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  1. NSDAP

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. Provenienzen der Länder
    4. Bayern
    5. Varia

    I. NSDAP/ Gau Hessen-Nassau: Einfluss der militärischen Ereignisse, Luftkrieg, Flüsterpropaganda usw. auf die Stimmung der Bevölkerung, November 1942-Dezember 1943: Berichte NSDAP-Kreisleitungen an Gauleitung [EAP 251-a/23], 0 750-1 022; II. NSDAP/ Kreisleitung Bensheim: Rundschreiben 1933-1934 [EAP 251-a/26], 1 023-1 377, darin: 1) Rundschreiben Gauleitung Hessen-Nassau, 10. Oktober 1934: Verselbständigung Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahr-Korps durch Befehl Hitler vom 23. August 1934; 2) Anordnung Stellvertreter des Führers (Hess), mit Anschreiben 24. August 1934: Einschränkung des Verkeh...

  2. Journalist "Vertrauliche Informationsberichte" als Bonner Korrespondent, 1949-1969. – Originale, 21 Bände.

    1. Sammlungen
    2. Strobel, Robert (Vertraul. Berichte Bundespolitik Bonn)

    Vertrauliche Informationsberichte Januar-Dezember 1957: Nr. 1, 04. Januar 1957, 3 Bl.: Das geheim gehaltene Gespräch, Die Initiative des Kanzlers in der Deutschland-Frage, Heusingers zukünftige Stellung; Nr. 2, 05. Januar 1957, 2 Bl.: Der Handel mit der Sowjetunion; Nr. 3, 08. Januar 1957, 2 Bl.: Der schlecht informierte Lemmer, Drei CDU-Abgeordnete schwer erkrankt, Eckardt revoziert; Nr. 4, 11. Januar 1957, 3 Bl.: Oeftering soll Präsident des Bundesrechnungshofes werden, Gespräch mit Seebohm, Hellwege: Keine Fusion DP-FVP, Die Versteifung der Fronten, Dresbachs jüngste Rede, Personelles; N...

  3. Heusinger, Adolf

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners General Adolf Bruno Heinrich Ernst Heusinger Lebensdaten 04.08.1897 geboren in Holzminden (Niedersachsen) 30.11.1982 gestorben in Köln Dienststellungen 17.06.1915 Eintritt in das 1. Ersatzbataillon/7. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 96, Gera (15. Infanteriebrigade, IV. Armee-Korps, Vierte Armee-Inspektion) 07.12.1915 Zum Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 96 ins Feld, Verwundung bei Verdun, anschließend zum Ersatzbataillon/7. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 96, Gera 21.11.1916 Zum Regiment zurück 17.02.1917 Nachrichtenoffizier beim II. Bataillon/7. Thüringis...

  4. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note, acquired by a female forced laborer

    1. Ruth Kittel Miller family collection

    Scrip valued at 5 kronen, acquired by Ruth Kittel while she and her sister, Hannelore, were living with their Jewish mother, Marie (Maria), and Catholic father, Josef, in Berlin, Germany, during the Holocaust. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. On September 19, 1941, 14 year old Ruth picked-up government mandated Judenstern or Star of David badges from the Office of the Jewish Organization because she, Hannelore, 17, and Maria had to wear one at all ti...

  5. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note acquired by a Jewish Czech woman

    1. Elizabeth Trausel family collection

    Scrip valued at for 20 kronen acquired by Elisabeth (Liese) Trausel who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from fall 1944 until liberation in May 1945. Liese lived in Prague when it was invaded in March 1939, by Germany and made part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The authorities passed new anti-Jewish regulations that severely restricted Liese’s daily life. In September, Germany invaded neighboring Poland. In September 1941, Liese was required to wear a yellow Star of David badge at all times to identify herself as Jewish. Later that month, Reinhard Heydrich be...

  6. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note acquired by a Jewish Czech woman

    1. Elizabeth Trausel family collection

    Scrip valued at 100 kronen acquired by Elisabeth (Liese) Trausel who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from fall 1944 until liberation in May 1945. Liese lived in Prague when it was invaded in March 1939, by Germany and made part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The authorities passed new anti-Jewish regulations that severely restricted Liese’s daily life. In September, Germany invaded neighboring Poland. In September 1941, Liese was required to wear a yellow Star of David badge at all times to identify herself as Jewish. Later that month, Reinhard Heydrich becam...

