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Language of Description: German
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  1. Benachrichtigungen der Gestapo, Stapoleitstelle Karlsruhe, Grenzpolizeikommissariat Waldshut, an das Gerichtsgefängnis Waldshut betreffend Ausländer, die bis auf weiteres in Ortsarrest in Tiengen unte ...

    1. Gefängnisse
    2. Listenmaterial Gruppe P.P.

    Benachrichtigungen der Gestapo, Stapoleitstelle Karlsruhe, Grenzpolizeikommissariat Waldshut, an das Gerichtsgefängnis Waldshut betreffend Ausländer, die bis auf weiteres in Ortsarrest in Tiengen untergebracht wurden, 15.1.45, 5.2.45

  2. M. 51 - Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich Association of the Jews in Germany)

    M. 51 - Documantation of the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich Association of the Jews in Germany) History of the Organization The organization was apparently founded in early 1939 by representatives of the Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden (Reich's Deputation of the German Jews). In July 1939, an ordinance was published by the authorities concerning the establishment of the Reich Association of the Jews in Germany, which replaced the Reich's Deputation of the German Jews. In the words of its Chairman, "... [it will serve as] a new organizational basis for the dwindling p...

  3. Marc Haguenau, born in Paris, France, 1904, known as Colombe; 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 Haguenau, born in Paris, France, 1904, known as Colombe; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Activities as General Secretary of EIF (French Jewish Scouts), membership in the La Sixieme (the Sixth) underground; detention by the Gestapo in Grenoble, 18 February 1944; unsuccessful attempt to escape; murdered, 20 February 1944; awarded the Legion of Honor, the Croix de Guerre and the Medaille de la Resistance. In the file: - Testimonies regarding activities; - Document attesting to the fact that he was awarded the Legion of Honor decoration...

  4. Survey of the situation in various countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, June-July 1943

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • צרור רשימות - חומר על מצב היהודים בארצות הכיבוש הנאצי - מס. 5/36

    Survey of the situation in various countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, June-July 1943 Poland: Deportation of Jews to labor camps and rescue of many from the Warsaw Ghetto; Frank's speech regarding the Germans in Warsaw and blaming the Jews for the war; signs of resistance to the Nazi government by farmers not reporting for work; attacks on Gestapo personnel; Volksdeutsche in areas of Poland annexed to the Reich: Germany: The suffering of the German people while at war; opposition to granting an exemption from anti-Jewish legislat...

  5. 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.

  6. Maurice Loebenberg, born in Zurich, Switzerland, 1916, known as Cachoud; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II

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

    Maurice Loebenberg, born in Zurich, Switzerland, 1916, known as Cachoud; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Commander of the underground AJ (Jewish Army); responsible for forging documents for the MLN (National Liberation Movement); taken captive by the Gestapo at Auteuil, 17 July 1944; 26 hours of torture and death. Also in the file: - Article by Michel Anski; - Photographs from the Yad Vashem Photo Archive: Archival signature 7946/30 and 7646/31.

  7. Jacob Weintraub, born in Tarczyn, Poland, 1920, known as Jacques Wister; 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

    Jacob Weintraub, born in Tarczyn, Poland, 1920, known as Jacques Wister; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Nice; activities as commander of an MJS (Zionist Youth Movement) regiment; participation in preparation of forged documents; organizes the smuggling of children into Switzerland; arrest with Jacques Marburger, 23 September 1943; release from detention; forgets to take a folder with documents after the Gestapo interrogation and goes back to get it; arrested again; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz, 28 October 1943. A...

  8. Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and neighboring countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, December 1943-January 1944

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • צרור רשימות 29/60

    Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and neighboring countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, December 1943-January 1944 Poland and the eastern districts: Testimony regarding the "Warsaw Ghetto Uprising" as reported in the Polish underground press; murder of Jews with American citizenship in Krakow; murder of Jews in Vilna and confiscation of their property by the Gestapo; antisemitism in the underground newspapers; deterioration of living conditions in Majdanek; Slovakia: Anti-Jewish propaganda and a demand to rem...

  9. David Donoff, born in Paris, France, 1920, known as Dodo: 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

    David Donoff, born in Paris, France, 1920, known as Dodo: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II EIF (French Jewish Scouts) membership; underground activities in La Sixieme (the Sixth); access to the Gurs camp; provides relief and smuggles out children; activities on behalf of British intelligence; taken captive in Lyons; shot to death by the Gestapo, 27 June 1944. Also in the file: - Letter of testimony from Juliette Levy, 1987.

  10. Nicole (Weil) Salon, born in Lisieux, France, 1915: 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

    Nicole (Weil) Salon, born in Lisieux, France, 1915: details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Marseilles; activities as an OSE (Children's Aid Society) social worker; smuggling children into Switzerland; taken captive by the Gestapo in Nice, 24 October 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz, 20 November 1943; camp life; refusal to be separated from the children; transfer to the gas chambers with the children, 23 November 1943. Also in the file: - Letters from Nicole (Weil) Salon.

  11. David Rappoport, born in Proskurov, Ukraine, 1883: 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

    David Rappoport, born in Proskurov, Ukraine, 1883: details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Work as a journalist; underground activities; leader of the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee) in Paris; arrest by Danneker, a Gestapo commander, 01 June 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; death in Auschwitz, 02 July 1944. Also in the file: - Booklet entitled "L'un des Trente Six" (One of the Thirty-six), published by Kyoum, Paris, 1946.

