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  1. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland: Record No. 30]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Izaak Danciger, a 25 years old shoemaker from Sierpc testifies about the breakout of the war and how it affected the Jewish Community. He depicts how the Nazis invaded and at the beginning were very kind. With the arriving of the Gestapo the situation for the Jews declined rapidly. Jews, especially pious Jews, were humiliated and severely tortured. He, among with other unmarried Jewish men, was forced to sign a declaration that he will leave the German territory and never come back or he shall be shot. Afterwards, the group was imprisoned and tortured and mistreated until there were eventua...

  2. Dialektisches Judentum

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several newspaper clippings of 1941, published in in the United States. Most of the clippings are from the magazine the 'Aufbau', which is the name of a German-Jewish newspaper founded in 1934 and until 2004 it was based in New York. The "Aufbau" quickly became the most important source of information and contact point for Jewish and other German-speaking refugees in the United States. The word 'Aufbau', whose English form 'Reconstruction' temporarily served as subtitle, meant the renewal of German-Jewish life in the USA. In this edition the main subject was the dialectic ...

  3. [Measures taken against Jews II]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several documents dealing with regulations and procedures against Jews by the Nazi military commanders in France. Information and telegrams about confiscations of Jewish property and its aryanizations are given. Under the topic of measures against Jews correspondences regarding the confiscations of Jewish property and warehouses in Epinal, France are attached. The reduction was commissioned and processed by the Feldkommandantur 550. The Jewish company of Morice Weil from Strassburg was confiscated and the procedure of it discussed in the correspondences, the same was done ...

  4. מאטעריאלן וועגן יידישן חורבן אין פוילן

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Leiser-Yitzhak Gottlieb, a Yeshiva student from Mir (it is stated in the testimony that is parents live in Opatów), describes how he fled the city towards Białystok, Czyzew and Baranowich and how he eventually went to Mir. On his way he witnessed or heard of severe abuse of polish Jews by Polish citizen. Protocol No. 28 is an extract from a volume of protocols provided by a group of Polish-Jewish refugees. In 1939 they formed a comittee to collect evidence about the condition of the Jews in Poland under Nazi Germany occupation.

  5. [Correspondence of DALJEWCIB with emigrants from Germany]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Correspondence of DALJEWCIB with emigrants from Germany regading living conditions, housing arrangements, work possibilities, exit- and entry permits into Manchdchukuo, Shanghai and Japanese occupied China, permanent resident status and obtaining Manchurian visa as well as residency Part I of III

  6. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of an anonymous author who is named "a pioneer"; he describes the German and Soviet occupation of Łomża. The Germans occupied the city in early September and the soviets entered it on September 29th. He describes arrests and repressions by both German and Soviet occupying forces. The soviets forcibly registered all young and middle aged men for immigration, and arrested political leaders of Zionist organizations and the Jewish Bund. The Germans looted stores and Jewish property, and arrested men. The bombardment destroyed buildings in the city including the markets, synagogues, an...

  7. [Correspondence of DALJEWCIB Harbin with a Jewish relief society in Paris regarding missing refugee families and entry visa permit regulations]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Correspondence of DALJEWCIB Harbin with a Jewish relief society in Paris regarding missing refugee families said to have embarked en sea-route to Mandchukuo, but have not arrived within the last three weeks as well as entry visa permit regulations to settle in Mandchukuo.

  8. [Labor and Refugee Camps in Switzerland during World War II]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains various memoranda concerning the treatment of and legal rules of behavior for war and Nazi prosecution victims seeking refuge in Switzerland for the duration of World War II, while being interned in labor and refugee camps.

  9. Treatment of refugees in the United Kingdom

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains several informations from different organizations regarding the topic of the treatment of refugees in the United Kingdom. British organization collaborate closly with each other and represent all of their practical experience in dealing with refugees. A coordinating Committee for refugees in the United Kigdom has also been formed. Besides that there is a close cooperation between British and other organizations. The information given by other organizations are all regarding the refugee question. For example how they can organize themselves better, how they can help and rea...

  10. Die Judenbrücke II

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The Story is the second part of a fictitious tale of life in a refugee camp in Cyprus (Caraolos and Xylotymbus) after World War II, under British military administration. It describes the general atmosphere, struggles and political activities of the refugees as well as the views of the British military and politicians, American Aid organizations and volunteering medial staff. An interesting exchange of ideas is retold between an officer of the British Army and a Jewish doctor about Zionism, and a Jewish homeland, as well as a conversation with an Egyptian Jew highlighting the struggles of J...

