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  1. Wedding dress with ruffle made for the marriage of 2 German Jewish DP camp aid workers

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    White, full skirted gown worn by Alice Redlich, 28, at her wedding to Hans Finke, 28, at the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp on June 20, 1948. The dress was made by her sister-in-law Ursula, a seamstress. She made the dress in Berlin and brought it to Bergen Belsen during a visit to friends in Bavaria. The British Army liberated Bergen-Belsen on April 15, 1945, and it became a DP camp. Hans and Alice were aid workers when they met and married. Alice and her family were German Jews living in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. Alice ...

  2. Yellow sport short listing concentration camps where the owner was imprisoned

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    Yellow polo shirt that belonged to Hans Finke, a concentration camp survivor who became an aid worker after the war. The shirt was made for a survivor's reunion Hans attended after the war. Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. Jews were forced out of their jobs and their businesses were confiscated. In February 1943, Hans, 23, an electrician by trade, was a forced laborer for Siemens when he was hospitalized with appendicitis. On February 29, his parents were rounded up and deported...

  3. Star of David patch worn by a German Jewish concentration camp inmate

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    Judenstern badge worn by Hans Finke, a concentration camp survivor who became an aid worker after the war. Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. Jews were forced out of their jobs and their businesses were confiscated. In February 1943, Hans, 23, an electrician by trade, was a forced laborer for Siemens when he was hospitalized with appendicitis. On February 29, his parents were rounded up and deported to Auschwitz. On March 8, the Gestapo raided the hospital and arrested staff and p...

  4. Star of David patch worn by a German Jewish concentration camp inmate

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    Judenstern badge worn by Hans Finke, a concentration camp survivor who became an aid worker after the war. Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. Jews were forced out of their jobs and their businesses were confiscated. In February 1943, Hans, 23, an electrician by trade, was a forced laborer for Siemens when he was hospitalized with appendicitis. On February 29, his parents were rounded up and deported to Auschwitz. On March 8, the Gestapo raided the hospital and arrested staff and p...

  5. Clip-on name tag worn postwar by a former concentration camp inmate

    1. Alice and John Fink collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn523775
    • English
    • a: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) b: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)

    Name tag in clip on holder worn after the war by Hans Finke, a concentration camp survivor who became an aid worker after the war. He was at Bergen-Belsen when it was liberated by the British Army on April 15, 1945. An electrician by trade, he began working for the British and then various aid groups after it became a displaced persons camp.Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. In February 1943, Hans, 23, was a forced laborer for Siemens when he was hospitalized with appendicitis. On...

  6. Red UNRRA patch worn by a former concentration camp inmate and DP aid worker

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) arch patch worn by aid worker Hans Finke when he worked for UNRRA in 1946-47 as a store manager in a refugee center in postwar Germany. Hans was at Bergen-Belsen when it was liberated by the British Army on April 15, 1945. An electrician by trade, he began working for the British and then various aid groups after it became a displaced persons camp. Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. Jews were required to wear the yell...

  7. Commemorative pin worn postwar by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    Commemorative stickpin worn postwar by Hans Finke, a concentration camp inmate who became an aid worker after the war. It has an inverted red triangle on a blue and gray striped field representing concentration camp uniforms. Hans was at Bergen-Belsen when it was liberated by the British Army on April 15, 1945. An electrician by trade, he began working for the British and then various aid groups after it became a displaced persons camp. Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. In Februa...

  8. Star of David stickpin worn postwar by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    Commemorative stickpin worn postwar by Hans Finke, a concentration camp inmate who became an aid worker after the war. It has a Star of David on a blue and white striped field representing the flag of Israel. Hans was at Bergen-Belsen when it was liberated by the British Army on April 15, 1945. An electrician by trade, he began working for the British and then various aid groups after it became a displaced persons camp. Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. In February 1943, Hans, 23...

  9. Esther Rosenfeld Starobin family papers

    1. Esther Rosenfeld Starobin family collection

    Consists of family photographs of Rosenfeld family members and correspondence such as postcards, post-war photos of an exhibition relating to the Rosenfeld family in Adelsheim, Germany, and restitution-related paperwork and correspondence written by Edith Kaye, the donor's older sister, regarding their father Adolf Rosenfeld, as well as photocopies of files attesting to a court case brought against him.

