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  1. Lantzer family photograph collection

    Collection of photographs (15) depicting Yochevet Lantzer (Jochewet Doba Lanzer, b. October 2, 1947) as a child, along with her parents, in the Ulm displaced persons camp in Germany, and one picture of them in Israel (1950). Her parents, Alta Alal Bergrefreund Lanzer (b. December 12, 1923 in Bilgoraj Lubelski, Poland) and Szyjie Lanzer (b. April 15, 1914 in Tomaszow Lubelski, Poland) survived the Holocaust in the USSR. The Lanzer family immigrated to Israel on March 21, 1949.

  2. Wilhelm Rosenbaum: copy verdict in war crimes trial

    This document comprises copy extracts from the verdict and judgment in the case against Wilhelm Karl Johannes Rosenbaum

  3. "The Nursing Log of our Son, 1942-1946"

    Consists of one notebook entitled "The Nursing Log of our Son, 1942-1946-[1948]", by Mrs. Imre Sugár. Mr. and Mrs. Imre Sugár's son, Peter, was born on July 26, 1942, while his father was serving in a Hungarian labor battalion on the Eastern front, where he would perish in 1943. Mrs. Sugár kept this journal hoping for the return of her husband, and planned to give him a full account of the first months of Peter's life. The journal contains data about the difficulties the small family was facing during the Holocaust, the siege of Budapest, and the aftermath of the war.

  4. Robert Pettit collection

    Consists of 27 photographs taken by Robert Pettit, a member of the United States Army, after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Includes photographs of liberated prisoners, of captured German soldiers, of Mr. Pettit in the camp, and of camp architecture. Also includes photographs taken during the Battle of the Bulge and of destruction in Germany. The photographs are described by Mr. Pettit.

  5. Oelßner, Alfred

    Bestandsbeschreibung Biographische Angaben: USPD (1917), KPD (1920); Partei- und Gewerkschaftsfunktionär in Naumburg-Weißenfels-Zeitz, Halle-Merseburg und Schlesien; Inhaftierung (1923-1925); Bundeskassierer des RFB (1928/1929); Leiter der Abt. Kasse des ZK der KPD bzw. Hauptkassierer im ZK der SED (1945-1950); Vors. der ZRK der SED (1950-1954) Bestandsbeschreibung: Persönliches und Biographisches; Korrespondenzen; Arbeitsmaterialien aus der politischen Tätigkeit; Kondolenzen; Schriftgut der Ehefrau Emma Oelßner. Umfang, Erläuterung 19 AE Zitierweise BArch NY 4144/...

  6. Dowódca SS i Policji Dystryktu Radomskiego [Der SS- und Polizeiführer im Distrikt Radom]

    • akta administracyjne (materiały dot. skonfiskowanego mienia żydowskiego po likwidacji gett na terenie dystryktu radomskiego z lat 1942-1944; rozkazy i wytyczne władz policyjnych w Berlinie i Krakowie z 1939 r. dot. utworzenia na terenach okupowanych jednostek samoobrony)

  7. Стодолищенская районная управа

    • Starodolishche district council

    Orders, commands and warrants of heads of districts. Warrants for heads of districts and prefects on residents' forced labor, on recruitment of the labor force in Germany. Prefects' reports about residents that are leaving the forestry without an authorization. Passports, issued by occupational authorities; report and accounting books of passports and certificates.

  8. Steven Gure photograph collection

    The collection of four photographs relating to the Steven Gure's experiences during the Holocaust in Kaunas, Lithuania, and St. Ottilian DP camp in Germany: black and white image of boy (donor at age 2-3) seated with ball and teddy bear, Kaunas, Lithuania; black and white image of boy (donor at age 10-11) and young woman (donor's sister Anne Gure) standing outside, St. Ottilian DP camp, Germany, dated 1946; black and white image of boy (donor at age 11-12) and young woman in HIAS uniform (donor's sister), dated 1946; black and white image of woman with boy (donor c. age 3 and his mother), K...

  9. Anti-Semitic flier, "Institut des Questions Juives"

    Anti-Semitic flier related to the "Institut des Questions Juives." One side resembles a ration ticket and the other, printed in red ink, contains further information about the "Institut d'Etudes des Questions juives" and also about an exposition being held at the Palais Berlitz, Paris, called "Le Juif et la France."

  10. Ruth Kantor collection

    The Ruth Kantor collection consists of pre-war photographs of family members of Joseph and Ruth Kantor in Poland, as well as a photograph of the Kantors, circa 1980s-1990s. The collection also includes two postcards sent from the Birkenau concentration camp, 1943. One postcard appears to be addressed from Ruth’s mother to Ruth Kantor.

  11. Eugen Heydt papers

    Contains correspondence, statements of payments from the German office of retirement and aid service payments to a Charlotte Heyd, living in Miami, Florida for the year 1978, and to Eugen Heydt and his child Gisela Heydt who applied for naturalization in 1951. The Heydts left Germany in 1938, to go to Johannesburg in South Africa.

  12. Moses and Miriyam Goldshmidt collection

    Testimony, circa 60 pages, typescript, titled "From the Abyss to Freedom: The Story of a Survivor of the Death Camps, 1939-1945," by Moshe Goldschmidt, composed in Hebrew. Describes pre-war life in Bialystok, invasion and occupation by Soviets, then Germans; life in Bialystok ghetto, then a succession of camps (Belzec, Auschwitz, Mauthausen, Gusen). Accompanying account of Miriam Goldschmidt (95 pages, handwritten, in notebook) is also in Hebrew. Miriam describes family's life in eastern Slovakia, then Hungary, followed by German occupation, deportation to camps including Stutthof. Also a c...

