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  1. RSHA

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. Polizei und SS
    4. Reichssicherheitshauptamt

    I. (Polizeipräsidium Berlin]: Kommunistische Propaganda, 1930-1933; Kommunistische Zersetzungsschriften und Polizeiberichte, (EAP 173-b-16-05/398), 6732-7423: 1) Bericht (ohne Verfasser) vom 23. September 1930 über die Versammlung der NSDAP am 22. September 1930; Gemeinsame Aktionen von NSDAP und KPD beim Berliner Verkehrsstreik, 6735-6736; 2) hektographierte Schrift [KPD]/ Bezirksleitung Berlin, Dezember 1930: "Der kommunistische Agitator"; Vorwurf des Verrats an die Arbeiterklasse, die Nichteinhaltung von Wahlparolen gegen Hitler (Stimmenthaltung bei Abstimmung über Youngplan, Anbiederung...

  2. RSHA

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. Polizei und SS
    4. Reichssicherheitshauptamt

    I. Geheimes Staatspolizeiamt (Gestapa): Illegale Tätigkeit der SPD 1933-1935; Berichte verschiedener Staatspolizeistellen, Aktennotizen der Gestapa, (EAP b-16-05/265), 8265-8321: 1) Staatspolizeistelle Düsseldorf an Gestapa vom 08. November 1934: Demonstration von 300 Einwohnern von Nienkerk (Kreis Geldern) zu Gunsten vom Volksgerichtshof freigesprochener früherer SPD-Mitglieder des Ortes am 26. und 27. Oktober 1934; Daraufhin Festnahme von SPD-Anhängern, 8268-8269; 2) Aktennotiz Polizeipräsident Berlin/ Abteilung I vom 18. Januar 1933: Kurze Übersicht über die von der SPD 1931 herausgegebe...

  3. RSHA

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. Polizei und SS
    4. Reichssicherheitshauptamt

    I. RSHA/ IV E 6: Sammlung von Runderlassen der CdS, RSHA/ IV u.a. 1935-1943, (EAP 173-b-16-12/125), 8232-8814: 1) Rundschreiben Reichs- und Preußischer Minister des Innern an Oberste Reichsbehörden und Preußischen Ministerpräsidenten vom 08. April 1939: Geltung deutschen Rechts in Österreich, 8246-8450; 2) Runderlass RFSS und Chef der Deutschen Polizei/ SI A1 (Streckenbach) vom 05. Juli 1941: Forderung nach vorbildlichem Privatleben der Beamten, 8271; 3) Runderlass RSHA/ IV (Müller) vom 18. Mai 1943: Unterbindung jeder Korrespondenz zwischen deutscher Kriegsgefangener in der UdSSR und ihren...

  4. RSHA, Kriminaltechn. Institut

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. Polizei und SS
    4. Reichssicherheitshauptamt

    I. "Kriminalpolizei-Vademecum" herausgegeben von Reichskriminalpolizeiamt Berlin, (mit einem Geleitwort von Kaltenbrunner) bearbeitet von Regierungs- und Kriminalrat Karl Zechenter; alphabetisches Sachregister, [EAP 173-b-18-12/123], 7280-7536; II. [Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA)/ V/ Kriminaltechnisches Institut (KTI)]: Verwendung von Tränengas zur Bandenbekämpfung, April-September 1944; Korrespondenz Kriminaltechnisches Institut der Sicherheitspolizei (Sipo), Reichsführer-SS, Chef der Sicherheitspolizei und des Sicherheitsdienst (SD), Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Nord (Wilhelm Rediess) ...

