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  1. Verkaufsgemeinschaft Sanitärkeramik

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners In dem Bestand R 10 X sind eine Reihe von Provenienzen unter der Schlussprovenienz Verkaufsgemeinschaft Sanitärkeramik zusammengefasst, die als marktregelnde Einrichtungen der Sanitärkeramik zu bezeichnen sind. Es handelt sich dabei um folgende Vereinigungen, Gesellschaften und Verbände: Vereinigung deutscher Spülwaren- und Sanitätsgeschirrfabriken, Sanitätskeramik GmbH, Feuertonverkauf GmbH, Verband sanitär-keramischer Werke. Die Akten der Verkaufsgemeinschaft Sanitärkeramik und der vier genannten Vorprovenienzen wurden 1969 vom Geheimen Staatsarchiv Berlin-...

  2. 548. Grenadier-Division / 548. Volks-Grenadier-Division

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Wie die Kriegstagebücher (KTB) aller anderen Verbände und Dienststellen des Heeres waren auch die KTB der Divisionen vom Mobilmachungstag (26. August 1939) an das Heeresarchiv Potsdam abzugeben, wo sie eine Zugangssignatur erhielten (anfangs getrennt nach Kriegsschauplätzen: P für Polen, W für Westen; nach Beendigung des West- und des Norwegenfeldzuges aber nur nach laufender Nummer) und in dieser Reihenfolge eingelagert, dann aber systematisch nach den KTB-führenden Stellen und Abteilungen in Eingangslisten erfasst wurden. Diese Listen (so genannte "Potsdam-...

  3. Wirtschaftsgruppe Kraftstoffindustrie

    Bestandsbeschreibung Vorhanden sind nur 5 Aktenbände: Rundschreiben 1939, Berichte über Besprechungen 1941, Satzung der Wirtschaftsgruppe 1937, Deutschlands Treibstoff- und Mineralölversorgung (Denkschrift) 1936, Verschiedenes 1942-1944 Erschliessungszustand Vorläufiges Verzeichnis im Sammelfindbuch R 13, Bd. 3 (1964) Zitierweise BArch R 13-XXIII/...

  4. Generalstab der Luftwaffe / Oberkommandos der Luftwaffe Süd und Nord

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Unter dem Eindruck des bevorstehenden Einmarsches der sowjetischen und britisch-amerikanischen Armee und der dadurch zu erwartenden Zweiteilung des Reichsgebietes teilte sich der Wehrmachtsführungsstab am 20. April 1944 auf Weisung Hitlers in einen nördlichen und einen südlichen Teil. Oberbefehlshaber im Nordraum wurde Großadmiral Dönitz, im Südraum hatte Generalfeldmarschall Kesselring den Oberbefehl. In Anlehnung an diese Aufteilung der gesamten Wehrmachtsführung wurde auch die Führung der Luftwaffe in zwei Führungsstäbe mit den Bezeichnungen Luftwaffenführ...

  5. Pinchas Z. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Pinchas Z., who was born in Baranów, Poland in 1930, the older of two brothers. He recalls his father's successful tailoring business; attending cheder and public school; antisemitic harassment by teachers and school mates; two of his mother's sisters living with them; German occupation in 1939; anti-Jewish restrictions; transfer of all Jews to the poorest area in 1941; his father continuing to sew for Poles in exchange for food; a Polish friend warning his father of an expulsion in May 1942; hiding with his father's Polish friend, then in a forest near Pogonów; joi...

  6. Luftgaukommando VIII (Breslau / Krakau / Breslau / Prag)

    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 19 (Luftgaukommandos und Luftgaustäbe) zusammengefasst. Zur besseren Darstellung der einzelnen Provenienzen wurden Nebenbestände zu RL 19 angelegt. Im Zuge der Umsignierung wurden die bisher in den Amtsdrucksachen (Bestand: RLD 24) verwahrten Akten ebenfalls den neuen Nebenbeständen zugeordnet. ...

  7. The Schiffer family visits Mohács

    The Schiffer family visits Mohács, Erzsébet’s hometown on the Danube, in summer 1932. (00:16) Adults and children in bathing suits. They swim in a wooden structure moored to the shore of the Danube. János and his mother, Erzsébet Schiffer. (01:29) János and his cousins play in Klári and János Molnar’s yard with a toy stroller and ball. (01:53) Nurse-maid (brief). The children play outdoors. (02:42) MS, Erzsébet's mother Jenny Tornai (nee Reicher) and Klári seated at an outdoor table, smile and nod for the camera. Three children sit at a table. The family group eats a meal. The three childre...

