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  1. The Kurt Grossmann Archives: Documentation regarding Kurt Grossman's activities as an advisor to the Jewish Agency and documentation regarding reparations

    In the collection there is documentation primarily regarding the background to Grossmann's activities as a press officer after World War II, along with documentation regarding the negotiations conducted between Israel and Germany concerning the reparations. The documentation includes mainly German publications regarding German legislation concerning reparations and reports of Grossmann's trips to Germany. More than half the documentation consists of press clippings.

  2. Vilniaus miesto policijos vadas

    • Stadtpolizeiführer Wilna
    • Chief of Vilnius City police

    Various kinds of administrative documents; correspondence about events in the district, about penalties, about criminal cases; lists of residents who had received administrative fines; lists of police officers; register lists of refugees; documents about police activities in Vilnius and surrounding region; lists of enterprises; lists of Jews who were in registers' books of Arbeitsamt; Nazi propaganda; documents concerning Auxiliary police.

  3. Polish Red Cross – Lublin District (1939-1946)

    The records of the Polish Red Cross handed over to the Archives of the State Museum at Majdanek in 1957. The materials are connected with the activity of the Polish Red Cross in the Lublin district in the years 1939-1946. They include: the personal records of the prisoners of Majdanek and the Lublin Castle, who received parcels from their families by hand of the Polish Red Cross; postcards confirming the receipt of the parcels; lists of Polish soldiers who were wounded or killed in 1939; and a register of former forced labourers, people coming back from the camps, refugees and foreigners lo...

  4. Zarasų miesto savivaldybė

    • Municipality of the City Zarasai

    Files about residents, registration cards of residents, lists of war refugees and Soviet war prisoners; correspondence between local authorities about the situation in the district, about moods of the locals; lists of workers and owners of private property, lists of traders and craftsmen; statistics about residents.

  5. Correspondence with Bettelheim, Joseph

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence centres on the sending of archival material, and a Dutch radio show on the capture of Adolf Eichmann. Moreover, private issues like birthday wishes, Bettelheim’s restitution case, and his nephews and niece are briefly addressed.

  6. Correspondence with Abrahamsohn, Arthur

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence centres on an information request by Abrahamson on the to substaniate his restitution claims heard in Cologne. Further letters pertain to the consignment of books and documents to the Library, birthday wishes, and Abrahamson’s contribution to The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project.

  7. Correspondence with Ainsztein, Reuben

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence documents Ainsztein’s long-term freelance work for The Wiener Library, primarily by contributing numerous pieces - articles, reviews, summaries - to its Bulletin. Moreover, work related fees are subject of some letters.

  8. Correspondence with Anglo-German Educational Reconstruction (G.E.R.)

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence concerning the dissolution of G. E. R. and the options of providing The Wiener Library with parts of the remaining archival material.

  9. Correspondence with Council for the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Jews from Germany

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence documents the everyday business between The Wiener Library and the London based Council including birthday wishes, the lending of books, the purchase of images, and primarily the exchange of published and unpublished material. Beside letters it contains á copy of the Council’s internal newsletters and a printed, not dated image of Sigmund Freud.

  10. Correspondence with Borchard, Lucy

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    The correspondence concerns Borchard’s financial contributions to The Wiener Library as well as an enquiry for writing an eyewitness account for the Library’s eyewitness testimony project.

  11. Correspondence with Bonn, Moritz Julius

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Comprising handwritten and typewritten letters the correspondence concerns an article Bonn had authored for The Wiener Library Bulletin, and the approach of influential individuals in West Germany, including its president Theodor Heuss.

  12. Correspondence with Brueckheimer, Lassar

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding the publication of a typescript on the destruction of Jewish communities in Germany during the November Pogrom 1938, authored by late Simon Brückheimer. Beside L. Brueckheimer, the bundle of papers contains several other correspondents involved in this process including representatives of two small publishing houses. Following a microfilm copy of the Brückheimer material The Wiener Library had produced for Yad Vashem, copy right issues are addressed.

  13. Correspondence with Broh, Richard

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding a personal account for The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project, and the scheduling of meetings.

  14. Correspondence with Buys-Plaut, Edith

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding a restitution related request to Alfred Wiener for a sworn statement about Buys-Plaut’s employment at the (C.V.). Contained is further correspondence with Max Markreich, former chairman of the Jewish community Bremen, whom she had contacted too. Besides, the options for publishing a study of Markreich’s on the Jewish community Bremen is discussed.

  15. Correspondence with Cahn, Walter

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence regarding a meeting during an upcoming trip of Alfred Wiener to the Netherlands in July 1955.

  16. Correspondence with Eisemann, Heinrich

    1. Wiener Library Archive: Pre-1963 Correspondence

    Correspondence about Eisemann’s advice for the Wiener Library regarding the receipt or purchase of Judaica. This includes among others a collection of items and papers related to the Mendelssohn family. Contained is also an enquiry by Eisemann for background information on an undated typescript of an Albert Einstein speech, which he had recently acquired.

  17. Trudy Kirchhausen Turkel papers

    1. Kirchhausen family collection

    The papers consist of approximately 30 documents relating to the Kirchhausen family's life in Heilbronn, Germany, and their emigration to the United States.

  18. Maljean and Totman family papers

    1. Maljean and Totman family collection

    The papers consist of newspapers, documents, clippings, photographs, correspondence, identity documents, and other original materials documenting the experiences of Emile-Georges Maljean, Prefect of Police in Toulon and Marseille during World War II. It is part of a collection documenting his experiences, and those of his family, prior to the war and later in German-occupied France. The collection addresses Maljean's resistance activities, the relief he offered to refugees, and his later role in Allied occupation of Vienna.

  19. Monthly Report for the Month of September 1953

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Report about incoming inquiries and outgoing reports and certificates in high numbers. Furthermore, ITS internal such as a rewarding program for the staff. Also, a request to establish a witness index with records from camp leaders, block leaders and prominent inmates for archival and historical reasons.

  20. [Jewish migration from Germany and Austria and the Comite voor Bijzondere Joodsche Belangen]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Professor Cohen was upset about a memorandum sent to him by Mr. Stephany and claims that it has done its best to solve the refugee problem.