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  1. 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...

  2. 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.

  3. 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...

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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).

  7. Documentation from the Stadtarchiv Ludwigsburg (Ludwigsburg Municipal Archives)

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 11054802
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1890-2011
    • Financial accounts food card Legal documentation Letter List of Jewish residents Newspaper clippings Official documentation Orders Photograph Protocol Questionnaire Record of persecuted persons

    Documentation from the Stadtarchiv Ludwigsburg (Ludwigsburg Municipal Archives) The collection includes varied and detailed documentation regarding the persecution of the Jews of Ludwigsburg during the Nazi regime, from various angles. The material includes: protocols of municipality departments, orders published against Jews, Jewish businesses and their closure, the confiscation of Jewish property including estimations of the value of many plots of land, tax files, files of local organizations, files regarding construction, photographs, a collection of a local historian who corresponded wi...

  8. Documentation from the Auswanderungsberatungsstelle (Emigration Counseling Office) for Lippe and Westfallen in Muenster

    Documentation from the Auswanderungsberatungsstelle (Emigration Counseling Office) for Lippe and Westfallen in Muenster

  9. Documentation of the regional Commission for the Investigation of Crimes against the Polish Nation in Kielce, dated 1947-1991

    Documentation of the regional Commission for the Investigation of Crimes against the Polish Nation in Kielce, dated 1947-1991 Included in the collection is documentation regarding the murder of Poles and Jews by German policemen in Nowy Korczyn during 1939-1945; murder of Jews and Poles in the Opatow district during 1941-1944; crimes committed by workers in the Radom concentration camp during 1940-1944; abuse and murder of Jewish and Polish forced laborers in the HASAG company factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna camp during 1939-1945; investigation documents and documentation regarding crimes com...

  10. Various materials regarding the Jews of Wasserburg am Inn

    Various materials regarding the Jews of Wasserburg am Inn

  11. O.85 - Austrian Communities Registry

    O.85 - Documentation collected for the Austrian Communities Registry The purpose of the Yad Vashem Communities Registry Project is to perpetuate the history of the communities destroyed during the Holocaust. The historiography of the communities focused on countries, and sometimes on districts, but not the history of the local communities. With the increase of interest in the local communities, this Record Group also serves as a very important source for historians and researchers working in this field. The task of preparation of the Austrian Communities Registry was assigned to Dr. Herbert...

  12. M.68 - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from archives in the Netherlands, 1930-1950

    M.68 - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from archives in the Netherlands, 1930-1950 The documentation gathered in the archives in the Netherlands is mainly from the National Institute for War Documentation (NIOD) and the Amsterdam Municipal Archives, as well as Het Nationaal Archief (the National Archives) and smaller archives throughout the Netherlands. The documentation deals with persecution of the Jews of the Netherlands, anti-Jewish orders and directives, the German authorities in the Netherlands during the war, Jews in camps in the Netherlands and the East, the Joodse Raad (Jewis...

  13. O. 21 - M. Weichert Collection about Jewish Social Welfare in the Generalgouvernement: Documentation regarding the activities of the Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS - Jewish Social Self-Help Organization) in Poland during the German occupation, and documentation regarding Michal Weichert

    O. 21 - M. Weichert Collection about Jewish Social Welfare in the Generalgouvernement: Documentation regarding the activities of the Zydowska Samopomoc Spoleczna (ZSS - Jewish Social Self-Help Organization) in Poland during the German occupation, and documentation regarding Michal Weichert Michal Weichert was born in Podhajce, eastern Galicia, Poland, 1890. He attended Polish schools, earned a degree in law at the University of Vienna, and also attended the Theater Arts Academy in Berlin. Upon his return to Poland, he established the Young Yiddish Theater in Warsaw. He served as a Yiddish t...

  14. Documentation of the German and local authorities in the Baranowicze region, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the German and local authorities in the Baranowicze region, 1941-1944 Included in the collection: - Anti-Jewish announcements, flyers and caricatures; - Documentation of the German authorities regarding the economic situation of the area; - Newspaper clippings of the Gebietskommissar (district commissioner), regarding the restrictions and rights of the Jews; - Registration pages of the Jews from the Nowa Mysz district; - Reports of the Gendarmerie in the Baranowicze region regarding the liquidation of Jews in the cities of Mir and Polonka.

  15. Documentation of the Estonian Army, 1917 - 1941

  16. M.5 - The Documentation Center of the Central Union of Jewish Communities in Bratislava

    M.5 - The Documentation Center of the Central Union of Jewish Communities in Bratislava The Documentation Center of the Central Union of Jewish Communities in Bratislava was founded following the liberation of Czechoslovakia at the initiative of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, the Zionist Federation and the Association of Jewish Communities in Slovakia. The purpose of the Documentation Center was to collect documentation regarding the Jews of Slovakia during the Holocaust and record their experiences. Towards the end of their activities in 1949, the Documentation Center published the bo...

  17. O.11 - Documentation, mostly from the Holocaust period, regarding the fate of the Romanian Jews

    O.11 - Documentation, mostly from the Holocaust period, regarding the fate of the Romanian Jews The first 82 files in the Record Group include documentation of the Jewish organizations which were active in Romania, 1941-1947: The Central Council of Romanian Jews; The Federation of the Union of Communities; The Joint Distribution Committee; The Union of Romanian Jews; The Jewish Party; the General Jewish Council and the Jewish Democratic Committee. The rest of the files contain mainly personal documentation submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive by private people on an on-going basis.

  18. Documentation of the Stettin Gestapo, 1933-1943

    Documentation of the Stettin Gestapo from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1933-1943

  19. Hakibbutz Ha'arzi Archives Collection: Hashomer Hatzair Movement activity in Poland during World War II

    Hakibbutz Ha'arzi Archives Collection: Hashomer Hatzair Movement activity in Poland during World War II The Collection is comprised of six files containing letters, testimonies and original memoirs of movement members from the Rowne, Zdunska Wola, Krakow, Czestochowa, Bendin, Zaglebie and Osziany Ghettos which were written during the war and immediately afterwards regarding the situation of the Jews and the movement in these ghettos. The description is based on the original description that was written by Emanuel Berand at the time when the collection was submitted to Yad Vashem, 03 Novembe...

  20. Documentation from the Magistrates Court in Ellwangen, Wurttemberg, 1933-1941

    Documentation from the Magistrates Court in Ellwangen, Wurttemberg, 1933-1941 Included in the Collection is a variety of legal files, most of them related to Jews: trials between Jews or Jewish businesses and their Christian neighbors in Ellwangen and villages in the surrounding area, regarding financial matters or damages, and trials held by the Nazi State against Jews accused of various charges. The Collection also includes files not related to Jews, such as trials against priests and informings against priests.