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Language of Description: English
Country: Czechia

  1. Národní soud, Praha

    • National Tribunal, Prague
    • Nár. S.
    • NAD 925
    • Národní archiv
    • 925
    • English
    • 1945-1947
    • 23 linear metres of documents from which all are processed and inventoried and accessible.

    The fonds consists of the documents and files of 39 cases (including three cases of honour). Among the defendants, there were (next to the members of the Protectorate government and the state president) leaders of Vlajka (the Flag), of Liga proti Bolševismu (the League against Bolshevism), of Národní obec fašistická (National Fascist Community) at other social movements and Czech journalists participated on the Nazi propaganda. One of the economic leaders tried at the National Tribunal was Jan Antonín Baťa, the owner of Bata group. Jewish related documents in this fonds consists of the anti...

  2. Archiv města Světlá nad Sázavou

    • Archives of the Town of Světlá nad Sázavou / NAD 1242

    The fonds stores privileges, land registers, municipal agenda, minutes of the council board and council, economic affairs, and other documents. Information of Jews can mainly be found in documents on economic matters and minutes of the municipal council board and council meetings. The economic agenda - especially the Mahler stonemason's company. There are also documents about the mayor Alfred Weinstein (mayor since 1931) and the Morawetz family - the owners of the castle in Světlá na Sázavou until 1938. The period 1938-1945: decrees against Jews.

  3. Ministerstvo hospodářské obnovy - Londýn

    • Ministry of Economic Recovery - London
    • MHO - L
    • Národní archiv
    • 786
    • English
    • 1941-1945
    • 8,5 linear metres of documents from which all are processed and inventoried. The fonds is accessible.

    In the fonds, there are files from government meetings about post-war economic plans and works - such as ledgers, data used for preparations of the state budget, correspondence between departments, various economic reports for the Minister or memos. There are also documents related to post-war reconstruction plans (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, UNRRA) such as documents of activities of each commissions (planning commission, industrial commission, medical commission...) and furthermore various statistics, files or newspapers. The Jewish-related documents are not we...

  4. Sbírka dokumentace k období okupace a květnové revoluce

    • Collection of Documentation for the Period of Occupation and the May Revolution / NAD 1465

    The fonds contains archival materials concerning the history of the Czech resistance during the World War II, the uprising in May 1945 and various aspects of the life of the society in that period. The fonds also includes sources for persecution of the Jewish population such as the Decree on Marriage of Jews and Jewish Half-Breeds from 8 October 1942; announcements of Jewish fiancés and undelivered envelopes from the Prague Municipal Office with copies of marriage and birth certificates for persons of Jewish origin in the transports (1941-1942).

  5. Generální velitel četnictva, Praha

    • GVČ
    • Generalkommandant der Gendarmerie, Prag
    • NAD 1009
    • General Commander of the Gendarmerie
    • Národní archiv
    • 1009
    • English
    • 1918-1942
    • The collection consists out of 25 linear meters of processed and inventoried documents. 1.9 linear meters are unprocessed and inaccessible.

    The Gendarmerie in the pre-war Czechoslovak Republic was a militarily organized security force, according to the applicable legal requirements and according to the relevant state authorities to maintain public order and security throughout the territory of Czechoslovakia. It was also responsible for the border control and sent illegal emigrants from Nazi-Germany, under them also Jews, back to Germany. After the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the Gendarmerie became part of the occupation administration. Gendarmes were given functions such as auxiliary police, accom...

  6. Baťova nemocnice, Zlín

    • Baťa Hospital, Zlín / NAD 1910

    A large part of the Baťa hospital staff consisted of Jewish doctors, of whom more than two dozen worked at the hospital at the end of the 1930s. Some of them left Baťa's hospital to set up private surgeries or went to another hospital. However, most of them left the Baťa Hospital because of anti-Jewish measures introduced by the after-Munich Czechoslovakia. The fonds contains documents on the hospital operation, personnel matters, and accounting material. Information on Jews can be found a document recapitulating the result of anti-Jewish measures from 1939: Report on the departure of 23 Je...

