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  1. M.22 - Archives of the Comite Juif Belge (Belgian Jewish Committee) during the Holocaust

    M.22 - Archives of the Comite Juif Belge (Belgian Jewish Committee) during the Holocaust The Comite Juif Belge (Belgian Jewish Council) was established, in London in 1943 by Mr. Herman Schamissa, and it affiliated itself with the World Jewish Congress in 1944. The documentation includes correspondence with various Jewish institutions in Belgium, England, the United States and the Belgian Government in Exile regarding ways of assisting the Jews of Belgium. The archive also includes lists of deportees and survivors.

  2. Central Location Index of the Relatives Search Department

    In the collection there are documents, lists and index cards. There are two main sections to the collection: Index Cards and Boxes of Documents.1. Index Cards: There are approximately 1,200,000 index cards, not in alphabetical order. Most of the cards are in good physical condition; 2. Boxes of documents: There are approximately 210 boxes of documents clearly divided into two kinds of material:A. The lists are located in 83 boxes including the names of those survivors for whom the organization has searched. The names appear on the index cards as well (in Part 1), because with every applicat...

  3. Documentation from the Landratsamt Saarbruecken (Saarbruecken district authority) in the Saar region

    Documentation from the Landratsamt Saarbruecken (Saarbruecken district authority) in the Saar region

  4. Collection of the Hilfsausschuß fur die Deutschen in den Niederlanden, 1940-1943

    Collection of the Hilfsausschuß fur die Deutschen in den Niederlanden, 1940-1943 The role of the Hilfsausschuß fur die Deutschen in den Niederlanden was the determination of damages and payment of compensation to German citizens who suffered from war damages in the Netherlands; the Hilfsausschuß was based on VO 21/41; Germans outside of the Netherlands were also entitled to compensation, on condition that the damage to property was caused in the Netherlands; most of the claims related to the property of Jewish refugees from Germany who had stored their household contents in storage rooms of...

  5. Documentation of the commissioner of the Grodno district affiliated with the Zivilverwaltung (civilian administration) of the Bialystok region, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the commissioner of the Grodno district affiliated with the Zivilverwaltung (civilian administration) of the Bialystok region, 1941-1944 Included in the collection: Correspondence regarding industrial factories and skilled professionals in the Bialystok region; directive of the Reichskommissar fuer das Ostland (Reichs commissioner for Ostland) in Riga, given to the Generalkommissar (general commissioner) of Belorussia in Minsk, regarding the confiscation of property of cultural value in the Belorussia area by Einsatzstab Rosenberg; investigation and imprisonment of Polish c...

  6. Documentation of the Jewish national organization "Trumpeldor" in Riga, 1929-1941

    Documentation of the Jewish national organization "Trumpeldor" in Riga, 1929-1941 History of the organization The organization was officially established on 20 August 1924. The aim of its establishment was the establishment of a Jewish country in Eretz Israel. The main focus of the organization was the education of youth toward national values, the study of Hebrew, physical labor, and the study of agricultural professions, handicrafts and seamanship. The organization declared that the Jewish citizens of Latvia be educated toward the spirit of a national state. Thus, on 15 May 1935, approxim...

  7. החלטות על הכרה במוות (Todeserklaerungen) של קרבנות יהודיים של בית משפט השלום (Amtsgericht) ב-Gladbeck (ווסטפליה)

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12424722
    • English, Hebrew
    • Legal documentation Official documentation Personal documents Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors

    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...

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Nirim Memoirs/ experiences: 1. Lucia Almagor; 2. Gedaliahu Baruch; 3. Lili Golombovitz; 4. Salomon Garfinkel; 5. Rivka Hononov; 6. Dani Luz; 7. Elia Mandels; 6. Frida ("The mother of Ruthi Wolf"); 9. Sara Kaplun; 10. Zeev Ram; Interviews/ testimonies: 1. Ruchela Ahituv; 2. Shimon Alter; 3. Lucia Almagor; 4. Lili Golombovitz; 5. Arieh Genislav; 6. Reuven Domani; 7. Esther (Levi) Wolfson; 8. Miki Hermoni; 9. Dani Luz; 10. Rafael Levi; 11. Jean...

  9. Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in Amtsgericht Altena (Westphalia)

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12421535
    • English, Hebrew
    • Legal documentation Official documentation Personal documents Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors

    Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in Amtsgericht Altena (Westphalia) Bestand: Amtsgericht Altena 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 includi...

  10. Documentation of the Reich Food Producers Organization (Reichsnaehrstand) and of the leader of the Reich Farmers, Germany, 1933-1945

    Documentation of the Reich Food Producers Organization (Reichsnaehrstand) and of the leader of the Reich Farmers, Germany, 1933-1945 Reich Food Producers Organization was the umbrella organization of the farmers and vendors of agricultural produce in Germany, established after the rise of the Nazis to power, 1933, and united within it a number of umbrella organizations that preceded it. The organization had a hierarchical structure and was headed by Richard Walther Darre, who received the title of Reich Farmers' Leader (Reichsbauernfuehrer). Under Darre's leadership, the organization was th...

  11. Kriegsverbrecherreferat (War Criminals'Section), Legal Department at the Central Committee of Liberated Jews, Munich

    • Personal files regarding Nazi war criminals and Ukrainian, Latvian and Lithuanian collaborators (Subsection M.21.1); - Personal files regarding Jews suspected of collaboration (Subsection M.21.2);- Files containing much documentation regarding criminals according to the places where they were active in camps and ghettos (Subsection M.21.3); - Correspondence regarding war criminals;- Photographs of war criminals; - Newspaper clippings.

