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  1. O.64.2/WSZ.8 - documentation of the various Jewish Self-Government departments

    O.64.2/WSZ.8 - Documentation of the various Jewish Self-Government departments

  2. Documentation of various banks in Estonia, 1885 - 1944

  3. O.9 - France Collection: Documentation regarding the Jews of France , mostly from the Holocaust period

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 4019604
    • English, Hebrew
    • Article(s), list(s), text(s) Diagram Drawing Identity card Letter Manifesto Names Newspaper Official documentation Personal documents Personal records Poster Work permit

    O.9 - Documentation regarding the Jews of France , mostly from the Holocaust period The collection contains hundreds of files, including documentation received from the Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF-General Union of Jews in France). Most of the documentation is original material, some from German sources. There is also much documentation regarding the Jewish underground in France, including material from the Jewish and non-Jewish underground press, the personal archives of Jewish leaders, such as the Joseph Fischer-Ariel Collection, the Charles Wittenberg Collection and the ...

  4. Documentation of the Staats- und Privatschulen-Berufliche Schulen (State and private vocational schools) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Staats- und Privatschulen-Berufliche Schulen (State and private vocational schools) in Hamburg The Collection is comprised of sub-record groups that deal with specific schools. Included in the material, among others, are lists of pupils and matriculation certificates of boys and girls who were pupils in certain schools. Included are the sub-record groups: - 362-4/7 - Handelsschule Holzdamm 1934-1940, - 362-4/9 - Handels- und Berufsschule Harburg 1895-1982.

  5. Collection of the Abteilung Rechtsetzung und Staatsrecht - German Office of Justice in the Netherlands, regarding anti-Jewish legislation during 1941-1942

    Collection of the Abteilung Rechtsetzung und Staatsrecht - German Office of Justice in the Netherlands, regarding anti-Jewish legislation during 1941-1942 The Rechtsetzung department has the responsibility for the wording and translation of the text, instructions and orders of the Reichskommissar and for the dispersion of the instructions of the Verordnungsblatt für die besetzten Niederländischen Gebiete in German and Dutch; consultation with the Rechtsetzung department, in main with the Generalkommissariat; Included in the collection: Correspondence by the Abteilung Rechtsetzung und Staats...

  6. Documentation of the Versicherungsbehoerden (Insurance Offices) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Versicherungsbehoerden (Insurance Offices) in Hamburg

  7. Documentation of the Landratsamt (District authority) of the Brilon district, Westphalia

    Documentation of the Landratsamt (District authority) of the Brilon district, Westphalia

  8. Documentation belonging to the gendarmerie unit in the Khoyniki district, 1942-1943

    Documentation belonging to the gendarmerie unit in the Khoyniki district, 1942-1943 The Collection includes primarily reports and instructions from the Gendarmerie Headquarters in Zhitomir, as well as instructions from the (Gebietskommissar) district commissioner in Reytschitza and correspondence of the unit, particularly with the regional Gendarmerie Headquarters in Reytschitza. The material contains, among others, research reports regarding partisans, reports regarding partisan activity and regarding the activities of the German units against the partisans and documentation regarding volu...

  9. M.21.3 - Kriegsverbrecherreferat (War Criminals Department), Central Committee of Liberated Jews - Munich

    M.21.3 - Kriegsverbrecherreferat (War Criminals Department), Central Committee of Liberated Jews - Munich The War Criminals Department was established in the American Occupied Zone shortly after the end of World War II. It was active from 1946-1951 as the Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Munich, in cooperation with the Central Historical Commission in Munich and other survivor organizations. The purpose of the Department was to locate war criminals and collaborators, to gather documentary material, to collect testimonies from survivors and to bring the criminal...

  10. Documentation of various Nazi organizations, in the Staatsarchiv Nuernberg

    Documentation of various Nazi organizations, in the Staatsarchiv Nuernberg In the Collection are detailed materials regarding Aryanization and the confiscation of Jewish property; documentation of the Gauleitung Franken; documentation of the Sammlung Streicher, including antisemitic materials.

