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  1. Sephardic Jews

    Documents on the Sepahardim collected by Ernesto Gimenez Caballero. The following notes come from intertitles from the film, restored by NCJF in 1994: The Jews lived in Spain, more or less tolerated, from the time before Christ until March 31, 1492, the date of the national consolidation of Spain. And in this land of "Galud" (Exile), they produced a rich culture for centuries. For this reason Spain, apart from Zion, is the Sephardi's most sentimental homeland. The ancestral home of their most respected ancestors whose descendants are the aristocratic Sephardim--The Jews of the Spanish Homel...

  2. Schirren, Carl

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Biografie 1826 am 8./20. November 1826 geboren in Riga; Vater: Pastor Carl Hieronymus Schirren 1827 am 11. Januar 1827 getauft (71 Taufzeugen) 1835 - 1844 Besuch des Gouvernements-Gymnasiums in Riga 1844 - 1848 Studium der Geschichte an der Universität Dorpat/Tartu (Estland) 1849 Cand. hist. 1849 - 1856 Leiter einer von ihm gegründeten Knaben-Lehranstalt in Riga 1851 Heirat Antonie Müller, 7 Kinder (2 Söhne, 5 Töchter) 1856 Magister hist. Dorpat mit der Arbeit „Die Wandersagen der Neuseeländer und der Mauimythos" 1856 Venia Legendi mit der Arbeit „Der Njandsh...

  3. Sąd Grodzki w Chełmnie

    • Court of the first instance in Chełmno
    1. Akta prezydialne, 2. Akta w sprawach o uznanie za zmarłego, 3. Akta rehabilitacyjne, 4. Testamenty i spadki, 5. Akta oddziału hipotecznego, 6. Akta oddziały niespornego.

  4. Zentralnachweiseamt für Kriegerverluste und Kriegergräber

    Maßnahmen zur Erhaltung der deutschen Kriegergräber und Kriegerdenkmäler aus dem Krieg 1870/71 in Frankreich und bei Saarbrücken 1921-1945 (6), Kriegerdenkmäler und Kriegergräber.- Reiseberichte mit Bildern 1925-1936 (10), Personalakten 1933-1945 (4)

  5. Weissblum-Wachspress family

    This collection contains: a wartime photo of spouses David Weissblum and Giza Wachspress ; a wartime photo of Giza Wachspress ; a wartime photo of Giza Wachspress and her son Simon Weissblum ; two wartime photos of Simon Weissblum as a baby and as a toddler ; a wartime photo of Simon Weissblum with his rescuer misses Ecran-Petri ; two post-war photos of the Weissblum-Wachspress family.

  6. Felicia Neufeld papers

    Correspondence, writings, unpublished memoir, videorecording and documents of Felicia Neufeld, recounting her childhood experiences in a Jewish orphanage in France during and following the German occupation, as well as her experiences as a "hidden child" in France from 1942-1944, and her later efforts to gain recognition for the woman who sheltered her, Renee Verité, as a "Righteous Among the Nations" at Yad Vashem. Contains unpublished memoir, correspondence, identification documents, writings, and one videocassette recording, related largely to the experiences of Felicia Neufeld as a hidd...

  7. Hansi turns three; dream sequence with special effects

    Lizzy Film Produktion. Mitglied des Klubs der Kinoamateure Oesterreichs. “Hansi’s Geburtstagstraum” “Momentbilder bis zum dritten Lebensjahr” “Hansi ein Jahr alt.” Hans Otto Kessler [Hansi] runs around a tree, and then eats an apple. A German title reads, “Hier spielt er Sich mit seinem Hund” Hansi holds a shovel, standing over a small dark puppy in a wheel barrow. A German title reads, “Die Gartenarbeit ist gesund” The child gardens holding a rod of some form and has an object in the mouth. The child giggles and smiles in a bath tub as someone rinses them. “Am Telephon, 2 Jahre alt” Hansi ...

  8. Trial against the staff of KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Proces członków załogi Oświęcimia (Sygn. GK 196)

    Contains investigation materials and court documents relating to the trial of Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camp staff, also records on crimes in other concentration camps. Records contain court cases against many war criminals, such as Adolf Eichmann, Rudolf Hoess (Höss), Dr. Goebel, Karl Ernst Moeckel, Maximilian Grabner as well as against SS physicians accused of experimental operations on Polish women, against female SS camp guards, and other Auschwitz SS staff members. Includes documents on historical background on Nazi leadership; an illustrated SS guidebook for German personn...

