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  1. Okresný úrad v Trstenej

    • District Office in Trstená

    More than 80 linear meters of the archival material in the Fonds of the District Office in Trstená, as the state administration body at the regional level, contains the documents concerning political, economic, cultural and social situation in this district during the period 1923 – 1945 and as such it encloses also number of important documents pertaining the persecution of Jews living at the territory of Trstená district in 1938 – 1945 when Jewish community was being systematically persecuted. Several documents particularly inform about the history of Jews before 1938 and mainly during the...

  2. Ministry of Internal Affairs Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrzych (A. 9)

    Consists of selected records of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Polish government-in-exile. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Polish government-in-exile between 1940-1949 was overseen by four ministers: Stanisław Kot (1940-1941), Stanisław Mikołajczyk (1941-1943), Władysław Banaczyk (1943-1944), Zygmunt Berezowski (1944-1949). These documents relate to the re-creation and reorganization of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in France: correspondence, dispatches, notes and information received from diplomatic posts, emissaries and posts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, corres...

  3. US War Bonds poster of three small children under the shadow of a swastika

    U.S. War Bond poster designed by Lawrence Beall Smith in 1942, after America's entry into World War II. It features three young children, apprehensive and fearful, as they are enveloped by the large, dark arm of a swastika shadow. The poster was distributed by the United StatesTreasury Department and implied that purchasing war bonds would keep the children safe from the Nazi threat. War bonds were offered by the United States Government for purchase by the public; purchasers would keep the bond and be reimbursed for its return at a later date. Purchasing bonds was considered patriotic and ...

  4. Guy Francès. Collection

    In this interview Guy Elie Francès talks about: the migration of the Frances family from Greece to Belgium via the Netherlands ; his childhood in Brussels ; daily life at the family home in the Jewish neighbourhood of Saint-Gilles, Brussels ; his family’s escape during the anti-Jewish raid on Brussels in the night of 3 on 4 September 1942 ; hiding in Liège ; family life after the Liberation.

  5. Vicissitudini dei singoli

    L'insieme delle carte che costituisce questo fondo, è di notevole rilevanza per lo storico e lo studioso che ricerchi testimonianze e documenti sulla vita e le vicende personali degli ebrei Italiani nel Novecento e in particolare negli anni del fascismo e della Shoah. In particolare le carte, conservate in ogni fascicolo, sono di diversa tipologia e riguardano carteggi, atti, certificati pubblici e anagrafici, riconoscimenti, pagelle, diplomi, comunicazioni di ministeri, comuni ed enti pubblici in generale, documenti d'identità personali, talvolta con false generalità, libretti dei rifugiat...

  6. Siegfried Halbreich papers

    The Siegfried Halbreich papers contain primarily the subject files of Siegfried Halbreich, a concentration camp survivor who spent much of his later life lecturing and educating about the Holocaust. Included in his papers are thank you letters, various subject files which include his manuscript memoir, invitations to lectures, and correspondence with various organizations. Also included are several publications and articles regarding the Holocaust. The Siegfried Halbreich papers contain the desk files of Siegfried Halbreich. The “Correspondence related to speaking engagements” series contai...

  7. Remessa da relação dos vistos em passaportes concedidos pelo ex-encarregado do vice-consulado de Portugal em Cannes

    Pedido da relação do vistos concedidos pelo Vice-Cônsul de Portugal em Cannes, encerrado a 26 de Maio de 1942, por parte da Polícia de Vigilância e Defesa do Estado. Contém informação sobre os seguintes processos de pedido de visto (pedidos entre 29/11/1941 e 1/03/1941): Processo de pedido de visto ao Consulado de Portugal em Cannes para Fernand Adda, de nacionalidade não identificada, com destino não identificado. Visto autorizado. Processo de pedido de visto ao Consulado de Portugal em Cannes para Vanda Adda, de nacionalidade não identificada, com destino não identificado. Visto autorizad...