  12. NSDAP: Gaudienststellen, Verbände, Polizei

    Der Bestand enthält aus US-Gewahrsam zurück gegebene Akten der NSDAP Baden-Elsass und ihrer Verbände, vor allem zentraler Dienststellen des Gaus Baden-Elsass. Enthalten sind auch Unterlagen der Sicherheitspolizei und der Gestapo.

  13. Esther Grinberg, born in Paris, France, 1910; 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 Grinberg, born in Paris, France, 1910; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Life in Paris including work within the framework of the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee); arrest in Lyons by the Gestapo, 07 February 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Sobibor on Transport 53; death in Sobibor. Also in the file: - Description of an "Aktion" in Lyon, 09 February 1943.

  14. 1) Berichte über die Vollstreckung von Todesurteilen des Standgerichts Prag vom 2.6.42 - 9.7.42 - - ...

    1. Gefängnisse
    2. Listenmaterial Gruppe P.P.
    1. Berichte über die Vollstreckung von Todesurteilen des Standgerichts Prag vom 2.6.42 - 9.7.42 2) Öffentliche Bekanntmachungen über vom Standgericht Prag ausgesprochene und vollzogene Todesurteile vom 31.5.42 - 23.6.42 3) Vorführungsbefehl der Geheimen Staatspolizei Prag zwecks Überstellung vom Polizeigefängnis Prag-Pankratz vom 10.4.42 4) Schreiben der Gestapo, Stapoleitstelle Brünn, Außendienststelle Olmütz, betreffend Antrag auf Einäscherung im Krematorium, vom 27.11.44

  15. Bundespolizeidirektion Innsbruck. Dokumentationsmaterial über Mitgliedschaft zur NSDAP

    • Federal Police Directorate Innsbruck. Documentation material about membership of the NSDAP

    Dokumentationsmaterial über Mitgliedschaft zur NSDAP, personenbezogenes beschlagnahmtes Material der Gauleitung Tirol-Vorarlberg, Kreisleitung Innsbruck, vereinzelt auch der SS und SA etc.: - parteistatistische Erhebung 1939 für Gau Tirol-Vorarlberg (36 Faszikel, alphabetisch nach Namen abgelegt); - Alte Kämpfer (8 Faszikel) - Erinnerungsmedaille 13.3.1938 (3 Faszikel) - Listen der SS-Angehörigen im Offiziersrang (3 Faszikel) - Unterlagen zu Ortsgruppen der NSDAP Stadt- und Landkreis Innsbruck (3 Faszikel) - Listen und Unterlagen über Angehörige der SS, SA, NSKK, Gestapo etc. (2 Faszikel) -...

  16. Bundespolizeidirektion Innsbruck. Haftkartei Polizeigefängnis Innsbruck

    • Federal Police Directorate Innsbruck. Police Prison Innsbruck

    Haftkartei Polizeigefängnis Innsbruck, Verzeichnis der Personen, die von Schutzpolizei, Kriminalpolizei und Gestapo ins Polizeigefangenenhaus Innsbruck eingeliefert wurden

  17. Главное управление имперской безопасности Германии (РСХА) (г. Берлин)

    • Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) (Berlin); Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) (Berlin)
    • Glavnoe upravlenie imperskoi bezopasnosti Germanii (RSKhA) (g. Berlin)

    The collection's contents are catalogued in six inventories. Inventories no. 1, 2, and 6 are arranged by structure and chronology, and catalogue documents of departments I, II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the RSHA. Inventories no. 3, 4, and 5 are arranged by document type. These inventories catalogue orders, edicts, directives, instructions, accounts, surveys, reports, dispatches, employee directories, surveillance files, and correspondence of the Reich Security Main Office and its subordinate entities regarding the issues indicated. RSHA documents include orders, edicts, and other regulatio...

  18. Управление государственной тайной полиции (Гестапо) (г. Берлин)

    • Geheimes Staatspolizeiamt (Berlin); Office of the Secret State Police (Gestapo) (Berlin)
    • Upravlenie gosudarstvennoi tainoi politsii (Gestapo) (g. Berlin)

    A significant portion of the collection's contents was transferred to the German Democratic Republic in the 1950s-70s. (These materials are noted in the inventories and are not included among the collection's files.) The collection's contents are catalogued in three inventories. Documents in the collection contain information on communist, social-democratic, anti-fascist, religious, and Jewish organizations in Germany; reports on "unreliable" persons; information on Masonic lodges; police surveillance files (for example, on the conduct of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin); agents' dispatche...

  19. Управление государственной тайной полиции (Гестапо) (г. Штеттин)

    • Geheime Staatspolizeistelle (Gestapo) (Stettin); Office of the Secret State Police (Gestapo) (Stettin)
    • Upravlenie gosudarstvennoi tainoi politsii (Gestapo) (g. Shtettin)

    The collection's contents are described in three inventories. Inventories no. 1 and 2 are systematized by structure; they catalogue documentary materials of the first section (organizational issues), the second section (domestic political surveillance), and the third section (intelligence and counterintelligence). The files catalogued in inventory no. 3 are systematized thematically: Stettin Gestapo circulars and internal documents; surveillance of the Communist Party of Germany and of anti-fascists; surveillance of persons suspected of espionage, and of companies, the mail, and the press; ...

  20. Files of the Wuerzburg Gestapo

    Files of the Wuerzburg Gestapo