire Oberdonau area, and ...

  19. Fanny Scheimann, born in Paris, France, 1921; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Fanny Scheimann, born in Paris, France, 1921; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II EIF (French Jewish Scouts) activities; dismissal from her job at the Finance Ministry; work as a secretary for OSE (Children's Aid Society) in Chambery; arrest by the Gestapo, 08 February 1944; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; death in Auschwitz. In the file: - Photograph of Fanny Scheimann; - Pages of personal information; - Page of Testimony in her name.

  20. Testimony of Jan Dolinski, the Pole, regarding the fate of the Jews of Goniadz

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Testimony of Jan Dolinski, the Pole, regarding the fate of the Jews of Goniadz "Aktion" in Goniadz, June 1941; murder of 116 Jews by Gestapo men and members of the gendarmerie; pointing out the site of the mass graves; deportation of the Jews of Goniadz to Grajewo, 01 November 1942; protocol of a deliberation in a Bialystok court including an admission by Dolinski, the mayor of Goniadz, regarding the fact that there were no camps in Goniadz, 29 September 1945.