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  1. Documentation of the Reichswirtschaftsgruppen (Reich National Economic Organizations), Germany, 1935-1944

    Documentation of the Reichswirtschaftsgruppen (Reich National Economic Organizations), Germany, 1935-1944

  2. German documentation from the period of World War II, collected by the Institute for the History of the Communist Party affiliated with the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Minsk during 1941-1944

    German documentation from the period of World War II, collected by the Institute for the History of the Communist Party affiliated with the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Minsk during 1941-1944 Included in the Collection is a list of concentration camps in the Belorussian territory, and orders given by the German authorities regarding POWs in the concentration camps; instructions and orders given by the German authorities regarding the Jewish population; reports regarding the activities of German Army units; documentation regarding the establishment of ghettos and murder of the...

  3. P.21.3 - Letters received by Ilya Ehrenburg during 1958-1967, given by his daughter Irina Ehrenburg to Yad Vashem in 1994

    P.21.3 - Letters received by Ilya Ehrenburg during 1958-1967, given by his daughter Irina Ehrenburg to Yad Vashem in 1994 Ilya Ehrenburg Collection (documentation dated, 1942-1967); Original documentation of the famous Soviet writer Ilya Ehrenburg: Articles, testimonies, photographs and letters on the subject of the Holocaust in the Soviet Union, some of which were put in "The Black Book"; letters from Jews regarding expressions of antisemitism in the Soviet countries during the postwar period; Sub-Record Group P.21.3 consists of a collection of letters sent to Ilya Ehrenburg by Jews during...

  4. TR.3.M - Eichmann Trial Administration

    TR.3.M - Eichmann Trial Administration

  5. Documentation of the Communist Party District Committee in Porozovo, 1939-1941 and 1945

    Documentation of the Communist Party District Committee in Porozovo, 1939-1941 and 1945 The Collection includes lists of Communists and Soviet activists in the district; documentation of the District Committee.

  6. O.51 - Nazi Documentation Collection, 1933-1944

    O.51 - Nazi Documentation Collection, 1933-1944 Nazi documentation of different kinds and from different sources which arrived at Yad Vashem as individual documents and not as part of concentrated collections. In the Collection there is documentation from the Nazi authorities in Germany, the occupation authorities in various countries, local governments, camps and systems for repression and murder of the Jews and opponents of the regime, such as the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police), the Sicherheitsdienst (SD-Security Service) and Adolf Eichmann's office. The documentation includes ...

  7. O.52 - German Communities Registry

    O.52 - German 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 on the history of the local communities. With the increase of interest in the local communities, this Record Group serves as a very important source for historians and researchers working in this field. As part of the preparation of the volumes of the German Communities Registry during the 1960s, many sources were gathered re...

  8. Documentation regarding Nazi war crimes in the Kiev region, 1943-1945

    Documentation regarding Nazi war crimes in the Kiev region, 1943-1945 - Documentation regarding Nazi war crimes in the various districts of the region; - Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, regarding the murder of mentally ill people in Kiev and collaborators in Syrets camp near Kiev; - Lists of murdered persons from the Kagarlyk district; - Protocol of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, regarding the examination of murder sites in the area of Syrets camp and Babi Yar; - Archival confirmation of the Obkom Kpu in Kiev, regarding the murder of Jews and Soviet P...

  9. Documentation from the "Ukrainska Dumka" newspaper in Cherkasy, 1941

    Documentation from the "Ukrainska Dumka" newspaper in Cherkasy, 1941 Included in the collection are orders given by the authorities and the Police in Cherkasy, regarding the Jews and people hiding Jews.

  10. Documentation of the SD, from the documentation of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt - RSHA (Reich Main Security Office), 1939-1945

    Documentation of the SD, from the documentation of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt - RSHA (Reich Main Security Office), 1939-1945

  11. Collection of the Consulaat New York - Consulate of the Netherlands in New York, 1940-1945

    Collection of the Consulaat New York - Consulate of the Netherlands in New York, 1940-1945 Included in the collection: Official documentation of the Consulate of the Netherlands in New York, regarding exchanges of Jewish and German prisoners during 1940-1945; Official documentation regarding Dutch Jews in the liberated countries in 1945; Official documentation regarding the deportation of Jews from the Netherlands during 1940-1945; Official documentation of the Consulate of the Netherlands in New York, regarding the confiscation of property of Jews who emigrated from the Netherlands to the ...