  7. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note acquired by a Jewish Czech woman

    1. Elizabeth Trausel family collection

    Scrip valued at 50 kronen acquired by Elisabeth (Liese) Trausel who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from fall 1944 until liberation in May 1945. Liese lived in Prague when it was invaded in March 1939, by Germany and made part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The authorities passed new anti-Jewish regulations that severely restricted Liese’s daily life. In September, Germany invaded neighboring Poland. In September 1941, Liese was required to wear a yellow Star of David badge at all times to identify herself as Jewish. Later that month, Reinhard Heydrich became...

  8. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note acquired by a Jewish Czech woman

    1. Elizabeth Trausel family collection

    Scrip valued at 5 kronen acquired by Elisabeth (Liese) Trausel who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from fall 1944 until liberation in May 1945. Liese lived in Prague when it was invaded in March 1939, by Germany and made part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The authorities passed new anti-Jewish regulations that severely restricted Liese’s daily life. In September, Germany invaded neighboring Poland. In September 1941, Liese was required to wear a yellow Star of David badge at all times to identify herself as Jewish. Later that month, Reinhard Heydrich became ...

  9. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen note acquired by a Jewish Czech woman

    1. Elizabeth Trausel family collection

    Scrip valued at 2 kronen acquired by Elisabeth (Liese) Trausel who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from fall 1944 until liberation in May 1945. Liese lived in Prague when it was invaded in March 1939, by Germany and made part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The authorities passed new anti-Jewish regulations that severely restricted Liese’s daily life. In September, Germany invaded neighboring Poland. In September 1941, Liese was required to wear a yellow Star of David badge at all times to identify herself as Jewish. Later that month, Reinhard Heydrich became ...

  10. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note

    1. Elizabeth Trausel family collection

    Scrip valued at 1 krone acquired by to Elisabeth (Liese) Trausel who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from fall 1944 until liberation in May 1945. Liese lived in Prague when it was invaded in March 1939, by Germany and made part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The authorities passed new anti-Jewish regulations that severely restricted Liese’s daily life. In September, Germany invaded neighboring Poland. In September 1941, Liese was required to wear a yellow Star of David badge at all times to identify herself as Jewish. Later that month, Reinhard Heydrich becam...

  11. Zbigniew Antonii Piotrowski papers

    1. Zbigniew Antonii Piotrowski collection

    The Zbigniew Antonii Piotrowski papers consist of biographical materials and photographs documenting Zbigniew Piotrowski, his family’s life in Toruń and Gdynia before World War II and in Warsaw during the war, his father’s furniture workshops, his service on the MS Batory after the war, his immigration to the United States, and his service in the US Army Signal Corps in the 1950s. Biographical materials include Zbigniew’s birth certificate and student ID card; his parents’ marriage certificate; Warsaw shelter instructions; a postcard Zbigniew wrote from his hiding place in Trzebinia to his ...

  12. Forced labor badge worn by a Roman Catholic Polish youth

    1. Zbigniew Antonii Piotrowski collection

    Forced labor badge worn by 14-year-old Zbigniew Piotrowski, to identify him as a Polish forced laborer near Breslau, Germany, between August and November 1944. Zbigniew was a Roman Catholic boy living with his parents, three brothers, and sister, in the port city of Gdynia, Poland, when the German army invaded on September 1, 1939. Shortly after, one of his brothers was abducted off the street for forced labor by the German authorities, and the rest of the family was forcibly transported to the city of Lublin. Zbigniew’s brother was released, and the family relocated to Warsaw, where all bu...

  13. Inscribed wooden box with painted lid bought by a Roman Catholic Polish former forced laborer

    1. Zbigniew Antonii Piotrowski collection

    Wooden box with a painted lid, purchased by 14-year-old Zbigniew Piotrowski in November 1944 while waiting for his train to escape forced labor in Breslau, Germany. Zbigniew was a Roman Catholic boy living with his parents, three brothers, and sister, in the port city of Gdynia, Poland, when the German army invaded on September 1, 1939. Shortly after, one of his brothers was abducted off the street for forced labor by the German authorities, and the rest of the family was forcibly transported to the city of Lublin. Zbigniew’s brother was released, and the family relocated to Warsaw, where a...

