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  1. Collection of Mr. C. J. M. Schaepman in the Netherlands, 1940-1945

    Collection of Mr. C. J. M. Schaepman in the Netherlands, 1940-1945 Collection of the Secretariaatsarchief College van Secretarissen-Generaal archive administered by Schaepman, a Foreign Ministry person, 1940-1945; Included in the collection: Official documentation regarding anti-Jewish legislation in the Netherlands during 1940-1941; Documents regarding the establishment of a Jewish Quarter in Amsterdam in 1941; Documents regarding the sterilization of Jews in the Netherlands in 1943.

  2. החלטות על הכרה במוות (Todeserklaerungen) של קרבנות יהודיים של בית משפט השלום (Amtsgericht) ב-Gladbeck (ווסטפליה)

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12424722
    • English, Hebrew
    • Legal documentation Official documentation Personal documents Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors

    Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in Courts of Law in Westphalia In the Collection are files including applications to Courts of Law in Westphalia for the recognition of death of local Jews who were deported to the East by the Nazis, and for whom no official Declaration of Death had been given. These applications (requests) were submitted in most part by the relatives of those who had perished, [and] who requested to receive claims for compensation from Germany. The files include the applications including details regarding those who p...

  3. Documentation of the Women's Charitable Organization "Zdoko" in Pärnu, 1931 - 1940

  4. 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...

  5. Documentation of the International Jewish Young Women's Zionist Organization WIZO in Tallinn, 1931 - 1933

  6. Documentation regarding Liquidation of Jewish Associations and Organizations, 1939 - 1941

  7. Documentation of the operational committee in the Kostopol district, 1939-1940

    Documentation of the operational committee in the Kostopol district, 1939-1940 Included in the collection: - Lists of homeowners and business owners nationalized by the Soviet authorities, 1939-1940; - List of residents from Kostopol, prepared in February 1940.

  8. Collection of personal files of Jewish teachers prepared by the Commission for Teacher Certification of the Jewish Education Division of the Latvian Republic Ministry of Education, 1920-1941

    Collection of personal files of Jewish teachers prepared by the Commission for Teacher Certification of the Jewish Education Division of the Latvian Republic Ministry of Education, 1920-1941

  9. Collection of the Zentralauftragstelle in The Hague, the Netherlands, 1942-1943

    Collection of the Zentralauftragstelle in The Hague, the Netherlands, 1942-1943 The Zentralauftragstelle (Central Assignments office) - Zast [abbreviated name] was established by the Reichskomisar (Reichs commissioner) as the central office for public assignments (Zentralstelle für öffentliche Auftrage) together with the Deutsche Handelskammer für die Niederlande (German Bureau of Commerce in the Netherlands) in 1940; Dr. Anton Maly stood at its head; the aim of the organization was the coordination of the activities of the Wehrmacht and the great many other public organizations that were t...

  10. M.1.E - Collection of testimonies gathered by the Central Historic Committee of the Liberated Jews in Munich, 1946-1948

    M.1.E - Collection of testimonies gathered by the Central Historic Committee of the Liberated Jews in Munich, 1946-1948 During the three years of its existence, the Central Historic Committee (CHC) gathered approximately 2,550 testimonies from Holocaust survivors from different countries within occupied Europe. The testimonies deal with the fate of the survivors in various countries during the Nazi occupation.

  11. O.10 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Yugoslavia, mainly during the Holocaust period

    O.10: Documentation regarding the Jews of Yugoslavia, mainly during the Holocaust period In the Record Group there is documentation regarding the Jews of the former Yugoslavia (according to the April 1941 boundaries) during the 20th century, and concerning various topics from the Holocaust period. Some of the documentation was photocopied from material in various archives in Yugoslavia and in other countries, including Israel, and some of the documentation was submitted to Yad Vashem by private individuals. Among the sources for the documentation are the Federation of Jewish Communities in ...

  12. Collection of the Directie van Handel en Nijverheid - Office of Commerce and Industry in the Netherlands, 1905-1943

    Collection of the Directie van Handel en Nijverheid - Office of Commerce and Industry in the Netherlands, 1905-1943 In the collection of the Office of Commerce and Industry in the Netherlands there is much information regarding the economic development in the Netherlands before and during the Nazi occupation, including the labor market in the Netherlands during the 1930s, the draft of reserve forces among Dutch merchants in 1940, and the removal of Jews from the Dutch economy, for instance Jewish clerks and Jewish businesses such as Bijenkorf, Hollandia Kattenburg & Co, Zwanenburg, Orga...

  14. Documentation from Amtsgerichte (Courts of Law) in Hessen, Germany

    Documentation from Amtsgerichte (Courts of Law) in Hessen, Germany In the collection is documentation from ten Courts of Law in the rural area of the Darmstadt Province: Alsfeld, Altenstadt, Bad Nauheim, Bad Vilbel, Bensheim, Beerfelden, Butzbach, Gernsheim, Herbstein, and Hirschhorn. For general information (in German) regarding the sub-group in the original Archive, including details regarding the character of the legal material, see the file: "Hessen G28 Amtsgerichte_Findbuch" in the Multimedia page. For information regarding each of the Courts of Law in the collection and regarding the ...

  15. Collection of Jewish newspapers in Estonia, 1919 - 1920

  16. Documentation of the Jewish community in Grodno, 1922-1939

    Documentation of the Jewish community in Grodno, 1922-1939 Included in the collection: - Appeals by Jewish residents to the Grodno municipality; - Appeals by residents to the bank in Grodno; - Documentation of Jewish educational institutions in the city and of the supervisor, regarding the Jewish educational institutions; - List of workers in the schools and the community.

  17. Documentation regarding Jews, from local archives in the State of Sachsen

    Documentation regarding Jews, from local archives in the State of Sachsen

  18. TR.5 - Trials of Jews in Israel accused of collaboration with the Nazis, 1947-1969

    TR.5 - Trials of Jews in Israel accused of collaboration with the Nazis, 1947-1969 In the Record Group there are legal files of Jews accused of collaboration with the Nazis while performing their jobs as Jewish policemen, informers and personnel in the labor and concentration camps. Most of the trials were conducted in the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, while in specific cases, appeals were reviewed in the higher courts. In the files there are indictments, verdicts, court proceedings, testimonies and additional legal material.

  19. R.4 - Documentation from Economic Archives in Germany, 1933-1945

    R.4 - Documentation from Economic Archives in Germany, 1933-1945 In the Collection there is documentation regarding the confiscation of Jewish property including: - Documentation from Wirtschaftsarchiv Baden-Wuertemberg containing correspondence regarding the Aryanization of Jewish shops and companies, and directives from the Finanzministerium (Finance ministry) regarding the distancing of Jews from economic life; - Documentation from the Oberfinanzdirektion Berlin (Financial Directorate in Berlin) regarding Jewish property, including a list of Jews expelled from their homes, property and t...

  20. Documentation from Blankenburg (Harz), Germany

    Documentation from Blankenburg (Harz), Germany