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  1. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 10 kronen note owned by former inmates

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 10 [zehn] kronen note owned by Hildegard and Moritz Henschel who were interned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia from June 1943-May 1945. Moritz and Hildegard were Berlin residents when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany which was forced to assist with deportations. In 1940, Moritz became president...

  2. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen note owned by former inmates

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 [zwei] kronen note owned by Hildegard and Moritz Henschel who were interned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia from June 1943-May 1945. Moritz and Hildegard were Berlin residents when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany which was forced to assist with deportations. In 1940, Moritz became president ...

  3. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen note owned by former inmates

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 [zwei] kronen note owned by Hildegard and Moritz Henschel who were interned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia from June 1943-May 1945. Moritz and Hildegard were Berlin residents when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany which was forced to assist with deportations. In 1940, Moritz became president ...

  4. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note owned by former inmates

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 [funf] kronen note owned by Hildegard and Moritz Henschel who were interned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia from June 1943-May 1945. Moritz and Hildegard were Berlin residents when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany which was forced to assist with deportations. In 1940, Moritz became president ...

  5. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen note owned by former inmates

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 [zwei] kronen note owned by Hildegard and Moritz Henschel who were interned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia from June 1943-May 1945. Moritz and Hildegard were Berlin residents when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany which was forced to assist with deportations. In 1940, Moritz became president ...

  6. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note owned by former inmates

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 [funf] kronen note owned by Hildegard and Moritz Henschel who were interned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia from June 1943-May 1945. Moritz and Hildegard were Berlin residents when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany which was forced to assist with deportations. In 1940, Moritz became president ...

  7. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note owned by former inmates

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 [funf] kronen note owned by Hildegard and Moritz Henschel who were interned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia from June 1943-May 1945. Moritz and Hildegard were Berlin residents when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany which was forced to assist with deportations. In 1940, Moritz became president ...

  8. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note owned by former inmates

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1[eine] krone note owned by Hildegard and Moritz Henschel who were interned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia from June 1943-May 1945. Moritz and Hildegard were Berlin residents when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany which was forced to assist with deportations. In 1940, Moritz became president of...

  9. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note owned by former inmates

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1[eine] krone note owned by Hildegard and Moritz Henschel who were interned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia from June 1943-May 1945. Moritz and Hildegard were Berlin residents when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany which was forced to assist with deportations. In 1940, Moritz became president of...

  10. Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note owned by former inmates

    1. Hildegard and Moritz Henschel collection

    Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 [eine] krone note owned by Hildegard and Moritz Henschel who were interned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia from June 1943-May 1945. Moritz and Hildegard were Berlin residents when Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933. As persecution of Jews intensified, Moritz and Hildegard sent their daughters Marianne, 15, to Palestine and Lilly, 13, to England in 1939. Moritz was on the board of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany which was forced to assist with deportations. In 1940, Moritz became president o...

  11. Omega wristwatch worn by a Hungarian Jewish man on the Kasztner train

    1. Bela Gondos family collection

    Omega steel wristwatch worn by Dr. Bela Gondos when he was deported from Budapest, Hungary to Bergen-Belsen on the Kasztner train with his wife Anna and 7 year old daughter Judit in June 1944. He purchased the watch in 1940 or 1941 and it was not confiscated by the Germans because it was made of steel, not gold. Jews were increasingly persecuted by the Nazi-influenced Hungarian regime. Bela worked on 2 or 3 forced labor battalions until released in 1942 because he was a physician. On March 19, 1944, Germany invaded Hungary and the authorities prepared to deport all the Jews from Hungary to ...

  12. Lola and Walter Kaufman papers

    1. Lola and Walter Kaufman collection

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Lola Kaufman (born Loncia Rein), originally of Czortkow, Poland (Chortkiv, Ukraine) and her husband Walter Kaufman, originally of Połaniec, Poland. The bulk of the collection consists of pre-war and post-war family photographs, including depictions taken in the Eschwege displaced persons camp. Also included is a pre-war autograph book and several post-war songbooks used while Lola was in Eschwege.