  14. Vegyes iratok (Miscellaneous documents)

    1. XX. Holokauszttal kapcsolatos iratgyűjtemény
    2. Magyar Zsidók Központi Tanácsának iratai
    3. Core documents

    This sub-series contains miscellaneous administrative and financial documents of the Jewish Council. These include documents of the Council’s relations with the Hungarian and German authorities: records of the financial and material demands of the Sondereinsatzkommando Eichmann as well as its Hungarian counterparts, the State Security Surveillance; petitions of the Jewish Council to the Hungarian government; and correspondence with various Hungarian military authorities regarding labor service. The group of documents also contains records pertaining to the Council’s information regarding th...

  15. Scellé constitué par la direction de la police judiciaire : pièces diverses saisies au domicile de l'inculpé lors d'une perquisition

    1. Section spéciale de la cour d'appel de Paris
    2. Scellés
    3. Dossier 563
    4. dossier 563

    Tracts, ouvrages, stencils, papillons, affiches, carnets, calepins, cartes d'adhérents, photographies, bulletins de souscription, morceau de tissu rouge, cahiers d'écolier et pièces diverses saisis au domicile de l'inculpé lors d'une perquisition. Titre : Affiche clandestine, "Thorez au pouvoir" Auteur : s.n. Publication : s.d., s.l. Dimensions : 33 x 21 cm Langue : Français Titre : Tract clandestin, "Lettre aux militants communistes" Auteur : Parti communiste français (SFIC) Publication : s.d., s.l. Description matérielle : 2 pages Dimensions : 22,5 x 16,5 cm Langue : Français Titre : Trac...

  16. Aleksander Kulisiewicz sound recordings - Audycje Polskiego Radia [APR]

    1. Aleksander Kulisiewicz collection

    18 sound reels including Polish radio broadcasts of Kulisiewicz and his performances. Reel 1 - APR 1 Polish radio broadcast, "Choral ze piekla dna" [Songs from the depths of hell]. Side A includes various camp songs and fragments of camp songs sung by Aleksander Kulisiewicz (A.K.) such as "Elzunia," "Agonia Staszka," "Kostus moja," "Kolysanka dla synka." An a cappella choir sings "Marsz Pasiakow'' and "List." A.K. and Burski recount experiences surrounding musical activity at the camps. Side B includes a recording of a concert at Auschwitz from 1967. A.K. sings "Birkenau," with accordian ac...

  17. Carl and Mina Weiler papers

    1. Carl Weiler and Mina Kaufmann Weiler families collection

    The Carl and Mina Weiler papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, emigration and immigration files, photographic materials, printed materials, and a recipe book documenting Carl Weiler’s and Mina Kaufmann’s German educations, American immigrations, and unsuccessful efforts to bring their family members to the United States. The collection also includes a World War I photo album and scrapbook documenting the military service of Mina’s uncle, Julius Oppenheimer, in Moselle. Biographical materials include birth, marriage, naturalization, and death certificates; passports and d...

  18. Justophot light meter and suede pouch used by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn46793
    • English
    • a: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) b: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 5.625 inches (14.288 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)

    Justophot light meter with suede pouch owned by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who was a US Army officer in Europe from July 1944-June 1946. In May 1936, unable to return to Germany from England because of anti-Jewish regulations, Sichel went to the US. His parents Ernst and Frieda joined him in 1940. In April 1943, Sichel enlisted in the Army and was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence training. In July 1944, Sichel, Chief Interrogator, Interrogation of Prisoners of War Team 13, landed on Utah Beach in France, attached to the 104th Infantry, the Timber...

  19. Sam and Regina Spiegel photograph albums

    1. Regina and Samuel Spiegel collection

    The collection consists of two photograph albums of Sam and Regina Spiegel, both of whom were survivors of Auschwitz and other concentration camps. One albums depicts the family from the 1940s-1960s. The other album depicts Sam and Regina's wedding in the Föhrenwald displaced persons camp in 1946.

  20. Next Year in Jerusalem Jo Spier watercolor of people dancing through a gate and given to another inmate

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Watercolor drawing created by Jo Spier and given to Moritz and Hildegard Henschel while they were imprisoned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp from June 1943-May 1945. It shows people dancing through a stone gate, leaving behind a trail of Star of David badges. Spier, a Jewish artist from the Netherlands, was arrested for creating a satirical cartoon of Hitler in 1943 and deported to Theresienstadt with his wife and three children. They returned to Amsterdam after liberation. Moritz was an influential lawyer in Berlin when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As government per...