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  1. a) Verzeichnis von inhaftierten Personen in Österreich, welche durch die Gestapo in Konzentrationslager, Arbeitserziehungslager usw. überstellt wurden - ...

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    2. Listenmaterial Gruppe P.P.

    a) Verzeichnis von inhaftierten Personen in Österreich, welche durch die Gestapo in Konzentrationslager, Arbeitserziehungslager usw. überstellt wurdenb) Verzeichnisse von österr. Polizeidienststellen über in Konzentrationslagern verstorbene Personen (a+b = Nachkriegsaufstellung)

  2. Abba Kovner - Vilna

    Abba Kovner lived in disguise in a convent at the beginning of the German occupation in 1941. He was a central figure in the Zionist youth resistance movement in Vilna. He commanded an underground partisan resistance group throughout the war. He describes the way the Germans avoided panic among the Jews. Kovner maintains a poetic approach to Lanzmann's questions throughout the interview. This interview took place over two days in Kovner's Kibbutz Eyn Ha'horesh (between Nethania and Hadera). FILM ID 3236 -- Camera Rolls #2,3 -- 01:00:12 to 01:24:55 CR 2 01:00:12 Kovner sits outside on a park...

  3. Abraham Atsmon papers

    The Abraham Atsmon papers consist of identification papers, biographies, correspondence, reports, narratives, photographs, newspapers, protocols, and minutes documenting Atsmon’s family and pre-war life in Poland, his participation in a partisan brigade in the areas of Słonim and Brest during the war, his organization and leadership of a Holocaust survivor group (Sh'erit ha-Pletah) in the American occupation zone of Germany after the war, his support for the state of Israel, his emigration to Israel in 1948, and his subsequent efforts to record the Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. Bi...

  4. Abraham P. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Abraham P., who was born in Mir, Poland in 1909. He recalls the rich, Jewish culture growing up in Bia?ystok; learning several languages; Jewish holiday celebrations; attending medical school in Lie?ge, Belgium; his leadership role in Po'alei Zion; his parents's and sister's emigration to Belgium in 1932; German invasion in 1940; his parents' flight to Lyon in unoccupied France, then the United States; obtaining papers under a false name; hiding in Brussels; smuggling himself to Lyon in unoccupied France in 1942; joining the Resistance; his sister's incarceration when...

  6. Abraham W. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Abraham W., who was born in Drohobych, Ukraine (then Poland), in 1906. Mr. W. describes the roles of Leon Reich and David Herzog in his admission to university in Graz; his association with Nobel laureate Victor Hess; transfer to Charles University in Prague in 1931 due to antisemitism; becoming a pharmacist in Rava-Ru?ska in December 1939; learning of his mother's murder by a Ukrainian; ghettoization; friendship with the Pole selected by the Germans to replace him; and sheltering a woman escapee from a deportation train to nearby Belzec. He recalls a Gestapo operativ...

  7. Abwicklungsstelle Abteilung 6 (JUVA)

    1. Bundesministerium für Finanzen

    Dieser Sonderbestand hat die Beschlagnahme volks- und staatsfeindlichen Vermögens (vgl. RGBl I 1938, S. 1620f) zum Gegenstand. Es geht dabei um jüdisches Vermögen, aber auch im Vermögen katholischer Vereine oder das Vermögen von Sozialdemokraten. Der Bestand gliedert sich in zwei Teile: - Im ersten, allgemeinen Teil findet man unter anderem den Schriftverkehr mit der Gestapo, anderen Ministerien und mitbeteiligten Dienststellen. - Der zweite Teil umfasst die Mappen 1–509, die durch einen eigenen, sich im Bestand befindlichen Index, erschlossen sind. Diese Mappen enthalten konkrete Fälle. Au...

  9. AEG motor placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    1. Stefan Petri collection

    Electric motor placed on a workbench that concealed one of the hiding places Stefan Petri built in his home in Wawer, Poland. Stefan, his wife, Janina, and their son, Marian, were Polish Catholics. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and began subjugating the Polish people. Uncertain of what might occur, Stefan built a basement hiding place concealed by a cabinet. In mid-1942, the Germans deported 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka killing center. Stefan learned that his Jewish dentist and friend, Dr. Szapiro, his wife Ela, and their adult sons, Jerzy and Marek had es...

  10. Affidavit concerning the heroism of Céline Demarez Morali

    Consists of a copy of a French affidavit describing the heroism of Céline Berte Morali, who was responsible for the rescue of several Jews by hiding them in the basement of her hardware store in Paris.

  11. Afschrift van de richtlijnen voor Sonderbehandlung bij Kriegsdelikte. Het stuk is opgesteld door de afdeling II A (Amt II was sinds 1938 het Amt Polit...

    1. Proces Eichmann

    Afschrift van de richtlijnen voor Sonderbehandlung bij Kriegsdelikte. Het stuk is opgesteld door de afdeling II A (Amt II was sinds 1938 het Amt Politische Polizei van het Hauptamt Sicherheitspolizei en werd later bij de oprichting van het RSHA Amt IV); het stuk heeft duidelijk betrekking op Duitsland, mogelijk ook al op het bezette Poolse gebied. Sonderbehandlungen (executies) worden met uitzondering van de clerus, theologen en Jehova-getuigen (zij vallen onder II B) door II A geregeld. De Stapoleitstellen moeten zelf met voorstellen komen; zij ontvangen geen concrete aanwijzingen. Op deze...

