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  1. Documentation of the Gauwirtschaftskammer (Nazi Gau Economic Chamber) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Gauwirtschaftskammer (Nazi Gau Economic Chamber) in Hamburg

  2. Documentation of the Oberpostdirktion II (Post Directorate II) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Oberpostdirktion II (Post Directorate II) in Hamburg

  3. Documentation of the Schlachthof und Viehmarktverwaltung (Slaughterhouse and Cattle-Market Administration) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Schlachthof und Viehmarktverwaltung (Slaughterhouse and Cattle-Market Administration) in Hamburg

  4. Documentation of the Gemeinde Farmsen (Farmsen Suburb Administration) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Gemeinde Farmsen (Farmsen Suburb Administration) in Hamburg

  5. Documentation of the Amtsgericht Bergedorf (Bergedorf Magistrates Court) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Amtsgericht Bergedorf (Bergedorf Magistrates Court) in Hamburg The Amtsgericht Bergedorf (Bergedorf Magistrates Court) was established in 1855. It is still in existence as of the time of the writing of these lines. The Court files that arrive for archival storage are transferred to the State Archive in Hamburg. They include administrative files, protocols of trials, court decisions, criminal and civil court proceedings, files and Register (registration) books, and freiwillige Gerichtsbarkeit (mediation and arbitration) files. The files that were copied for Yad Vashem re...

  6. Documentation of the Magistrat Bergedorf (Bergedorf Suburb Municipality) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Magistrat Bergedorf (Bergedorf Suburb Municipality) in Hamburg

  7. O.6/MISC - Miscellaneous Items

    O.6/MISC - Miscellaneous Items

  8. Documentation of the Landesherrenschaften - Hauptregistratur (Land Authorities - Main Registry Office) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Landesherrenschaften - Hauptregistratur (Land Authorities - Main Registry Office) in Hamburg

  9. Documentation of the Landesherrenschaften - Landesausschussangelegenheiten (Land Authorities - Land Committee Matters) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Landesherrenschaften - Landesausschussangelegenheiten (Land Authorities - Land Committee Matters) in Hamburg

  10. Okresní úřad Jičín I

    • District Office of Jičín I / NAD 1272

    The fonds contains documents of the political administration of the Jičín District such as official books, registry finding aids, files, and accounting material. The general files are divided according to subject groups. Relevant for Jewish issues are mainly these subject groups (in all handling periods): Municipal affairs; Church and religious affairs; Education; Citizenship, domicile, matrimonial and register matters; Police matters; census sheets (1891-1902); Association affairs; census sheets (1891-1902); Matters of associations and political parties; census sheets (1913-1936); Trade af...

  11. Okresní národní výbor Jičín

    • Jičín District National Committee / NAD 1273

    The fonds contains documents of the public administration of the Jičín district. The documents are divided according to subject groups (sections), the most important being the files included in the agenda from 1945-1948: Presidium files; III. Safety; VI. Trades, commerce and industry; from 1949-1950: 2. Internal administration; 3. Education; 5. Economy; and from 1951-1954: 1. Common economic affairs and the managing of the economy; 2. Internal administration. Direct references to Jews can be found in the following documents: Confiscation of Jewish property - applications for the lease of re...

  12. O.37/Linz - Collection of the Jewish Historical Commission in Linz

    O.37/Linz - Collection of the Jewish Historical Commission in Linz

  13. M.54.AMS - Documentation of the Stutthof Concentration Camp Museum in Sztutowo, Poland

    M.54.AMS - Documentation of the Stutthof Concentration Camp Museum in Sztutowo, Poland The Stutthof concentration camp was established shortly after the German occupation of Poland in September 1939, near the town of Sztutowo, Poland, approximately 40 kilometers from the city of Gdansk. During the war approximately 110,000 people were detained in the camp. Gas chambers and crematoria were built in the camp in 1943. The camp was included in the plan for the Final Solution in June 1944. Large deportations of Jews (mainly women) arrived in 1944, who were transferred from the Baltic countries a...

  14. O.52.3 - Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - General Documentation

    O.52.3 - Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - General Documentation The purpose of the Yad Vashem project - to prepare an Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - is to perpetuate the history of the communities that were destroyed during the Holocaust. The historiography of the communities focused on countries and sometimes on districts, but not on the history of the local communities. With the increase of interest in the local communities, this Record Group serves as a very important source for historians and researchers working in this field. As part of the preparation o...

  15. Материалы бывшего военного архива

    • Archivalien des ehemaligen Heeresarchivs
    • Records of the Former Military Archive

  16. Collection of documentation regarding Anda Eker

    Collection of documentation regarding Anda Eker

  17. Documentation from the Israel Police unit for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes

    Documentation from the Israel Police unit for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes The Israel Police Department for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes was established following the enactment of the "Nazis and Nazi Collaborators (Punishment) Law" in 1950. At its inception, the Department concentrated on Jews who were being investigated on suspicion of collaboration with the Nazis. However, the area was expanded, and the Department gathered testimonies regarding the crimes of the Nazis and their collaborators throughout Europe, testimonies which aided in investigative proceedings and trials conduct...

  18. O.76.2 - Songs/Poems mostly written by Holocaust survivors

    O.76.2 - Songs/Poems mostly written by Holocaust survivors Most of the songs and poems gathered in this Sub-Records Group were written by Holocaust survivors in various languages, mainly during the Holocaust period and afterwards. A small number of the songs and poems were written by Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Many poems describe experiences and events from the Holocaust period, as well as longings for home and the people from whom they were forced to part. Some of the poems that were written after the Holocaust are dedicated to the memory of family members, friends and acquaintanc...

  19. Documentation of the Corpul III armata Romania (3rd Romanian Army) from Odessa and Tiraspol, photocopied from the Osoby Archive in Moscow

    Documentation of the Corpul III armata Romania (3rd Romanian Army) from Odessa and Tiraspol, photocopied from the Osoby Archive in Moscow

  20. Documentation handed over to the Osoby Archive in Moscow from the Pushkin State Museum in Moscow regarding the confiscation of books and art

    Documentation handed over to the Osoby Archive in Moscow from the Pushkin State Museum in Moscow regarding the confiscation of books and art