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  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. [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 ...

  4. [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...

  5. [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    This file is the third part of a series of historical documents from the Gestapo Offices in Düsseldorf.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, ...

  6. [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.

  7. [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...

  8. Kartei Gestapo Frankfurt

    1. Gestapo

  9. Kartei Gestapo Hamburg

    1. Gestapo

  10. Kartei Gestapo Koblenz

    1. Gestapo

  12. Fahndungskartei (Gestapo Luxemburg)

    1. Gestapo
    2. Kartei Gestapo Luxemburg

    Fahndungskartei (Gestapo Luxemburg)

  14. Karteiunterlagen der Gestapo Münster

    1. Gestapo
    2. Kartei Gestapo Münster

    Karteiunterlagen der Gestapo Münster

  18. Lichtbildkartei (verm. Gestapo Trier)

    1. Gestapo
    2. Kartei Gestapo Trier

    Lichtbildkartei (verm. Gestapo Trier)