  7. Pomocná služba Židovské obce náboženské, Plzeň

    • Auxiliary Service of the Jewish Religious Community, Pilsen / NAD 198

    The fonds contains documents of the Auxiliary Service established by the Jewish Religious Community in Pilsen. According to the instructions from its headquarters, it organized an auxiliary service unit, which assisted in the transport of members of the religious community to Terezín. Several documents from this auxiliary service unit have been preserved providing an overview of the organization of transports and fascist crimes. It contains a circular on the organization of assistance in the inclusion of citizens in the transport of 6 January 1942, an explanation of the official order for t...

  8. Okresní národní výbor Tábor

    • District National Committee of Tábor / NAD 65

    The fonds is linked to the Tábor District Office. It contains documents concerning municipal affairs, population movements, emigration, domicile right, education, health, police, construction, poverty, charity, agriculture, trades, finance and the military. Jews are explicitly mentioned in the following documents: persecution of Jews during the Nazi occupation (lists made in 1947); Jewish religious community - members of the leadership in Tábor 1948; territorial organization of churches - Jewish religious community 1949-1989.

  9. Okresní úřad Kralupy nad Vltavou

    • District Office of Kralupy nad Vltavou / NAD 822

    The fonds contains official documents: official books, file material and accounting material. The file material includes trade matters arranged alphabetically according to the names of persons and factories. Larger companies are listed by their names in the Commercial Register. One can search for Jewish people by name. Jews are explicitly mentioned in the following documents: documents of the Jewish religious community from 1938-42 (inv. no. 324); a file of citizens of Jewish religion A-W; records of Jewish property (cottages, businesses, etc.) (inv. no. 485), list of permits issued to Jews...

  10. Archiv města Golčův Jeníkov

    • Archives of the Town of Golčův Jeníkov / NAD 1252

    The fonds contains commemorative books, minutes of the municipal board and council meetings, and other documents. The history of the Jewish community after 1850 in this fonds is evidenced by archive materials concerning Jewish associations - the Talmud Torah, the Jewish Association for the Sick, the Ner Tamid Women's Support Society, the Friede Singing Association and the Bachure Chomed Association, the Jewish cemetery (an expansion of the cemetery), the funeral fraternity, Jewish farms - the weaving mill of the Pick family, the winery - the tannery of the Kohn family, and spirits, door-to-...

  11. Ministerstvo sociální péče, Praha

    • Ministry of Social Welfare, Prague
    • MSP
    • Národní archiv
    • 1028
    • English
    • 1918-1951
    • 631,5 linear meters from which 566 linear meters of documents are processed and inventoried and 65,5 linear meters are unprocessed.

    The Ministry of Social Welfare was during the years of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in charge of supporting the Jewish emigration abroad. The Ministry developed guidelines for the employment of Jews in the civil service, their legal status, control of Jewish names, Aryan certificates, Employment Law for Jews, Pension payments to Jews,

  12. Archiv města Tábor

    • Archives of the Town of Tábor / NAD 147

    The fonds contains the local government documents, deeds, official books, file material, and accounting material. Information on Jews can be found in documents from 1628-1945 (debts of the municipality to the Prague Jews David Lury and Aaron Tausk and to Matyáš Žlutický of Tábor, and the debt of Saul Israel to the municipality 1622; debts of the Jewish population; the permission of the town council to establish a Jewish cemetery (copy) 1634, list of Jewish families living in Tábor 1691, the number of children registered in Jewish registries 1913-1916, the proposal of the city council to clo...

  13. 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...

  14. Okresní národní výbor Jílové; District Office of Praha-venkov-jih (1942 - 1945); The tax office Jílové; District National Committee Jílové; District National Committee Praha-venkov (1945 - 1960)

    • District National Committee of Jílové / NAD 20

    The fonds contains documents arising from activities of the District Office, and later of the National Committee of Jílové. It contains official books, file material and accounting material. Information on Jews can be found in the following documents: inv. no. 242 Evictions of German persons of Jewish origin and religion, call no. III/26-60 (1946); inv. no. 284 Abandoned mortgage claims of Jewish members - handover of written materials, call no. VII/25-4 (1947); inv. no. 307 Redressing wrongs pursuant to Decree No. 53/1945 Sb.: payment of salaries of Jewish recipients to the former center f...

