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  1. Perlberger family collection

    Consists of color photocopies related to the Holocaust experiences of Claire Perlberger-Untermans and her sons, Martin, Jacques, and Ralph Perlberger, originally of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Perlbergers were imprisoned in Westerbork and were able to escape being transported east for the majority of the war. On February 1, 1944, the Perlbergers were sent to Bergen-Belsen, and in April 1945, the family was placed on a transport east, now known as "The Lost Transport," which was liberated by the Russian Army on April 23, 1945 near Troebitz.

  2. Golda Szajniak registration form

    Consists of one document registering Golda Szajniak, born December 30, 1926 in Eichstädt, at her local police station. The document, which is undated, identifies her as Jewish, includes her fingerprint, and is stamped with a Third Reich police and SS stamp.

  3. Foreign Address and Occupation Index

    Consists of index cards (Form G-153) completed by all immigrants to the United States aged 18 to 65 (except those who were housewives or children between 1940 and the date of their immigration) who either: (1) Naturalized after October 1, 1957 in which case, the card will be stamped “NATZ; (2) Arrived after September 1957; (3) Adjusted status to permanent resident after September 1957; or (4) Entered as conditional entrants admitted under Sec. 203(2)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. These index cards indicate all dates and addresses of foreign residence from January 1940 to Januar...

  4. Selected records from collections of the Botoşani branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Contains records concerning Jewish matters and the policy of local offices toward Jewish questions. The records were generated by the Botoşani district prefecture, the police of Botoşani, the mayor of the town of Dorohoi, the police of Dorohoi, the district Dorohoi district prefecture. Includes selected records from the Jewish communities of the following localities: Dorohoi (1931-1949), Săveni (1941-1948), Ştefăneşti (1945-1949), and Mihaileni (1945-1948). Contains also records from the Centrul National De Romanizare Botoşani and includes selected records relating to: aryanization of Jewis...

  5. Selected records from collections of the Buzău branch of the Romanian National Archives

    Contains records concerning Jewish matters and the policy of local offices toward Jewish questions.The records were generated by the police of Buzău, the mayor of the town of Buzău, the legion of genarmerie of Buzău, the district prefecture of Râmnicu Sărat, the legion of gendarmerie of Râmnicu Sărat, and the mayor of Râmnicu Sărat. Includes also selected records from the Buzău regional office of the Centrala Evreilor in Romania the Central Office of Jews in Romania and the records of the Jewish community of Buzău.

  6. Selected records from Ministerul de Razboi, Cabinetul Ministrului

    Contains records concerning the policies of local offices on Jewish matters, including records relating to movements of the Third and Fourth Armies, antisemitism, and Jewish forced labor. Also contains list of Jews from Neant forced labor camp, and records from Vspnisska camp.

  7. Selected records from Ministerul Economiei Naţionale

    Contains selected records from Ministry of National Economy. Records include following subjects: implementation of legislation regarding Jewish and non-Jewish staff of industries; expropriation of Jewish goods; the antisemitic polices of the Iron Guards; Iron Guard control of Jewish companies; surveillance of Jewish commerce; regulations concerning food packages sent to Jews in Transnistria; reports on Jewish commerce; forced labor of Jews in Ilia, in the Hunedoara district; aryanization of Jewish enterprises; memos of W. Filderman about the Jewish star (star of David); orders concerning fo...

  8. Card files of non-Aryans Fremdstaemmigenkartei

    Contains partial and preliminary indexes of Jews in Germany of the later Reichssippenamt (Reich Office of Genealogy) mainly concerning Jewish students, also cards on Jewish companies as well as variety of diverse information on Jews in Germany, like obituaries.

  9. Association of the Prussian provinces Selected files from the collection: Verband der preussischen Provinzen (B. Rep. 142-06)

    Contains records relating to health politics: castration and sterilization law; welfare and eugenics; taxes for nursing facilities. Also includes correspondence related to welfare services for “psychopaths” and “cripples”, and statistics related to welfare services for Jews.

  10. Selected files from various collections of the Landesarchiv Berlin

    Contains records relating to Jewish properties and cemeteries, health care, forced labor, discrimination, Jewish children's home, and adoption issues. Also contains personal files, name lists of Jewish people and addresses of Jewish properties, including alphabetical street names register of expropriated Jewish property in Berlin, alphabetical name register of Jewish people whose mortgages on land were sold, correspondence concerning Jewish mortgages and war damages; Jewish marriages; and the Blood Protection Act.