  8. Vereeniging der Joden in België - Association des Juifs en Belgique. Front de l'Indépendance. Collection

    This collection consists of 4,058 documents confiscated by the Front de l’Indépendance (Independent Front) at the offices of the Association of Jews in Belgium (AJB) – “Aide Spéciale Malines” [Special Assistance Mechelen department], after the liberation. The documents can be divided in five sections : - Correspondence of the AJB : between the leading committee and local committees, between local committees, between the AJB and German or Belgian officials, between the AJB and Suisse, German, French and Dutch organisations, etc. - Lists : e.g. employees of the AJB, Organisation Todt workers,...

  9. Adolf Hitler election speech in Eberswalde

    A crowd assembled to hear Adolf Hitler speak. They salute and cheer. Hitler stands at a flag and garland-draped podium, shot from below. Cameramen can be seen occasionally in the lower right of the screen as they film and/or photograph the speech. Occasional shots of the crowds and SA men. Hitler finishes his speech and descends from the podium. SA men hold back the crowds as Hitler's motorcade passes through them. Music plays, ending with "Deutschland ueber Alles." Shots of an orchestra playing the song while the crowd watches and salutes. Although the film is titled "Reichskanzler Adolf H...

  10. Schiffer children in Budapest

    Snowy, Schiffer family walks toward the camera, including János and Éva (ages 5 and 2 in 1935), and their grandmother. (01:19) Different season, shots of children outdoors on a grassy knoll, some people laying on the ground and others walking. (02:30) Group gathered around a table outside, including grandmother, Bözske, Gyuri, and others. János shows off his sunglasses, others pose for the camera. Leisure time in the wooded area, the children poke at their mother Bözske resting on blanket. (05:06) Dark shots of a car (could be the family car, an Opel purchased around 1937). (05:31) At Szech...

  11. Akta miasta Krzywiń

    • Magistrat w Krzywiniu Magistrat zu Kriewen Zarząd Miejski w Krzywiniu
    • Files of the town of Krzywiń

    I. Magistrat zu Kriewen (Magistrat w Krzywiniu), 1845-1919 posiedzenia władz miejskich, sprawy finansowe, podatkowe, budowlane, pożarowe, emigracji zarobkowej II. Magistrat, Urząd Policyjny w Krzywiniu, Zarząd Miejski w Krzywiniu, 1919-1939 1. Wydział Ogólny - sprawy ogólno-orgnizacyjne, osobowe, budżetowe, rachunkowe 2. Wydział Bezpieczeństwa - sprawy społeczno-polityczne, meldunkowe, cudzoziemcy, ochrona granic państwa 3. Wydział Samorządowy - organizacja, zebrania, sprawy finansowe, komunalne, inspekcyjne 4. Wydział Administracyjny - kradzieże, gorzelnie, wyszynk, sprawy sądowe, testamen...

  12. Reichsstelle für Landbeschaffung im OKW

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges gelangte das Verwaltungsschriftgut der Reichsstelle für Landbeschaffung in das Geheime Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz, wo es erstmals auf Karteien erfasst wurde. Laut eines Hinweises in dieser Kartei wurden die Akten 1951 nach Bonn abgegeben. Welche Dienststelle sie erhielt, ist nicht bekannt. Es kann davon ausgegangen werden, dass das Archivgut nach Gründung des Bundesarchivs 1952 an selbiges abgegeben wurde. Mit Verlegung des Militärarchivs von Koblenz nach Freiburg dürften die Archivalien ihren gegenwärtigen Lag...

  13. Armaments officials, Nazi leaders at conferences, weapon inspections

    1941-1944 Armaments specialists at conferences and weapons demonstrations, including Armaments Minister Albert Speer, Hitler, Himmer, military and industrial leaders. Reel 2: Events of 6 and 7 June, 1943, in Hillersleben, Germany. Participants in front of the conference building, talking to each other and posing for the camera. Goebbels, Speer, others, exit the building. Conference participants watch a demonstration of flamethrowers. Interior shot of men eating in a large dining hall. Porsche waves to the camera. A large group of the participants, in uniform and civilian dress, stand outsid...

