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  1. Collection of De Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam (Jewish Council of Amsterdam) in the Netherlands, 1941-1944

    Collection of De Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam (Jewish Council of Amsterdam) in the Netherlands, 1941-1944 The Nazis ordered the Jewish communities in many of the occupied countries to establish a Jewish council; following the anti-Jewish riots in Amsterdam on 12/02/1941, Dr. Hans Böhmcker ordered industrialist Abraham Asscher to establish a Jewish council, De Joodsche Raad voor Amsterdam, which would represent city's Jews at its start. Later on, the Jewish council, under the leadership of Abraham Asscher and Dr. David Cohen, handled the matters of all of the Jews in the Netherlands opposite...

  2. Documentation of the inter-regional welfare office in Stanislav, 1942-1944

    Documentation of the inter-regional welfare office in Stanislav, 1942-1944 Included in the collection are insurance forms of Jewish businesses and workshops in the Stanislav district.

  3. Documentation of the administration of the Balki district, 1942-1943

    Documentation of the administration of the Balki district, 1942-1943 Included in the collection are secret orders by the governor of Transnistria and the command of Guard Division no. 1 regarding the establishment of a ghetto in the district area; persecution of Communists; order given by the governor of Transnistria regarding the deportation of the Jewish residents to ghettos; correspondence by the district prefecture with the Jewish colony in Balki regarding the segregation of the ghetto, use of Jewish laborers for loading and unloading vans, and complaints by the Jews against the colony'...

  4. Documentation of the Court of Law in Kielce (first proceedings), 1948-1960

    Documentation of the Court of Law in Kielce (first proceedings), 1948-1960 Included in the collection are appeals and requests to the Court of Law in Kielce (first proceedings), submitted by Jewish residents in order to receive death certificates of relatives who perished during the war period.

  5. Documentation of the State Police Headquarters in the Suwalki district, 1937-1939

    Documentation of the State Police Headquarters in the Suwalki district, 1937-1939 The Collection includes documentation and correspondence of various entities in the Suwalki District Police regarding persons suspected of anti-State activity; list of our residents in hotels, guesthouses and inns in Suwalki.

  6. O.7 - Documentation concerning the jews in Czecoslovakia mainly in the Holocaust period

    O.7 - Documentation concerning the jews in Czecoslovakia mainly in the Holocaust period This collection includes various materials which reached the Yad Vashem Archives about Czechoslovakia. It is currently divided into two sub groups, one relating to the Czech Republic (O.7 CZ) and one relating to Slovakia (0.7 SL). Quantity of material: O.7 CZ- 13.6 meters shelving. O.7 SL- 0.5 meters shelving. Main languages: German, Czech, Slovak

  7. Documentation of the office of the governor of the Stanislawow region, 1925-1939

    Documentation of the office of the governor of the Stanislawow region, 1925-1939 Included in the collection: - Budgets and lists of taxpayers in the Jewish communities in Chocimierz, Wonjilow and Peczenizyn; - Information regarding internal matters of the Jewish communities in Kuty, Kolomyja, Peczenizyn and Nadworna; - Documentation of communities in the Stanislawow region regarding internal taxes; - Documentation regarding the Menorah Jewish Scouts organization in Stanislawow; - Elections for the Jewish community councils in Solotwina, Otynia, Horodenka and Kuty; - Registration forms of po...

  8. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Degania Alef

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Degania Alef

  9. Documentation of the municipal administration and local institutions in Romny, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the municipal administration and local institutions in Romny, 1941-1943

  10. M.45 - Documentation from archives in Lithuania, 1941-1945

    M.45- Documentation from archives in Lithuania, 1941-1945 The documentation includes records groups from the following archives: Gebietskommissar Wilno-Land (the District Commissioner of Vilna), Oberfeldkommandatur 396, Gebietskommissar Stadtkommandant Wilno Kaunas, Wilno Stadt und Land SS, Wilno Sipo und SD, Sipo und SD Kommandant Kaunas, the SD prison in Stadtkommandatura Marjampol, Vilna and more. In the collection there is also documentation from various organizations, including lists of members of the Judenrat departments in the Vilna Ghetto, lists of the Jewish police in the Vilna Ghe...