  10. Polizeipräsidium Berlin

    1. Bestände vor 1945
    2. Preußische und Reichsbehörden mit regionaler Zuständigkeit
    3. Preußische Behörden
    4. Polizeibehörden

    Vorwort A Pr.Br.Rep. 030 Polizeipräsidium Berlin 1. Behördengeschichte Die preußische Städteverordnung vom 19. November 1808 sah vor, in den größeren Städten eine staatliche Polizeiverwaltung zu errichten und in den kleineren die Ausübung der Polizei dem Magistrat auftragsweise zu übertragen. Dementsprechend wurde in der Residenzstadt Berlin am 25. März 1809 ein Königliches Polizeipräsidium errichtet, wobei in diesem besonderen Fall an eine bereits bestehende staatliche Polizeibehörde angeknüpft werden konnte (vgl. Teil I, S. 404 ff. Pr. Br. Rep. 30 Berlin A). Dem Polizeipräsidium Berl...

  11. Dienststellen und Einheiten der Ordnungstruppen, der Geheimen Feldpolizei, der Betreuungs- und Streifendienste des Heeres

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Die Unterlagen stammen u.a. aus Aktenrückgaben aus den USA und Großbritannien. Bestandsbeschreibung Bei diesem Bestand handelt es sich um einen Sammelbestand, in dem die wenigen erhalten gebliebenen Aktensplitter der Wach-Bataillone, der Dienststellen und Einheiten der Ordnungstruppen (Generale z.b.V., Betreuungs- und Streifendienste, Frontsammel- und Frontleitstellen, Feldjäger und Feldgendarmerie) sowie der Geheimen Feldpolizei und der Feldstrafvollzugeinrichtungen zusammengefasst sind. Ein nicht unerheblicher Teil des Bestandes entfällt auf Stammtafeln (ca...

  12. Canaris, Wilhelm (Admiral)

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners General Wilhelm Franz Canaris Lebensdaten 01.01887 geb.in Aplerbeck/Dortmund 09.04.1945 gest. im KZ in Flossenbürg Werdegang 1905 Eintritt Kaiserliche Marine 1914 Schlacht bei den Falkland-Inseln auf dem Kreuzer "Dresden" 1915 Internierung in Chile und die Flucht nach Deutschland 1916 Geheimauftrag in Spanien, Kommando über ein U-Boot im Mittelmeer 1919 Mitglied Kriegsgericht 1920 Unterstützung des Putschversuches von Walther von Lüttwitz und Wolfgang Kapp; Amt der Adjutantur des Reichswehrministers Gustav Noske. 1920-1924 Erster Offizier auf dem Kreuzer Berl...

  13. Franck, Wolf

    Bestandsbeschreibung Biographische Angaben 18.02.1902 Geboren in Berlin-Wilmersdorf Erwerb der Hochschulreife am Friedrich-Werderschen Gymnasium in Berlin-Moabit 17.10.1921-31.05.1927 Studium: Nationalökonomie und Staatswissenschaften an der Philosophischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität (heute Humboldt-Universität) in Berlin Ab ca. 1928/29 Arbeit als Redakteur beim „Drahtlosen Dienst", einem publizistischen Dienstleister für den Hörfunk der Weimarer Republik heiratet Marga Oppenheimer (geb. am 24.04.1907 in Berlin) 06.10.1932 Geburt des Sohnes Michael 1933 Emigration nach Fran...

  14. Konzentrationslager Groß-Rosen

    Die Sammlung enthält u.a.: Allgemeiner Schriftverkehr des Lagers, Häftlingskarten, Häftlingslisten, Namensverzeichnis überlebender Häftlinge, Unterlagen betr. Häftlingskrankenbau, Überstellungslisten, Transportlisten, Totenlisten, Unterlagen zu Arbeitseinsätzen, Lagerrapport, Exekutionsprotokolle, Krankenblätter, Sterbebücher, Gestapo-Personalakte von Häftlingen, Effektenverzeichnisse, Entlausungsprotokolle, Revieraufzeichnungen, Aussagen und Berichte ehemaliger Häftlinge, Exhumierungsprotokolle, Empfangsbestätigungen v. IRK Geschichte des Konzentrationslagers Groß-Rosen 1940-1945: Das Lage...

