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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Fanny Scheimann, born in Paris, France, 1921; 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

    Fanny Scheimann, born in Paris, France, 1921; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II EIF (French Jewish Scouts) activities; dismissal from her job at the Finance Ministry; work as a secretary for OSE (Children's Aid Society) in Chambery; arrest by the Gestapo, 08 February 1944; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; death in Auschwitz. In the file: - Photograph of Fanny Scheimann; - Pages of personal information; - Page of Testimony in her name.

  2. Testimony of Jan Dolinski, the Pole, regarding the fate of the Jews of Goniadz

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Testimony of Jan Dolinski, the Pole, regarding the fate of the Jews of Goniadz "Aktion" in Goniadz, June 1941; murder of 116 Jews by Gestapo men and members of the gendarmerie; pointing out the site of the mass graves; deportation of the Jews of Goniadz to Grajewo, 01 November 1942; protocol of a deliberation in a Bialystok court including an admission by Dolinski, the mayor of Goniadz, regarding the fact that there were no camps in Goniadz, 29 September 1945.

  3. Gau Wien of the National Socialist Party (NSDAP, Vienna): Correspondence regarding "racial purity" and a report prepared by the Gestapo regarding Jews and Mischlinge

    1. R.2 - National Socialist Party documentation from the Gau Wien (Vienna District), 1938-1945

    Gau Wien of the National Socialist Party (NSDAP, Vienna): Correspondence regarding "racial purity" and a report prepared by the Gestapo regarding Jews and Mischlinge Correspondence between the NSDAP, Vienna and the Reichministerium F. Volksaufklaerung U. Propaganda (Reich Ministry for National Enlightenment and Propaganda) in Berlin, regarding the "racial purity" of various individuals; The file includes an internal report about Jews and Mischlinge in Vienna, prepared by the Gestapo in Vienna, from 1944 (without details about the sender or the addressee), a copy of which was sent to Berlin.

  4. An anonymous testimony of a woman, born in Lodz, Poland, 1922, age 21, regarding her experiences in Lodz, Warsaw, Russia and her aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943
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    An anonymous testimony of a woman, born in Lodz, Poland, 1922, age 21, regarding her experiences in Lodz, Warsaw, Russia and her aliya to Eretz Israel in 1943 Life in Lodz; work as a clerk in the Jewish community. Attitude of the head of the Gestapo towards the leadership and clerks of the Jewish community; abuse of the editor Unger by the Germans; murder of Unger; escape to Warsaw; escape including move to the Bug River; escape to the Soviet Union; aliya to Eretz Israel, February 1943. The testimony was recorded during the war.

  5. Juliette Weil, born in Strasbourg, France, 1921; 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

    Juliette Weil, born in Strasbourg, France, 1921; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in southern France including underground activities in La Sixieme (the Sixth) of the EIF (French Jewish Scouts); rescue of children; detention by the Gestapo with other Jews in the UGIF (Union Generale des Israelites de France) offices in Lyons, 09 February 1943; deportation, 25 March 1943. In the file: - Photograph of Juliette Weil; - Testimonies.

  6. German documentation regarding various matters

    1. O.65 - Collection of Jacob Robinson, Jurist and Diplomat

    German documentation regarding various matters - Correspondence regarding Volksdeutsche [residents] in the Galicia area, 03/1943; - Testimony of Rudolf Diels in the Nuremberg Trials, [regarding] the filling of functions in the Gestapo, the Berlin Police, the Government in Cologne, and including disobedience [?]; - Testimony of Hans Hager in the Nuremberg Trials, [regarding] his involvement in the deportation of Jews from Wołyń and Galicia to their extermination; - Testimony of Dutch officer A. F. van Velsen in the Nuremberg Trials, regarding Sachsenhausen and Auschwitz camps; - Testimony in...

  7. Germaine Meyer, born in Dunkerque, France, 1899, known as Marie Garithe; 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

    Germaine Meyer, born in Dunkerque, France, 1899, known as Marie Garithe; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Nice; works as the secretary of the manager of the French-Italian bank, Donati Angelo; provides forged documents to Jews; detention by the Gestapo with two colleagues from work who are members of the Jewish underground; deportation to Drancy with her colleagues. In the file: - Photograph of Germaine Meyer; - German report regarding her detention.

  8. Dr. Isser Seilinger, born in Bersorka, (Russia) the Soviet Union, 1881; 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

    Dr. Isser Seilinger, born in Bersorka, (Russia) the Soviet Union, 1881; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Life in Grenoble including managing the CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) office from 1943; detention by the Gestapo, 1944; deportation to Auschwitz on Transport 76, 30 June 1944. In the file: - Photograph of Dr. Isser Seilinger; - Testimony.

  9. Documentation of the Gestapo regarding the activities of the Orhanizatsiya Ukrainskyh Natsionalistiv (OUN-Ukrainian Nationalists Organization) in the Brzezany district, 1944

    1. O.32 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Soviet Union from the Holocaust period

    Documentation of the Gestapo regarding the activities of the Orhanizatsiya Ukrainskyh Natsionalistiv (OUN-Ukrainian Nationalists Organization) in the Brzezany district, 1944 Report of the Security Police Chief in Brzezany sent to the Security Police Chief and the SD in the Galicia IV A region regarding the activities of the OUN under the leadership of Stepan Bandera in the Brzezany area (Tarnopol district).