  11. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testimony of J. P., 40 year old office worker and newspaper administrator from Warsaw. He describes fleeing through several towns including Kałuszyn, Łuków, Radzyń Podlaski and Sosnowica. He describes how, under German bombardment, he saw trains stopped or destroyed at train stations, and the railways flooded with refugees. In Kałuszyn he met the author Shimon Hornochick, who was later shot by the Germans in the same town. The arrival of the Germans immediately brought with it mass executions, and extortions of large sums of money to recover the bodies for burial. He describes how the small...

  12. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Jankiel Forrajter, a 19 year old Jeshiva student from Międzyrzec testifies about his escape from the bombardments by the Nazis. Among other things he witnessed how refugees where shot down with a machine gun out of an airplane and the destruction of villagesand casualties among the civilians of Poland. He gives detailed information about the destruction of the places Kletsk, Siedlce, Biała Podlaska and Międzyrzec. Statement No 12 /פראטאקאל נומער 12

  13. [Correspondence of The In Harbin Located "DALJEWCIB" Office with a Jewish relief organisation in Germany]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Correspondence Of The In Harbin Located "DALJEWCIB" Office with a Jewish relief organisation in Germany, regarding the emigration of a Jewish professor Karl Kindermann, to Mandchukuo en route to Japan and the United States.

  14. [Testimonies given in Vilnius by Jewish refugees from German occupied Poland]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    Testament of Herzke Freitag, a 23 year old textile worker from Belchatow. He describes the arrival of refugees on the first day of the war, and the panic they spread, and the air raid sirens. The author with a large number of townsmen, including local peasants, fled to Pabianice, which was burning. Together with the population of Pabianice the refugees continued to Lodz. He describes the entrance of the German military into Lodz on Saturday with a marching band and the rejoicing of the local German population. He describes his return to Belchatow and the repressions against the Jewish popul...

  15. IRO-ITS-Child Search Branch – Yearly report 1948 History

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The yearly report begins with an explanation about Himmler's eugenic ideology implemented in the Lebensborn project and the justification of the kidnapping for children for the purpose of Germanization. As an example serves the case of Lidice. After the massacre of all if the adult males and the deportation of the females to a concentration camp, the children considered fit for Germanization were taken to Lebensborn home.The IRO and ITS tried to find those children and established a Child Search Branch for that purpose. Furthermore, the organization of the Child Search Branch is explained i...

  16. Die Judenbrücke I

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The Story is the first part of a fictitious tale of life in a refugee camp in Cyprus (Caraolos and Xylotymbus) after World War II, under British military administration. It describes the general atmosphere, struggles and political activities of the refugees as well as the views of the British military and politicians, American Aid organizations and volunteering medical staff.

  17. International Tracing Service, Quarterly Report April- May-June, 1949

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The quarterly report (April-May-June 1949) includes the usual statistics and letters of thank by grateful parents who were reconnected with their children. Furthermore it states a deadline for refugees to seek assistance of the International Refugee Organization, namely the 31.9.1949. Also, that the child search will fall into the mandate of the IRO now and it presumably won't be completed before 1951.

  19. Leo Frobenius

    1. Biographical press cuttings collection (1945-1970s)

    "Leo Viktor Frobenius (29 June 1873 – 9 August 1938) was an ethnologist and archaeologist and a major figure in German ethnography."--wikipedia (English)(viewed 26.7.2016). "Carl August Hugo Froelich (5 September 1875 – 12 February 1953) was a German film pioneer and film director. He was born and died in Berlin."--wikipedia (English)(viewed 26.7.2016). "Gustav Fröhlich (21 March 1902 – 22 December 1987) was a German actor and film director. He landed secondary roles in a number of films and plays before landing his breakthrough role of Freder Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis....

  20. Dr. Georg Goldschmidt

    1. Biographical press cuttings collection (1945-1970s)

    This online document contains information about a Wiener library's envelope about Dr. Georg Goldschmidt, former head of department of the refugee ministry of the German Federal Republic. The envelope contains two abstracts of German newspaper articles (Die Zeit and Rheinischer Merkur).