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Language of Description: German
Language of Description: English
Country: Israel
Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Plans, essays and chapter headings, regarding research of the Holocaust

    1. O.65 - Collection of Jacob Robinson, Jurist and Diplomat

    Plans, essays and chapter headings, regarding research of the Holocaust - Manner of writing the history of the Holocaust (Yiddish); - Article titled, "Hitler and the Gypsies. The Fate of Europe's Oldest Aryans", written by Dora E. Yates and published in "Commentary" Magazine, 11/1949; - Essay titled, "Jews of the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany", written by Y. Guri (Pudriatzchik), regarding Jewish soldiers, fighters and generals who fought the Germans, including an Appendix with a list of Jewish Red Army Generals; - Chapter headings written by Jacob Leschinsky, regarding the "Chorbun" (di...

  2. Letters written by Elly Schőn to her husband Erich during his detention in Brno by the Gestapo, 1939; letter written in Auschwitz, 1944; letter written by Erich Schőn from Auschwitz-Birkenau to his sister-in-law Olga Kulka from Nový Hrozenkov, 1944

    1. P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author

    Letters written by Elly Schőn to her husband Erich during his detention in Brno by the Gestapo, 1939; letter written in Auschwitz, 1944; letter written by Erich Schőn from Auschwitz-Birkenau to his sister-in-law Olga Kulka from Nový Hrozenkov, 1944 - Letter (original) written by Elly Schőn to her husband Erich during his detention in the city of Brno by the Gestapo, 20 July 1939; - Copy of a letter written by Erich Schőn (later Kulka) from Auschwitz-Birkenau to his sister-in-law (and future wife) Olga, 02 August 1944; - Copy of the farewell letter written by Elly Schőn to her husband Erich ...

  3. Testimony of Ida Lewitanska, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1916, regarding her experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Testimony of Ida Lewitanska, born in Bialystok, Poland, 1916, regarding her experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto Occupation of Bialystok by the German Army, 27 June 1941; life under the German occupation including shooting in the streets and murder of Jews; concentration of Jews in the synagogue; burning of the synagogue including the Jews inside the building; opening of an escape window in the synagogue by a Pole; escape of Jews from the burning synagogue through the escape window; deportation of professionally skilled workers to forced labor; murder of Jews; levying of a forced contributio...

  4. Florette Feissel, born in Mulhouse, France, 1922; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Florette Feissel, born in Mulhouse, France, 1922; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Escape with the Jews to Lyons, July 1940; life with her family in the Chaudanne camp, late 1940; receives help from Aide Sociale aux Refugies (Social Help for Refugees) at Perigueux; obtains work as a secretary for the organization due to a recommendation form Rabbi Rene Hirschler, who had served as the Rabbi in Mulhouse; arrest in the Aide Sociale aux Refugies office in Perigueux by the Gestapo, 1944; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz, 14 April ...

  5. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with representatives of the Poalei Zion party in Slovakia and Switzerland regarding aliya to Eretz Israel, disagreements with the Eretz Israel Office, relief for members and party methodology

    1. M.20 - Archive of Dr. Abraham Silberschein, Geneva: Documentation regarding relief to persecuted Jews, 1939-1951

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with representatives of the Poalei Zion party in Slovakia and Switzerland regarding aliya to Eretz Israel, disagreements with the Eretz Israel Office, relief for members and party methodology Also in the file: - Copy of a letter to the Gestapo in Tesin (?) regarding deportation of the Jews, 28 November 1939; - Speeches and statements made by the members of the Poalei Zion party at the Zionist Conference in London, September 1945; - Correspondence with party members in Poland, France, Germany and Austria, 1948-1949; - Correspondence with the Z...

  6. Joint testimony of Cytron and Kuczykiewicz regarding their experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Joint testimony of Cytron and Kuczykiewicz regarding their experiences in the Bialystok Ghetto Murder of the two Jewish collaborators, Judkowski and Cwiklicz by members of the underground in the Bialystok Ghetto; romantic connection between Asia Dereczynska and the Gestapo agent, Judkowski; attitude of the Polish youth towards German soldiers after the occupation of Bialystok by the German Army; fate of Jankiel Segal and his family in Bialystok; fate of the Perelmuter family in Bialystok; payment of a forced contribution as a ransom for the men caught by the Gestapo, 03 July 1941; demonstra...