  14. Germany and Switzerland

    Location filming of scenes in Germany and Switzerland for SHOAH. FILM ID 4612 -- Berlin 1.2.3 Reichstag Le Mur traveling nuit Camera focuses on the front facade of the Reichstag- Dem Deutschen Volke and slowly pans out. (05:35) Sign reads,"Sie verlassen jetzt West Berlin." Berlin Wall behind the Brandenburg Gate. (07:20) Nightlife in downtown Berlin. Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. This reel was probably filmed for the interview with Deutschkron, RG-60.5044. FILM ID 4613 -- Lehrter Bahnhof / Ext. Grunewald / LB 1 BER 4 Train station looking toward the Berlin TV Tower. S Bahn station at the ...

  15. Records of the Geneva office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

    The Geneva files of 1945-1954 constitute the documentary record of JDC’s global overseas operations in the immediate post-World War II (WWII) period. These files testify to the complex and multi-faceted nature of JDC’s global rescue and relief efforts, primarily focused on: resettling Jewish refugees and Holocaust survivors around the world; facilitating the renewal of Jewish life in Europe; rebuilding Jewish communal institutions; and providing sustaining aid to the remnants of Jewish communities worldwide. The collection documents JDC’s work in over 70 countries. These records provide num...

  16. Eva Braun & family vacation; Hitler at Berghof

    Reel 6 of the private motion pictures Eva Braun (Seized Enemy Records). COLOR. Inside Eva Braun's house at Wasserburgerstrasse 12 in Munich. Eva's father Friedrich Braun tying string around trunk. Two men removing trunk and large duffel bag to truck. Eva walking towards camera with a film camera in her hands, which she's winding. Eva on tarmac of Munich airport greeting people, taking pictures. Eva and group getting on airplane, including Eva's mother, Franziska; her father, Friedrich; her sister, Ilse; and Anni Brandt, wife of Hitler's personal physician Dr. Karl Brandt. Plane "Grenzmark" ...

  17. Czechoslovakia and Poland in 1938

    B/W aerial shots from a cable car (it’s shadow can be clearly seen), interspersed with shots of the actual cable car system from the ground, CU of a woman pointing at the trees from the cable car. 01:00:58:2 Title: “Hradec Králové.” Pan, a public park. A shot of a group of people admiring topiary. 01:01:22:11 Title: “Moravska Ostrava.” Pan up, a trolley car drives by, as people walk around the city, shots of people going to and fro. 01:01:47:11 Title: “Poland.” Film is now in color, with a shot of farmers working in the field, followed by a brief shot of a parade in a city. 01:02:10:21 Titl...

  18. Doily with embroidered yellow, red, and pink flowers recovered postwar by a Polish Jewish girl

    Doily with embroidered flowers recovered by 17 year old Masza Senderowksi after the war from the house of a non-Jewish neighbor who had looted the Senderowski home. It was likely embroidered by one of her older sisters, Frieda or Lea, who were presumed killed during the liquidation of the Jewish ghetto in Zdzieciol, Poland (Dziatlava, Belarus.) Masza, her parents, and three sisters lived in Zdzieciol, which was occupied by German troops in June 1941. In August 1942, as the Germans prepared to liquidate the ghetto, the residents were ordered to the village center. Masza, then 14, and her two...

  19. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Hatzerim

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Hatzerim Personal documentation (from the personal files of kibbutz members): 1. Yechezkel Roth (Of Blessed Memory): a. Eulogy regarding Yechezkel Roth; b. Transcription of a talk given by Yechezkel Roth to the children at the "Yaldei Teheran" ("Teheran Children") school at Kibbutz Urim, 1980; c. Ernest Roth: "Notes: Chapters of a diary from the Holocaust period", translated from German by Avraham Bimka, Kibbutz Hatzerim, 1986; d. Diary of Y...

  20. Eichmann Trial -- Session 99 -- Cross-examination of the Accused

    Footage begins in the middle of Session 99 with the continuation of cross examination by Attorney General Gideon Hausner. Eichmann is questioned about the Economic-Administrative Main Office's recognition of two categories of Jews 1) transport Jews who arrived based on instructions from Eichmann's section and 2) custody Jews, who arrived on instruction from Department IVC2 (00:00:34). Hausner goes on to question the accused about instances in which Jews who couldn't be included in transports were ensured, by Eichmann, to be sent to Auschwitz as inmates in "protective custody" (00:01:30). Th...