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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Regine Gattegno, born in Lyons, 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

    Regine Gattegno, born in Lyons, France, 1923; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II From a family with Turkish origins; EIF (French Jewish Scouts) activities in Lyons, from 1940; La Sixieme (the Sixth) and OSE (Children's Aid Society) activities; detention with a group of activists by the Gestapo in the UGIF (Union Generale des Israelites de France) building, 09 February 1943; detention in the presence of Klaus Barbie; deportation to camps with the group of activists; perishes in a camp. In the file: - Photograph of Regine Gattegno; - Excerpts...

  2. Regulations of the Aeltestenrat der Juden in Wien (Council of Elders of the Jews in Vienna)

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

    Regulations of the Aeltestenrat der Juden in Wien (Council of Elders of the Jews in Vienna) The regulations are applicable to all the Jews of Austria (Two copies) - Description of the territorial area of Aeltestenrat activity, its authority, membership in the community, the leadership, the positions, its subordination to the Gestapo, disbanding of the Aeltestenrat.

  3. Report by Szymon Datner from Wizna, Poland, regarding the fate of the Jews of Wizna

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

    Report by Szymon Datner from Wizna, Poland, regarding the fate of the Jews of Wizna Air-raids on houses in Wizna by German aircraft, 22 June 1941; burning of houses including Jewish houses; occupation of Wizna by the German Army, 22 June 1941; chasing after the Jews hiding in the fields and swamps by Polish fascists; abuse of Jews by Poles; murder of Jews by Poles; names of the Polish murderers; names of those murdered; arrival of Gestapo men in Wizna, 26 June 1941; murder of Jewish men outside the city; names of the murderers; names of those murdered; escape of Jews to Bialystok, Lomza and...

  4. Report issued by Dr. Loewenherz based on a diary of meetings between Lowenherz and Adolf Eichmann and his assistants, 1938-1945

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

    Report issued by Dr. Loewenherz based on a diary of meetings between Lowenherz and Adolf Eichmann and his assistants, 1938-1945 The main portion of the report concentrates on emigration, personal pressure and Eichmann's threats to speed up emigration of the Jews from Austria; description of Lowenherz' efforts to moderate Eichmann's decrees, the feeling of gloom pervading the Jews; anti-Jewish legislation; damages to person and to property; pressures imposed on Lowenherz such as detention, house-arrest, threats of personal sanctions against him after discovery of the "Baum Group" Affair, the...

  5. Report-summary of the period written by Dr. Josef Loewenherz, 1946

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

    Report-summary of the period written by Dr. Josef Loewenherz, 1946 The report is a type of summary-reconstuction of the events and developments experienced by Austrian Jewry from 1938 until the end of the war. It is divided into three stages and is both a general and a personal summary in which Loewenherz confronts his critics. This is a general survey of the activities of the Vienna Jewish community; the days of the Anschluss (annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany); violent harassment, confiscation of property, mass arrests including of the leaders, deportations and anti-Jewish legislation...

  6. Reports and articles by the Ghetto Archives staff: "The Social Welfare Department - Its Establishment, Activity and Closure" by Jozef Zelkowicz "דער אפטייל פאר סאציאלער הילף - זיין אנטשטיין טעטיקייט און ליקווידאציע"

    1. O.34 - Zonabend Collection: Documentation From the Lodz Ghetto

    Reports and articles by the Ghetto Archives staff: "The Social Welfare Department - Its Establishment, Activity and Closure" by Jozef Zelkowicz Survey about the activities of the Social Welfare Department from its establishment, 15 October 1939 until its closure in its initial format, 27 September 1940; statistical data taken from Rumkowski's reports to the Gestapo and from departmental reports to Rumkowski regarding its activities; most of the data is related to the activity of the public kitchens which were opened first in the city and then in the ghetto; details about the number of lunch...

