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  1. Ernest Lambert, born Thionville, France, 1918: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Ernest Lambert, born Thionville, France, 1918: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Membership in the underground AJ (Jewish Army); taken captive in Lyons by the Gestapo; execution in Portes les Valence, 08 July 1944. Photographs from the Yad Vashem Photo Archive: 7646/27 and 7646/28.

  2. Hilde Haberman, born in Berlin, Germany, 1926; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Hilde Haberman, born in Berlin, Germany, 1926; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Drafted into the underground in Nice when she is 17 years old by Claude Kelman; detention by the Gestapo, 15 January 1944; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz. In the file: -Testimony of Claude Kelman regarding Hilde Haberman.

  3. Testimony of Miriam Robinson, born in Vilna, Lithuania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Stutthof and other places

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Testimony of Miriam Robinson, born in Vilna, Lithuania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Stutthof and other places Concentration of the Jews of the Vilna Ghetto on Rasa [?] Street in anticipation of the liquidation of the ghetto; liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto, 29 March 1943; selection by Gestapo men; execution of three members of the Bund: Abrasha Chwojnik, Asia Bik and Yankiel Kaplan; deportation to Stutthof; transfer to other camps; call for revenge upon the Germans.

  4. M.12: Documentation regarding the Holocaust from the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine (CDJC - Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation) in Paris

    M.12: Documentation regarding the Holocaust from the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine (CDJC - Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation) in Paris The Record Collection contains documentation housed at the Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation (CCJD) in Paris which was received by Yad Vashem Archives as microfilm during the 1950s and 1960s following the Schneerson-Di Nur Agreement. The Archives contain documentation of the Gestapo, the Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives (CGQJ-Commissariat-General for Jewish Affairs), the Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF...

  5. O.92 - Kulka-Jaeckel Collection: Nazi reports regarding public opinion in Germany

    O.92 - Kulka-Jaeckel Collection: Nazi reports regarding public opinion in Germany The Collection includes reports regarding the Stimmungsberichte (atmosphere; mood) among the members of SD units, the Gestapo, the Nazi Party and local authorities throughout Germany. The reports in which there is information regarding the Jews served as the basis for the book, "Die Juden in den geheimen NS-Stimmungsberichten 1933-1945" (The Jews in the Secret Nazi Atmosphere Reports, 1933-1945), Kulka, Otto Dov and Jäckel, Eberhard, eds., Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2004. Professor Dov Otto Kulka submitted cop...

  6. Letter of appointment of Dr. Josef Loewenherz as Chairman of the Altestenrat (Council of the Elders of the Jews) in Vienna

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    Letter of appointment of Dr. Josef Loewenherz as Chairman of the Altestenrat (Council of the Elders of the Jews) in Vienna - Advisory members: Wilhelm Bienenfeld; Dr. Heinerich Dessauer and Dr. Benjamin Murmelstein; - Copy of an official letter from Gestapo Stapo (Statepolice) Engelbert Huber in Vienna to Dr. Josef Loewenherz, 01 January 1943; - Photocopy of the Letter of Appointment.

  7. Jules Bass, born in 1924, details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Jules Bass, born in 1924, details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Limoges; OJC (Organization of Jewish Combat Fighters) activities as part of FFI (Interior French Forces); arrest by the Gestapo while smuggling forged documents, 10 June 1944; torture and execution; finding of his body in a forest in St. Junien. In the file: - Certificate issued by the FFI.

  8. Marc Amon, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1923; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Marc Amon, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1923; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Work as a physicist; joins the EIF (French Jewish Scouts), 1942; activities in La Sixieme (the Sixth) underground in Paris; detention by the Gestapo, July 1944; deportation from France, July 1944. In the file; - Testimonies; - Photograph; - Letter.

  9. Documentation regarding the Jewish partisan, Roza Polyakova, who fought against the German Army in the Mirgorod area and was murdered under torture by the Gestapo, Obukhovka, early 1942

    1. O.32 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Soviet Union from the Holocaust period

    Documentation regarding the Jewish partisan, Roza Polyakova, who fought against the German Army in the Mirgorod area and was murdered under torture by the Gestapo, Obukhovka, early 1942 Included in the file: Information regarding Moisey Polyakov who died in battle, in Garkushentsy.

  10. Testimony of Anatol Rabinowicz regarding his experiences in Bialystok

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Testimony of Anatol Rabinowicz regarding his experiences in Bialystok Witness is handed over to the Gestapo in Bialystok by Anton Wojtowicz, the Pole, 11 March 1944; life in detention including interrogation, abuse and beatings; work burning corpses. Note: The testimony was taken down 16 October 1944.

