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  1. Hakibbutz Ha'arzi Archives Collection: The Bialystok Ghetto Uprising

    Hakibbutz Ha'arzi Archives Collection: The Bialystok Ghetto Uprising Most of the documentation in this Collection comes from Haika Grossman and includes her testimonies regarding the Uprising in Bialystok, a report concerning the activities of the fighters from the Hechalutz Movement, which was submitted to the main headquarters of the Partisan Movement in 1944 and more. The description is based on the original description that was written by Emanuel Berand at the time when the collection was submitted to Yad Vashem, 03 November 1958 (the original description has been attached to the multim...

  2. Lists of Riga residents who received food ration coupons from the municipal commercial administration, 1939-1940

    Lists of Riga residents who received food ration coupons from the municipal commercial administration, 1939-1940

  3. Documentation of the administration of the Shpykiv district, 1941-1942

    Documentation of the administration of the Shpykiv district, 1941-1942 - Lists of Jewish homes in Shpykiv and the manner of their use; - List of inmates in the Rogozna Ghetto, prepared by the district administration, 15/12/1941; - Instructions, circulars and correspondence by the administration of the Vinnytsa region with the district administrations in the region, regarding administrative and financial questions.

  4. Documentation from the Thueringisches Staatsarchiv in Altenburg

    Documentation from the Thueringisches Staatsarchiv in Altenburg

  5. Documentation of the head elections committee of the municipal council in Grodno, 1939

    Documentation of the head elections committee of the municipal council in Grodno, 1939 Included in the collection are lists of members of the elections committee, candidates for the municipal council, and electors and voters.

  6. Documentation of the religious affairs department at the regional administration in Poznan, 1978-1990

    Documentation of the religious affairs department at the regional administration in Poznan, 1978-1990 The collection includes documentation regarding the problem of the Jews, and regarding memorial and commemoration sites for the Jews who perished during the war period in the area of the Poznan region.

  7. Documentation regarding the Jewish communities in Italy from the World Jewish Congress Archives, 1943-1945

    Documentation regarding the Jewish communities in Italy from the World Jewish Congress Archives, 1943-1945 - World Jewish Congress (WJC) correspondence with the offices of various communities in Italy on the following subjects: - The situation of the Jews in the Fossoli di Carpi and Ferramonti di Tarsia camps; - Rescue of Jews from camps in Italy; - Rescue and support of orphaned children; - Arranging emigration permits to Palestine; - Arranging visas for emigration to the United States; - Protocols of WJC meetings regarding support for the Jews in Italy. - Key names that appear in the docu...

  8. Documentation regarding the investigation of Nazi war criminals and collaborators in Ukraine, 1944-1946

    Documentation regarding the investigation of Nazi war criminals and collaborators in Ukraine, 1944-1946 Included in the collection is documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, active in the Ukraine area during 1944-1946.

  9. Documentation from the archives of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1927-1947

    Documentation from the archives of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1927-1947 In the collection there are various files created by Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (on each file the Code Number "33" appears, [an indication of] documents pertaining to the Jewish Question). Also in the collection: Files pertaining to the legal status of the Romanian Jews (already in 1927); propaganda material; correspondence with Romanian diplomatic delegations abroad and foreign delegations in Romania; reports concerning the activities of Jewish organizations outside of Romania (mainly in the Un...

  10. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Tirat Zvi

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Tirat Zvi Background material: 1. Regarding the film "Children in Strangers' Arms", dealing with the Kindertransport; 2. Suggested list of books dealing with the subject of the Kindertransport; Kibbutz Tirat Zvi newspaper: 1. "BaTira", issue for Hanukkah 5761 (December 2001): Excerpts from the diary of a child who arrived to England as a refugee in the context of the Kindertransport; 2. "BaTira", issue for Shavuot 5747 (June 1987): Excerpts ...

  11. Documentation of the Reichsvereinigungen und Gemeinschaften (Reich Economic Unions), Germany, 1933-1945

    Documentation of the Reichsvereinigungen und Gemeinschaften (Reich Economic Unions), Germany, 1933-1945 The collection includes the following Record Groups: R10/I - Reichsvereinigung Bastfaser (Reel 406) R10/III - Reichsvereinigung Eisen (Reels 406, 407) R10/IV - Reichsvereinigung Textilveredlung (Reel 407) R10/VI - Gemeinschaft Schuhe (Reel 418) R10/VIII - Reichsvereinigung Kohle (Reel 418) R10/IX - Stickstoffsyndikat GmbH (Reel 418) R10/X - Verkaufsgemeinschaft Sanitärkeramik (Reel 418) R10/XI - Verband technisch-keramischer Fabriken (Reel 418) R10/XII - Vereinigung für Wand- und Bodenpla...