  12. Agfa Box 44 camera carried with a German Jewish boy on a Kindertransport to France

    1. Stephan H. Lewy collection

    Agfa 44 box camera, or Preisbox, given to Heinz Stephan Lewy for his bar mitzvah in March 1938 in Berlin, Germany. He took it with him in July 1939 when he left on a Kindertransport to France. When Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933, Heinz was in an orphanage in Berlin, because his father Arthur was unable to care for Heinz by himself. In late 1933, Arthur was arrested because he was a Socialist and sent to Oranienburg concentration camp. He was beaten severely and had a heart attack, but was soon released. On March 11, 1938, Heinz became a bar mitzvah. Arthur was arrested for ...

  13. Agnes Feher papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Agnes Feher, originally of Miskolc, Hungary, who survived the German occupation of Budapest under a false identity. The collection consists eight pre-war and war-time photographs taken in Miskolc and Budapest, Hungary; postwar photographs in the Pocking, Germany, displaced persons camp and in Belgium; as well as identity and travel documents relating to Agnes Feher's immigration to Israel. Also includes a certificate of her journeyman level status.

  14. Aharon C. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Aharon C., who was born in Opoczno, Poland in 1921, one of seven children. He recounts attending cheder, public school, then Tarbut school; participating in Gordonyah; antisemitic violence; his older brother's emigration to Palestine in 1935; two brothers' conscription; German invasion; one brother's return; anti-Jewish restrictions; Germans taking community leaders for ransom, including his father; the community paying the ransom; his father's appointment to the Judenrat; ghettoization; working in the family bakery; volunteering in a soup kitchen; his assignment to b...

  16. Air compressor tank placed on a workbench used to conceal a Jewish family’s hiding place

    1. Stefan Petri collection

    Air compressor tank placed on a workbench that concealed one of the hiding places Stefan Petri built in his home in Wawer, Poland. Stefan, his wife, Janina, and their son, Marian, were Polish Catholics. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and began subjugating the Polish people. Uncertain of what might occur, Stefan built a basement hiding place concealed by a cabinet. In mid-1942, the Germans deported 300,000 Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka killing center. Stefan learned that his Jewish dentist and friend, Dr. Szapiro, his wife Ela, and their adult sons, Jerzy and Marek h...

  17. Aizik Eisen papers

    1. Julie Keefer family collection

    Documents, photographs, and a personal narrative regarding the Holocaust experiences of Aizik Eisen and his two grandaughters Julia and Tola Weinstock in Lwów, Poland [Lviv, Ukraine] and the assistance their family received from Lusia Nowicka, a non-Jewish Polish woman who hid them. Included is a post-war manuscript written by Aizik about his Holocaust experiences. The manuscript is in Yiddish, and includes an English translation. Documents include Aizik’s former concentration inmate identification card, his United States Declaration of Intention form, and naturalization certificate. Also i...

  18. AJDC bar patch worn by a former concentration camp inmate and refugee aid worker

    1. Alice and John Fink collection

    American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) badge worn by aid worker Hans Finke when he worked for the relief organization after the end of World War II. He was at Bergen-Belsen when it was liberated by the British Army on April 15, 1945. An electrician by trade, he began working for the British and then various aid groups after it became a displaced persons camp. Hans, his parents and his sister Ursula lived in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi dictatorship in 1933 with its aggressive anti-Jewish policies. In February 1943, Hans, 23, was a forced laborer for Siemens when he was ho...

  19. Akta policji niemieckiej - zbiór szczątków zespołów

    1. Gestapo w Ciechanowie (1941) (7 j.a.; 0,06 m.b.) 2. Gestapo w Iławie (1939-1945) (1 j.a.; 0,01 m.b.) 3. Gestapo w Rypinie (1940-1944) (3 j.a.; 0,06 m.b.) 4. Żandarmeria w Golubiu (1940) (1 j.a.; 0,01 m.b.) 5. Komendantura Schutzpolizei w Chełmnie (1940-1941) (1 j.a.; 0,01 m.b.) 6. Komendantura Policji Bezpieczeństwa Biuro w Grudziądzu (1941-1944) (1 j.a.; 0,01 m.b.) 7. NSDAP Ortsgruppe Dt. Eylau (1 j.a.; 0,01 m.b.)

  20. Akta policji niemieckiej z terenu województwa bydgoskiego-zbiór szczątków zespołów

    I. Komendant Policji Bezpieczeństwa w Bydgoszczy: wezwania, protokoły przesłuchań, ewidencja aresztowanych i więźniów obozów centrali przesiedleńczej i koncentracyjnych II. Placówka Gestapo w Bydgoszczy: organizacja, rozkazy i zawiadomienia, zajęcia mieszkań Polaków III. Placówka Kripo w Bydgoszczy: meldunki, zatrzymania Polaków pod zarzutem przestępstw pospolitych, ewidencja zatrzymanych IV. Prezydent policji w Bydgoszczy: wizy dla Niemców i innych obcokrajowców-zezwolenia V. Żandarmeria powiatowa w Chojnicach: obsada posterunków, wyposażenie, wyszkolenie, werbunek, sprawozdania z nastrojó...