  7. Reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdiens (SD-Security Service) headquarters regarding the activities taking place in the Soviet Union including the activities of the Einsatzgruppen

    Reports of the Sicherheitspolizei (SIPO-Security Police) and the Sicherheitsdiens (SD-Security Service) headquarters regarding the activities taking place in the Soviet Union including the activities of the Einsatzgruppen The initial reports are reports (Referat) from the Director of the IVA1 (Gestapo-struggle against the Communists) in the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA-Reich Security Headquarters) that were distributed among officials in the RSHA, with Himmler foremost among them; beginning with Report No. 4, the reports received the SIPO and SD Headquarters heading, with the acronym IVA...

  8. Reports written about the Vilna Ghetto and the Bialystok Ghetto, 1943

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

    Reports written about the Vilna Ghetto and the Bialystok Ghetto, 1943 1. Excerpt from a report written by the Bialystok Judenrat for the Gestapo regarding the employment of Jews in the ghetto, 02 April 1943, and evacuation, February 1943; Note: One page; the excerpt is a copy of the original material dug up from deep in the ground and taken out of the ghetto. 2. Report written, apparently by Hermann Adler in Budapest, Hungary (after he escaped from Warsaw, Poland), regarding Mordechaj Tenenbaum, the Hechalutz movement, and activities of Anton Schmidt in the Vilna Ghetto, November 1943. Note...

  9. Researched documentation of Anna Kupreyeva regarding the Minsk Ghetto and Michail Gebelev, one of the underground leaders in the Minsk Ghetto

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

    Researched documentation of Anna Kupreyeva regarding the Minsk Ghetto and Michail Gebelev, one of the underground leaders in the Minsk Ghetto Research study written by Anna Kupreyeva regarding Michail Gebelev, one of the leaders of the underground in the Minsk Ghetto, who began his underground activity, September 1941, was detained by the Gestapo, July 1942, and executed, 15 August [1942]; Included in the file: Article written by Anna Kupreyeva regarding the underground group active in the Minsk Ghetto, September 1941-early May 1942, including a list of the group members and their biographi...

  10. Review of events and happenings regarding the situation of Austrian Jewry, 1938-1944, and personal notes and evaluations made by the reviewer

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

    Review of events and happenings regarding the situation of Austrian Jewry, 1938-1944, and personal notes and evaluations made by the reviewer - Summary description of the events and happenings that determined the fate of the Jews of Austria from the Anschluss (Annexation to the Reich), 1938, to the liquidation of Austrian Jewry through emigration abroad of most of the Jews and deportation of Jews to concentration and extermination camps (with the exception of Jews who had intermarried and the children of intermarriages). The review includes: statistical data, anti-Jewish legislation, mass d...

  11. Simone (Levy) Hirschler, born in Mulhouse, France, 1911; 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

    Simone (Levy) Hirschler, born in Mulhouse, France, 1911; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Life in Marseilles with her husband, Rabbi Rene Hirschler; her husband's activities as Chief Rabbi of the camps in France; rescue activities with her husband; arrested by the Gestapo with her husband, 23 December 1943; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz; perishes in Auschwitz with her husband; awarded the Croix de Guerre. In the file: - Photograph of Simone Hirschler; - Documents; - Personal documents; - Testimonies.

  12. Simone Kahn, born in Paris, France, 1915; 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

    Simone Kahn, born in Paris, France, 1915; details regarding her activities in the French Jewish underground during World War II Membership in the EIF (French Jewish Scouts); work in a children's home in Paris until 1942; transfer to Lyons; transfer to Grenoble; continuation of her EIF work; participation in CAR (Refugees Aid Committee) and OSE (Children's Aid Society) rescue work; rescue of a child and arrest by the Gestapo due to being informed on; deportation to Drancy; transfer to Auschwitz. In the file: - Photograph of Simone Kahn; - Testimony; - Page of Testimony in her name.

  13. 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...

  14. Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and neighboring countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, December 1943-January 1944

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • צרור רשימות 29/60

    Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and neighboring countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, December 1943-January 1944 Poland and the eastern districts: Testimony regarding the "Warsaw Ghetto Uprising" as reported in the Polish underground press; murder of Jews with American citizenship in Krakow; murder of Jews in Vilna and confiscation of their property by the Gestapo; antisemitism in the underground newspapers; deterioration of living conditions in Majdanek; Slovakia: Anti-Jewish propaganda and a demand to rem...

