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  1. German Settlement Company – Chief Inspectorate in Stříbro, Trpísty/Čeminy

    The fonds includes archival records resulting from the activities of the German Settlement Company - The Chief Inspectorate Stříbro. Given the nature of the office, archival records related to the Jewish population and especially to its land property are likely to be found throughout the entire fonds, especially in the inventory units concerning the Chief Administration of Trpísty (the Třebel-Trpísty estate belonged, until 1938, to owners of Jewish origin). However, the confiscated Jewish possessions were undoubtedly managed by other chief administrations within the jurisdiction of the Chie...

  2. Records of the Landgericht Posen (Sygn.75)

    Contains instructions, guidelines, and special rules to be enforced in Warthegau; indictments drawn up by the prosecutor's Sondergericht in Posen; verdicts issued by the Sondergericht in Posen; indictments issued by the Sondergericht Posen; an alphabetical index of accused persons from the Songdergericht Posen for 1941 through 1942 and 1943 through 1944; and miscellaneous cases concerning protective custody and dissolution of marriage, In all cases in this collection, Germans or Volksdeutsche accuse Poles of crimes against them. In some cases defendants are accused of not wanting to give up...

  3. Viola G. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Viola G., who was born in Kosyny, Czechoslovakia (presently Ukraine) in 1921, one of four children. She recalls attending Hungarian and Czech schools, then Hebrew gymnasium in Mukacheve; her parents joining her; Hungarian occupation; German occupation in March 1944; ghettoization; assistance from neighbors; transfer to a brick factory; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; separation with her sister from her family (she never saw her parents again); assistance from a friend; slave labor digging ditches in a nearby area; receiving extra food and medication from civilian w...

  4. Devorah S. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Devorah S., who was born in Paberžė, Lithuania in 1922, one of six children of a rabbi. She recalls moving to Myadzyel; attending gymnasium in Vilnius; marriages of older siblings; Soviet occupation in 1939; she and her sister becoming teachers; attending summer school in Maladzechna; German invasion; returning home; her father encouraging them to run away; he and her brother being murdered in a mass shooting in 1942; she and her sister burying him and others; forced labor; escaping toward the forests; a non-Jewish acquaintance hiding them briefly; escaping with her...

  5. Sally K. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Sally K., who was born in 1927 in Pabianice, Poland, one of ten children. She recounts German invasion; ghettoization; anti-Jewish measures; separation from her parents and youngest siblings during a round-up (she never saw them again); deportation to the ?o?dz? ghetto with her sisters; starvation; forced labor; voluntary transfer to an ammunition factory with one sister; separation from her sister; transfer to Ravensbru?ck; failing health; being placed on a pile of corpses; a friend removing and feeding her; transfer to Burgau; finding one sister; their transfer to a...

  6. Alegre T. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Alegre T., who was born in Drama, Greece in 1922 to a family of seven children. She recalls prewar life; German invasion in 1941; moving with her family, using false papers, to Thessalonike?; anti-Jewish restrictions; ghettoization; conditions of deprivation; deportation to Birkenau in cattle cars; separation from her parents (she never saw them again) and brothers upon their arrival; forced labor; and transfer to Auschwitz, then back to Birkenau, in 1944. Mrs. T. remembers one of her sisters being taken away; difficulties because she was Greek and spoke neither Germa...

  7. Fond du Cabinet du Préfet et Divisions (Police Générale)

    Contains various documents of the Cabinet du Préfet et Divisions including alphabetical name lists of various categories of French Jewish refugees, foreign Jewish, and non-Jewish refugees, political refugees, and Spanish, Polish, Italian, etc. refugees; administrative and other documents concerning French internment camps at Nîmes, Garrigues, Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort, L'Ardoise, Auch, and others; instructions and regulations regarding refugees in labor groups and refugees in internment camps.

  8. Literary archives of Mikhail Yakovlevich Pinchevskiy

    Contains poetry, tales, and theatrical plays. Some of the poetry originally was written in Yiddish and translated into Russian. Most of the poetry is dedicated to the Jewish life in Bessarabia (now part of Moldova) and Ukraine (see poems: Bessarabia, Doyna and Zhok, poetry: Broha, Sidur, etc.) and to the heroism of Jewish soldiers during World War II.