  9. 4. Kavallerie-Brigade / 4. Kavallerie-Division

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Wie die Kriegstagebücher aller anderen Verbände, Einheiten und Dienststellen des Heeres auch, waren die Kriegstagebücher der Kavallerie-Divisionen vom Mobilmachungstag an (26.8.1939) dem Heeresarchiv Potsdam einzureichen, wo sie eine Zugangssignatur erhielten (anfangs getrennt nach Kriegsschauplätzen: P für Polen, W für Westen; nach der Beendigung des West- und des Norwegenfeldzuges aber nur nach laufender Nummer), in dieser Reihenfolge auch eingelagert, dann aber systematisch nach den kriegstagebuchführenden Stellen und deren Abteilungen in Eingangslisten er...

  10. M.52.DAKhO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Kharkov Region

    M.52.DAKhO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Kharkov Region History of the Archives: The archive was established in 1880 by members of the Historical-Philological Society of the University of Kharkiv, and was called the Historical Archives of Kharkiv. In 1920 the archive received the name, the Central Historical Archives affiliated with the education department of the Kharkiv sub-division. The Regional Historical Archives of Kharkiv was established in 1926, to which documentation was transferred from the Central Historical Archive. In March 1932 the Regional Historical Archives...

  11. Fondo Emanuele Artom

    Il fondo raccoglie carte della famiglia Artom di carattere politico quali tessere partigiane, distintivi di brigata degli oppositori al regime fascista e dei partigiani della Resistenza; documenti personali quali carte d'identità, passaporti e denunce di appartenenza alla razza ebraica, certificato di attribuzione della medaglia d'argento ad Emanuele Artom per ricompensa al valore militare. Tra la documentazione cartacea descritta è conservata la corrispondenza intrattenuta da Amalia Artom con le autorità per la proposta di assegnazione di una via della città di Torino al figlio, il cartegg...

  12. Spinat-Toledano family. Collection

    This collection contains 34 photos, including : the Spinat children relaxing on the balcony of the family home in Antwerp, the Spinat children playing in the snow and with a dog, the Spinat children posing in the garden of their home in Antwerp, Doris (Dodi) Spinat dressed for a wedding, scenes depicting life at the La-Bas children's home in Aische-en-Refail led by the Association of Jews in Belgium, and a daughter of the Goffinet family which hid Doris Spinat in Péruwelz during the last weeks of the war.

  13. Moltke, Helmuth Graf von (Generalfeldmarschall)

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners 26.10.1800: Geburt zu Parchim in Mecklenburg; 1805: Übersiedlung der Eltern nach Lübeck; 1811-1817: Erziehung in der kgl. Dänischen Land-Kadetten-Akademie zu Kopenhagen; 1818: Page am dänischen Königshof; 1.1.1819-5.12.1822: Sekondeleutnant im kgl. dänischen Infanterieregiment Oldenburg zu Rendsburg; 19.3.1822: Aufnahme in die preußische Armee als Sekondeleutnant im Leibinfanterieregiment Nr. 8, Frankfurt/O.; Sommer 1823-1826: kommandiert zur Allgemeinen Kriegsschule zu Berlin; 1817-1828: Lehrer an der Schule der 5. Division, Frankfurt/O.; 1828-1831: Topograp...

  14. Klara Salamon papers

    The Klara Salamon papers comprised documents created primarily by Salamon while she was held in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from 1943-1945. These papers include a diary made of toilet paper sewn together by Salamon, as well as notes and a birthday card passed between her and a friend, Nina, while both were interned in the camp. In her diary, Klara muses, in four different languages, about her friends and a particular boy named Alek in an adjacent camp whom she was attracted to. During her internment, Klara wrote love notes to Alek, which she passed to him through a friend. Ultimate...