  13. Vegyes iratok (Miscellaneous documents)

    1. XX. Holokauszttal kapcsolatos iratgyűjtemény
    2. Magyar Zsidók Központi Tanácsának iratai
    3. Core documents

    This sub-series contains miscellaneous administrative and financial documents of the Jewish Council. These include documents of the Council’s relations with the Hungarian and German authorities: records of the financial and material demands of the Sondereinsatzkommando Eichmann as well as its Hungarian counterparts, the State Security Surveillance; petitions of the Jewish Council to the Hungarian government; and correspondence with various Hungarian military authorities regarding labor service. The group of documents also contains records pertaining to the Council’s information regarding th...

  14. RFSS

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

    I. Reichsführer-SS (RFSS)/ Personalstab (Pers.Stab): Varia, Juli 1934-Februar 1945, [EAP 161-b-12/147], 5789-6096, unter anderem: 1) Besprechung RFSS und Mussert, 08. Juli 1943: Äußerungen Mussert gegen deutschen Imperialismus, Notwendigkeit stärkerer Betonung des germanischen Reichsgedankens durch Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging der Nederlanden (NSB), Aufstellung der SS-Division Nederland, Empfehlung Feldmeijer als Nachfolger van Genechten als Schulungsleiter des NSB, Verhältnis zum "Storm", 5790-5809; 2) Korrespondenz Schleßmann, Himmler, Sollmann, 30. Januar-12. Februar 1945: Verhältni...

  15. Deutsche Polizeidienststellen in Norwegen

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Bestandsgeschichte Der Bestand setzt sich aus Akten zusammen, die bei Kriegsende von der US-amerikanischen Besatzungsmacht beschlagnahmt und später an die Bundesrepublik Deutschland zurückgegeben worden waren. Archivische Bearbeitung Die Bewertung und Verzeichnung erfolgte in der Dienststelle Koblenz des Bundesarchivs. Das vorliegende Findbuch basiert auf dem vorläufigen Findbuch von 1975. Im Jahr 2006 ist eine Archivalieneinheit dazugekommen. Bestandsbeschreibung Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Nord bzw. für die besetzten norwegischen Gebiete 1942-1945 (7), Be...

  16. Concentration camp uniform jacket issued to a Polish Christian inmate

    1. Julian Noga collection

    Blue and gray striped concentration camp uniform jacket worn by Julian Noga, a Polish Catholic prisoner of Flössenberg concentration camp from August 1942 - April 1945. It has a replica patch, with his prisoner number P1623, and an inverted red triangle, identifying him as a political prisoner. Julian, a Polish Catholic from Skrzynka, found a Polish Army rifle two months after Germany occupied Poland in September 1939. It was illegal to keep weapons, and Julian was reported. In December, he was sent to Austria as a forced laborer for the Greinegger farm near Michaelnbach. Julian, 18, and th...

  17. 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...

  18. 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...

  19. MA 198 / 2

    1. Staatliche und parteiamtliche Akten bis 1945
    2. Deutsches Reich (bis 1945)
    3. Provenienzen der Länder
    4. Preußen

    I. Preußisches Ministerium des Innern/ II G: Bericht des preußischen Regierungspräsidenten Berlin, März-August 1933: Maßnahmen zur Durchführung der Verordnung zum Schutze von Volk und Staat vom 28. Februar 1933 gemäß Runderlass Preußisches Ministerium des Innern vom 03. März 1933, unter anderem: 1) Bericht Polizeipräsident/ Landeskriminalamt Berlin (gezeichnet Diels) vom 20. März, 04. April, 21. April 1933: Verzeichnis der bis zum 19. März 1933 nach Verordnung zum Schutze von Volk und Staat verbotenen kommunistischen und sozialdemokratischen Druckschriften und geschlossenen Räumlichkeiten, ...

  20. Silver pin with floral engraving found by a German Jewish survivor while imprisoned by the Soviet Army

    1. Evelyn Goldstein Woods family collection

    Engraved silver brooch found by Herta Goldstein in a drawer at a displaced persons prison camp in February 1945 in Nemmersdorf, East Prussia. She and her 7 year old daughter Evy were held in the camp by the Soviet Army after the defeat of Germany at the Battle of Koenigsberg. Herta and Evy were German Jews living in hiding under assumed identities. Because they spoke German the Soviets assumed they were spies; they did not believe the women were Jews because they thought all the Jews had been killed. Herta later had her Evy's initials, EG, engraved on the brooch. Herta, her husband Ernst, a...