  9. Verband Deutscher Kraftverkehrsgesellschaften

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Der Verband Deutscher Kraftverkehrsgesellschaften (VDK) entstand aus der Anfang 1926 gegründeten Arbeitsgemeinschaft für den Kraftverkehr Rheinland und Westfalen und aus dem Anfang 1928 errichteten Verband westdeutscher Kraftverkehrsgesellschaften. Ende 1928 wurde die Verbandstätigkeit auf das ganze Deutsche Reich ausgedehnt. Der Verband umfasste 59 kommunale und gemischtwirtschaftliche Kraftfahrbetriebe. Die Satzung vom 17. Mai 1930 wurde am 10. Januar 1935 geändert und neu gefasst. Bis zum Jahr 1940 stieg die Zahl der Mitglieder auf mehr als 280. Im Zuge de...

  10. Eichmann Trial -- Sessions 6, 7 and 8 -- Hausner's opening statement

    Sessions 6, 7 and 8. Attorney General Gideon Hausner discusses Adolf Hitler and his use of the Jews as scapegoats: "The Jew was the eternal scapegoat." Hausner notes the anti-Nazi movements in Germany, and German assistance to the Jews: "But after all is said and done, these were a small minority." The Prosecution describes Nazi tactics for the promotion of anti-Semitism such as economic boycotts, the Nuremberg Laws, and the yellow arm badges. Hausner starts Section 2 of his opening speech: "II - The SS, the SD and the Gestapo," which addresses the different groups of the Reich. Upon the co...

  11. War Crimes Trials: film used as evidence in Ministries' Case (#11)

    Case XI, Ministries-Keppler, "German Entry into Austria." Reel begins with ceremonies to honor war dead. Goering goes to monument. Large wreaths laid, one is shown in CU to be from Hitler. CU, iron cross on banner. Goering delivers address. St. Stephen's cathedral in Vienna, as well as cheering and saluting crowds. Animated map shows Austria joined to Germany: "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuehrer." German soldiers cross border to the welcome of crowds. They march through the old town, and over a bridge. An ancient castle on the hill is photographed. Nazi soldiers remove the border gate amid ch...

  12. Archieven van de gemeente Gulpen. 1937-1981

    De inval van de Duitse troepen in mei 1940 ging gepaard met slechts geringe schade in Gulpen. Gemeente-eigendommen ondervonden geen schade van de oorlogshandelingen. Het normale leven hernam min of meer zijn loop na de bezetting. Geleidelijk aan kreeg de bevolking meer te maken met de maatregelen van de bezetter. In vele gemeenten trok de burgemeester zich in het najaar van 1941 terug uit zijn functie vanwege de eis van de Duitse bezetter tot uitvoering van zijn maatregelen. In Gulpen koos burgemeester van Rijckevorsel een andere lijn. Hij bleef zitten en poogde om door 'uitstellen, ingewik...

  13. I. SS-Panzerkorps "Leibstandarte"

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Die überlieferten Schriftgutsplitter stammen aus Rückführungen aus den USA. Bestandsbeschreibung Von der Führungsabteilung (Ia) sind lediglich das Kriegstagebuch mit Anlagen für die Zeit von Juli bis Dezember 1943 sowie Tagesmeldungen von Juni und August 1944 erhalten. Erschliessungszustand Vollständig erschlossen Zitierweise BArch RS 2-1/...

  14. Records of the Gendarmerie Kreis Wollstein (Sygn. 73)

    Contains quarterly situation reports from 1940 to 1943 concerning political and economic atmosphere, population, criminal activity, German-Polish relations, strength of the police force, and special occurrences in several towns of the Wolstein (Wolsztyn) district including Gro-Nelken, Kirchdorf, Deutsch-Gabel, Wollstein, Teichrode, Weiberg, Kirchplatz, Rakwitz, Altkloster, and Klosterweise. Also contains regulations concerning confiscation, registration, operation and repair of motor vehicles (December 1939).

