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  1. M.52.DAChrkO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Cherkasy Region

    M.52.DAChrkO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Cherkasy Region History of the Archives The Archive was first established in Cherkasy in April 1919; it was called the Regional Archive of Cherkasy in 1925. The name of the Archive was changed to the State Historical Archive of Cherkasy in 1932 and it became a branch of the State Archive of the Kiev Region in 1941. During World War II much of the documentation in the Archive was damaged. Following the establishment of the Cherkassy region in 1954, the name of the Archive was changed to the State Archive of the Cherkassy Region. A b...

  2. Documentation from the Bundesarchiv Bern, Switzerland, regarding the policies of the Swiss government toward refugees, 1933-1955, and a report by Dr. Carl Ludwig, 1957

    Documentation from the Bundesarchiv Bern, Switzerland, regarding the policies of the Swiss government toward refugees, 1933-1955, and a report by Dr. Carl Ludwig, 1957

  3. Documentation of the municipal Court of Law in Kalush, 1942-1943

    Documentation of the municipal Court of Law in Kalush, 1942-1943 Included in the collection are lists of inmates which were found in the prison next to the municipal Court of Law in Kalush.

  4. M. 51 - Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich Association of the Jews in Germany)

    M. 51 - Documantation of the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich Association of the Jews in Germany) History of the Organization The organization was apparently founded in early 1939 by representatives of the Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden (Reich's Deputation of the German Jews). In July 1939, an ordinance was published by the authorities concerning the establishment of the Reich Association of the Jews in Germany, which replaced the Reich's Deputation of the German Jews. In the words of its Chairman, "... [it will serve as] a new organizational basis for the dwindling p...

  5. O.37/Linz - Collection of the Jewish Historical Commission in Linz

    O.37/Linz - Collection of the Jewish Historical Commission in Linz

  6. Files from the Dokument Center in the Archive of Wuerzburg, Bavaria

    Files from the Dokument Center in the Archive of Wuerzburg, Bavaria

  7. Documentation of the auxiliary Ukrainian administration in Dnipropetrovsk, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the auxiliary Ukrainian administration in Dnipropetrovsk, 1941-1943 Included in the collection: - Documentation regarding Jewish elderly people and orphans in the municipal home for the disabled in Dnipropetrovsk, and registration of the Jews of the city before their deportation to the ghetto; - Documentation of the local authorities in Pyatikhatki regarding Jews, 1942-1943; - Instruction by the mayor of the city of Dnipropetrovsk to the chief physicians of the hospitals and clinics, including the ban against giving treatment to Jews, 1941; - Appeal to the Stadtkomissar by ...

  8. Documentation from the Friedhofsverwaltung (Cemeteries administration) in Hamburg

    Documentation from the Friedhofsverwaltung (Cemeteries administration) in Hamburg

  9. Files of the arbitrator for claims for compensation in Stuttgart

    Files of the arbitrator for claims for compensation in Stuttgart: The legal basis for the work of the arbitrator for reparations in the American zone was Law No. 59 of the Military Government (American Control Area) of November 10, 1947. According to this, the confiscated property, firm, bank account or other property was to be returned or compensation for it was to be paid. For this, the injured party or his legal successor had to conduct contentious proceedings against the individual or institution liable for restitution, which had seized the property. In order to prevent every claim for ...

  10. Documentation of the Council and the Executive committee of the Novaya Mysh district, 1940

    Documentation of the Council and the Executive committee of the Novaya Mysh district, 1940 Included in the collection is a list of voters in the Nowa Mysz [Novaya Mysh] district, prepared in 1940, and a professional opinion regarding a Jewish teacher named Abram Rozen who worked in the Baranovichi region.

  11. Documentation of the auxiliary regional committee to the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission in the Tarnopol region, 1944-1946

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 13228700
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1944-1946
    • Diagram Exhumation report Newspaper clippings Official documentation Statistical report רשימת פושעים נאצים ומשתפי פעולה

    Documentation of the auxiliary regional committee to the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission in the Tarnopol region, 1944-1946 Included in the collection is documentation regarding the establishment of ghettos in the region; policies toward the Jews; employment of Jews for forced labor; murder of the Jews and liquidation of the ghettos in the Tarnopol region during 1941-1944; lists of Nazi war criminals and collaborators active in the Tarnopol region during 1941-1944, including letters of recommendation, biographies, orders, places and periods of service; Soviet newspaper clippings regard...

