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  1. 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.

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

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

  3. 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.

  4. 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...

  5. Documentation from Blankenburg (Harz), Germany

    Documentation from Blankenburg (Harz), Germany

  6. Documentation of the I. G. Farbenindustrie Company from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1928-1943

    Documentation of the I. G. Farbenindustrie Company from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1928-1943 The I. G. Farbenindustrie Company was established in 1925 from the amalgamation of several chemical industry companies, and it was, in its time, the largest company in this field in the west. During World War II it was notorious due to its involvement in the Nazi oppression and murder process, and mainly due to the production and supply of the gas Zyklon B which was used for mass murders in Auschwitz, and for the establishment of the Buna factory for synthetic fuel as part of the Auschwitz camps c...

  7. Documentation of the district administration in Bazar, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the district administration in Bazar, 1941-1943 Included in the collection: - Regulations of the administration of the Zhytomyr region, regarding various agricultural matters including the confiscation of agricultural produce from the local population; - Instructions regarding the registration of the local population in the Zhytomyr region and demographic data regarding the region as of 01/10/1941; - Declarations by residents of the district.

  8. Documentation of the National-Socialist Union of Law Defenders and of the Reich Legal Office, Germany

    Documentation of the National-Socialist Union of Law Defenders and of the Reich Legal Office, Germany

  9. Documentation of the Landratsamt (District authority) of the Siegen district, Westphalia

    Documentation of the Landratsamt (District authority) of the Siegen district, Westphalia

  10. Documentation of the detention center of the administration for the keeping of order in Mogilev, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the detention center of the administration for the keeping of order in Mogilev, 1941-1944 Included in the collection: - Lists of inmates and detainees; - Orders by the local authorities; - Documentation of the Ordnungsdienst (Order Service); - Personal files of detained Jews; - Statistical reports regarding inmates.

  11. תיעוד של בית משפט השלום (Amtsgericht) ב-Werne (ווסטפליה)

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12429046
    • English, Hebrew
    • Legal documentation Official documentation Personal documents Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors

    Repertory: Amtsgericht (district court) Werne 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 applic...

  12. Documentation of the Staatliche Pressestelle (State Press Office) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Staatliche Pressestelle (State Press Office) in Hamburg

  13. Documentation of the faculties of the University of Hamburg

    Documentation of the faculties of the University of Hamburg

  14. Personal files of Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1930-1950

    Personal files of Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1930-1950 The files are located in the N-Serie section in the Police department of the Swiss Ministry of Justice and the Police; the section contains approximately 45,000 personal files of civilian refugees who were absorbed by Switzerland from 1936 and until after World War II; approximately half of the refugees were Jews.

  15. Official documentation from Italian government offices from the World War II period

    Official documentation from Italian government offices from the World War II period - Correspondence between the Italian Foreign Ministry and various Italian embassies; - Italian Foreign Ministry reports regarding the situation of the Jews in Italy after the commencement of the Race Laws; - Correspondence between the Italian Foreign Ministry and the army regarding the situation of the Jewish refugees under Italian protection.

  16. Documentation from the police and gendarmerie administration in the Baranowitschi district, 1941-1944

    Documentation from the police and gendarmerie administration in the Baranowitschi district, 1941-1944

  17. Documentation of the administration of the Shargorod district, 1942-1944

    Documentation of the administration of the Shargorod district, 1942-1944 Included in the collection are instructions and orders by the prefecture and governor of Transnistria, regarding the supply and distribution of the agricultural produce; instructions and directives by the district administration regarding the sowing of grain; documentation regarding the payment of salaries to the workers in the district administration and the rural administrations; reports by government clerks.

  18. O.86 - Switzerland Collection

    O.86 - Switzerland Collection The Collection was opened recently; until now it has consisted of only one file (See also Yad Vashem Record Group M.63 - Documentation from Provincial Archives in Switzerland).

  19. Documentation of the Reich Women's Leadership (Reichsfrauenfuehrung), Germany, 1933-1942

    Documentation of the Reich Women's Leadership (Reichsfrauenfuehrung), Germany, 1933-1942 The Reich Women's Leadership, established in February 1934, included the German Women's Organization (Deutsches Frauenwerk), the umbrella organization of women's organizations in Germany, established in 1933, and the National Socialist Women's Union (Nationalsozialistische Frauenschaft), established in 1931. It was headed by Gertrud Scholz-Klink, who received the title of "Leader of Reich Women" (Reichsfrauenfuehrerin), November 1934. The two organizations and their female leaders did not have any real ...

  20. O.2 - Wiener Library Collection of Testimonies, London, 1940-1957

    O.2 - Wiener Library Collection of Testimonies, London, 1940-1957 Alfred Wiener (1885-1964), the man who planned and established the Wiener Library, was born in Potsdam Germany; by profession, he was an expert in Middle East affairs and researcher of Islam. From 1919 he served as the legal advisor for the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens (Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith), and published many articles about the Jews of Germany. When the Nazis rose to power in 1933, Wiener immigrated to the Netherlands and lived in Amsterdam. He began to collec...