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  1. Landrat (District Councillor) of Lanškroun

    The archival fonds include official sources, among others adjustments of the occupation border, personal and organizational matters, trade, registry and financial matters of the municipalities and the district. Two inventory numbers are related to the Jewish history: Aryanization of the Tutsch and Neffe Jamné (Sobkovice) Jewish company and Handling the property of elements inimical to the German Reich, Czech and Jews – general regulations, correspondence.

  2. Selected records of the Jewish labor camps in Slovakia

    Contains photocopies of documents, photographs and architectural drawings relating to the establishment of the labor camps in Sered, Novǎky, and Vyhne, Slovakia, the incorporation of Jews into the camps, and the function and structure of the camps. Also included is an English-language essay on the camps.

  3. March of Time -- outtakes -- Sweden

    Stockholm free harbor from neighboring hill. Merchant ship at anchor, crane derricks in FG. Loading coastal and Baltic steamers at Stadsgarden Stockholm. LS, coal wharves in Stockholm with Swedish ship from Germany unloading coal. LS, cranes at work. Shot from bridge of collier, showing coal being hoisted from ship's hold. CU, coal grab leaving ship's hold. Coal truck outside wharf being filled with coal. LS, coal trucks laden with coal. CU, workmen loading coal. Coaster steamer. Passenger boat from Finland arriving in Stockholm. Finnish flag. Stern of passenger ship "Nordstjernan." Passeng...

  4. Lisa H. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Lisa H., who was born in Essen, Germany in 1919. She remembers the gradual deterioration of the Jewish situation in Germany, including restrictive legislation as well as overt displays of antisemitism; being sent to London by her parents two weeks before the outbreak of war; working as a cook in Devon; switching from one domestic job to another in London; her emigration to America in 1946; studying Yiddish at the Jewish Institute; learning of the death of her family in Europe; returning to Germany on a visit in the 1950s, where she was able to locate the director of h...

  6. Documentation of the Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda), Germany, 1934-1944

    Documentation of the Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda), Germany, 1934-1944 The ministry was established by law, on 13 March 1933, and received its authority by virtue of an order published, 30 June 1933; its areas of responsibility were defined as Geistigen Einwirkung auf die Nation, der Werbung fuer Staat, Kultur und Wirtschaft, der Unterrichtung der Oeffentlichkeit (emotional impact on the nation, the advertising for State, Culture and Economy, information to the public: The materials that reached Yad Vashem include cor...

  7. Sąd Obwodowy (Wydział Zamiejscowy Sądu Obwodowego w Żywcu) w Milówce

    • Amtsgericht (Gerichtstaggericht) in Milowka

    Wydział II : akta opiekuńcze z lat [1926] 1940-1945, sygn. 1-20 Wydział III : rejestr stowarzyszeń, rejestr handlowy, sprawy cywilne, sporne z lat [1934] 1940-1944, sygn. 21-44. Wydział IV : sprawy egzekucyjne z lat 1940-1944, sygn. 45-46. Wydział V : sprawy karne z lat 1939-1945, sygn. 47-51.

  8. Центральный комитет КПСС. Секретариат ЦК КПСС, 1939 – 1948 гг.

    • Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Secretariat of the CC CPSU (1939-1948)

    Матери­алы к протоколам Оргбюро и Сек­ретариата ЦК РКП(б)

  9. Buchenwald during and after liberation

    Mostly military scenes, group shots of soldiers, tanks and jeeps driving over bridges. CU, corpses with lime. MS, soldier (back to camera) looking into black doorway, taking picture. CU, dressed corpses, in loose pile on ground, blood on ground. WS, enormous mounds of white substance. Collapsed building, soldiers walking on top. LS tank driving over and into plane wreckage in a field. Tank driving towards camera. CU, four soldiers in tank. Refugees walking along road with oxen and big carts covered. Refugees on country path, bikes laden with belongings.

  10. Displaced Russians; Released prisoners of war

    (LIB 6780) Displaced Russians, Ohrdruf, Germany, May 22, 1945. MSs, CUs, Russian soldiers, using US 2 1/2 ton trucks, transport Russian DPs from camp. CUs, individuals with bundles board trucks. LS, huge crowd waiting for transportation. (LIB 6781) Release of Prisoners of War, Plauen, Germany, May 21, 1945. MSs, German prisoners in front of administration building. Seq: Camera follows the complete processing of an individual soldier as he has his papers stamped, undergoes physical examination, receives money allowance and discharge papers. Cut to uniformed soldier meeting his wife and child...

  11. Edith H. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Edith H., who was born in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, in 1928. She describes her prewar life in Holland; her family's increasing awareness of trouble in Germany; their unsuccessful attempt to flee Holland in the wake of German occupation; anti-Jewish legislation and activities; her difficult and unpleasant life in hiding (on a farm with non-Jews), where she lived for three and a half years, first by herself and later with her parents; her life in Leeuwarden after the war; and the lasting effects of her wartime experiences.