  12. Documentation of government offices in Wuerttemberg, regarding the Jews, 1931-1945

    Documentation of government offices in Wuerttemberg, regarding the Jews, 1931-1945 Included in the collection are government office files, mainly from the Interior Ministry, which relate to various aspects of the life of the Jews in Wuerttemberg. The files deal with the Nazi period, but several of them - mainly those relating to Jewish institutions - relate also to the years preceding the Nazi period. The files deal with: Jewish emigration from Wuerttemberg; various certificates and permits, such as visas and identity cards; housing matters; use of public transportation; welfare institution...

  13. O.28 - The Arvid Elstoft Collection - Documents of the underground resistance movements in Denmark in WWII.

    O.28 - The Arvid Elstoft Collection - Documents of the underground resistance movements in Denmark in WWII. The Danish resistance movement against the German occupation slowly developed from nonviolent resistance in 1940 to violent resistance from1943 until the liberation in May 1945. It consisted of various groups and individuals from Christian to communist orientation. They produced and distributed illegal newspapers and propaganda material, committed acts of military and industrial sabotage and attacked individuals and military units. Well-known organizations were: Frit Danmark, Dansk Sa...

  14. Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, regarding the murder of the Jewish population in the Stanislawow region during the German occupation, from the State Archives of the Ivano-Frankovsk Region, 1941-1945

    Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, regarding the murder of the Jewish population in the Stanislawow region during the German occupation, from the State Archives of the Ivano-Frankovsk Region, 1941-1945 Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission, including data regarding the overall number of people who perished in the cities and districts of the Stanislawow region, and announcements by representatives of the Jewish community regarding the abuse and murder of Jews in the Stanislawow Ghetto and in Bolszowce, Halicz, Kosow, Rohatyn and Gorodenka during ...

  15. Collection of the Stichting Landelijke Organisatie voor Hulp aan Onderduikers en Landelijke Knokploegen - LO (Fund to Help Those In Hiding and the National Organization of Teams of Fighters in the Netherlands), regarding Jews, 1940-1945

    Collection of the Stichting Landelijke Organisatie voor Hulp aan Onderduikers en Landelijke Knokploegen - LO (Fund to Help Those In Hiding and the National Organization of Teams of Fighters in the Netherlands), regarding Jews, 1940-1945 Included in the collection: Documents collected by the Stichting Landelijke Organisatie voor Hulp aan Onderduikers en Landelijke Knokploegen - LO, after the war, for the purpose of writing a book regarding the resistance activities during the occupation period in the Netherlands during 1940-1945; Testimonies of members of the Dutch underground, regarding the...

  16. Documentation from the archives of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1927-1947

    Documentation from the archives of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1927-1947 In the collection there are various files created by Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (on each file the Code Number "33" appears, [an indication of] documents pertaining to the Jewish Question). Also in the collection: Files pertaining to the legal status of the Romanian Jews (already in 1927); propaganda material; correspondence with Romanian diplomatic delegations abroad and foreign delegations in Romania; reports concerning the activities of Jewish organizations outside of Romania (mainly in the Un...

  17. Collection of Het Comité voor Bijzondere Joodsche Belangen - The Committee for Special Jewish Interests in the Netherlands, 1933-1939

    Collection of Het Comité voor Bijzondere Joodsche Belangen - The Committee for Special Jewish Interests in the Netherlands, 1933-1939 Het Comité voor Bijzondere Joodsche Belangen – The Committee for Special Jewish Interests in the Netherlands was established in the Netherlands in 1933, in order to promote the matters of the Jews in the Netherlands; David Cohen and Abraham Asscher stood at its head; following the influx of Jewish refugees who arrived to the Netherlands shortly thereafter, a sub-committee named the Het Comité voor Joodsche Vluchtelingen was established; Included in the collec...

  18. Documentation of the Reich Student Leadership-National Socialist German Students' League (Reichsstudentenfuehrung-Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund), Germany, 1927-1944

    Documentation of the Reich Student Leadership-National Socialist German Students' League (Reichsstudentenfuehrung-Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund), Germany, 1927-1944 The National Socialist Students' League was established, in 1926, as a branch of the Nazi Party. It obtained great support among the students, and won the leadership of the National Students Union in Germany, in 1931, increasing in power with the rise of the Nazis to power, and in May 1933, it organized a public book burning campaign which opposed "the German spirit"; in October 1935, the union became the only ...

  19. R.5 - Card catalog of German emigrants expatriated by the Nazis (Ausbürgerungskartei)

    R.5 - The German emigrants card catalog expatriated by the Nazis (Ausbürgerungskartei) The Nazi regime in Germany revoked the citizenship of German citizens who emigrated from Germany, and criticized the regime. Revocation of citizenship also meant confiscation of property, an action which turned many of the emigrants (who had escaped from Germany without managing to sell their property) into people with nothing at all. The lists of those whose citizenship had been revoked were published in the "Deutscher Reichsanzeiger", the official State publication. The first list was published on 25 Au...

  20. החלטות על הכרה במוות (Todeserklaerungen) של קרבנות יהודיים של בית משפט השלום (Amtsgericht) ב-Kamen (ווסטפליה)

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12424829
    • English, Hebrew
    • Legal documentation Official documentation Personal documents Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors

    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...