  7. Nicole (Weil) Salon, born in Lisieux, France, 1915: details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Nicole (Weil) Salon, born in Lisieux, France, 1915: details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Marseilles; activities as an OSE (Children's Aid Society) social worker; smuggling children into Switzerland; taken captive by the Gestapo in Nice, 24 October 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz, 20 November 1943; camp life; refusal to be separated from the children; transfer to the gas chambers with the children, 23 November 1943. Also in the file: - Letters from Nicole (Weil) Salon.

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

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

  9. Berthe (Weyl) Hirsch, born in Strasbourg, France, 1907: details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Berthe (Weyl) Hirsch, born in Strasbourg, France, 1907: details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Activities as a social worker in Paris in the Les Hospitalieres-Saint Gervais school and a clinic on Deux Ponts Street; joins the resistance movement, 1941; membership in La Sixieme (the Sixth); activity as an intelligence agent within the Armee Volontaire; arrest by the Gestapo at Saint-Michel in the Tarn et Garonne region, 18 October 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz on Transport 62; awarded the Medaille de Guerre, Medaille de la Re...

  10. Fanny Wolf, born in Ingwiller, France, 1909; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Fanny Wolf, born in Ingwiller, France, 1909; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Strasbourg including work as a teacher; life in the Perigueux area including work as a teacher; dismissal from her job following antisemitic legislation; joins the Aide Sociale aux Refugies (Social Aid for Refugees) organization in the Dordogne region; detention by the Gestapo at the Aide Sociale aux Refugies office in Perigueux, 1944; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz, 13 April 1944; her death at Auschwitz. In the file: - Testimony.

  11. M.38 - Documentation from the Archive for the Study of Austrian Resistance

    M.38 - Documentation from the Archive for the Study of Austrian Resistance There is much documentation regarding the persecution of opponents of the regime by the Nazi authorities in the Austrian Resistance Movement Archives (Dokumentationsarchiv des Oesterreichischen Widerstands). Within the documentation copied for Yad Vashem, there is material regarding the persecution of the Jews in Austria: orders and official directives, lists of people dismissed from their places of employment due to their Jewishness, reports and surveys regarding specific persecutions written during the period of th...

  12. Memoirs of Ella Hammerschmidt, titled: "Our Exodus, 15.12.1940-15.12.1941", regarding her emigration and escape from Nazi Germany with a group of children, with help from Recha Freier and other individuals and organizations

    1. P.1 - Archive of Recha Freier, the founder of Youth Aliyah in Germany, 1935-1951
    • Unser Exodus vom 15.12.1940 - 15.12.1941

    Memoirs of Ella Hammerschmidt, titled: "Our Exodus, 15.12.1940-15.12.1941", regarding her emigration and escape from Nazi Germany with a group of children, with help from Recha Freier and other individuals and organizations Memoirs of Ella Hammerschmidt, titled: "Our Exodus, 15.12.1940-15.12.1941", regarding her emigration and escape from Nazi Germany with a group of children via Belgrade, Istanbul and Aleppo, until their arrival to Eretz Israel, including mention of Recha Freier and other individuals and organizations that helped with the escape.

  13. German documentation used by the Prosecution during the Nuremberg Trials

    1. O.65 - Collection of Jacob Robinson, Jurist and Diplomat

    German documentation used by the Prosecution during the Nuremberg Trials - Speech given by Julius Streicher, 03/04/1933; - Demonstration by the Freedom Union in Vienna, 1936; - Directives by the SS regarding the surveillance of Catholics, Protestants, Free Masons, Jehovah's Witnesses and Jews, in preparation for the Referendum concerning the Anschluss (Annexation of Austria to Germany; - Report regarding the Judenaktion ["Kristallnacht"] on 09-10 November 1938; - Excerpts from the speech given by Julius Streicher on the day after Kristallnacht; - Steps taken by the Gestapo against the Jews,...

