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  2. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Givat Haim (Ihud)

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Givat Haim (Ihud) Experiences/ memoirs: 1. Olga Banai; 2. Shaul Bar-Lev; 3. Mina Bresler; 4. Shoshana Grinspan; 5. Chaya Flushnik; Eulogies: 1. Aleks Banai; 2. Chaim Hecht; 3. Yona Flushnik; Articles: 1. Arnon Lapid, "79235 - a strong number", from: "The green page in the kibbutz movement", no. 135, 1984; 2. Brief biography of the late Moshe Grinspan (unknown source).

  3. Documentation of the SS Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt (RuSHA-SS Main Office for Race and Resettlement), 1934-1945

    Documentation of the SS Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt (RuSHA-SS Main Office for Race and Resettlement), 1934-1945 The SS Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt (RuSHA-SS Main Office for Race and Resettlement) was founded in 1931; its functions included maintaining the purity of race of members of the SS, dealing with matters pertaining to farmers and settlement, and education of the population in the spirit of Nazi ideology. Richard Walther Darre, who at the time also served as Reichsbauernfuehrer (Reich Farmers' Leader), was appointed to head the organization. Darre's independent world view brought him...

  4. Documentation of the Landratsamt Erlangen (District authority of Erlangen) in Bavaria

    Documentation of the Landratsamt Erlangen (District authority of Erlangen) in Bavaria

  5. Courts of Law in Wurttemberg, Germany

    Courts of Law in Wurttemberg, Germany

  6. Documentation of the Konzentrationslager (Concentration camps administration), Germany

    Documentation of the Konzentrationslager (Concentration camps administration), Germany

  7. Documentation of the administration of the Rowne district, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the administration of the Rowne district, 1941-1943

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Beit Zera Books: 1. Chaim Kovetz: "Personal stories - members of Kibbutz Beit Zera, 1997", Kibbutz Beit Zera, 1997; 2. Yosh Rorman, "Achoti" ("My sister"); 3. Yosh Rorman, "Farewell from Schwarzwald"; Booklets: 1. Yehuda Gershoni, "Notebooks of a youth, 1939"; 2. Aharon Feigenblum, "En route for nine years, 05/03/1939-05/03/1948"; 3. "The Jubilee: Issue dedicated to mark 50 years since the concentration of the Vilna Hashomer Hatzair during 1...

  9. Documentation of the Estonian Cooperative Health Insurance Fund branches, 1923 - 1940

  10. P.35 - Nathan Schwalb Collection: Nathan Schwalb was the representative of the World Center of the Hechalutz movement in Geneva, Switzerland during World War II

    P.35 - The Collection of Nathan Schwalb, the representative of the World Center of the Hechalutz movement in Geneva, Switzerland during World War II Nathan Schwalb was born in Stanislawow, Poland (today Ivano Frankovsk, Ukraine) in 1908. He made aliya to Eretz Israel and was member of Kibbutz Hulda. He spent World War II in Geneva as the representative of the World Hechalutz movement, serving as contact person and a financial welfare source for the Jews. He corresponded with hundreds of people in the occupied countries and was active in many areas including the sending of parcels via the Re...

  11. Documentation of the Kleck District administration, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the Kleck District administration, 1941-1944 The Collection includes lists of refugees residing in Kleck, from the years 1943-1944; documentation regarding the confiscation of Jewish property; an appeal regarding the closing of the bakery in Halynka following the murder of Jewish workers; correspondence with the District Commissioner (Gebietskommissariat) in Baranowitschy regarding the purchase of houses in Kletsk that were owned by Jews; list of residents in Kletsk and the surrounding villages; list of workers in a textile plant in Kletsk.

  12. Kharkov municipal administration documentation, 1941-1944

    Kharkov municipal administration documentation, 1941-1944 In the collection there are 13 microfilm reels selected from the Kharkov Region State Archive and handed over to Yad Vashem by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Most of the documentation consists of statistical reports and lists of the residents of Kharkov registered in the census conducted by the Kharkov municipal administration in December 1941. The German occupation of the city of Kharkov continued with interruptions from 24 October 1941 to 23 August 1943. From the beginning of the occupation until 09 Febr...

  13. M.21.6 - Kriegsverbrecherreferat (War Criminals Department), Central Committee of Liberated Jews - Munich

    M.21.6 - Kriegsverbrecherreferat (War Criminals Department), Central Committee of Liberated Jews - Munich The War Criminals Department was established in the American Occupation 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 crimin...

  14. Documentation from the Archive of Andrey Sheptytsky, the Metropolitan Bishop of Galychyna, 1941

    Documentation from the Archive of Andrey Sheptytsky, the Metropolitan Bishop of Galychyna, 1941 Included in the collection: - Three appeals by Andrey Melnik, the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) commander, against the group of Bandera (founder of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army - UPA) and against other groups from Postojno, in the Rowne region; - Letter sent by the physician Markijan Dzerowycz - an OUN activist, to Andreyi Sheptytsky, regarding problems in the movement and disagreements between heads of the OUN from Vienna; - Letter written by Andreyi Sheptytsky to the clergy and t...

  15. Documentation from the Amtsgericht Wedding: Declarations of Death

    Documentation from the Amtsgericht Wedding: Declarations of Death Declarations of Death (Todeserklaerungen) that were given regarding Jews during the postwar years.

  17. Collection of the Rijksbureau voor Textiel (Textiles Office of the Netherlands), 1940-1945

    Collection of the Rijksbureau voor Textiel (Textiles Office of the Netherlands), 1940-1945 Included in the collection: Official documentation of the Omnia Treuhandgesellschaft, the German Office for the Aryanization of Jewish Businesses in the Netherlands, 1940-1945; Official documentation of the Wirtschaftspruefstelle - German Ministry of the Treasury, Department for the Confiscation of Businesses, 1940-1945; Lists of businesses owned by Jews in the Netherlands; Documents of the Rijksbureau voor Textiel, regarding compensation to Jews in the Netherlands for the confiscation of merchandise ...

  18. Documentation of the municipal administration in Sniatyn, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the municipal administration in Sniatyn, 1941-1944 Included in the collection are instructions of the Distirikt Galizien governor regarding the registration of local residents, directives regarding commerce and the price of products, and registration of the Jewish population.

  19. Documentation of the Jewish community in Knihynicze, 1935-1938

    Documentation of the Jewish community in Knihynicze, 1935-1938 Included in the collection are plans for the community budget for 1935-1938.

  20. Documentation from the Reichswirtschaftministerium (Reich Ministry of Economy) from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1936-1942

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 11026735
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1936-1942
    • Balance sheet Financial accounts Names of perpetrators Official documentation Record of persecuted persons Statistical data Survey report

    Documentation from the Reichswirtschaftministerium (Reich Ministry of Economy) from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1936-1942 The following files are preserved in the collection: - A file dealing with insurance taken out by Jews, 1938-1939, including subjects such as the treatment of insurance claims submitted by Jews after the Kristallnacht riots (including a copy of the "Reichsgesetzblatt" [Reich Legal Gazette] from March 1939 containing the wording of the law on this matter - frame 1451, statistical reports and correspondence from December 1938 regarding the limit on claims pertaining to ri...