  15. Survey of the situation in various countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, June-July 1943

    1. M.4 - Bulletins of the Vaad Hahatzalah (Rescue Council) of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, 1937-1959
    • צרור רשימות - חומר על מצב היהודים בארצות הכיבוש הנאצי - מס. 5/36

    Survey of the situation in various countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press with an emphasis on the situation of the Jews, June-July 1943 Poland: Deportation of Jews to labor camps and rescue of many from the Warsaw Ghetto; Frank's speech regarding the Germans in Warsaw and blaming the Jews for the war; signs of resistance to the Nazi government by farmers not reporting for work; attacks on Gestapo personnel; Volksdeutsche in areas of Poland annexed to the Reich: Germany: The suffering of the German people while at war; opposition to granting an exemption from anti-Jewish legislat...

  16. Survey regarding the Bialystok Ghetto including events during the "Aktion",15 January-17 February 1943

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

    Survey regarding the Bialystok Ghetto including events during the "Aktion",15 January-17 February 1943 Sealing of the boundaries of the city, November 1942; deportation of Jews to concentration camps; transfer of Jews from concentration camps to Treblinka; execution of Jews in Treblinka; reduction of the boundaries of the Bialystok Ghetto without affecting the Jews; "Aktion" under the command of the Gestapo officer, Fritz Friedel, 05 February 1943; Jews in hiding throughout the "Aktion"; refusal of the Jewish police to participate in carrying out the "Aktion"; killing of a German by members...

  17. Testimony from an anonymous witness regarding the deportation of Jews from Grodno and its surrounding area

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

    Testimony from an anonymous witness regarding the deportation of Jews from Grodno and its surrounding area Deportation of the Jews of Sokolki, 24-25 April [?] 1943; forced labor in industry in the Bialystok Ghetto by order of the German Army; arrival of refugees from deportation trains to the Bialystok Ghetto; false promises made by members of the Grodno Judenrat regarding the deportation of the ghetto Jews to forced labor camps; execution of Jews during "Aktions"; fate of the Jews of Krinki after the "Aktion", November 1942; deportation of the Jews of Jasinowka; opposition of the Jews of M...

  18. Testimony of Alter Trus, Chairman of the Organization of Former Residents of the Briansk Community in Bialystok regarding collaborators with the Germans in Briansk

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

    Testimony of Alter Trus, Chairman of the Organization of Former Residents of the Briansk Community in Bialystok regarding collaborators with the Germans in Briansk Names of Polish residents of Briansk who collaborated with the Germans, including Maniek Zawadzki; capture of nine Jews in hiding by Zawadzki; handing over of the Jews in hiding to the gendarmerie; murder of those who had been in hiding by the gendarmerie; murder of Jews by the Gestapo man, Michal Panaszuk from Briansk; handing over of Jews to the gendarmerie by Kotlinski and Poplawski, Polish residents of Briansk; murder of Jews...

  19. Testimony of Anatol Rabinowicz regarding his experiences in Bialystok

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

    Testimony of Anatol Rabinowicz regarding his experiences in Bialystok Witness is handed over to the Gestapo in Bialystok by Anton Wojtowicz, the Pole, 11 March 1944; life in detention including interrogation, abuse and beatings; work burning corpses. Note: The testimony was taken down 16 October 1944.

  20. Testimony of Ania (Rybalowska) Wincygsztern, born in Slonim, Poland, regarding her experiences in Slonim, Wolkowysk, Bialystok, Stutthof, Auschwitz and other places

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

    Testimony of Ania (Rybalowska) Wincygsztern, born in Slonim, Poland, regarding her experiences in Slonim, Wolkowysk, Bialystok, Stutthof, Auschwitz and other places Murder of 10,000 Jews in Slonim under the command of Hick, the Gestapo man, 14 November 1941; deportation to Rozana; transfer to Wolkowysk; forced labor with 360 young Jewish women from Bialystok; "Aktion" in Wolkowysk and in the nearby villages, 02 November 1942; transfer together with 336 young women to Bialystok by Munsfeld, 27 November 1942; forced labor in the Markowszczyzna farm owned by SS Und Polizei Fuehrer (SSPF) Helfr...