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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Letters from the Gestapo to the German Consulate regarding passports and requests for solutions to family and personal problems

    1. R.3 - Documentation of the Nazi Party (National Socialist Party - NSDAP) in Eretz Israel, 1928-1939

    Letters from the Gestapo to the German Consulate regarding passports and requests for solutions to family and personal problems

  2. Letters from the Gestapo to the German Consulate regarding the extension of passports

    1. R.3 - Documentation of the Nazi Party (National Socialist Party - NSDAP) in Eretz Israel, 1928-1939

    Letters from the Gestapo to the German Consulate regarding the extension of passports

  3. Letters from the Gestapo to the German Consulate regarding the extension of passports of Jewish residents in Mandatory Palestine

    1. R.3 - Documentation of the Nazi Party (National Socialist Party - NSDAP) in Eretz Israel, 1928-1939

    Letters from the Gestapo to the German Consulate regarding the extension of passports of Jewish residents in Mandatory Palestine

  4. Letters from the Gestapo to the German Consulate regarding travel permits to Germany and passports of Germans and Jews in Mandatory Palestine, and confirmations regarding Aryan origin

    1. R.3 - Documentation of the Nazi Party (National Socialist Party - NSDAP) in Eretz Israel, 1928-1939

    Letters from the Gestapo to the German Consulate regarding travel permits to Germany and passports of Germans and Jews in Mandatory Palestine, and confirmations regarding Aryan origin

  5. Letters written by Elly Schőn to her husband Erich during his detention in Brno by the Gestapo, 1939; letter written in Auschwitz, 1944; letter written by Erich Schőn from Auschwitz-Birkenau to his sister-in-law Olga Kulka from Nový Hrozenkov, 1944

    1. P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author

    Letters written by Elly Schőn to her husband Erich during his detention in Brno by the Gestapo, 1939; letter written in Auschwitz, 1944; letter written by Erich Schőn from Auschwitz-Birkenau to his sister-in-law Olga Kulka from Nový Hrozenkov, 1944 - Letter (original) written by Elly Schőn to her husband Erich during his detention in the city of Brno by the Gestapo, 20 July 1939; - Copy of a letter written by Erich Schőn (later Kulka) from Auschwitz-Birkenau to his sister-in-law (and future wife) Olga, 02 August 1944; - Copy of the farewell letter written by Elly Schőn to her husband Erich ...

  6. List of synagogues and houses of worship in Vienna, 10 November 1938, and an invitation to a ceremony in honor of the 120th anniversary of the Wiener Stadt Tempel, 1946

    1. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    List of synagogues and houses of worship in Vienna, 10 November 1938, and an invitation to a memorial ceremony in honor of the 120th anniversary of the Wiener Stadt Tempel, 1946 In the file: List of synagogues and houses of worship as prepared by the Gestapo attached to the Vienna STAPO headquarters, 30 November 1938. The list is arranged by urban districts (Bezirke) and the names of the streets have been erased; the list is signed by Johann Pelz [Filz?]; within the list, there is a note that according to orders of Gauleiter Josef Buerkel the place of worship (Tempel) on Seitenstettengasse ...

  7. M. 51 - Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich Association of the Jews in Germany)

    M. 51 - Documantation of the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich Association of the Jews in Germany) History of the Organization The organization was apparently founded in early 1939 by representatives of the Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden (Reich's Deputation of the German Jews). In July 1939, an ordinance was published by the authorities concerning the establishment of the Reich Association of the Jews in Germany, which replaced the Reich's Deputation of the German Jews. In the words of its Chairman, "... [it will serve as] a new organizational basis for the dwindling p...

  8. M. 57-Kulturbund der Juden in Deutschland (the Cultural Organization of German Jewry)

    M. 57-Kulturbund der Juden in Deutschland (the Cultural Organization of German Jewry) History of the Organization Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, the Jews were forbidden to attend cultural performances or to be employed in cultural institutions in Germany. Kurt Singer, the Director of the Berlin Municipal Opera (who was dismissed in 1933 because he was Jewish), decided to set up an alternate Jewish organization with the goal of arranging cultural activities for Jews. The new organization was also meant to solve the unemployment problem of the Jewish artists and workers who had bee...

  9. M.12: Documentation regarding the Holocaust from the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine (CDJC - Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation) in Paris

    M.12: Documentation regarding the Holocaust from the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine (CDJC - Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation) in Paris The Record Collection contains documentation housed at the Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation (CCJD) in Paris which was received by Yad Vashem Archives as microfilm during the 1950s and 1960s following the Schneerson-Di Nur Agreement. The Archives contain documentation of the Gestapo, the Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives (CGQJ-Commissariat-General for Jewish Affairs), the Union Generale des Israelites de France (UGIF...

  10. M.52.DAIFO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Ivano-Frankovsk Region

    M.52.DAIFO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Ivano-Frankovsk Region History of the Archives: The Archives was established in December 1939 and was called the Regional Historical Archives of Stanislawow until 1941. Before its establishment, all of the documentation was kept in institutions of the authorities and in public institutions. This documentation began to be collected by the Stanislawow UNKVD as of November 1939 in the new regional Archives after the same institutions and organizations were cancelled by the Soviet authorities. The name of the Archives was changed during ...