  15. Generální velitel neuniformované protektorátní policie, Praha

    • Generalkommandant der nichtuniformierten Protektoratspolizei, Prag
    • General Commander of the non-uniformed Protectorate Police
    • GVNP/GKNP
    • NAD 919
    • Národní archiv
    • 919
    • English
    • 1942-1945
    • The collection consists out of 1,2 linear meters of processed and inventoried documents. 12,2 linear meters are unprocessed and inaccessible.

    The fonds contents out of different material concerning the Criminal Police in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Of special interest are the camp rules of different Arbeitserziehungslager (AEL) including Svatobořice (Swatoborschitz), were also family members of emigrated Jews ("jüdisch versippt") were captured.

  16. Archiv města Kaňk

    • Archives of the Town of Kaňk / NAD 6

    The fonds is the basic source for understanding the political, economic, social and cultural development of the town from the 15th century to 1945. It contains deeds, official books, file material, and accounting material. Information on Jews can also be found in the agenda from the pre-municipal office period of the 18th century. In general, church affairs (1850-1944), in particular, are relevant, specifically inv. no. 1195, the period 1850-1944 Church affairs - priests, cooperator, visitations, festivities, choir, fields, registry affairs, Jews. Explicit mentions of Jews can then be found...

  17. Archiv města Třešť

    • Archives of the Town of Třešť / NAD 1127

    The fonds contains official books and files of the town of Třešť. Books: A list of Jewish families 1789–1840 (only men as heads of households), A book of documents of the Jewish synagogue (1790) 1811–1860, The principal book of seats in the synagogue in Třešť 1811–1873. Files: Jewish cemetery - an agreement between the town and the Jewish community 1736–1739, Jews (various files in the dossier with the old calling number 339): files about the synagogue 1941–1942, the topographic plan of the synagogue and the immediate vicinity in 1920s and 1930s, Jewish property 1942–1944, lists of Jewish i...

  18. Archiv obce Hroubovice

    • Archives of Hroubovice / NAD 195

    The fonds contains a fragment of municipal documents, file material and official books. Sources for the local Jewish community can be found there. The chronicles of the municipality until the Second World War have been preserved, in which there are data on the inhabitants moved to concentration camps, as well as on the economic prosperity in the 20th century. The life of the community can also be examined in the minutes of the meetings of the council (1902-1921), whose members were representatives of Jewish families. The families can be searched in the municipal register (1902-1948), the re...

  19. Oberlandesgericht (Reichs Supreme Regional Court) of Litoměřice

    This is the most important of all fonds of the occupation judiciary within the territory of the Sudetenland region. The general files contain files regarding legal representation of Jews: Procedural agents (Jewish consultants) (1938–1943), the Jewish consultant Dr. Oswald Israel Glück with registered office in Cheb (1939–1944), the Jewish consultant Dr. Hans Israel Wolf with registered office in Liberec (1939–1942), the Jewish consultant Dr. Richard Israel Pollak with registered office in Opava (1939–1941), the Jewish consultant Dr. Erwin Israel Kunstwälder in Opava (1939–1943), the Jewish ...

  20. Nejvyšší správní soud, Praha

    • Supreme Administrative Court in Prague / NAD 470
    • Národní archiv
    • 470
    • English
    • 1918-1951
    • Textual material 138 linear meters

    The presidium files may concern matters of civil servants. In addition to the legislative documentation, the presidium also retained all significant internal organizational materials that reflect the staffing, management and actions of the Supreme Administrative Court, etc. Very valuable may be their own court decisions, which describe the facts, allow for insight into such details of property and intentions of the complainant that are difficult to achieve elsewhere. Documents directly relating to Jews can also be found in the documents - information on the placement of Jews in Terezín, non...