  12. M.84 - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from Archives in Serbia

    M.84 - Documantation regarding the Holocaust from Archives in Serbia The Record Group was created following the division of the former Yugoslavian Record Group - M.70. In the Record Group there is archival documentation photocopied from the Central Archive of Serbia, the Military Archive, and the Foreign Ministry Archive. Included in the Record Group: - Documentation of the Yugoslavian Government-in-Exile including the Foreign Ministry, from the World War II period and afterwards; - Documentation regarding rescue activities of Jews in the areas of Yugoslavia during the war period; - Investi...

  13. Census of the Jews of Budapest, 1941

    Census of the Jews of Budapest, 1941 The historical background to the Hungarian census: In January-February 1941 a national population census was conducted in Hungary in accordance with Law No. 30, "The 1941 Census", enacted in 1940. By law a census should be conducted in every city and town throughout Hungary in the apartments of the residents or their houses. The Budapest Székesfőváros Statisztikai Hivatala (Budapest Metropolitan Statistical Office) organized the census in Budapest in accordance with the law. For this purpose, the Statistical Office prepared a special questionnaire includ...

  14. Documentation from the Oberstes Parteigericht der NSDAP (Supreme Court of Law of the Nazi Party), Germany

    Documentation from the Oberstes Parteigericht der NSDAP (Supreme Court of Law of the Nazi Party), Germany Included in the collection are verdicts given by the Supreme Court of Law of the Nazi Party and correspondence regarding lawsuits submitted to the Court in which Party members were accused of various charges; File NS36/13 (pp. 140-190 in the scan) includes accusations against Party members, mainly SA men, for crimes they committed in various places in Germany during the Kristallnacht riots, including murder, rape and the theft of Jewish property.

  15. Documentation of the Deutscher Gemeindetag (German Municipal Associations), 1933-1945

    Documentation of the Deutscher Gemeindetag (German Municipal Associations), 1933-1945 Documentation of the Deutscher Gemeindetag (German Municipal Associations), an association imposed on the local German municipalities and authorities established by the Nazis in December 1933. The files contain documents that relate primarily to the implementation of Nazi policies towards Jews, among others, on the municipal level.

  16. Documentation from the Disziplinarkammer (Office for Disciplinary Matters) in Berlin, 1934-1960

    Documentation from the Disziplinarkammer (Office for Disciplinary Matters) in Berlin, 1934-1960 There are over 900 files in the Record Group in the original archive, many of them from the pre-Nazi period. 76 files from the Nazi period were photocopied for Yad Vashem, most of them dating from 1938-1943. In these files there is documentation of cases in which workers were accused of forbidden or inappropriate relations with Jews, including living with Jews, buying from Jewish businesses or general Judenfrundlichkeit (friendly attitude towards Jews); an accusation considered to be serious unde...

  17. Documentation of the rural administration in Stetseva, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the rural administration in Stetseva, 1941-1943 Included in the collection are lists of Jewish residents, instructions regarding the confiscation of Jewish property, and statistical reports regarding the local population.

  18. O.7.sl - Documentation regarding the Jews of Slovakia, mainly during the Holocaust period

    O.7.sl - Documentation regarding the Jews of Slovakia, mainly during the Holocaust period In the Sub-Record Group there is documentation regarding the Sixth Slovak Brigade of labor battalions in the Slovakian Army and articles concerning the Jews of Slovakia during the Holocaust period, documentation about the Jewish communities in Slovakia, labor camps in Slovakia, confiscation of property, partisan activities, emigration, lists and personal documentation.

  19. Documentation of the District administration in Braslaw, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the District administration in Braslaw, 1941-1944 The Collection includes lists of Jewish porfessionals; lists of Jewish residents; lists of Jewish forced laborers; instructions by the District Commissioner (Gebietskommissar) regarding Jews including the obligation of Jews in mixed marriages to report the nationality of their relatives; fines handed the Jews by the District administration.

  20. R.5 - Card catalog of German emigrants expatriated by the Nazis (Ausbürgerungskartei)

    R.5 - The German emigrants card catalog expatriated by the Nazis (Ausbürgerungskartei) The Nazi regime in Germany revoked the citizenship of German citizens who emigrated from Germany, and criticized the regime. Revocation of citizenship also meant confiscation of property, an action which turned many of the emigrants (who had escaped from Germany without managing to sell their property) into people with nothing at all. The lists of those whose citizenship had been revoked were published in the "Deutscher Reichsanzeiger", the official State publication. The first list was published on 25 Au...