  13. Clotilde Nicoli collection

    Consists of photographs and photographic negatives taken in Germany, circa 1945. Includes photographs of graves of German and Allied soldiers, aerial images, photographs taken after the liberation of Dachau, and photographs of military destruction. Includes an original envelope marked "Germany 1942" (though these photographs were likely taken in 1945). The photographs were sent to Clotilde Nicoli.

  14. Имперское министерство внутренних дел (г. Берлин)

    • Reichsministerium des Innern (Berlin)
    • Records of the Reichsministerium des Innern (Berlin)

    Consists of arrest reports as well as reports on other Gestapo activities such as raids and persons killed while trying to escape. The reasons for the arrests are included in the reports and include printing illegal material, spreading atrocity reports, suspicion of espionage, illegal possession of weapons, membership/leadership in illegal organizations, and being a Communist, foreigner, or Jew. Also included are reorganization plans for the Sipo Hauptamt in January 1938 and the whole Reichsministrium in July 1941.

  15. Processo de pedido de visto para Norah Mary Evelyn Symington e filhos

    Processo de pedido de visto pela Embaixada Britânica ao Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros para Norah Mary Evelyn Symington, de nacionalidade britânica e residente no Canadá, com destino a Portugal. Visto autorizado. Processo de pedido de visto pela Embaixada Britânica ao Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros para filhos de Norah Mary Evelyn Symington, de nacionalidade britânica e residente no Canadá, com destino a Portugal. Visto autorizado.

  16. Αρχείο της Υπηρεσίας Διαχειρίσεως Ανταλλαξίμων Περιουσιών

    • Archive of the Service of the Exchangeable Properties
    • Archeio tis Ypiresias Diacheiriseos Antallaximon Periousion

    The archive contains material for the so-called exchangeable property, which belonged to Moslems who left the area after the Exchange of the Population between Greece and Turkey (1923), the settlement of Christians and Jews in these properties and the sale of them at auctions. It's very useful source for the relations among Christians and Jews in the interwar period.

  17. Tedeschi Ada

    Nata a Milano nel 1922, da una famiglia di origine ebraica, Ada Tedeschi subì la legislazione razziale del 1938 interrompendo gli studi presso le scuole statali e, dal 1942, costretta al lavoro coatto presso lo Scatolificio Ambrosiano di Sesto San Giovanni. Nel 1944, con la famiglia, riuscì a rifugiarsi in Svizzera fino alla liberazione. Nel 1969 si sposò con Simone Samuele Spritzma e negli anni Novanta è stata presidente della Comunità ebraica di Parma. I documenti (alcuni in fotocopia) riguardano soprattutto la permanenza in Svizzera, nei campi di raccolta profughi, ma sono conservate anc...

  18. Wegener, Leo

    • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
    • N 1003
    • German
    • 1903-1936
    • Nachlässe 95 Aufbewahrungseinheiten 1,1 laufende Meter

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Politiker (DNVP), Direktor des Verbandes deutscher Genossenschaften in Posen Bestandsbeschreibung Sachakten, Aufsätze und Schriftwechsel, Zeitungsartikel und Vortragsmanuskripte über das deutsch-polnische Verhältnis, vor allem in der Provinz Posen, über das landwirtschaftliche Genossenschaftswesen, die Politik der DNVP, insbesondere unter der Führung Hugenbergs Zitierweise BArch N 1003/...

  19. Höcherl, Hermann

    • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
    • N 1407
    • German
    • 1953-1978
    • Nachlässe 269 Aufbewahrungseinheiten 8,5 laufende Meter

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Bell, Wolf J., Hermann Höcherl, Bonn 1964.- Vogel, Reiner: Hermann Höcherl. Annährung an einen politischen Menschen. Regensburg 1988. Bestandsbeschreibung Höcherl, Hermann, 31.03.1912-18.05.1989 Rechtsanwalt, MdB, Bundesminister des Innern, Bundesminister für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten Korrespondenzen (1961-1976) aus der Ministerzeit und als MdB, Reden (1953-1976), Unterlagen aus der Tätigkeit als MdB, als Bundesminister und als Mitglied des Vermittlungsausschusses (1970-1976), einzelne persönliche Unterlagen (1960-1971) Zitierweise BArch N 1407/...

  20. Meyer, Gertrud

    Bestandsbeschreibung Biographische Angaben: USPD (1919), KPD (1920); Abg. der Hamburger Bürgerschaft (1924/1925); Emigration UdSSR (1930), Verhaftung und Ausweisung nach Deutschland (1938); KZ (1938-1940, 1944-1945); Mitbegründerin des Komitees ehemaliger politischer Gefangener in Hamburg; Aufbau des Archivs der VVN-Hamburg (ab 1945) Bestandsbeschreibung: Persönliche Dokumente; Ausarbeitungen, Veröffentlichungen, Korrespondenzen u. a. von Hans Schwarz; Materialien zur Tätigkeit der VVN in Hamburg Ittershagen 07-2001 Umfang, Erläuterung 25 AE Zitierweise BArch NY 4185/...