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  1. O.23 - Gilbert Collection: Documentation written by senior Nazi war criminals in detention during the Nuremberg Trials

    O.23 - Gilbert Collection: Documentation written by senior Nazi war criminals in detention during the Nuremberg Trials Gustave Mark Gilbert was an American psychologist best known for his psychological diagnoses of high ranking Nazi leaders and officials during the Nuremberg Trials. In the collection there are interviews with these Nazi leaders and officials, as well as essays and manuscripts written by them while they were imprisoned during the trials. Among other items in the documentation: - Hans Michael Frank, Governor of the Generalgouvernment, who described his experiences and persona...

  2. P.22 - The Dr. Nathan Eck Collection, holocaust researcher, 1938-1976

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 4019707
    • English, Hebrew
    • Administrative documentation Draft Excerpt(s) Letter List of refugees Memoirs Newspaper clippings Note Passport Personal documents Poems/Songs Record of persecuted persons Reports Research article Testimony

    P.22 - The Dr. Nathan Eck Collection, holocaust researcher, 1938-1976 In the collection there are files from the private archive of Dr. Nathan Eck. Description of the collection: The documentation mainly deals with research on various aspects of the Holocaust period in Poland and France. There are research papers, testimonies, newspaper clippings, correspondence and documentation concerning the emigration of Jews to Latin American countries. About Dr. Nathan Eck: - Dr. Nathan Eck was born in Janow, Poland, 19 March 1896. He was a Gordonia youth movement activist and a Zionist activist, as w...

  3. P.1 - Archive of Recha Freier, the founder of Youth Aliyah in Germany, 1935-1951

    P.1 - Archive of Recha Freier, the founder of Youth Aliyah in Germany, 1935-1951 Recha Freier was born in Norden, in the northwestern part of Germany, in 1892. On completion of her University Language studies, she worked as a teacher and folklore researcher. In 1932 she conceived of the idea of organizing the sending of Jewish youth to Eretz Israel for education in the kibbutzim. She gathered funds for this purpose and saw her idea become a reality when the first group of Jewish youth left Berlin in late 1932. The World Jewish Congress approved the idea in 1933, however initially Recha Frei...

  4. O.58 - Applications for the Fighters against Nazis Medal, 1967-1969

    O.58 - Applications for the Fighters against Nazis Medal, 1967-1969 The Record Group contains questionnaires completed by people requesting that they be awarded the Fighters against Nazis Medal by the Defense Ministry. Documents and testimonies have been attached to some of the questionnaires, and confirmations have been attached to the others. The questionnaires are arranged alphabetically in loose-leaf notebooks. Requests which were denied are filed in a separate notebook.

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

    P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author Erich Schon, who was born in the village of Vsetin, Moravia (today in the Czech Republic), 18 February 1911, and died in Jerusalem, 12 July 1995, was the son of Malvina and Siegbert Schon. After World War II Schon changed his last name to Kulka, the last name of his first wife, Elly Kulka, who did not survive the Holocaust. The history of the arrests of Erich Kulka began in July 1939, first with arrest by the Gestapo in Brno and afterwards with imprisonment in the Dachau, Sachsenhausen and Neuengamme camps until November 1942...

  6. Documentation of the administration of neighborhood no. 5 in Kharkov, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the administration of neighborhood no. 5 in Kharkov, 1941-1943

  7. O.7.cz- Documentation regarding the Jews of Bohemia and Moravia (Czechia), mainly during the Holocaust

    O.7.cz- Documentation regarding the Jews of Bohemia and Moravia (Czechia), mainly during the Holocaust In the Sub-Record Group there is documentation regarding Jewish youth movements and sports associations that were active before World War II, documentation concerning anti-Jewish legislation from 1939-1944; official documentation about the work of the Central Office for Jewish Emigration and pertaining to the employment of Jews; newspaper clippings on the subject of Jews in the Economy, 1938-1943, documentation regarding Jewish communities, documentation concerning the function of the Jewi...

  8. O.4 - Legal documentation collected in Israel in preparation for criminal trials

    O.4 - Legal documentation collected in Israel in preparation for criminal trials This Record Group contains material regarding Nazi criminals collected in Israel to assist in the interrogations and the placing of war criminals on trial, including: Testimonies of Holocaust survivors collected in courts in Israel as requested by courts abroad, newspaper clippings regarding criminals (at times regarding camps as well), lists of Nazi criminals, documentation regarding criminal trials abroad (newspaper articles, indictments, verdicts), correspondence regarding the collection of the material, and...

  9. Financial documentation of Jewish education institutions, 1920-1940

    Financial documentation of Jewish education institutions, 1920-1940 Budgetary documents of Jewish schools; budget reports of schools and other Jewish education institutions.

