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Language of Description: German
Language of Description: English
Country: Israel

  1. Personal Archive of Dr. Heinz E. Samson

    The documentation deals with a part of the estate of the Samson family, originally from the city of Norden in Northern Germany. There is pre-war documentation on tax issues and the assets of the Samson family, pre- and postwar correspondence with German authorities, personal documents and certificates, documents on the restoration of the Norden Jewish cemetery supported by the Samson family after WW II, the dedication of a memorial on the Norden Jewish cemetery, charity work, brochures and magazines related to the history of the Norden Jews.

  2. Personal documentation belonging to Liane Bertl Podhorcer and her parents, Arthur and Helene Podhorcer, from Vienna, and their emigration to England, 1939

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

    Personal documentation belonging to Liane Bertl Podhorcer and her parents, Arthur and Helene Podhorcer, from Vienna, and their emigration to England, 1939 The documentation includes birth certificates of members of the Podhorcer and Langer families; a psychiatric evaluation testifying to the fact that Arthur Podhorcer was held by the Gestapo and as a result of his detention suffers from emotional disturbances, 1958; transit certificate belonging to Liane Podhorcer, 1946; nationalization document belonging to Liane Podhorcer and Oath of Allegiance to the British monarchy. All the documents w...

  3. Personal documentation belonging to Moritz Baecker from Vienna

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

    Personal documentation belonging to Moritz Baecker from Vienna - Personal documentation and a personal photograph; - Heimatschein (Residence certificate) in the city of Vienna, 1935; - Exemption from military service because he is a Jew, 1938; - List of personal travel equipment approved by the Devisenstelle (Foreign Currency Authority) for emigration needs; - Income Tax exemption certificate; - Voucher for sending mail to the Gestapo, 1939; - Personal letter sent by Moritz Baecker from Buchenwald to his father, 15 January 1939; - Negative photograph of the above letter; - Correspondence wi...

  4. Personal documents belonging to Erich Schőn from Nový Hrozenkov, 1945-1950; confirmation of the name change from Erich Schőn to Erich Kulka, 1946

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

    Personal documents belonging to Erich Schőn from Nový Hrozenkov, 1945-1950; confirmation of the name change from Erich Schőn to Erich Kulka, 1946 - Confirmation issued by the Regional Committee in Vsetin regarding the Czechoslovakian citizenship of Erich Schőn, 1945; - Letter from the Committee for the Investigation of Crimes of Germans in Krakow from 1946 regarding the search for documents attesting to the murder of Jews from Czechoslovakia during the night between 08 and 09 March 1944 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp; - Confirmation issued by the National Committee in Brno reg...

  5. Plan for rescuing youth and children, establishment of the Central Office for Emigration of the Jews of Austria, the "Gildemeester Aktion (program to force the Austrian Jews to emigrate)", protocol and correspondence of Dr. Friedrich Neumann

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

    Plan for rescuing youth and children, establishment of the Central Office for Emigration of the Jews of Austria, the "Gildemeester Aktion (program to force the Austrian Jews to emigrate)", protocol and correspondence of Dr. Friedrich Neumann - Protocol of a discussion with the participation of Fritz Kraus, representative of the Reich Statthalterei (Office of the Reich Governor of Vienna), Dr. Erich Rajakovic, from Dr. Gallop's office, and Dr. Alfred Neumann, spokesman for the Jewish side, regarding the "Uebersiedlung Juedische Jugendliche und Kinder ins Ausland (Emigration of Youth and Chil...

  6. Plans, essays and chapter headings, regarding research of the Holocaust

    1. O.65 - Collection of Jacob Robinson, Jurist and Diplomat

    Plans, essays and chapter headings, regarding research of the Holocaust - Manner of writing the history of the Holocaust (Yiddish); - Article titled, "Hitler and the Gypsies. The Fate of Europe's Oldest Aryans", written by Dora E. Yates and published in "Commentary" Magazine, 11/1949; - Essay titled, "Jews of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany", written by Y. Guri (Pudriatzchik), regarding Jewish soldiers, fighters and generals who fought the Germans, including an Appendix with a list of Jewish Red Army Generals; - Chapter headings written by Jacob Leschinsky, regarding the "Chorbun" (di...

  7. The Position of the Jews in Germany (January)

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains a report of January 1937 about the position of Jews in Germany. The report has appeared in English, German and French and was published by the Jewish Central information Office, which published every month a new report always regarding the situation of Jews in Germany or other European countries. In 1928 Alfred Wiener was instrumental in creating the Büro Wilhelmstrasse of the CV, which documented Nazi activities and issued anti-Nazi materials until 1933 when Hitler came to power. Wiener and his family fled to Amsterdam where he, together with Dr. David Cohen of Amsterdam ...

  8. The Position of the Jews in Germany (June)

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains a report of 1936 about the position of the Jews in Germany written in English and German. The Jewish Central information Office published every month a new report, regarding the situation of Jews in Germany. In 1928 Alfred Wiener was instrumental in creating the Büro Wilhelmstrasse of the CV, which documented Nazi activities and issued anti-Nazi materials until 1933 when Hitler came to power. Wiener and his family fled to Amsterdam where he, together with Dr. David Cohen of Amsterdam University, founded the Jewish Central Information Office (JCIO). This report is divided i...