  14. Henri Rosencweig, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1917; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Henri Rosencweig, born in Bedzin, Poland, 1917; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Move to France with his family, 1920; membership in the EIF (French Jewish Scouts) and joins the FSJF (Federation of Jewish Societies in France). Activities in Colonie Scolaire (The Summer School Camp) on Amelot Street during the German occupation; escape to Lyons, 1942; continuation of his FSJF activities; arrest by the Gestapo during a raid on the UGIF (Union Generale des Israelites de France) building, 09 February 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to A...

  15. Documentation of the Reichskanzlei (Reich Chancellery) from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1934-1944

    Documentation of the Reichskanzlei (Reich Chancellery) from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1934-1944 The material includes, among other items, a file dealing with the activities of Goering who was responsible for the Four-year Plan; proposals for promoting police and SD personnel (the proposals were sent from Himmler's headquarters to Lammers, the Reichskanzlei Executive Secretary. In the early years, there were personally signed by Himmler); file from 1934 containing official announcements of fealty oaths of the police chiefs to Hitler; Gestapo reports regarding opposition bodies to the Nazi...

  16. Documentation from the Landratsaemter (county district authorities) of Merzig, Saarlouis and St. Wendel in the Saar region, 1935-1947

    Documentation from the Landratsaemter of Merzig, Saarlouis and St. Wendel (district authorities) in the Saar region

  17. David Donoff, born in Paris, France, 1920, known as Dodo: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    David Donoff, born in Paris, France, 1920, known as Dodo: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II EIF (French Jewish Scouts) membership; underground activities in La Sixieme (the Sixth); access to the Gurs camp; provides relief and smuggles out children; activities on behalf of British intelligence; taken captive in Lyons; shot to death by the Gestapo, 27 June 1944. Also in the file: - Letter of testimony from Juliette Levy, 1987.

  18. Testimony of Josef Brunner, born in Munich, Germany, 1923, regarding his experience on a transport of Jewish children from Prague to Britain, as a soldier in the British Army and in the fighting at Dunkirk

    1. O.59- Erich Kulka Collection: Documentation and testimonies regarding the struggle of the Jews of Czechoslovakia against the Nazis

    Testimony of Josef Brunner, born in Munich, Germany, 1923, regarding his experience on a transport of Jewish children from Prague to Britain, as a soldier in the British Army and in the fighting at Dunkirk Born in Munich. Expulsion of the Jews of the Sudetenland; persecution by the Gestapo, 1939; transport of Jewish children from Prague to England; work on English farms,1940; training of Jewish volunteers in the Czechoslovakian military camp, 1942; increase of Jewish participation due to the arrival of Czechoslovakian troops from the Middle East, 1943; fighting at Dunkirk; Jewish losses. Di...

  19. "Jewish Street Song": Poem written by Jakow Opaczynski, born in Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland, 1920

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    "Jewish Street Song": Poem written by Jakow Opaczynski, born in Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland, 1920 Return of a Jewish soldier who fought bravely against the Nazis to an empty city which has been destroyed; life in the Jewish street before the war including preparations for the Sabbath, debates between Revisionists and Zionists and relations between Jews and non-Jews; outbreak of the war; life in the ghetto including hunger, cold, mortality, abuse, beatings, arrest and murder of Jews; transporting of Jews by the Gestapo; destruction of the Jewish street; atmosphere of silence in the cemetery...

  20. Eve Cahen, born in Orleans, France, 1880; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Eve Cahen, born in Orleans, France, 1880; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Toulouse from 1942; work as assistant to Dr. Jules Hofstein, the physician, in the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) and OSE (Children's Aid Society) offices; raises money and prepares parcels for Gurs inmates; occupation of southern France by the Germans; search for solutions for children at risk; distribution of food on the deportation trains with help from the Quakers; arrest by the Gestapo; deportation to Auschwitz on Transport 76, 30 June 1944. In the file:...