  10. Documentation from official institutions in Westphalia

    Documentation from official institutions in Westphalia In the Collection is documentation from the following institutions: Staatsanwaltschaft Münster: JM/14892 (frames 241-256); Oberfinazpraesident Westfalen (Oberfinazdirektion): JM/14907 (frames 295-403); Bundesbahndirektion Münster: JM/14914 (frames 12-20); Landwirtscaftliche Kreisstellen: JM/14914 (frames 21-67); Sonderbeauftragte fuer die Abwicklung der Hauptvereinigungen: JM/14938 (frames 140-273).

  11. תקים של עורכי דין יהודיים שפעלו בפני בית המשפט העל-מחוזי (Oberlandesgericht) ובית המשפט המחוזי (Landgericht) ב-Frankfurt a.Main

    The inventory contains all surviving manuals, general ledgers and process registers of the Jewish lawyers and consultants (Konsulenten) working in Frankfurt a.M., who were admitted to the regional court or the regional appeal court of Frankfurt a.M., namely Dr. Joseph Cahn (1935-39, 1m, Abt. 474/1), Dr. Robert Cahn (1933-41, 3,5 m, Abt. 474/2), Dr. Siegfried aka Fritz Gutenstein and Dr. Ing. Siegfried Popper (1926-43, 18 m, Abt 474/3), Dr. Julius Gruenebaum (1931-41, 5.5 m, Abt. 474/4), Siegfried Katzenstein (Abt. 474/5) and to a lesser extent of Max Kowalski, Julius Meyer, Richard Eilbott,...

  12. Polizeipraesidium Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe Police Headquarters): Files of Jews who are requesting to emigrate

    Polizeipraesidium Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe Police Headquarters): Files of Jews who are requesting to emigrate

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Yagur Documents (photocopy): I. Regarding the Teheran Children: 17/11/1942 - Yagur Diary, meeting of the secretariat and the administration of the school regarding accepting the Teheran Children; 15/12//1942 - Diary entry 1376 - Draft of Ada to organize the absorption of the refugee children arriving from Iran; 29/12/1942 - Diary entry 1382 - General meeting in which it was decided to draft Ada; 11/01/1943 - Diary entry 1390 - Meeting regard...

  14. M.18.1 - Relatives Search Index Cards of the Central Location Index (CLI) in New York

    M.18.1 - Relatives Search Index Cards of the Central Location Index (CLI) in New York Index Cards: There are approximately 1,200,000 index cards, not in alphabetical order. Most of the cards are in good physical condition.

  15. Documentation of the district administrations in the Sumy region, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the district administrations in the Sumy region, 1941-1944 Included in the collection: - Protocols of investigations regarding partisan activities in the Shostka district; - Documentation regarding the allotment of food to the local population in the Akhtyrka district; - Documentation regarding the transfer of local residents to Germany, executions, and the supply of food and equipment to the German Army in the Putivl district.

  16. M. 71-Documentation regarding the Holocaust from archives in Romania and Moldova

    M. 71-Documentation regarding the Holocaust from archives in Romania and Moldova Information regarding the persecution of the Jews in Romania; deportations from Bessarabia and Bukovina; the establishment of ghettos in Transnistria; anti-Jewish legislation and orders, and drafting of Jews for forced labor under the Antonescu regime, and more.

  17. TR.3 - Documentation collected in preparation for the Eichmann Trial, 1933-1962

    TR.3 - Documentation collected in preparation for the Eichmann Trial, 1933-1962 The Mossad (Israel Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations) discovered where Adolf Eichmann was residing in Argentina while using a false identity. Eichmann was captured and brought to Israel in early 1960. His trial, which was held in Beit Ha'am in Jerusalem [today, the Gerard Behar Center building], began in April 1961. The trial lasted for approximately three months, and Eichmann was subsequently sentenced to death for his part in the murder of the Jews of Europe. Eichmann submitted an appeal to the...

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Gan Shmuel Booklet/ collection of testimonies (photocopy, 62 pages); "Group of redeemed people," Hashomer Hatzair organization in detention in Cyprus, 1947.

  19. Collection of personal files of Jewish teachers employed in the Riga municipal education system, 1923-1941

    Collection of personal files of Jewish teachers employed in the Riga municipal education system, 1923-1941 In the collection there are personal files of Jews, teachers and educational system workers in Riga, arranged according to the Latvian alphabet.

  20. O.52.3 - Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - General Documentation

    O.52.3 - Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - General Documentation The purpose of the Yad Vashem project - to prepare an Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - is to perpetuate the history of the communities that were destroyed during the Holocaust. The historiography of the communities focused on countries and sometimes on districts, but not on the history of the local communities. With the increase of interest in the local communities, this Record Group serves as a very important source for historians and researchers working in this field. As part of the preparation o...