  11. Documentation of the Council and the Executive committee in Baranovichi, 1939-1941

    Documentation of the Council and the Executive committee in Baranovichi, 1939-1941 Included in the collection are protocols and decisions regarding the nationalization of private homes and buildings owned by Jewish residents of the Baranovichi region.

  12. O.60 - Collection of Anti-Jewish Legislation - the World Jewish Congress

    O.60 - Collection of Anti-Jewish Legislation - the World Jewish Congress Included in the Record Group: A. Collection of anti-Jewish legislation enacted in various countries, organized in files according to the countries. Sometimes the law is quoted as it was published in the law books of that particular country, and sometimes there are surveys regarding the law or newspaper clippings with a description of the law. B. Correspondence between the World Jewish Congress (including with the United Nations) regarding anti-Jewish legislation such as laws regarding emigration, the status of refugees...

  13. Documentation of The "Zdoko Gdoilo" Jewish Charitable Association in Tallinn, 1927 - 1940

  14. M.26.2 - Correspondence of the World Jewish Congress - Relatives Search Department, Stockholm, 1945-1962

    M.26.2 - Correspondence of the World Jewish Congress - Relatives Search Department, Stockholm, 1945-1962

  15. O.41.3 - Names of Holocaust victims found in religious books housed in the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem

    Names of Holocaust victims found in religious books housed in the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem

  16. M.1.P - She’erit Hapletah Collection - DP life in the camps, 1945-1948

    M.1.P - She’erit Hapletah Collection -Displaced persons life in the camps, 1945-1948 In this Collection there is documentation regarding the lives of the displaced persons (DPs) in the camps. It contains thousands of placards from the camps, mainly concerning cultural and artistic matters, religious life, sport, elections and political parties. Additionally, there are announcements , principally issued by administrative departments in the Eschwefe DP camp and the Feldafing DP camp. There are letters or surveys on subjects related to daily life in the DP camps in a few individual files.

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Neot Mordechai Personal documentation (original): 1. Two postcards sent from Terezin [Theresienstadt] (by Ernst Levizon) to his adoptive family in Denmark (1943); 2. Two letters written by the mother of E. Levizon to his adoptive family in Denmark in 1940.

  18. Collection of Erich August Paul Puttkammer, regarding Sperrstempels (exemptions) for Jews in the Netherlands, 1942-1953

    Collection of Erich August Paul Puttkammer, regarding Sperrstempels (exemptions) for Jews in the Netherlands, 1942-1953 Erich August Paul Puttkammer was born in Poland in 1891; he received Dutch citizenship in 1939 and worked as a lawyer in a bank in Amsterdam during the war; using his contacts with the Devisenschutzkommando, along with the use of gold, diamonds, paintings and jewelry, he obtained deportation exemptions for Jews, of whom most were already in Westerbork camp as inmates; Puttkammer was arrested after the war, but was released due to lack of evidence; Included in the collectio...

  19. Documentation from the Finanzaemter (Finance Ministry) local units in the Saar region

    Documentation from the Finanzaemter (Finance Ministry) local units in the Saar region In the collection there is one file of the Finanzamt Blieskastel, dealing with assistance in studies and training (Ausbildungsbeihilfen); one file of the Finanzamt Neunkrichen deals with income and property taxes; 16 files of the Finanzamt Völklingen - most of the files deal with real estate owned by various Jews in the area, and the remainder deal with the administration of the real estate by the authorities; included is a file with lists of the Jewish property administered and a file that deals in its en...

  20. Documentation from the Niedersaechsische Staatsarchiv Stade

    Documentation from the Niedersaechsische Staatsarchiv Stade Included in the collection among other documents are requests submitted to the regional assistance committee, the Sonderhilfsausschuss fuer den Reb.-Bezirk Stade, by persecuted people, to receive a stipend or assistance.