  15. SS-Sonderlager Hinzert

    Die Sammlung enthält u.a.: Häftlingsnummernliste, Arbeitseinsatz von Häftlingen, ) Liste betr. "Nichteinsatzfähige französische Schutzhäftlinge", Korrespondenz, Schreiben der Gestapo, Namenliste, Häftlings-Liste Kdo. Mainz-Finthen, Überstellungen und Entlassungen der Häftlinge sowie ein Verzeichnis über mitgegebene Wertsachen und Bargelder, SS-Personalakten Geschichte des SS-Sonderlagers Hinzert 1939-1945: Das SS-Sonderlager/KZ Hinzert, in dem insgesamt mehr als 13.000 Männer aus 20 Ländern inhaftiert waren, bestand in den Jahren 1939 bis 1945. Es wurde ursprünglich als Polizeihaftlager, da...

  16. Luppe, Hermann

    • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
    • N 1044
    • German
    • 1874-1933
    • Nachlässe 71 Aufbewahrungseinheiten 1,1 laufende Meter

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Mitglied der Nationalversammlung (DDP), Oberbürgermeister von Nürnberg (1920-1933) Lebensdaten 6. Aug. 1874 in Kiel geboren als Sohn des Oberschuldirektors Dr. G.L. Luppe Gymnasium Kiel 1892 - 1895 stud.jur. Genf, Leipzig, Berlin und Kiel 1895 - 1899 Referendar 1896 Dr. jur. in Kiel 1900 Zweite juristische Staatsprüfung informatorisch beim Magistrat in Kiel 1900 Magistratassissor in Frankfurt/Main 1907 Magistratssyndikus daselbst 1909 Stadtrat daselbst 1913 - 1920 Zweiter Bürgermeister daselbst 1919 - 1920 Mitglied der Nationalversammlung (Deutsche Demokratis...

  17. Generalinspekteur für die Spruchgerichte in der britischen Zone

    • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
    • Z 42-I
    • German
    • 1947-1955
    • Schriftgut 623 Aufbewahrungseinheiten 19,3 laufende Meter

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Die Aburteilung aller Mitglieder derjenigen Organisationen, die vom Internationalen Militärgerichtshof in Nürnberg für verbrecherisch erklärt worden waren (Korps der Politischen Leiter, Gestapo, SD, SS), war in der Britischen Zone Aufgabe von besonderen Spruchgerichten. Für die Insassen jedes der sechs britischen Internierungslager (Neuengamme, Eselsheide, Staumühle, Fallingbostel, Recklinghausen und Sandbostel) wurde durch allgemeine Verfügung des Präsidenten des Zentral-Justizamtes vom 1. Juni 1947 je ein Spruchgericht in Hamburg-Bergedorf, Bielefeld, Hidde...

  18. Kosel, Gerhard

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners geb. 18. Febr. 1909 in Schreiberhau/Riesengebirge (heute Szklarska Poreba/Polen), gest. 21. Sept. 2003 in Berlin, Architekt, Präsident der Bauakademie Lehre als Klempner und Maurer, 1927-1931 Studium der Architektur in München und Berlin, 1929 nach der Diplomvorprüfung Tätigkeit als Konstrukteur in Sevilla/Spanien, 1931 KPD, ging Juli 1932 als Spezialist in die UdSSR, Juli 1932 - Sommer 1936 Architekt und Projektant auf der Großbaustelle des Metallurgischen Kombinats in Nowokusnezk/Sibirien, Zusammenarbeit mit der "Gruppe Ernst May", Sommer 1936-1939 Leiter e...

  19. Star of David membership pin owned by a former concentration camp inmate

    1. Henry Carter collection

    Star of David lapel pin owned by Henryk Karter identifying him as a member of an association of former Nazi prisoners based in Israel. Henryk, wife Edith, and children Jurek, 3, and Halina, 5 months, fled Bielsko, Poland, for Krakow during the German invasion in September 1939. In June 1941, the family was forced into the Krakow ghetto. In late 1941, Henryk was arrested for resistance activity by the Gestapo. In December 1942, he was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau as a political prisoner and tattooed with the number 90065. In February 1943, he was sent to Auschwitz III-Monowitz (Buna). After si...

  20. Concentration camp uniform jacket with purple triangle worn by Jehovah’s Witness

    Concentration camp uniform jacket issued to Max Hollweg, a Jehovah’s Witness imprisoned in Buchenwald and Wewelsburg concentration camps from 1938 to 1945. It has a purple patch marking him as a Jehovah’s Witness above a white patch with his prisoner number from Wewelsburg, 13573. The Nazi regime persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, who refused to put any authority before God. On July 7, 1938, Max was arrested for illegally distributing Jehovah’s Witness materials. He was sent to Buchenwald September 23, put in a punishment commando, and severely beaten multiple times. He had intestinal surgery ...