  10. Marcel Geismar, born in Turkheim, France, 1917; 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

    Marcel Geismar, born in Turkheim, France, 1917; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Joins the Jewish underground during the war; life in the Creuse region including work for OSE (Children's Aid Society); work as assistant bookkeeper in Le Masgelier, an OSE children's home; visit to his family in the Alsace area, Pesach (07 April) 1944; taken captive with his two brothers by the Gestapo; deportation to Auschwitz, 29 April 1944.

  11. Joseph Cogan, born in Chisinau, Romania, 1903; 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

    Joseph Cogan, born in Chisinau, Romania, 1903; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Joins OSE (Children's Aid Society) as a economist, 1941; works in the OSE Brout Vernet children's home; arrest with his two children by the Gestapo, 08 November 1943; deportation to Drancy with his children; transfer to Auschwitz, 07 December 1943. In the file: - Photograph of Joseph Cogan; - Testimony.

  12. Marcelle Loeb, born in Strasbourg, France, 1923; 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

    Marcelle Loeb, born in Strasbourg, France, 1923; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Membership in EIF (French Jewish Scouts); arrest by the Gestapo during a raid on the UGIF (Union Generale des Israelites de France) building in Lyon in the presence of Klaus Barbie, 09 February, 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Sobibor; perishes in Sobibor. In the file: - Photograph of Marcelle Loeb; - Excerpt from a testimony.

  13. Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with A. Herman, Organization Rehabilitation Trade (ORT) representative in Warsaw, and Dr. Abraham Silberschein's former secretary, regarding sending relief to various Jews in Poland

    1. M.20 - Archive of Dr. Abraham Silberschein, Geneva: Documentation regarding relief to persecuted Jews, 1939-1951

    Dr. Abraham Silberschein Archive: Correspondence with A. Herman, Organization Rehabilitation Trade (ORT) representative in Warsaw, and Dr. Abraham Silberschein's former secretary, regarding sending relief to various Jews in Poland Also in the file: - Letter from Harman in Geneva regarding preparations for publication of testimonies regarding the atrocities carried out by the Germans in Poland, 19 June 1944; - Letter from Entraide Universitaire Internationale regarding the rehabilitation of the universities and help to students; three pamphlets are attached, October 1944; - Letter from Stach...

  14. Testimony of Palo Sheiner, born in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, 1904, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, a camp near Marculesti and Hungary

    1. O.12 - Perlman Collection: Testimonies of refugees from Poland who arrived in Eretz Israel, 1942-1943

    Testimony of Palo Sheiner, born in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, 1904, regarding his experiences in Cernauti, a camp near Marculesti and Hungary Deportation from Cernauti to a camp near Marculesti; escape and crosses the Dniester river; escape along the Polish border; encounter with the Ukrainian Police and Gestapo; escape; capture and transfer to a cemetery; escape and rescue from shooting; escape to Hungary. The testimony was recorded during the war.

  15. Aurelie (Polturak) Gottlieb, born in Lwow, Poland, 1892, known as Rella; 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

    Aurelie (Polturak) Gottlieb, born in Lwow, Poland, 1892, known as Rella; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II FSJF (Federation of Jewish Societies in France) activities in Lyons; arrested in the UGIF (Union Generale des Israelites de France) office by the Gestapo, 09 March 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; murdered in Auschwitz. In the file: - Photograph; - Letter; - Documents; - Excerpts from testimonies.

  16. Judith Ides Topcza, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1903; 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

    Judith Ides Topcza, born in Kalisz, Poland, 1903; details regarding her activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Life in Paris. Manages the soup kitchen set up by the Comite Rue Amelot (Amelot Street Committee); relief provided by the soup kitchen to needy Jewish families; arrest by the Gestapo; deportation to Auschwitz on Transport 38, 28 September 1942.

  17. Situation reports prepared by the Gestapo, from materials of the Preußische Staatsministerium in the Geh. Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz

    Situation reports prepared by the Gestapo, from materials of the Preußische Staatsministerium in the Geh. Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz The Preußische Staatsministerium was an organization of the Prussian State governmental authority. It served in the past in particular as the State government, and during the period of the Weimar Republic and afterwards it served as a uniting body (Kollegium) of the government's Ministers, and as the personal office (Kanzlei - Bureau) of the Prime Minister of the State. The material that was copied for Yad Vashem includes situation reports (Lageber...

  18. 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.

  19. Hilde Haberman, born in Berlin, Germany, 1926; 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

    Hilde Haberman, born in Berlin, Germany, 1926; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Drafted into the underground in Nice when she is 17 years old by Claude Kelman; detention by the Gestapo, 15 January 1944; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz. In the file: -Testimony of Claude Kelman regarding Hilde Haberman.

  20. Testimony of Miriam Robinson, born in Vilna, Lithuania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Stutthof and other places

    1. M.11 - The Mersik-Tenenbaum Archive: Documentation regarding the Bialystok Ghetto underground

    Testimony of Miriam Robinson, born in Vilna, Lithuania, 1928, regarding her experiences in the Vilna Ghetto, Stutthof and other places Concentration of the Jews of the Vilna Ghetto on Rasa [?] Street in anticipation of the liquidation of the ghetto; liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto, 29 March 1943; selection by Gestapo men; execution of three members of the Bund: Abrasha Chwojnik, Asia Bik and Yankiel Kaplan; deportation to Stutthof; transfer to other camps; call for revenge upon the Germans.