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  1. Collection of various testimonies, diaries and memoirs (O.33), 1942-1992

    This collection consists of miscellaneous statements containing, primarily, written testimonies, memoirs and diaries handed over by private individuals to Yad Vashem since its creation.

  2. Teresienstadt collection (O64)

    Contains mainly the Zeev Shek collection and the Weiss collection.

  3. Selected records of various Landratsämte (administrative district offices)

    This collection contains selected records of the Landratsämte (administrative district) offices of Jarocin, Kalisz, Konin, Krotoszyn, Leszno, Nowy Tomyśl, Oborniki, Ostrów, Poznań, Czerników, Wolsztyn, and Września. Documents cover financial matters, taxes, medical care, German officials, municipal affairs, and other administrative matters. Files contain lists of inhabitants, employees, and other local materials.

  4. Regierung Posen-Westpreussen in Schneidemuehl Rejencja pograniczna Poznań-Prusy Zachodnie w Pile (Sygn. 307)

    The collection contains records from offices of the following places: On Noteć́ county, Piła town, Wałcz county, Człuchów county, Złotów county, Strzelce county, Choszczno county, Drawsko county and Szczecin county. The collection consists of the files of three departments: General Department, Department for Education and Church Affairs, and the Department of Forestry and Domains. Many files relate to the Jews, Jewish communities and synagogues, as well as to the World War II period-orders of the German authorities and seizing of the Jewish property.

  5. Reichsstadthalter im Reichsgau Wartheland Posen (Sygn. 299)

    The collection contains records of statistical vital information of Jewish communities as well as files of the private properties and lists of stolen art from Jews and Poles. Includes correspondence. reports and German orders.

  6. Selected records of various Gendarmerie outposts

    The collection contains records concerning expulsions and relocations of various groups of citizens (including list of people), registration matters, criminal matters of various kind of violation of the law (e.g. lack of documents, illegal slaughter, alcohol production etc.), letters of warrant of arrest of fugitives from prisons, camps and forced labor.

  7. Chef der zivilverwaltung beim oberbefehlshaber im militaebezirk Posen Szef zarządu cywilnego przy dowódcy okregu wojskowego w Poznaniu, Sygn. 298

    The collection contains orders of occupation authorities, reports of the office activities and activity of the subordinated administration (Landrats) and police units, official reports of the meeting with military officials.

  8. Records of the Stadtverwaltung Litzmannstadt, Ghettoverwaltung Records of the Łódź City Council Ghetto Administration Akta Miasta Łodzi Zarząd Miejski. Wydział do Spraw Getta (Sygn. 221)

    This collection contains records of the Ghettoverwaltung, a department of the Germans' administration of the city of Łódź. Included are documents of over 120 enterprises operating in the ghetto; ghetto police reports; information on Jews being brought from Western Europe; and information about deportations to labor and death camps.

  9. Regierungsbezirk Posen Rejencja w Poznaniu (Sygn. 300)

    Contains records from the Regierungsbezirk Posen offices of the following places: Chodzież, Czarnków, Gostyń Grodzisk, Jarocin, Kościan, Krotoszyn, Leszno, Miedzychód, Oborniki, Poznań, Rawicz, Szamotuly, Śrem, Środa, Wolsztyn, Września.The files that survived include the office internal organization matters, the book-keeping, reports of Landrats, the reports concerning the supervision of prices, the matters of housing, schooling matters and school files and files of the private properties.

  10. Legacy and papers of Bernard Mark Spuścizna Bernarda Marka (Sygn. S/333)

    Contains selected papers of Bernard Mark (1908–1966), a historian of Poland, publicist, communist activist, and director of the Jewish Historical Institute (JHI) from 1949 to 1966. Part I includes materials related to Marks’ career; the Part II, less organized, includes notes made during his archival activity, copies of documents, and some personal materials. There are also photographs and posthumous materials such as memoirs, obituaries, and condolences.

  11. Regierung Kattowitz Rejencja Katowicka (Sygn.119/0)

    Contains selected records of numerous official correspondence among the Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz and the subordinate authorities as: landrats, communes, towns as well as superior authorities. The files of the Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz contain numerous circular letters “Der Reichsfuehrer SS und Chef der Deutschen Polizei im Reichsministerium des Innern”, most of the documents were signed by Heydrich - the Chief of the RSHA. The Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz was in existence from October 26, 1939 to January 26, 1945. The Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz included the following towns: Bytom, Katowice...