  11. M.52.DALO - Documentation of the State Archives of the Lwow Region

    M.52.DALO - Documentation of the State Archives of the Lwow Region History of the Archives: The State Archives of the Lwow Region was established in December 1939 on the basis of the State Archives of Lwow. The archive was called the Regional Historical Archives in Lwow until 1941. It was called the State Archive of the Lwow Region during 1941-1958, and was called the Regional State Archives in Lwow during 1958-1980. As of 1959 the documentation that was in the Regional Archives in Drogobych was transferred to it. Since 1980 it has been called the State Archives of the Lwow Region. The Sub-...

  12. Marc Amon, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1923; 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

    Marc Amon, born in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1923; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Work as a physicist; joins the EIF (French Jewish Scouts), 1942; activities in La Sixieme (the Sixth) underground in Paris; detention by the Gestapo, July 1944; deportation from France, July 1944. In the file; - Testimonies; - Photograph; - Letter.

  13. Marc Haguenau, born in Paris, France, 1904, known as Colombe; 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

    Marc Haguenau, born in Paris, France, 1904, known as Colombe; details regarding his activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Activities as General Secretary of EIF (French Jewish Scouts), membership in the La Sixieme (the Sixth) underground; detention by the Gestapo in Grenoble, 18 February 1944; unsuccessful attempt to escape; murdered, 20 February 1944; awarded the Legion of Honor, the Croix de Guerre and the Medaille de la Resistance. In the file: - Testimonies regarding activities; - Document attesting to the fact that he was awarded the Legion of Honor decoration...

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. Maurice Loebenberg, born in Zurich, Switzerland, 1916, known as Cachoud; 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

    Maurice Loebenberg, born in Zurich, Switzerland, 1916, known as Cachoud; details regarding his activities in the Jewish underground in France during World War II Commander of the underground AJ (Jewish Army); responsible for forging documents for the MLN (National Liberation Movement); taken captive by the Gestapo at Auteuil, 17 July 1944; 26 hours of torture and death. Also in the file: - Article by Michel Anski; - Photographs from the Yad Vashem Photo Archive: Archival signature 7946/30 and 7646/31.

  17. Memoirs of and an interview with Franz Kejmar

    1. P.25- Archive of Erich Kulka, Historian of Czech Jewry and Author

    Memoirs of and an interview with Franz Kejmar 1. Interview conducted by Erich Kulka with Franz Kejmar at Kejmar's home in Spain, 06 July 1986. Kejmar was an opponent of the Nazis in Austria. He was arrested by the Gestapo in July 1941, and a month later, on 19 August 1941, he was deported to Auschwitz as a political prisoner. There he worked in the Deutsche Ausrustungswerke (DAW) factories and served as a Kapo, a position in which he showed compassion and humaneness towards the inmates (in German); 2. Unpublished memoirs of Franz Kejmar (in German); 3. Article regarding Franz Kejmar, who wa...

  18. Memoirs of Ella Hammerschmidt, titled: "Our Exodus, 15.12.1940-15.12.1941", regarding her emigration and escape from Nazi Germany with a group of children, with help from Recha Freier and other individuals and organizations

    1. P.1 - Archive of Recha Freier, the founder of Youth Aliyah in Germany, 1935-1951
    • Unser Exodus vom 15.12.1940 - 15.12.1941

    Memoirs of Ella Hammerschmidt, titled: "Our Exodus, 15.12.1940-15.12.1941", regarding her emigration and escape from Nazi Germany with a group of children, with help from Recha Freier and other individuals and organizations Memoirs of Ella Hammerschmidt, titled: "Our Exodus, 15.12.1940-15.12.1941", regarding her emigration and escape from Nazi Germany with a group of children via Belgrade, Istanbul and Aleppo, until their arrival to Eretz Israel, including mention of Recha Freier and other individuals and organizations that helped with the escape.

  19. Memoirs of Karola Keila (Koifman) Ginzburg, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1902, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and on the Aryan side in Warsaw, using a false identity in the Pawiak prison, in Pruszkow and Dresden

    1. O.39 - Collection of memoirs written by survivors as part of a competition held by Yad Vashem, 1957

    Memoirs of Karola Keila (Koifman) Ginzburg, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1902, regarding her experiences in the Warsaw Ghetto and on the Aryan side in Warsaw, using a false identity in the Pawiak prison, in Pruszkow and Dresden Life before the war; residence and studies in the Pedagogic Institute; studies Law; marriage to Leon Ginzburg; move to Lodz; life in Lodz; birth of two children. Outbreak of the war; escape to Warsaw together with her family; life in the Warsaw Ghetto; work in the Tebbens Schultz shop (workshop); liquidation of the workshop, 1943; escape to the Aryan side with the help of...

  20. Memoirs of Sima regarding her experiences in Grodek

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

    Memoirs of Sima regarding her experiences in Grodek Occupation of Grodek by the German Army, 27 June 1941; life under the German occupation including robbery of Jewish property, anti-Jewish legislation, yellow badge; ban forbidding the local population to sell food products to the Jews; appointment of a Judenrat; abuse of Judenrat members by the Gestapo; murder of Jews; Polish and Belorussian collaborators; arrest of Communists and their murder; concentration of the Jews in the market square in Grodek, 01 November 1942; deportation of the witness' family to a[n unnamed] camp by wagon; popul...