  11. Testimony of Gedalyahu Abramowicz regarding his experiences in Baranowicze

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Testimony of Gedalyahu Abramowicz regarding his experiences in Baranowicze Occupation of Baranowicze by the German Army, 1941; abuse of Jewish men by Gestapo men approximately two weeks after the German occupation; murder of Jews; throwing the murder victims into pits; throwing live Jews into pits; injury; return to the Baranowicze Ghetto; liquidation of the ghetto; joins the partisans.

  12. Correspondence between Erich Kulka and Pavel Bergmann from Prague, 1987-1989

    1. P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author

    Correspondence between Erich Kulka and Pavel Bergmann from Prague, 1987-1989 Correspondence between Erich Kulka and Pavel Bergmann regarding the conduct of the libel trial that Erich Kulka brought in the Prague Court against Josef Sebesta, the author of the book, "V zemi zaslíbené?" (In the Promised Land?) and against the Melantrich Publishing House which published the book. In the book, Kulka is presented as a Gestapo agent during World War II, and as a Zionist activist against Czechoslovakia after his aliya to Israel in 1968. The book has an anti-Zionist and anti-Israel character.

  13. Testimony of Szlomo Bursztejn regarding his experiences in the Kleszczele Ghetto

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Testimony of Szlomo Bursztejn regarding his experiences in the Kleszczele Ghetto Life in the Kleszczele Ghetto; "Aktion" conducted by the Gestapo, 01 November 1942; planning of escape from the ghetto by Jews; arguments against escape; escape with other Jews; survival of four people.

  14. Esther Richter, known as Ika; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

    1. O.89 - Collection of Personal Files of Jewish Underground Fighters in France

    Esther Richter, known as Ika; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Life in Paris including the German occupation; joins Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee); member of the Bund party; help to needy Jews; arrest by the Gestapo; deportation to Romainville; life in Romainville; death, 12 December 1942. In the file: - Summary of her personal information.

  15. Documentation of the Geheime Feldpolizei (GFP-Secret Field Police), 07 October 1938

    1. O.32 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Soviet Union from the Holocaust period

    Documentation of the Geheime Feldpolizei (GFP-Secret Field Police), 07 October 1938 Announcement of a secret meeting of representatives of German organizations at the highest level, including the Gestapo, Security Police, Wehrmacht General Staff and Propaganda Office regarding the emigration to German territories from Soviet territories, treatment of Poles by the Ukrainians and the establishment of a Doveryya Ukraynskyh Komytet (Ukrainian Loyalty Committee) in Berlin.

  16. Memoirs of and an interview with Franz Kejmar

    1. P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author

    Memoirs of and an interview with Franz Kejmar 1. Interview conducted by Erich Kulka with Franz Kejmar at Kejmar's home in Spain, 06 July 1986. Kejmar was an opponent of the Nazis in Austria. He was arrested by the Gestapo in July 1941, and a month later, on 19 August 1941, he was deported to Auschwitz as a political prisoner. There he worked in the Deutsche Ausrustungswerke (DAW) factories and served as a Kapo, a position in which he showed compassion and humaneness towards the inmates (in German); 2. Unpublished memoirs of Franz Kejmar (in German); 3. Article regarding Franz Kejmar, who wa...

  18. Diels, Rudolf, 1900-1957

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

    "Rudolf Diels (16 December 1900 - 18 November 1957) was a German politician and head of the Gestapo in 1933-34.He is also referred to as SS Oberfurer. He was a protégé of Hermann Göring." -- Wikipedia Newspaper clippings, Biographical information, articles, pamphlet, extracts from book, extracts from Newspapers and extract from a letter.

  19. Documentation regarding the Holocaust from the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine (CDJC - Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation) in Paris

    The Archives contain documentation of the Gestapo, the Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives (CGQJ-Commissariat-General for Jewish Affairs), the Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF-General Union of Jews in France), the German and Italian Embassies, the Nuremberg Trials and more.

  20. Excerpts from Gestapo documents from Bialystok regarding the Bialystok Ghetto, 21 January-10 March 1943

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Excerpts from Gestapo documents from Bialystok regarding the Bialystok Ghetto, 21 January-10 March 1943 Orders related to decreasing the ghetto boundaries; continuation of forced labor in the ghetto factories; halting work for Jews outside the ghetto; replacing Jewish laborers with Belorussian laborers.