  8. Kriegsgarn- und Tuchverband e.V.

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Bestandsgeschichte Die Bestände der Kriegswirtschaftsorganisationen des I. Weltkrieges waren in den Jahren 1943 und 1944 zunächst auswahlweise nach Staßfurt und dann unter Einbeziehung der gesamten zunächst zurückgelassenen Bestände und Bestandsteile nach Schönebeck ausgelagert worden. Im Zuge der Nachkriegsereignisse gelangten sie in das Deutsche Zentralarchiv, Abt. Merseburg, wo sie bis 1955 verblieben. Im Juli/August 1955 wurden die Bestände der Kriegsorganisationen des I. Weltkrieges nach Potsdam in das Zentralarchiv überführt. Archivische Bewertung und B...

  9. Helena Pietyra - Auschwitz

    Helena Pietyra describes her experience living near the city of Auschwitz, Poland. FILM ID 3448 -- Interview Auschwitz Pietyra -- Camera Rolls #1-3 -- 01:00:04 to 01:24:13 Roll 1 Madam Pietyra sits in the living room of the apartment she occupies in Auschwitz. Pietyra is citizen of Auschwitz. She was born in Auschwitz and has never left. She recounts that Auschwitz was a predominantly Jewish city before the war. Most of the city was occupied by the Jewish citizens, including the apartment Pietyra lives in, while only a few buildings belonged to Catholic citizens. Overall, the Jews were like...

  10. Klein-Silberstein family. Collection

    This collection contains twelve photos, among which a wedding photo of Josef Klein and Lotte Silberstein, photos of Silberstein and Kantorowicz family members including one under the Eiffel tower, photos of the Klein sisters including one taken at the monastery in Sugny where they were hidden and a post-war photo of the Klein sisters taken upon arrival in Canada.

  11. Funeral for Werner von Fritsch; Ciano motorcade; Hitler Youth training; Polish Jews

    "Ausklang des heldenmütigen Ringens um Polen" [Concluding the Heroic struggle for Poland] "Staatsbegräbnis für den bei Warschau gefallenen Generaloberst Freiherrn von Fritsch" State funeral for von Fritsch in Berlin, Germany on September 26, 1939. Statue, funeral procession. CU of coffin covered in flowers, Nazi banners. Procession of military officials, civilians at a public square. Large group of soldiers stand at attention, flags are lowered near the coffin. CU of Nazi official. "Zielbewusst und rasch, wie die deutsche Wehrmacht zuschlug, vollendet die deutsche Staatsführung das Werk der...

  12. Bundesschuldenverwaltung

    • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
    • B 239
    • German
    • Schriftgut 2774 Aufbewahrungseinheiten 14,3 laufende Meter

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Für die Schulden des Reichs (bzw. des Norddeutschen Bundes) war bis zur Errichtung einer selbständigen Reichsschuldenverwaltung im Jahre 1924 ( Reichsschuldenordnung vom 13. Februar 1924, RGBl. I S. 95) die Preußische Staatsschuldenverwaltung unter der Bezeichnung "Reichsschuldenverwaltung" zuständig. Danach übernahm die Reichsschuldenverwaltung die preußische Staatsschuldenverwaltung. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg existierte in Berlin (West) eine Restverwaltung der Reichsschuldenverwaltung, ab Juli 1948 (Gesetz vom 13. Juli 1948, WiGBl. 1948 S. 73) eine Schulde...

  13. Eichmann Trial -- Session 25 -- Testimony of Y. Zuckerman

    Session 25. Witness Yitzhak Zuckerman discusses Jewish hope to immigrate to Palestine during 1940: "Some people managed to reach Palestine...Some were caught and returned... and were murdered on Polish soil." He also describes the efforts of the Jewish underground in Warsaw. Attorney General Gideon Hausner questions Zuckerman about his fake Aryan papers, as well as his impressions of Nazi-occupied Poland. Zuckerman replies: "Degredation, depression, helplessness..." Court is out of session after a blip at 00:06:30; the audience enters, and the camera focuses on the Israeli Police Officers a...

  14. Presidency of Council of Ministers-Military Cabinet Presedintia Consiliul de Miniştri-Cabinet Militar (Fond 764)

    Records of the military cabinet of Ion Antonescu. Topics covered include the persecution and deportation of Jews, confiscation of Jewish properties, and military actions against partisans. There are also secret police records relating to the Romanian withdrawal from Bessarabia and Northern Bucovina in 1940, as the USSR occupied these regions. Microfilms accreted in 2013 contain various correspondence of Antonescu with Hitler, Maniu, Horia Sima, as well as reports on Iron Guard and communist activities, SSI reports, decision of Antonescu relating to the "Jewish problem," decision of Antonesc...