  12. Archief van het Ministerie van Onderwijs, Kunsten en Wetenschappen: Afdeling Lager Onderwijs; Hoofdafdeling Lager Onderwijs; Directie Kleuter- en Basisonderwijs, (1880) 1935-1975

    Tijdens de Duitse bezetting (1940 1945) werd het departement gesplitst en de afdeling Lager Onderwijs werd een afdeling van het departement van Opvoeding, Wetenschap en Cultuurbescherming, dat in 1943 tijdelijk in Apeldoorn werd gehuisvest. De oorspronkelijke taakomschrijving werd uitgebreid met: uitvoering van de Pensioenwet 19221; opleiding van onderwijzers en examens; Rijksschooltoezicht. Het archief van de (hoofd)afdeling Lager Onderwijs / directie Kleuter- en Basisonderwijs bevat archiefbescheiden betreffende de meerdere vormen van lager onderwijs, het kleuteronderwijs, het gewoon lage...

  13. Der Reichsstatthalter in Niederdonau, Akten des Landesschulrates

    • The Reich governor in Niederdonau, records of the provincial school council

    Der Bestand enthält nach Angaben der Kontaktperson auch einzelne Akten zu Berufsverboten bzw. zu Entlassungen als Juden verfolgter Lehrer. Er enthält infolge von Gebietsveränderungen auch Akten aus dem Burgenland sowie aus den südmährischen Bezirken Znaim, Nikolsburg, Auspitz, Mährisch-Krumau, Neubistriz und aus dem Gebiet von Gmünd und jenem um Theben, dafür wurden Akten der Randgemeinden von Wien noch während der NS-Zeit an Wien abgetreten.

  14. Esther Fish collection

    The collection consists of three black and white photographs of Esther Fish and her extended family family from Novogrudok, Russia (Navahrudak, Belarus). Photograph descriptions: 1. Copy print; black and white image of two men and one woman sitting, three women and one man standing behind them, and three children seated on the ground in front of them; verso: blue and black ink inscription: “Lilla’s mother, Malka/Lilla’s Uncle, Jankel Chiz/Lilla’s parents, Esther and Aronchik/Her sister, Slata and her husband. I didn’t/remember her other sisters name./The three children are Ester/and Aronchi...

  15. Arbeitsamt Kaunas (Fond R-1474/1)

    Contains a name list of craftsman and specialists; personal data for workers in Kaunas; a name list of males born in 1912, 1919, and 1925; and requests, reports, orders, and medical certifications relating to labor in Kaunas and in Germany.

  16. Einstein

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 2, No. 100, Part 7. Release date, 12/11/1930. According to UN Official Motion Picture Release: News Paragraphs, New York, NY. "Einstein arrives!" German scientist here for lectures tour and scientific research. CU, Einstein. Arm in arm with fellows across ship's deck. LS, Einstein surrounded by reporters and cameramen. CU, Mrs. Einstein and her husband. Other parts of the newsreel include: 01:18:54 1: Diegel wins first open match play golf championship. 01:20:08 2: Villages combat flood ravages as high water recedes. 01:21:31 3: Male chorines shine in dress rehearsa...

  17. Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in Courts of Law in Westphalia

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12421174
    • English, Hebrew
    • Birth certificate Legal documentation Marriage certificate Official documentation Personal documents Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors Survey report

    Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in Courts of Law in Westphalia In the Collection are files including applications to Courts of Law in Westphalia for the recognition of death of local Jews who were deported to the East by the Nazis, and for whom no official Declaration of Death had been given. These applications (requests) were submitted in most part by the relatives of those who had perished, [and] who requested to receive claims for compensation from Germany. The files include the applications including details regarding those who p...

  18. Wanderer and Biheller families collection

    Consists of Wanderer family photographs, copies of the Biheller family tree, and restitution-related papers that primarily relate to the donor's mother, Ruth Wanderer Biheller (1935-2020) with some documentation capturing the Wanderer family's experience in the Aschau displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany after they survived the Holocaust in hiding in Brzeżany, Poland (currently Berez︠h︡any, Ukraine). They immigrated to the United States in 1951. Identification documents, such as an Israeli passport and Palestinian identity card, for Ruth's husband, Hans Josef Biheller (Joseph Bihelle...

  19. Álorvosi iratok, 1964-1975

    • Cases of the Victims of Nazi Pseudo-Scientific Experiments, 1964-1975

    Nazi Germans conducted a series of medical experiments on large numbers of prisoners, mainly Jews from across Europe, but also on Romani people, ethnic Poles, Soviet prisoners of war and disabled non-Jewish Germans. These human experiments took place in concentration camps mainly in the early 1940s. Prisoners were coerced into these experiments that would often result in their death, or disfigurement or permanent disability of their bodies. Many deported Hungarian Jews fell victims to these infamous Nazi human experiments that were conducted, most notoriously, in the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp...

  20. Levetzow, Magnus von (Konteradmiral)

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners 08.01.1871 - 13.03.1939, Konteradmiral, Polizeipräsident von Berlin, MdR (NSDAP, 1932-1933) Bestandsbeschreibung Im Jahr 1944 hat die Witwe des Konteradmirals den Nachlass der Kriegswissenschaftlichen Abteilung des OKM übergeben. Nach Kriegsende wurden die Unterlagen aus dem Marinearchiv nach London gebracht. Ende der 1950er Jahre wurden die Unterlagen von der britischen Admiralität an die Dokumentenzentrale des MGFA abgegeben und gelangten von dort in den 1960er Jahren in das Bundesarchiv. In den folgenden Jahrzehnten wurden dem Bundesarchiv von verschiedene...