  12. Documentation from the record group: Landesfinanzamt Dresden

    Documentation from the record group: Landesfinanzamt Dresden

  13. Documentation of the Sentaskommission f. d. Hoehere Verwaltungsdienst (Senate Committee for the Higher Civil Service) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Sentaskommission f. d. Hoehere Verwaltungsdienst (Senate Committee for the Higher Civil Service) in Hamburg The Collection includes in most part the files of senior clerks who are of Jewish origin. Included in the Collection is a file that deals with suspicions regarding the Jewish origin of the city's mayor.

  14. M.52.DARO - Documentation of the State Archives of the Rivne Region

    M.52.DARO - Documentation of the State Archives of the Rivne Region History of the Archives The archives was established in March 1940 as the historical archives of the region, and as of 1941 it was called the State Archives of the Rovno Region. The material for the archives was collected gradually. At the start, the archives received documents from local institutions and from factories, non-profit organizations, associations, and from educational and healthcare institutions that were in existence from the period when Rovno still belonged to Poland. By 1940, collections that dated from 1921...

  15. Collection of the Wirtschaftsprüfstelle in the Netherlands, 1940-1945

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 6100287
    • English, Hebrew
    • Certification Document Financial accounts Laws and decrees Letter Lists of businesses and skilled workers Names Protocol Questionnaire Report Reports Survey report

    Collection of the Wirtschaftsprüfstelle in the Netherlands, 1940-1945 The Wirtschaftsprüfstelle (Economics Research office) was part of the Generalkommissariat für Finanz und Wirtschaft, and it supervised the implementation of the Aryanization of the Dutch economy; the Wirtschaftsprüfstelle started the Aryanization in The Hague in October 1940 with the registration of all of the Jewish businesses in the Netherlands, according to order VO 189/40 given on 22/10/1940; later on, according to order VO 48/41 given on 12/03/1941, the Wirtschaftsprüfstelle was authorized to appoint a Treuhander (tr...

  16. O.27 - Denmark Collection: Documentation regarding the Jews of Denmark during the Holocaust period

    O.27 - Denmark Collection: Documentation regarding the Jews of Denmark during the Holocaust period In the Record Group there is official documentation and personal documentation including testimonies, letters and personal documents on subjects related to the history of the Jews of Denmark and Norway during the Holocaust period, including displays of antisemitism, smuggling Jews out of Denmark, deportation of Jews from Denmark to Theresienstadt, rescue of the Danish Jews and lists of Jews deported from Norway. The Record Group also includes a collection of thank you letters sent to Cecilia P...

  17. Collection of W. S. H. Elte, the principal of het Joodsch Lyceum te Amsterdam (Jewish School of Amsterdam) in the Netherlands, 1937-1947

    Collection of W. S. H. Elte, the principal of het Joodsch Lyceum te Amsterdam (Jewish School of Amsterdam) in the Netherlands, 1937-1947 Establishment of the Joodsch Lyceum te Amsterdam by the Amsterdam municipality in 1941; transfer of the Joodsch Lyceum te Amsterdam to the administration of the Joodsche Raad in 1942; the school's activities became impossible [to be carried out] due to the persecution of the Jews in 1942; the number of pupils in the Lyceum was 370 in June 1942; Included in the collection: Report regarding the Jewish schools that were active in the Netherlands during the Na...

  18. TR.16 - Legal documentation- Romania

    TR.16 - Legal documentation - Romania Legal documentation regarding Romanian and Hungarian war criminals who collaborated with the Germans during the Holocaust period. The trials were conducted in Romania at the end of World War II, during the years 1945-1946, and they include correspondence, indictments, verdicts and appeals concerning these trials. The indictments include testimonies of survivors regarding the crimes of the defendants.

  19. Documentation from the Magistrates Court in Backnang, Wurttemberg, 1927-1944

    Documentation from the Magistrates Court in Backnang, Wurttemberg, 1927-1944 Included in the Collection is a list of business owners in the region; administrative correspondence and contracts of the Court of Law; legal files against Jews and foreign workers during the Nazi period; legal files against Nazis from 1932, mainly regarding the distribution of antisemitic propaganda.

  20. Documentation from the Landratsamt Saarbruecken (Saarbruecken district authority) in the Saar region

    Documentation from the Landratsamt Saarbruecken (Saarbruecken district authority) in the Saar region