  15. Odenheimer family papers

    The Odenheimer family papers consist of correspondence, family history and genealogy, immigration files, photographs, and restitution files documenting the history of the Odenheimer family in Odenheim, Germany, Kurt and Ilse Odenheimer’s immigration to the United States in 1939, Marie and Isidor Odenheimer’s deportation to and internment in southern France in October 1940, the deaths of Isidor and Julius Odenheimer in concentration camps, and Marie’s immigration to the United States in 1941. Correspondence primarily consists of letters exchanged between the Odenheimer family in Germany and ...

  16. Maier family papers

    The Maier family papers contain identification documents, passports, correspondence, and photographs relating to the Maier family’s experience aboard the MS St. Louis. Two photographs show Bertha Ackerman, Freya Maier, and Ludwig Maier boarding the MS St. Louis, and Sonja Maier attending a child’s birthday party aboard the ship. Also included is a donation registry list detailing donations collected for the funeral expenses of Mortiz Weiler who died while aboard the MS St. Louis. The registry records the name, room number and amount donated to the donation fund by passengers on the MS St. L...

  17. Lili Nahmias. Collection

    This collection contains one letter written by Lili Nahmias while detained at the Dossin barracks in May 1944 and sent to her parents at the Jewish elderly home Scheut in Anderlecht ; one note written by Lili Nahmias and thrown out of deportation transport XXV en route to Auschwitz-Birkenau.

  18. Reichseisenbahnamt

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Bestandsgeschichte Als überliefert galten im Jahr 1957 laut Bestandsübersicht des Deutschen Zentralarchivs in Potsdam etwa 600 Bände aus den Jahren 1873 bis 1919. Zum Zeitpunkt der Überarbeitung des Bestandes im Jahre 2008 lag ein Findbuch aus dem Jahr 1958 mit einem Umfang von zuletzt 421 verzeichneten Akten vor. Eine Übernahme aus dem Geheimen Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz anfangs der 2000er Jahre beinhaltete noch einmal etwa 100 Akten, die im Jahre 2008 verzeichnet und zum Bestand genommen wurden. Der gesamte Bestandsumfang beläuft sich nunmehr auf...

  19. Weber, Werner

    • Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
    • N 1529
    • German
    • 1949-1977
    • Nachlässe 371 Aufbewahrungseinheiten 11,8 laufende Meter

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Biografische Angaben: 31. Aug. 1904 geboren in Wülfrath als Sohn des Schulrektors August Weber und seiner Frau Maria Weber geb. Ricken; Besuch des Realgymnasiums, Abitur; 1923-1927 Studium der Rechtswissenschaften an den Universitäten Marburg, Berlin und Bonn; Dez. 1926 Referendarexamen in Köln; Febr. 1928 Juristisches Doktorexamen in Bonn; 1930 Promotion bei Carl Schmitt mit der Arbeit: Parlamentarische Unvereinbarkeiten (Inkompatibilitäten); Dez. 1930 Assessorexamen; Herbst 1930 zunächst Assistent, später Lehrbeauftragter für Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht an...

  20. Kriegsausschuß der deutschen Baumwollindustrie

    Geschichte des Bestandsbildners Bestandsgeschichte Die Bestände der Kriegswirtschaftsorganisationen des I. Weltkrieges waren in den Jahren 1943 und 1944 zunächst auswahlweise nach Staßfurt und dann unter Einbeziehung der gesamten zunächst zurückgelassenen Bestände und Bestandsteile nach Schönebeck ausgelagert worden. Im Zuge der Nachkriegsereignisse gelangten sie in das Deutsche Zentralarchiv, Abt. Merseburg, wo sie bis 1955 verblieben. Im Juli/August 1955 wurden die Bestände der Kriegsorganisationen des I. Weltkrieges nach Potsdam in das Zentralarchiv überführt. Archivische Bewertung und B...