  11. Selected files from the collection: Amtsgericht Mitte, Berlin (A Rep. 341-02)

    Contains records relating to 52 criminal cases (selected out of over 6,000 similar cases from the Amtsgericht of Berlin-Mitte). Includes records of persons arrested for refusal to work; "pro-Jewish behavior;" enticement; receiving stolen goods; and breach of work contract.

  12. Chamber of Industry and Commerce Selected files from the collection "Industrie- und Handelskammer" ( A. Rep. 200-02)

    Contains records relating to financial transactions of the metal industry. Includes also information about several press agencies and different companies with specialization in the production of cigarettes, umbrellas, chemical products, and perfume.

  13. District Committee, District Administrative Tribunal of Berlin Bezirksausschuss, Bezirksverwaltungsgericht Berlin (Pr. Br. Rep. 031-01, -02)

    Contains records relating to Jewish matters: the ban on performing one's profession; defilement of the race (Rassenschande); appreciation taxes for Jewish people; proof of Aryan ancestry; Jewish students, doctors and pharmacists; cancellation of driving licenses for Jewish people; and annulment of citizenship. Includes also information about Roma camps, organization of Gestapo, and small commercial matters like shops.

  14. Main Administration of Berlin Selected records from the collection "Hauptfinanzverwaltung" (A Rep. 005-03-020)

    Contains copies of some of the volumes of annually published financial reports and/or annual financial plans about subjects including business construction and health care from 1933 to 1943, produced by the Hauptverwaltung Berlin (Main Administration of Berlin). Also includes recommendations concerning the elimination of Jewish, Marxist, and pacifist books from the public library of Berlin (1933).

  15. Selected files from the collection: "Preussische Bau- und Finanzdirection" (A Pr. Br. Rep. 042)

    Records include the following topics: communist sub organizations; status and retirement of Jewish civil servants; taxes for Jewish properties and other Jewish property matters; inquiries concerning Jewish companies; employment of war prisoners; antisemitic books; mail service for the Gestapo and the “Ostgebiete” (Eastern regions); requirements for Jewish students in foreign countries; and proof of Aryan origin.

  16. Selected files from collections of the Polizeipräsident and Polizedipräsidium, Berlin

    Contains personal files; court records; charges against Jewish people; reprieves; release papers and reports; and records related to the banning of Jewish institutions and reports such as the automobile club and student organizations.

  17. Chamber for disciplinary actions Selected files from the collection : Disziplinarkammer (of the Bezirksvervaltungsgericht Berlin) (A Pr. Br. Rep. 031-04)

    Contains trials against Jewish people or related to Jewish matters. Also includes records relating to private and professional relationships to Jews; bribery on behalf of Jews; provision of public benefits for Jews; Jewish medical doctors; false statements about the ethnic background; patronage of Jewish-owned businesses; providing shelter to Jewish people; unauthorized respectful treatment of Jews; financial business with Jews; unauthorized promotion of Jewish employees; sharing residence with Jews; and tolerance of race defilement.

  18. Headquarters of municipal authorities Selected files from collection: Magistrat Generalbüro (A. Rep. 001-02)

    Contains records relating to the renaming of streets; expropriation of Jewish property; discriminatory regulations against Jews at work and in public places; financial support for schools; local political issues; and statistics from the local registry office. Also contains correspondence, certificates, and other documents such as: birth, marriage, and death certificates; and local correspondence (claims) between the authorities of Berlin and other districts; correspondence between the Jewish community and the Reichsbund (Reichs Union) of Jewish front-line soldiers.

  19. Municipal nursing facilities of Buch Selected files from the collection: Städtische Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Buch (A. Rep. 003-04-01)

    Contains registration forms and guidelines for registration; correspondence related to ethnic background. Records relate to the shortage of nursing staff; Jewish employees; dismissals related to the Reichs law concerning medical doctors; “racial politics"; transfer of Jewish patients; abolition of health insurance for Jews; and unauthorized renting out of property to Jewish people. Also includes lists of Jewish patients.

  20. Selected files from the collection : "Bezirksamt Wilmersdorf" (B Rep. 209)

    Contains records relating to evaluation and treatment of Jewish property (addresses, type of property and ownership status); renaming of streets; denazification and Aryanization, and protesting against Jewish businesses. Includes also name lists of “foreigners” and forced laborers.