  15. Wehrbereichskommando I/6. Panzergrenadierdivision

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Im Zuge der Einnahme der Heeresstruktur 5 wurde zum 1. April 1994 gemäß Organisationsbefehl Nr. 1375 / 94 (H) vom 10. März das Wehrbereichskommando I mit der 6. Panzergrenadierdivision zum Wehrbereichskommando I / 6. Panzergrenadierdivision (WBK I / 6. PzGrenDiv) zusammengeschlossen. Seine Unterstellung erfolgte beim I. Korps. Mit der Fusionierung wurde die 6. Panzergrenadierdivision in Teilen aufgelöst. Die ihr unterstellten Brigaden wurden anderen Divisionen zugeordnet. Der territoriale Zuständigkeitsbereich von WBK I / 6. PzGrenDiv mit Sitz in Kiel erstrec...

  16. Documentation from the State Extraordinary Commission for Investigation of Nazi War Crimes in the Soviet Union (ChGK) which was active in Crimea, 1944

    Documentation from the State Extraordinary Commission for Investigation of Nazi War Crimes in the Soviet Union (ChGK) which was active in Crimea, 1944 The State Extraordinary Commission for Investigation of Nazi War Crimes in the Soviet Union (ChGK), 1942-1951, was established by order of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union, 02 November 1942. The ChGK was responsible for the collection of documentary data and the preparation of material regarding the atrocities committed by Nazi criminals and the damage caused to Soviet citizens, kolkhozes and the State as a result of the occupation of ...

  17. Karl Akiva and Ella Huppert Schwarz papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust experiences of Karl Akiva Schwarz of Vienna, Austria and his wife Ella Huppert Schwarz of Bielsko-Biała, Poland, including their escape from Nazi-occupied Europe aboard the S.S. Pentcho, internments on Rhodes and in the Ferramonti concentration camp, and their immigration to Palestine. The collection includes biographical materials such as birth, marriage, and death certificates; documents from Ferramonti and Palestine; and wartime letters from family members in Poland. Photographs include depictions of the S.S. Pentcho; Ferramonti; Haifa, Israel; and ...

  18. III. Armeekorps / III. Armeekorps (mot.) / III. Panzerkorps

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Wie die Kriegstagebücher aller Truppenteile und Dienststellen des Heeres waren auch die Kriegstagebücher der Generalkommandos und der bodenständigen Höheren Kommandos vom Mobilmachungstag (26. Aug. 1939) an beim Heeresarchiv Potsdam einzureichen, wo sie eine Zugangssignatur erhielten. Diese Zugangssignaturen wurden anfangs getrennt nach den Kriegsschauplätzen, nämlich P für Polen und W für Westen vergeben. Nach Beendigung des West- und des Norwegenfeldzuges wurden die Zugänge nur noch nach laufender Nummer signiert und in dieser Reihenfolge auch eingelagert, ...

  19. Prüfungsstelle Glasindustrie

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Ein Großteil der Akten wurde bereits im Nov. 1943 durch einen Bombenangriff vernichtet. Die Beständeübersicht des Geheimen Staatsarchivs Berlin der Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz aus dem Jahre 1967 gibt an, das Registraturgut der Prüfungsstellen sei im Sept. 1955 durch Abgabe des Custodian für die Reichsstellen, Wirtschaftsgruppen und anderen Wirtschaftsstellen im amerikanisch, britischen und französischen Sektor von Berlin in das Geheime Staatsarchiv gelangt. Diese Berliner Abgabe umfasste 25 Archivalieneinheiten, die in 3 Hauptgruppen gegliedert waren: R...

  20. Baruch Wind bronze, metal, and stone sculpture commemorating the experiences of his family and the Jews of Galicia at forced labor

    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn40071
    • English
    • a: Height: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Depth: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) b: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 13.875 inches (35.243 cm) | Depth: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) c: Height: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Depth: 23.375 inches (59.373 cm)

    Contemporary sculpture created by Baruch Wind based upon his experiences and in memory of his family and the many Galician Jews who were persecuted and killed during the Holocaust in Poland. The work is in three sections that join together to form the sculpture. It presents a group of bronze figures pulling a large stone wheel chiseled with concentration camp numbers up a sloped base that resembles a tombstone. As the wheel rolls, it seems to stamp the numbers in the base. The figures represent Jews and the numbers on the wheel are those of actual prisoners that Baruch gathered for his work...