  12. Documentation of the Finanzministerium (Finance Ministry), related to Württemberg-Hohenzollern, 1945-1949

    Documentation of the Finanzministerium (Finance Ministry), related to Württemberg-Hohenzollern, 1945-1949 History of the organization [institution]: In autumn 1945, after the end of World War II, the State of Württemberg-Hohenzollern was established inside Germany, which included the French Occupied Zone of Württemberg and the Sigmaringen region. The government of the new state was comprised of six Landesdirektionen (administrative areas) that supervised various subjects (law, culture, interior matters, and other subjects), including finance. Its name was changed later to the Finanzminister...

  13. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Mizra

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Mizra Memorial booklet: "Memoirs of wandering, 1942-1945", by Zila Kitron and Sonia Shabtai (the daughters of Yocheved and Aharon Schwartz), 1991; Condensed testimony: Yitzhak Antos Kveler.

  14. Collection of documents of Dutch inmates in German camps outside the Netherlands, 1933-1945, including documentation of the Red Cross, until 1950

    Collection of documents of Dutch inmates in German camps outside the Netherlands, 1933-1945, including documentation of the Red Cross, until 1950 Included in the collection: Lists of survivors and lists of inmates who perished in Dachau, Mauthausen, Gross Rosen, Theresienstadt and Natzweiler camps during 1940-1945; Testimonies of Dutch survivors, regarding their detention and living conditions in camps and while on marches during 1933-1945; Documents of the Red Cross in Allersdorf and other places during the postwar period, including protocols of investigations of Dutch criminals and Nazi w...

  15. Documentation of the Senatskanzlei - Verwaltungsbeschwerden (Senate Chamber - Administration complaints) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Senatskanzlei - Verwaltungsbeschwerden (Senate Chamber - Administration complaints) in Hamburg

  16. Documentation of the Community Policy Head Office, 1933-1945

    Documentation of the Community Policy Head Office, 1933-1945 Documentation of the Head Office for Community Policy from the Nazi period; The majority of the documents in the collection include references to policies towards Jews in the area of housing or excerpts of antisemitic propaganda.

  17. Documentation of the Wohnungsamt II (Housing Office II) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Wohnungsamt II (Housing Office II) in Hamburg The sub-record Collection includes three files: two files deal with buildings that were used as detention camps (in one of them, Jewish children were murdered shortly before the end of the war); the third file deals with claims for compensation regarding a house that was owned by Jews (see the list of files in the "Multimedia" page).

  18. Documentation regarding the investigation of Nazi war crimes and collaborators in the Kherson region of the Soviet Union in 1944

    Documentation regarding the investigation of Nazi war crimes and collaborators in the Kherson region of the Soviet Union in 1944 - Protocols of the local committee in the Kalininskoye district regarding the murder of Jews during 09-12/1941; - Survey report regarding the murder of Jews in the Kherson region during 1941-1942; - Information regarding the murder of Red Army POWs in camps in the Kherson region; - Documentation regarding the deportation of residents and the murder of Jews of the Kherson region during the German occupation.

  19. Documentation of the International Refugee Organization (IRO) in the Netherlands, 1947-1953

    Documentation of the International Refugee Organization (IRO) in the Netherlands, 1947-1953 Stichting Vijfhonderd joodse kinderen (Fund for 500 Jewish Children): 500 Jewish children, who were displaced persons, were brought to the Netherlands from the camps in Eastern Europe and given refuge in the De Biezen home in Barneveld; Included in the collection: Documents related to the Stichting Vijfhonderd Joodse kinderen fund, for the rescue of 500 Jewish children.

  20. החלטות על הכרה במוות (Todeserklaerungen) של קרבנות יהודיים של בית משפט השלום (Amtsgericht) ב-Iserlohn (ווסטפליה)

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12424769
    • English, Hebrew
    • Legal documentation Official documentation Personal documents Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors

    Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in Courts of Law in Westphalia In the Collection are files including applications to Courts of Law in Westphalia for the recognition of death of local Jews who were deported to the East by the Nazis, and for whom no official Declaration of Death had been given. These applications (requests) were submitted in most part by the relatives of those who had perished, [and] who requested to receive claims for compensation from Germany. The files include the applications including details regarding those who p...