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  1. District Committee, District Administrative Tribunal of Berlin Bezirksausschuss, Bezirksverwaltungsgericht Berlin (Pr. Br. Rep. 031-01, -02)

    Contains records relating to Jewish matters: the ban on performing one's profession; defilement of the race (Rassenschande); appreciation taxes for Jewish people; proof of Aryan ancestry; Jewish students, doctors and pharmacists; cancellation of driving licenses for Jewish people; and annulment of citizenship. Includes also information about Roma camps, organization of Gestapo, and small commercial matters like shops.

  2. Selected files from the collection: "Preussische Bau- und Finanzdirection" (A Pr. Br. Rep. 042)

    Records include the following topics: communist sub organizations; status and retirement of Jewish civil servants; taxes for Jewish properties and other Jewish property matters; inquiries concerning Jewish companies; employment of war prisoners; antisemitic books; mail service for the Gestapo and the “Ostgebiete” (Eastern regions); requirements for Jewish students in foreign countries; and proof of Aryan origin.

  3. Orthodox Jews in Biecz, Poland

    In Biecz, Poland, 1936, pan of town, street scenes, CUs Jewish boys, including Mendel Halpern on left at 00:09:43 and 00:09:45 (boy with curls). Town hall, Orthodox Jews. Fast pan of shops, streets, pavillion, Jews, the boy Mendel Halpern (00:10:10), Hebrew writing on building EXT, Library. More pan of the village.

  10. Barbie Trial -- Day 10 -- A victim testifies

    15:47 Mrs. Ennat Vitte, a civil party, continues to testify regarding her experience in Ravensbrück 15:48 President Cerdini asks the witness to describe the circumstances under which she lost her eyesight in Ravensbrück, and whether her inability to walk is a consequence of her time there; the witness has difficulty answering the questions posed 15:52 Prosecutor Vuillard asks the witness to confirm a particular threat leveled at her by Barbie 15:54 President Cerdini calls forward the next witness, Mrs. Simone Lagrange née Kadosche, a civil party in the suit against Barbie 15:55 Mrs. Langran...

  12. Manek and Ilona Werdiger papers

    The Manek and Ilona Werdiger papers contain primarily identification and photographs of the Springut family prior to and during their incarceration in the Jewish ghettos in Krakow, Poland. The identification papers are from the Jewish Community of Krakow, and identify his mother Malka and brother Henryk, and his cousins as Jewish. The photographs are family portraits and group photos of the Springut family and Manek’s wife, Ilona Mandel.