Archival Descriptions

Advanced query tips

There are several ways to be more specific in your search query:

"Phrase"
Search an exact match of your query, e.g. "Member lists"
+Phrase
Given word has to be in the result, e.g. +Gestapo
-Phrase
Exclude given word from search, e.g. -Gestapo

Use the following syntax to restrict the search to specific fields:

field:"phrase"
For instance, you can find all descriptions that have the phrase "Auschwitz Birkenau" in their titles by searching for title:"Auschwitz Birkenau".

The following fields are currently available:

  • identifier
  • title
  • creator
  • person
  • place
  • subject
  • address
Displaying items 5,701 to 5,720 of 10,181
Search result ordering

  1. Sam Browne-style belt associated with Emile-Georges Maljean

    1. Maljean and Totman family collection

    Sam Browne-style belt with sword hanger associated with 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.

  2. Bonnet de police associated with Emile-Georges Maljean

    1. Maljean and Totman family collection

    Bonnet de police or uniform side cap associated with 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.

  3. Bonnet de police associated with Emile-Georges Maljean

    1. Maljean and Totman family collection

    Bonnet de police or uniform side cap associated with 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.

  4. [Stimmung und Propaganda im Irischen Freistaat - unter Bezugnahme auf den Erlass vom 26. April 1933, P2143]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains a report by [Georg von] Dehn-Schmidt, ambassador at the German Embassy of Dublin, to the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin dated 15.08.1933 as an answer to decree P2143 from 26.04.1933 regarding Anti-German propaganda in Ireland. Due to Irish Pro-German atttitudes reaching back to WWI, there is no Anti-German propaganda, neither politically, culturally nor economically in Press, Film, Radio Broadcasting, Literature, Theatre and Speeches. There is no considerable French influence, neither, nor Polish one or by German political refugees. Measures for further information abou...

  5. Aus der Emigration III

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the third part of Curt Rosenberg's account of life as a Jewish refugees in Scotland during World War II. It recounts his legal struggles with his landlord and final victory in the Scottish court and a detailed description of the Scottish landscape he appreciated on his various visits to British POW camps where he held lectures to German prisoners of war. He also reflects philosophically about life and ageing.

  6. Political aspects of the refugee problem in relation to the conference called by the US Secretary of State

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    A note on the advantages and disadvantages of the USA organizing the Evian conference including topics, which should be discussed at the conference such as propaganda.

  7. Jews in Sweden V

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the fifth part of a collection of lists compiled by the Jewish community of Sweden. It is a continuation of the previous compilation of group 2 (Jews who arrived after June 26th, 1945). The lists are in alphabetic order consisting of first and last name, date of birth, city and identity card no. and grouped by nationality.

  8. [Jewish restitution claims in Rheinland-Pfalz]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains the Law and Regulation sheet of the State Government of Rhineland-Palatinate, Part II, public advertisement dated March 17, 1950 (Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt der Landesregierung Rheinland-Pfalz Teil II öffentlicher Anzeiger). On 57 pages the notices of the reparation chambers of State Government of Rhineland-Palatinate, for example refund and recompensation of real estates and other properties, are illustrated. Several parties are suing for a declaration of nullity and reimbursement of real estate and other property in accordance with ordinance no. 20 and 120 of the Frenc...

  9. Monthly Report for the month of December, 1951 and Annual Report for the year 1951

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    This Report is a summary of the work accomplished by the ITS. Among corporative details the report also mentions a cooperation with the German "Wiedergutmachungs-" authorities (Idemnification authorities) and the visit of two experts from the "Institut für Zeitgeschichte" which conducted research with the files of the ITS.

  10. [Summary of the work of the ITS Child Search Branch]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains an overview of the yearly ITS report of the year 1948. Furthermore it contains correspondences between a polish mother and her child, showing successful Germanization. Also, reports of the Nazi organisations involved in the Germanizing process and an outline of the structure and practices of Lebensborn for guidance in child search of the ITS.