  9. Rabbi Aron Wolf, born in Strasbourg, France, 1918; 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

    Rabbi Aron Wolf, born in Strasbourg, France, 1918; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Chamalieres including studies at a rabbinical seminary; life in Lyons including continuation of his studies; JJF (Young French Jewry) activities; life in Saint Germain; work as a rabbi at an EFI (Jewish French Mutual Aid) farm; capture by the Gestapo; execution with other members, 19 May 1944; awarded the Medaille de la Resistance. In the file: - Portraits of Rabbi Aron Wolf; - Letters; - Excerpts from testimonies; - Page of Testimony in his name.

  10. Rabbi Elie Cyper, born in Erneltech, 1908; 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

    Rabbi Elie Cyper, born in Erneltech, 1908; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Activities as Rabbi of the Versailles Jewish community, 1935; activities as Rabbi of the Dijon Jewish community, 1939; life in Dole including finding living quarters for refugees, from 1940. Escape to Perigueux; activities in Perigueux including aid to refugees; receives permission to visit camps and groups of foreign workers; supplies food to deportees on transports en route to Drancy and Pithiviers; finding hiding places for children; activities as contact perso...

  11. Raissa (Bloch) Gorlin, born in Petersburg (Russia), 1899, known as Michelle Miraille; 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

    Raissa (Bloch) Gorlin, born in Petersburg (Russia)1899, known as Michelle Miraille; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Studies in the Faculty of the Arts in a university in Switzerland; move to France. Life in Vic Sur Cere including managing an Amities Chretiennes (Christian Friendship) orphanage; life using the false identity of Michelle Miraille; care for children under the protection of OSE (Children's Aid Society) at the orphanage; illegally crosses the border into Switzerland; capture; deportation across the border by the Swiss; arr...

  12. 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...

  13. Regulations of the Aeltestenrat der Juden in Wien (Council of Elders of the Jews in Vienna)

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

    Regulations of the Aeltestenrat der Juden in Wien (Council of Elders of the Jews in Vienna) The regulations are applicable to all the Jews of Austria (Two copies) - Description of the territorial area of Aeltestenrat activity, its authority, membership in the community, the leadership, the positions, its subordination to the Gestapo, disbanding of the Aeltestenrat.

  14. Report by Szymon Datner from Wizna, Poland, regarding the fate of the Jews of Wizna

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

    Report by Szymon Datner from Wizna, Poland, regarding the fate of the Jews of Wizna Air-raids on houses in Wizna by German aircraft, 22 June 1941; burning of houses including Jewish houses; occupation of Wizna by the German Army, 22 June 1941; chasing after the Jews hiding in the fields and swamps by Polish fascists; abuse of Jews by Poles; murder of Jews by Poles; names of the Polish murderers; names of those murdered; arrival of Gestapo men in Wizna, 26 June 1941; murder of Jewish men outside the city; names of the murderers; names of those murdered; escape of Jews to Bialystok, Lomza and...

  15. Report issued by Dr. Loewenherz based on a diary of meetings between Lowenherz and Adolf Eichmann and his assistants, 1938-1945

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

    Report issued by Dr. Loewenherz based on a diary of meetings between Lowenherz and Adolf Eichmann and his assistants, 1938-1945 The main portion of the report concentrates on emigration, personal pressure and Eichmann's threats to speed up emigration of the Jews from Austria; description of Lowenherz' efforts to moderate Eichmann's decrees, the feeling of gloom pervading the Jews; anti-Jewish legislation; damages to person and to property; pressures imposed on Lowenherz such as detention, house-arrest, threats of personal sanctions against him after discovery of the "Baum Group" Affair, the...

  16. Report-summary of the period written by Dr. Josef Loewenherz, 1946

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

    Report-summary of the period written by Dr. Josef Loewenherz, 1946 The report is a type of summary-reconstuction of the events and developments experienced by Austrian Jewry from 1938 until the end of the war. It is divided into three stages and is both a general and a personal summary in which Loewenherz confronts his critics. This is a general survey of the activities of the Vienna Jewish community; the days of the Anschluss (annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany); violent harassment, confiscation of property, mass arrests including of the leaders, deportations and anti-Jewish legislation...

  17. 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...

  18. 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...

  19. Reports written about the Vilna Ghetto and the Bialystok Ghetto, 1943

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

    Reports written about the Vilna Ghetto and the Bialystok Ghetto, 1943 1. Excerpt from a report written by the Bialystok Judenrat for the Gestapo regarding the employment of Jews in the ghetto, 02 April 1943, and evacuation, February 1943; Note: One page; the excerpt is a copy of the original material dug up from deep in the ground and taken out of the ghetto. 2. Report written, apparently by Hermann Adler in Budapest, Hungary (after he escaped from Warsaw, Poland), regarding Mordechaj Tenenbaum, the Hechalutz movement, and activities of Anton Schmidt in the Vilna Ghetto, November 1943. Note...