  11. Documentation of the Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (BdS-Commander-in Chief of the Security Police and SD) in Riga, from the Osoby Archive in Moscow

    Documentation of the Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (BdS-Commander-in Chief of the Security Police and SD) in Riga, from the Osoby Archive in Moscow

  12. Documentation of the district council in Mogilev and its executive committee, 1926-1941

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 13615301
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1926-1941
    • Appeal to the authorities List of elections committee members List of Jews List of occupants List of officials List of representatives to the Elections Committee List of workers List of workers engaged in commerce Official documentation Personal records Questionnaire

    Documentation of the district council in Mogilev and its executive committee, 1926-1941 Included in the collection are appeals for the restitution of the right to vote; lists of officials; delegates who work in the various departments of the district council, and residents; documentation regarding the elections for the Supreme Council in the Soviet Union, 1937; personal documentation of Jews.

  13. Documentation of the Jewish community in Tlumacz, 1935-1936

    Documentation of the Jewish community in Tlumacz, 1935-1936 Included in the collection are budget and community plans and lists of Jews who paid taxes for 1935-1936.

  14. O.15 E - Testimonies collected by the National Relief Committee for Deportees in Hungary (DEGOB)

    O.15 E - Testimonies collected by the National Relief Committee for Deportees in Hungary (DEGOB) Testimonies collected from Holocaust survivors by Deportáltakat Gondozó Országos Bizottság (the National Relief Committee for Deportees in Hungary [DEGOB]), 1945-1946. The testimonies were passed on to the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) by the Magyar Zsidó Múzeum és Levéltár (Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives [MZSML]). Some of the testimonies were passed on in their original form and some were photocopied ( Signature: 2, XX-G microfilm reels). DEGOB collected a total of approximately 3,65...

  15. M.41.GAMog - Documentation from the State Archive of the Mogilev Region

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 10431971
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1941-1944
    • Appeal to the authorities Application Correspondence List of forced laborers List of healthcare workers List of Jewish residents List of residents List of workers Official documentation

    M.41.GAMog - Documentation from the State Archive of the Mogilev Region History of the State Archive of the Mogilev Region The Archive was established on 05 July 1938, and its documentation is comprised of documentation that was found in the regional archives of Mogilev and Kalinin. In 1941, it included 1,316 original collections that contained 650,000 conservation units. During the war, some of the documents were evacuated but most were destroyed (1,200 original collections). The Archive resumed its activity in the city of Krichev in 1943, and in Mogilev in 1944. During the same time all o...

  16. Documentation from the Center for the Study of the History of Romanian Jews, 1940-1944

    Documentation from the Center for the Study of the History of Romanian Jews, 1940-1944 In the collection there is documentation of the Centrala Evreilor (Federation of Jewish Communities; the Judenrat) in Romania and information regarding the relief activities of the Federation on behalf of the Romanian Jews and the Jews who were deported to Transnistria.

  17. M.21.4 - Kriegsverbrecherreferat (War Criminals Department), Central Committee of Liberated Jews - Munich

    M.21.4 - 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...

  18. Documentation of the Reich Credit Offices Headquarters (Hauptverwaltung der Reichskreditkassen), Germany, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the Reich Credit Offices Headquarters (Hauptverwaltung der Reichskreditkassen), Germany, 1941-1944 Documentation of the Reich Credit Offices Central Administration, during the war period. Included are documents that relate to the economic policies in the occupied territories.

  19. Documentation of the Council and the regional Executive committees in Mogilev, 1944-1945

    Documentation of the Council and the regional Executive committees in Mogilev, 1944-1945 Included in the collection are personal documents of workers in the district and municipal Executive committees.

  20. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha 1. Memorial booklet, "Nathan"; 2. Three documents (in German, 1938) (photocopy).