  11. [Labor and Refugee Camps in Switzerland during World War II]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains various memoranda concerning the treatment of and legal rules of behavior for war and Nazi prosecution victims seeking refuge in Switzerland for the duration of World War II, while being interned in labor and refugee camps.

  12. Kriegs-Gefangene

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several documents dealing with regulations and procedures for war prisoners by the Nazi military commanders in France. Under the command of the Feldkommandantur 550 in Epinal, correspondences about applications for extradition of war prisoners and general proceedings with them are attached. An application was made in order to extradite Andre Maurice, Prisoner No. 8894, because his work in a mill was absolutely needed. Also an application for the release of the war prisoner Sergent Chanudet was submitted by his father in law. Furthermore handwritten letters are attached. Th...

  13. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains four circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from February and March 1969. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1600, no. 1596, no. 1598, and no. 1595. They mainly deal with recent court judgements made by the German Federal Court (Bundesgerichtshof) on questions of restitution after Nazi persecution, especially regarding newly established juridical regulations and proceedings for claims within the Federal law for restitution („Bundesentschädigungsgesetz”). Furthermore, the issues focus on the status of being recognized as ...

  14. Remarks and Suggestions for the International conference convened by the American Government

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Suggestion for the Evian Conference regarding the number of emigrants, financial requirements, colonization, transfer of Property, distribution of emigrants, public opinion and the emigrants' situation of Jews in Germany

  15. [World Jewish Congresses of 1944 on Jewish Emergency Relief measures and 1948 the creation of the State of Israel]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains protocols, reports and memoranda issued either officially or internally during the 1944 and 1948 World Jewish Congress meetings by working groups and the organization itself. Moreover the file contains open editorials and proposed resolutions regarding the creation of the State of Israel in 1948 as well as lists of individually attending delegates and national delegations. Moreover the file also contains resolutions and proposals regarding emergency relief of Jewish persons who suffered under Nazi and fascist rule in newly liberated areas in Eastern and Western Europe.

  16. [Propaganda in Ungarn, unter Bezugnahme auf den Erlass vom 26. April 1933, P2143]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains a report by the German Embassy of Budapest to the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin dated 31.07.1933 as an answer to decree P2143 from 26.04.1933 regarding Anti-German propaganda in Hungary. There are two main sources of Anti-German Propaganda in Hungary: the ones rooted in Hungary's inner political life and the ones influenced by foreign countries like France and Poland. The report names reasons for Anti-German Propaganda and means of promoting it. Furthermore, it describes the Hungarian Press, the French and Polish Propaganda in more detail. It also mentions influcence f...

  17. [Correspondence between Rosenblueth, Bentwich and Stephany]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Correspondence between Rosenblueth, Bentwich and Stephany and others regarding the memorandum from the Council of the German Jewry at the Evian conference.

  18. [IRO-ITS- Child Search Branch- Quarterly Report, July/August/ September 1949]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    This file contains a statistical review of the work done by the ITS in cooperation with the UNRRA and IRO in the third quarter of 1949. It included statistics about missing children, unaccompanied located children, a questionnaire called "Personal Data of the Child"(Personalien des Kindes) and an evaluation of the questionnaire.

  19. Enquiry concerning relative of unaccompanied child in Germany

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Form about the sought of the parent of an unaccompanied child by the Preparatory Commission for the international Refugee Organization (PCIRO). The enquiry is about a mother named Regina that was an inmate at the women's Concentration Camp in Ravenbrück / Germany. This enquiry is a cooperation between the military authorities and the PCIRO.

  20. The Jewish Question in Japan

    1. Judge Hadassa Ben-Itto collection 1926-2018

    A document written by Tetsu Kohno entitled The Jewish Question in Japan covering a time span from the turn of the 20th century till 1986. He mentions Captain Norihito Yasueof who translated the Protocols into Japanese in 1924; the antisemitic article of Kaho Ohba, 1917, in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper; the retranslation of the Protocols in 1938 by Eikichi Kubota; the publishing of two antisemitic books, 1986, entitled 'If You Know the Jews You Will Understand the World' and 'If You Know the Jews You Will Understand Japan' by Masami Uno