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  1. [Ludwig Dische Papers - Bukovina History II]

    1. The Ludwig Dische papers : Bukovina’s Jewish history

    The file includes information about the acquisition of the Bukovina, quotes from the essay of Georg Drozdowski's "Zwischen den Herzogtümern" and Eduard Fischer's "Krieg ohne Heer : meine Verteidigung der Bukowina gegen die Russen". The "Heimatkunde Bukovina" mentions that Israelites are counted as German by authorities because of their mother tongue. There are also handwritten notes about the book "Geschichte von Czernowitz" by Raimund Friedrich Kaindl. Some of the handwritten notes are hard to read.

  2. The Jewish Question in Japan

    1. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

    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

  3. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. United Restitution Organization (URO): Rundschreiben 1961-1973

    The file contains eight circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) ranging between February and April 1964. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1217, no. 1219, no. 1218, no. 1215, no. 1211, no. 1209, no. 1208, and no. 1207. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures, professional damages following Nazi persecution, the definition and the condition of people who were expelled (“Vertriebene”), and on damage to the personal freedom. The topics include: „Beru...

  4. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. United Restitution Organization (URO): Rundschreiben 1961-1973

    The file contains five circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from August and September 1963. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1161, no. 1160, no. 1159, no. 1158, no. 1155. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures, various definitions of the term “Flüchtling” (refugee) and regulations regarding questions of citizenship, and finally professional damages following Nazi persecution. The topics include: „ Berufsschaden, Rentenwahl “, „Staatenlose und...

  5. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. United Restitution Organization (URO): Rundschreiben 1961-1973

    The file contains six circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from November 1965 and February 1966. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1384, no. 1383, no. 1382, no. 1371, no. 1369, and no. 1367. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures, damages to the professional career following Nazi persecution, damage to the property, and the definition of the term “refugee” (“Flüchtling”). The topics include: “ Wiedereinstieg in den vorigen Stand“, „Berufsschad...

  6. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. United Restitution Organization (URO): Rundschreiben 1961-1973

    The file contains six circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) ranging between April and June 1966. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1417, no. 1408, no. 1407, no. 1405, no. 1404, and no. 1402. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations, medical examinations following Nazi persecution, and damage to life. The topics include: “Urteil des Bundesgerichtshofes“, „Revisionsbeschwerde oder Neuantrag nach BEG-Schlußgesetz“, “ Vertriebenen-Eigenschaft“, “ Medizinische Begut...

  7. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. United Restitution Organization (URO): Rundschreiben 1961-1973

    The file contains ten circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from January and February 1964. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1198, no. 1197, no. 1196, no. 1195, no. 1194, no. 1193, no. 1192, no. 1188, no. 1186, and no. 1184. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures in Austria, professional damages following Nazi persecution, information regarding the subsistence level in Israel, and the definition and the condition of people who were expelled (“...

  8. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. United Restitution Organization (URO): Rundschreiben 1961-1973

    The file contains five circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from January and February 1965. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1302, no. 1300, no. 1299, no. 1298, and no. 1296. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures, table records, and the definitions of the terms “Vertriebener” (expellee) and “Flüchtling” (refugee) for people who fled the Soviet occupied part of Germany. The topics include: „Tabellensätze“, „Antragsfrist und Wiedereinsetzung f...

  9. United Restitution Organization (URO)

    1. United Restitution Organization (URO): Rundschreiben 1961-1973

    The file contains eight circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from April and May 1964. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1229, no. 1228, no. 1227, no. 1226, no. 1225, no. 1223, no. 1222, and no. 1220. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding juridical regulations and procedures, health damages and professional damages following Nazi persecution, persecution in the city of Danzig, and the medical examination of Displaced Persons after 1945. The topics include: „Berufsschaden“, „Gesun...

  12. Jews in Sweden II

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the second part of a collection of lists compiled by the Jewish community of Sweden. The list consists of two parts. The first for Jews who arrived before June 26th, 1945 (group 1) and the second part after (group 2). The lists are in alphabetical order (first and last name, date of birth, city and identity card no.) and grouped by nationality.

  13. [reports and resolutions of the sub-committees of the Conference for the relief of German Jewry]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Report of the Academic Committee of the Conference for Relief or German Jewry. Report of the Committee on Relief outside Germany. Resolutions adopted by Bureau. Location of the Committees. Report of the Reconstruction Committee. Report of the Refugees Sub-Committee. Report of the Sub-Committeeon Migration. Conference Resolution

  14. [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.

  15. [Correspondence of DALJEWCIB concerning the non-availability of travel visas for Jewish emigrees en route to Mandchukuo]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Correspondence of the Far Eastern Information Bureau (DALJEWCIB) concerning the prohibition of passage of foreigners on the way to Manchoukuo via Dairen (Dalian), Japanese-occupied China, and the non-availability of travel visa to Mandchukuo

  16. Dialektisches Judentum

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several newspaper clippings of 1941, published in in the United States. Most of the clippings are from the magazine the 'Aufbau', which is the name of a German-Jewish newspaper founded in 1934 and until 2004 it was based in New York. The "Aufbau" quickly became the most important source of information and contact point for Jewish and other German-speaking refugees in the United States. The word 'Aufbau', whose English form 'Reconstruction' temporarily served as subtitle, meant the renewal of German-Jewish life in the USA. In this edition the main subject was the dialectic ...

  17. מאטעריאלן וועגן יידישן חורבן אין פוילן

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Leiser-Yitzhak Gottlieb, a Yeshiva student from Mir (it is stated in the testimony that is parents live in Opatów), describes how he fled the city towards Białystok, Czyzew and Baranowich and how he eventually went to Mir. On his way he witnessed or heard of severe abuse of polish Jews by Polish citizen. Protocol No. 28 is an extract from a volume of protocols provided by a group of Polish-Jewish refugees. In 1939 they formed a comittee to collect evidence about the condition of the Jews in Poland under Nazi Germany occupation.

  18. [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.

  19. Die Judenbrücke II

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The Story is the second part of a fictitious tale of life in a refugee camp in Cyprus (Caraolos and Xylotymbus) after World War II, under British military administration. It describes the general atmosphere, struggles and political activities of the refugees as well as the views of the British military and politicians, American Aid organizations and volunteering medial staff. An interesting exchange of ideas is retold between an officer of the British Army and a Jewish doctor about Zionism, and a Jewish homeland, as well as a conversation with an Egyptian Jew highlighting the struggles of J...

  20. IRO-ITS-Child Search Branch – Yearly report 1948 History

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The yearly report begins with an explanation about Himmler's eugenic ideology implemented in the Lebensborn project and the justification of the kidnapping for children for the purpose of Germanization. As an example serves the case of Lidice. After the massacre of all if the adult males and the deportation of the females to a concentration camp, the children considered fit for Germanization were taken to Lebensborn home.The IRO and ITS tried to find those children and established a Child Search Branch for that purpose. Furthermore, the organization of the Child Search Branch is explained i...