  15. Simon R. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Simon R., who was born in Ozorko?w, Poland in 1916 to an orthodox family of six children. He recalls his family moving between Ozorko?w and ?owicz; working from age ten; disbelief that anything bad would occur; opening a store near Ozorko?w in 1939; German invasion; fleeing to Ozorko?w; learning the Gestapo was looking for him; hiding in a village; returning to Ozorko?w; and three months in jail in ?e?czyca. Mr. R. tells of his return to Ozorko?w; his brother's arrest; ghettoization; forced labor; the community saving a boy from public hanging for not wearing the yell...

  16. Akta gminy w Bełżycach

    • Files of the commune of Bełżyce

    Karta A: Okres międzywojenny - księgi biercze danin publicznych - 1 j.a Okres okupacji - sprawy USC, wojskowe, księgi kasowe, ewidencja ludności, księgi biercze - 6 j.a Okres PRL - normatywy, protokoły posiedzeń władz, komisji, kontroli, budżety i sprawozdania rachunkowe, rejestry wymiarowe i księgi biercze podatków, ewidencja ludności, sprawy rolnictwa, sądowe, oświaty, kultury i sztuki, opieki społecznej, budownictwa, majątku gminy, przedsiębiorczości - 369 j.a. Karta B: ewidencja i kontrola ruchu ludności, 1947-1952, 24 j.a.

  17. Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft e.V.

    • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
    • B 296
    • German
    • Schriftgut 284 Aufbewahrungseinheiten 12,5 laufende Meter

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Die Gesellschaft wurde 1949 von einigen Düsseldorfer Bürgern auf Initiative von Lilo Milchsack (1905-1992) dem Wunsch und Willen gegründet, beim Wiederaufbau des eigenen Landes auch die Beziehungen zu den Nachbarvölkern wiederherzustellen und die Rückkehr Deutschlands in den Kreis der westlichen Demokratien zu ermöglichen. Mit dem Ziel, ein offenes, auf gegenseitige Achtung begründetes Verhältnis zu einem ehemaligen Kriegsgegner auf zu bauen, entwickelte die Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft die Form einer breit angelegten Konferenz über Politik und Kultur. Die ...

  18. Inspektion für Flugsicherheit und Gerät (L In 5) / General der Truppentechnik

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Die Akten stammen aus Rückführungen aus den USA und Großbritannien an die Dokumentenzentrale des Militärgeschichtlichen Forschungsamtes. Von dort wurden die Akten 1968 an das Bundesarchiv, Abteilung Militärarchiv abgegeben. Diese Akten waren bisher im Sammelbestand RL 4 (Ausbildungsdienststellen im Reichsluftfahrtministerium, mit Inspektionen und Waffengeneralen) zusammengefasst. Zur besseren Darstellung der einzelnen Provenienzen der Inspektionen und Waffengenerale wurden neue Bestände angelegt. Zitierweise BArch RL 16-5/...

  19. Rose K. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Rose K., who was born in Beuthen, Germany (Bytom, Poland) in 1921, the youngest of eight children. She recalls living in Be?dzin; her father's death; her mother's death six years later; placement in an orphanage; living with her sister; German invasion; anti-Jewish regulations; pretending to be a non-Jew to buy food; ghettoization; hiding with her sister, sister-in-law, and niece during a round-up; betrayal by their Polish landlord; deportation to Auschwitz/Birkenau; separation from her family (she relives her sister's death to this day); slave labor digging trenches;...

  20. Santa Maria di Leuca DP camp; Jewish family; protesting British policy against immigration

    Quick pan of buildings at Santa Maria di Leuca DP camp, brief shot of two women and a Red Cross truck. Hannah plays with her son in the water at the beach, Moshe walks toward camera holding the baby. Hannah and Menachem play outdoors on a blanket with various toys, headphones. Hannah and another friend (seen in Film ID 4155 at 6:02) make faces for the cameraman. 02:11 City EXTs, building with British flag, plaque/crest in Bari city (note the fountain of Cavour Avenue in later shots). Men in uniform and large crowd of protestors gathered on street. Young people stand on others’ shoulders, ma...