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  1. Esther Wilkenfeld papers

    The collection documents the post-war experiences of Esther Wilkenfeld (née Halm), originally of Yasinia, Czechoslovakia (Yasinia, Ukraine), including identification cards, a document from the Labor Office of Glauchau, and certificate from the Feldafing displaced persons camp labor office.

  2. War crimes cases from the archives of the Staatsanwaltschaft Berlin

    Consists of copies of various West German war crimes trial cases. Among the cases are those of Richard Otto Bovensiepen, Stella Ingrid Gärtner, and Stella I. Isaaksohn. The records relate to alleged war crimes, the deportation of Jews, collaboration, and transports to concentration camps. See the RG list for titles for RG-06.009.0401 through RG-06.009.04*05.

  3. SS ir policijos vadas Vilniuje

    • Der SS-und Polizeistandortführer Wilna
    • Chief of the SS and Police in Vilnius

    Various documents concerning the Jews in the Vilnius region (attitudes toward Jews, establishment of the ghettos); registers of the residents by nationality; maps and drawings of the Vilnius administrative region and the localisation of police stations; lists of the headquarters of the criminal police, SS, and self-defence police; working conditions of police stations, social-political descriptions of local residents in the region; lists of Nazi enterprises in the region, etc.

  4. Okręgowa Komisja Badania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu - Instytut Pamięci Narodowej w Białymstoku

    • akta śledztw dotyczących zbrodni niemieckich i komunistycznych - akta administracyjne (dzienniki prezydialne, pomoce kancelaryjne, sprawozdania, plany pracy, protokoły narad, materiały o charakterze naukowym) - ankietyzacja miejsc i faktów zbrodni niemieckich - materiały ewidencyjne (repertoria, skorowidze, kartoteki osobowe m.in. wytworzone na podstawie akt USC dotyczące strat osobowych podczas II wojny światowej, kartoteka spraw karnych odnosząca się do współpracy z okupantem)

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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.

  12. 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)

  13. 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.

  14. 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...

  15. 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.

  16. 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...

  17. 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.

  18. 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...

  19. 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.

  20. 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...