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  2. List of Gestapo and SS war criminals

    This list of leading Nazi war criminals with brief details of their crimes and fate, is the result of research conducted by the Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizverwaltungen

  3. Gestapo Sonderkommando, Lehrter Strasse Prison: Admissions book

    Readers need to reserve a reading room terminal to access a digital version of this archive.This microfilmed copy document was produced when the original was still at the Royal United Service Institution, London. It is now at the Imperial War Museum.A note which precedes the list, dated 19 July 1945, from the director of the Lehrterstrasse prison, after it was taken over by the British Military authorities, states that he found the list and that it contains the names of those allegedly involved in the 20 July 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler. He also states that those who were transported to...

  4. Files in the Munich Gestapo regarding Jews

    Files in the Munich Gestapo regarding Jews Included in the Collection, among other material, is a file with lists of emigres whose citizenship was revoked, and a file with decrees.

  5. Documentation of the Stettin Gestapo, 1933-1943

    Documentation of the Stettin Gestapo from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1933-1943

  6. 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

  7. 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...

  8. Akten der Gestapo Trier, Gestapo-Bereich Köln, betr. im Reg. Bez. Trier wohnhafte Juden (umdatiert, Vorkriegs-und Kriegszeit.) - ...

    1. Transportlisten Gestapo

    Akten der Gestapo Trier, Gestapo-Bereich Köln, betr. im Reg. Bez. Trier wohnhafte Juden (umdatiert, Vorkriegs-und Kriegszeit.)1.) Verz. v. Juden, hauptsächlich Bewohner d. Stadt Trier, unter Angabe ihres Besitztums, und Aufführung d. am 28.02. u. 15.03.43 ausgesiedelten Juden.2.) Verz. d. Juden im Reg. Bez. Trier nach der Personenstandsaufnahme v. 10.10.38, kreisweise geordnet, mit statistischen Aufstellungen

  9. תיקים אישיים,בעיקר של יהודים, של Gestapo Staatspolizeileitstelle Duesseldorf

    Structure of the Gestapo Staatspolizeirektion Duesseldorf: Division II (Domestic Police) is subdivided into subdivisions, of which the Department of Culture (II B), Division II C (Reaction and Opposition), II H (Party Affairs) and II E, the Department of Economics, are mentioned. Head of the Cultural Department (II B) was from 1935 to 1943/44 police superintendent Wilhelm Friedrich. The cultural department was again subdivided into the department for the Catholic Church (II B 1), the department for the Protestant Church and sects (II B 2), the department for emigrants (II B 3) and the depar...

  10. Gestapo Düsseldorf Geheime Staatspolizei-Staatspolizeileitstelle Düsseldorf (RW 0058)

    Case files of individuals arrested by the Gestapo in the Rhine Land region, consisting of questionnaires, protocols, internments and dismissals, Schutzhaft orders, arrest orders, flyers, photographs, and biographical information with particular focus on the Communist Party in Germany and associated political organizations (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD), Kommunistischer Jugendverband Deutschlands (KJVD), Kampfbund gegen den Faschismus, Roter Frontkämpferbund (RFB), Revolutionäre Gewerkschaftsopposition (RGO), Rot Sport, Aufbruch-Arbeitskreis, Ringbolschewisten); the Communist move...

  11. March of Time -- outtakes -- Former Gestapo torture site in Paris

    Scenes of a "Gestapo torture chamber" in Paris. A contingent inspects the torture chamber; a line of relatives of torture victims waits outside. More interior shots, including a room where victims were burned. Handprints are visible on the walls, and a man points them out to the camera and places his hands in some of the impressions by way of illustration. In another room, a group of men inspects wooden posts to which people were presumably tied and executed. The tops of the posts are riddled with what may be bullet holes. A string of rosary beads and a blindfold have been placed on one of ...

  12. Gestapo and murder of Jews discussed at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 458) US Prosecutor Col. Robert G. Storey tells of the Gestapo's part in Germany's attack on Poland ("attack" on the Gleiwitz radio station) and how the Gestapo and SD murdered thousands of Jews in occupied countries. CU, chart indicating the number of Jews murdered in the Baltic States and parts of Russia and Poland. Side view of Tribunal as Chief Justice Geoffrey Lawrence announces adjournment of court. LS, Tribunal, spectators, and others standing up and leaving courtroom.

  13. Evidence against Kaltenbrunner and Gestapo at Nuremberg Trial

    (Paris 474) War Crimes Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, January 2, 1946. LSs, EXT, judges enter courtroom, spectators stand, are seated. Trial resumes. LS, MSs, Robert G. Storey in his opening remarks since the adjournment on December 20 continues presenting evidence on the policies of Ernst Kaltenbrunner and the Gestapo. MSs, defense counselor for Kaltenbrunner addresses the Tribunal. Chief Justice Sir Geoffrey Lawrence informs the attorney that he will have ample opportunity to question any evidence presented in relation to his client.

  14. Barbie Trial -- Day 5 -- Discussion of Gestapo hierarchy in France

    14:55 Barbie's lawyer, Vergès, argues that the court has overridden France's judicial traditions in the trial so far, and that using force to make him appear in court would reduce the trial to a lynching 15:00 President Cerdini calls for a recess to deliberate 15:34 President Cerdini reads a decision noting the refusal of Klaus Barbie to appear in court and indicating that this will be ignored in the proceedings; reads a motion receiving the testimony of plaintiff Vogel, née Eissner 15:38 Prosecution lawyer Rappaport gives information concerning the recent desecration of a monument erected ...

  15. Berlin: Gestapo Berlin Listen und Schnellbriefe A - K

    1. Gefängnisse
    2. Listenmaterial Gruppe P.P.

    Berlin: Gestapo Berlin Listen und Schnellbriefe A - K

  16. Berlin: Gestapo Berlin Listen und Schnellbriefe L - Z

    1. Gefängnisse
    2. Listenmaterial Gruppe P.P.

    Berlin: Gestapo Berlin Listen und Schnellbriefe L - Z

  17. Land Bayern Gestapo-Records Würzburg Jewish - Polish A - Z

    1. Gefängnisse
    2. Listenmaterial Gruppe P.P.

    Land Bayern Gestapo-Records Würzburg Jewish - Polish A - Z

  18. Liste von Ausländern, die auf Veranlassung der Gestapo

    1. Gefängnisse
    2. Listenmaterial Gruppe P.P.

    Liste von Ausländern, die auf Veranlassung der Gestapo hingerichtet, zwischen 1942 und 1944 im Krematorium Dortmund eingeäschert und auf dem Hauptfriedhof Dortmund beigesetzt wurden

  19. Maßnahmen gegen politische Gegner und Aufbau der Gestapo im

    1. Verfolgungsmaßnahmen insbesondere außerhalb der Grenzen des Deutschen Reichs
    2. Verfolgungsmaßnahmen Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren sowie Sudetenland

    Maßnahmen gegen politische Gegner und Aufbau der Gestapo im Sudetenland