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Language of Description: German
Language of Description: English
Country: Israel
  1. Gestapo Records I

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the first part of a collection of originals and copies of circulars and correspondence of the Gestapo Erfurt in Thüringen. Among these are expatriation requests for emigrated Jewish citizens and background checks. In addition there are guidelines for activities in all areas of daily life and how Jews should be restricted or excluded from participation.

  2. [Gestapo Records Düsseldorf II ]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    This file is the second part of a series of historical documents from the Gestapo Offices in Düsseldorf. The file contains about 30 circulars and administrative correspondence regarding the stay of Jewish people issued by the Gestapo and distributed to various districts and cities in the Lower Rhine Region (Kleve, Viersen, Neuss) between August and October 1937. The circulars and correspondence mainly deal with Jewish people searched by the Gestapo. The circulars give information on the person in question, inquire his or her whereabouts, and demand their detention. One circular deals with t...

  3. [Gestapo Records Düsseldorf I ]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    This file is the first part of a series of historical documents from the Gestapo Offices in Düsseldorf. This file contains about 30 circulars and administrative correspondence regarding the stay of Jewish people issued by the Gestapo and distributed to various districts and cities in the Lower Rhine Region (Kleve, Viersen, Neuss) between March and August 1937. The circulars and correspondence mainly deal with Jewish people searched by the Gestapo. The circulars give information on the person in question, inquire his or her whereabouts, and demand their detention.

  4. Gestapo Records IV

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is part of the collection of originals to the Gestapo Erfurt in Thüringen. It contains the obligatory monthly reports by the Jewish community Suhl/Muhlhausen to the Gestapo. The reports include number of people, assets and bookkeeping records. Further details list addresses, birth records and intentions/preparations for emigration.

  5. [Gestapo Records Düsseldorf IV]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    This file is the fourth part of a series of historical documents from the Gestapo Offices in Düsseldorf. The file contains circulars and administrative correspondence regarding the stay of Jewish people issued by the Gestapo and distributed to various districts and cities in the Lower Rhine Region (Kleve, Viersen, Neuss) between March 1938 and June 1938. The circulars and correspondence mainly deal with Jewish people searched by the Gestapo and the treatment of Émigrés returning to Germany. The circulars give information on the person in question, inquire his or her whereabouts, and demand ...

  6. [Gestapo Instructions Düsseldorf I]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file contains various documents issued mainly by the Gestapo Offices in Düsseldorf between 1937 and 1943. The documents include circulars and instructions regarding the treatment of Jewish sport clubs, organizations, and religious communities. Furthermore, the file contains various documents on the confiscation of Jewish property and money, the handover of the Jewish communities’ records, a court judgement following the destruction of a Jewish cemetery in Kleve, a report on the events of the “Kristallnacht” in November 1938 issued by the SS in Geldern, and finally, a circular regarding ...

  7. Gestapo Records III

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the third part of a collection of originals and copies of circulars and correspondence of the Gestapo Erfurt in Thüringen. The main contents of this file are expatriation requests for emigrated Jewish citizens and background checks.

  8. Gestapo Records II

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the second part of a collection of originals and copies of circulars and correspondence of the Gestapo Erfurt in Thüringen. Among these are expatriation requests for emigrated Jewish citizens and background checks

  9. [Gestapo Instructions Düsseldorf II]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the second part of a series of files containing various documents issued mainly by the Gestapo Offices in Düsseldorf between 1937 and 1943. The documents include circulars and instructions regarding the relations between Jewish and non-Jewish Germans, the treatment of Jews with foreign citizenship, anti-Jewish measures in everyday life (barber shops, broadcasting services, curfew, private relationships), the removal of citizenship and the entry to the Wehrmacht for children of Jewish and non-Jewish parents, and the confiscation of Jewish property. Furthermore, the file includes ...

  10. [Gestapo Instructions Düsseldorf V]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the fifth part of a series of files containing various documents issued mainly by the Gestapo Offices in Düsseldorf between 1939 and 1942. The documents include circulars and instructions regarding the deportation of Jewish people from the Lower Rhine Region in general, and specifically regarding the deportation of Jewish people from Goch to the concentration camp of Theresienstadt. The circulars provide information regarding the regulations and the procedures of the planned deportations as well as lists of property of the deportees. The file also contains a handwritten and anon...

  11. [Gestapo Records Düsseldorf III]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    This file is the third part of a series of historical documents from the Gestapo Offices in Düsseldorf. The file contains about 30 circulars and administrative correspondence regarding the stay of Jewish people issued by the Gestapo and distributed to various districts and cities in the Lower Rhine Region (Kleve, Viersen, Neuss) between October 1937 and April 1938. The circulars and correspondence mainly deal with Jewish people searched by the Gestapo and the treatment of Émigrés returning to Germany. The circulars give information on the person in question, inquire his or her whereabouts, ...

  12. [Gestapo Instructions Düsseldorf 3]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the third part of a series of files containing various documents issued mainly by the Gestapo Offices in Düsseldorf between 1938 and 1942. The documents include circulars and instructions regarding the confiscation and use of Jewish peoples’ apartments and personal property (radios, clothes, bicycles, technical supplies, household utensils), and the closing of Jewish schools. The documents also include lists of confiscated property. Some documents are of poor quality.

  13. [Gestapo Instructions Düsseldorf IV]

    1. The Alfred Wiener documents collection

    The file is the fourth part of a series of files containing various documents issued mainly by the Gestapo Offices in Düsseldorf between 1937 and 1942. The documents include circulars and instructions regarding the ban of Jewish press organs, the interdiction for Jewish people to use public phones, the regulations regarding the use of the Yellow Star and the marking of apartments occupied by Jewish people. Furthermore, the file includes regulations on the prohibition for Jewish people to leave their home municipality. The file also contains forms for the declaration of property. Finally, th...

  14. Files of the Wuerzburg Gestapo

    Files of the Wuerzburg Gestapo

  15. The work and origin of the Gestapo

    1. Research files: research conducted by the JCIO and the Wiener Library

    The files contain information on the work and origin of the Gestapo. The Gestapo was established in 1933. Members of the Gestapo had to be of a certain age, be part of the NSDAP and have acquired certain skills and distinctions. Through the years the Gestapo gained more and more power through measures like protective custody. According to the documents its purpose was to investigate, monitor and fight all efforts and acts that were considered dangerous for national safety and the unity of the people. The Gestapo enforced the many anti-Semitic decrees. Furthermore, not reporting an illegal l...

  16. Aryanization files of the Nuernberg-Fuerth Gestapo

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12435013
    • English, Hebrew
    • Financial accounts Inventory list Names of perpetrators Official documentation Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons

    Aryanization files of the Nuernberg-Fuerth Gestapo