  12. Selected records of the police of the region of Silesia Policja Województwa Śląskiego (Sygn. 38/0)

    The collection contains selected records from the files produced by the Head Command of the Police of Region of Silesia and some of the County Police Commands. They cover the following matters: orders and resolutions of the superior authorities, situation reports, searches, inquiries and arrests of the delinquents, information about the social and political events, especially relating to the German minorities and communist movement, and information about the political parties and associations.

  13. The office of the region of Silesia in Katowice Urząd wojewódzki śląski w Katowicach (Sygn. 27)

    Contains files of the Office of the Region of Silesia in Katowice. There were 14 departments within this office. Almost all the files selected for microfilming are from one department: Dept. IV., Social and Political Department.

  14. Records of the city Sosnowiec Akta miasta Sosnowca (Sygn. 776/I)

    The collection contains approximately 1,500 files from the German occupation period from the Sosnowiec City Hall.

  15. Collection of the Polish passports of the Jewish immigrants to Palestine, deposited in the Polish consulate in Haifa Kolekcja polskich paszportów żydowskich emigrantów do Palestyny zdeponowanych w polskim konsulacie w Haifie (Sygn.123)

    The collection contains 3747 passports of Jews, Polish citizens, that had emigrated to Palestine before the war, aiming to settle there. Most of them are with photos. Some of them with group photos, as each passport was made up for entire family.

  16. Shoe Factory in Radom Radomskie Zaklady Obuwia (Sygn. 344)

    Contains all files of 841 Jewish workers of the Shoe factory in Radom. Each file makes an original carton envelope, which was a personal form at the same time. The information on an envelope contain: the family name, name/names, date of birth, place of birth, address in Radom, marital status, and profession. In most files there are photographs of the workers. Some other information is included on an envelope back as “dismissal”, with dates that correspond with the dates of liquidation of the Radom ghettos in Gliwice district and downtown (particularly the information like “After the Gliwice...

  17. Provincial Administration in Wrocław Urząd Wojewódzki we Wrocławiu (Sygn. 331)

    These files derive from three sections of the Administration's Department of Social and Political Matters: Social and Political, Religious, and Productivity of the Jewish People in the Wrocław Province. They include reports on the Jewish population, Jewish institutions, and Jewish congregations, including conflicts within the Jewish community. Most of the files are from the Provincial Commissioner for the Productivity of the Jewish People in the Wrocław Province, whose objectives were to employ Jews in industry; establish, finance, and supply cooperatives and farms; find housing for Jews; t...

  18. District of Jewish Committee in Radom Okręgowy Komitet Żydowski w Radomiu (Sygn.169)

    The collection contains postwar records relating to Holocaust survivors activities to reconstruct their existence in Radom and its outskirts. It includes protocols of the sessions of the Board of the Committee, materials of its Historical Commission, files of the Jewish Religious Congregation, and documentation concerning specific issues such as productivity of the Jewish people, searching for missing persons, restoration of the synagogue, attempts to regain possession of the Jewish hospital, and the like. It also includes correspondence which illustrates the changes in the numbers of Jewis...

  19. Municipal Office in Wroclaw Zarząd Miejski Miasta Wrocławia (Sygn.334)

    Contains records relating to social, political and cultural life of the Polish Jews in the Lower Silesia and in Wroclaw. It includes information about the German Jews and Jewish religious congregations. Also contains a list of marriages concluded in 1946, and a deportation list of German Jews from Wroclaw in 1945.

  20. The World Jewish Congress New York Office records. Series H (Alphabetical Files)

    Contains records of the World Jewish Congress, New York Office, Series H (Alphabetical Files). Records of Series H are sub-divided into four sub-series. Sub-series 1. Alphabetical Files, A-Z, 1919-1981, comprises the bulk of the series, consisting of 370 boxes. Although the materials in this sub-series span the years 1919-1981, the bulk is concentrated in the 1940s to the 1960s. Sub-series 2. Monty Jacobs International Files, 1949-1973, consists of approximately two boxes and contains alphabetically arranged international files of Monty Jacobs, Press Director and Executive Director in the 1...