  5. Rudi H. (02.04.1912, Stettin), Schutzhaft, KZ Sachsenhausen, KZ Flossenbürg

    1. Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo)
    2. Gestapo KZ Sachsenhausen
    3. Ermittlung und Inhaftierung (Einzelfälle)

    Enthält auch: Auf dem Akteninnendeckel: Wladimir P. (16.01.1924, Rubeschiwka), Schutzhaft, Russe, KZ Sachsenhausen, KZ Flossenbürg Enthält nur: Aktendeckel eines Schutzhaft-Sonderakts

  11. Rudolf F. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Rudolf F., who was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1923. He recalls several generations of his family in Holland; German invasion; gradual implementation of anti-Jewish laws, including his expulsion from medical school; working in the Jewish hospital; the role of the Jewish council; forced relocation of Jews to south Amsterdam; frequent round-ups; incarceration with other Jews at Gestapo headquarters; his father's arrest and deportation (he perished); his sister hiding with her fiance with help from the underground; hiding elsewhere with his mother; deportation of t...

  12. Rudolf Heilborn postcards from Buchenwald

    Contains two postcards written by Rudolf Heilborn from Buchenwald to Ruth Heilborn in Gleiwitz, Germany, in November and December of 1938. Rudolf Heilborn was among the Jews of Gleiwitz who were arrested by the Gestapo during Kristallnacht then deported to Buchenwald.

  15. Rundschreiben from the Frankfurt am Main office of the United Restitution Organization

    Collection consist of thermofax and mimeograph copies of United Restitution Organization (URO) Rundschreiben from the Frankfurt am Main office, 1961-1970; miscellaneous printed and mimeograph memorandums, statistical reports, etc. some are from the URO office in Berlin.

  16. Russian Center for the Preservation and Study of Documents of Contemporary History records relating to Jewish partisan resistance in the Soviet Union

    Contains name lists, case files, photographs, interrogations, reports, memoranda, and various other documents relating to both Jewish and non-Jewish partisan resistance movements in all areas of the occupied Soviet Union during World War II; biographical information on individual partisans, their promotions, awards, and activities; persecutions of Soviet Jews during the German occupation; atrocities committed against Soviet Jews during the German occupation; the establishment of ghettos in the Soviet Union; counter-intelligence by the Gestapo to combat partisan activity; and the role of the...

  17. Russian State Military Archives (Osobyi) records

    Contains records captured by the Red Army around the end of World War II currently housed at the Russian State Military Archive, formerly the Osobyi archives. In 1992, the Osobyi was renamed the Center for the Preservation of Historical Documentary Collections (CPHDC) and in 1999 The Russian Archives Committee merged the CPHDC into the Russian State Military Archives (RGVA) located next door. The RGVA contains prewar Soviet military documents. While the Osobyi is now a part of RGVA, the old Osobyi fond numbers for the various collections remain unchanged. In 1992, the Osobyi was renamed the...

  18. Ruth Danzig Rauch papers

    1. Ruth Danzig Rauch collection

    The Ruth Danzig Rauch papers primarily contain biographical materials, correspondence, and emigration and immigration materials related to Ruth Danzig’s escape from Munich, Germany to Great Britain on the Kindertransport in 1939, her immigration to the United States in 1944, and the Danzig and Frank family’s life in Munich from 1939-1942. The biographical materials include documents from the International Tracing Service about Emanuel and Gerda Danzig, archival research on the fates of members of the Bravmann, Winter, and Danzig families in Germany, and school records for Ruth Danzig Rauch....

  19. Ruth Loewenstein papers

    1. Ruth Loewenstein collection

    The Ruth Loewenstein papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, and photographs documenting the Loewenstein family from Munich, the family haberdashery business called JKA, Willy Loewenstein’s military service during World War I, his imprisonment in Dachau following Kristallnacht, the family’s flight to England, their immigration to the United States, and their embroidered handkerchief business Wil-Low Handkerchiefs in America. Biographical materials include identification papers, military papers, and immigration records documenting the Loewenstein family, Willy Loewenstein’s...

  20. Ruth M. Grill photograph collection

    The collection consists of pre-war, wartime, and postwar photographs of Ruth Rubenstein (later Ruth Grill) and her family, originally of Königsberg, Germany. Includes pre-war photographs of Ruth's father, Heinz Rubenstein, and his staff at a Jewish hospital in Berlin, and a postwar photograph of Ruth en route to the United States aboard the MS Nieuw Amsterdam in 1948.