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  1. Anya K. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Anya K., who was born in Ostrog, Poland (presently Ostroh, Ukraine). She recalls her mother's charitable activities; Soviet occupation in 1939; confiscation of the family business; one brother's conscription into the Soviet army (she never saw him again); German invasion on June 21, 1941; her other brother fleeing; her mother surviving a mass murder in August; ghettoization; frequent round-ups and murders; hiding with her parents and sister; the impossibility of remaining without water; and escaping with her sister. Mrs. K. recounts searching for Soviet partisans and ...

  2. Anysz family. Collection

    Picture of the Anysz family in Warsaw, Poland. Left to right : Joseph Anysz, unidentified grandparent, Isy (Isaac) Anysz, Jacob Anysz and his wife Sophia Lindner.

  3. AnyTime Antiques collection

    The collection consists of an issue of Liberty magazine (January 18, 1941), of Life magazine (June 26, 1944) and Popular Mechanics magazine (March 1942).

  4. Anzeigen zur Beschlagnahmung und Versteigerung von jüdischem Besitz

    • Advertisements for confiscation and auction of Jewish property

    Dieser Bestand setzt sich aus mehreren Beständen zusammen. Die eigentlichen Bestandsbezeichnungen lauten: - A 976 Titel: Überführung des Besitzes der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde in das Eigentum der Gemeinde Hohenems - A 967 Titel: Mitteilung über die Beschlagnahme des Rabbinerhauses - A 983–984: Verlautbarungen von Versteigerungen jüdischen Besitzes in Hohenems Er enthält Zeitungsanzeigen zur Beschlagnahmung und Versteigerung von jüdischem Besitz: - Anzeige zur Enteignung von Liegenschaften der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde durch die Gemeinde Hohenems, in: Hohenemser Gemeindeblatt, 18.6.1...

  5. Apelt, Fritz und Apelt Malter, Frieda

    Bestandsbeschreibung Biographische Angaben: Frieda Malter · Am 1. November 1902 in Breslau als Frieda Charlotte Anna Raddünz geboren · 8 Jahre Volksschule · Dienstmädchen · 1925 Heirat mit dem KPD-Funktionär Adolf Franz · Seit 1926 KPD-Mitglied · Arbeit als Weberin · KPD-Funktionärin und Gewerkschafterin · Abgeordnete des Preußischen Landtages (1931-1933), Arbeit im Frauenausschuss · Verurteilung wegen „Vorbereitung zum Hochverrat" · Haft in Jauen und Lichtenburg 1933-1938 · Arbeiterin und Kontoristin 1938-1944 · Haft im KZ Ravensbrück und im Außenkommando des KZ Sachsenhausen für Rüstungsb...

  6. Apes pilsētas valde

    • Ape City Council
    • Sradtverwaltung Ape

    The fonds contains information about the town’s history and its administration since 1919. The wartime documents include lists of confiscated property and belongings; information about establishment of a depository for cultural artefacts (books, etc.) of Jews and communists (1942); interdiction to provide Jews with footwear (1941); and lists of inhabitants, including some Jews (1941-1942).

  7. Apgabala komisāra Rigā darba pārvalde

    • Arbeitsverwaltung Riga
    • Labour Administration Riga

    Office of accountant, order, correspondence with general commissar and institutions about labour of prisoners of war, statistics, salaries, lists of employees and also contains Kontrollbook Revich Adele, born on March 9, 1912, worked in 1942-1943, list of Jews working in August-October 1941 in Riga.

  8. Aplicação da Circular n.º 14

    Comunicação do Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros ao Consulado de Portugal em Berna referente à aplicação da Circular n.º 14 aos Consulados de Carreira.

  9. Apology letter from residents of Bonbaden, Germany, addressed to Margot K. Stern

    Letter (two leaves, four pages), written and signed by the residents of the village of Bonbaden (part of city of Braunfels), in Hessen, Germany, 9 November 2008, containing an apology to Margot K. Stern and her family, former Jewish residents of Bonbaden, who fled their village and homeland because of antisemitic persecution during the Nazi era. The letter, written following a Christian worship service commemorating the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht in Bonbaden, expresses remorse for the persecution of Jews in Bonbaden during that era, acknowledges the pain that Stern’s family experienc...

  10. Appeal Court in Kielce Sąd Apelacyjny w Kielcach (SAK) (Sygn. GK 217)

    Contains selected files of criminal trials conducted in the Appeal Court in Kielce during the years 1946 -1969. These trials pertain to crimes committed against Jews and Poles in Poland during the German occupation. Most of investigation were discontinued. Trials were based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka”), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of German criminals guilty of murders and persecution of civilians and prisoners of war, and the punishment of traitors to the Polish Nation. "Sierpniówka" was one of the world's first le...

  11. Appeal Court in Lublin (SAL) Sąd Apelacyjny w Lublinie (SAL), Sygn. 220

    This collection contains selected files of criminal trials which took place in the Appeals Court in Lublin during the years 1945-1969. These trials pertain to crimes committed against Jews and Poles in Poland during the German occupation. Trials were based on the Decree of August 31, 1944 (“Sierpniówka”), issued by the Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (PKWN), concerning the punishment of German criminals guilty of murders and persecution of civilians and prisoners of war, and the punishment of traitors to the Polish Nation. "Sierpniówka" was one of the world's first legislation on liabi...

  12. Appeal for Jewish Displaced Persons

    These 2 identical cards are signed 'Rothschild' and contain an appeal for assistance on one side, and a joke reprinted from the Evening Standard on the other.

  13. Appeal for peace by the Second International Congress against Racism

    Appeal for peace by the Second International Congress against Racism to the Arab people and Jews of Palestine to stop hating each other and to lay down their arms.French 

  14. Appenzeller and Dukes families collection

    The collection consists of photographs, documents, correspondence, a ruler and a banknote relating to the experiences of Erna Appenzeller Kent, and her maternal and paternal families, the Dukes and Appenzellers in Vienna, Austria, Milan, Italy, Lisbon, Portugal and the United States before, during and after the Holocaust.

  15. Appenzeller family collection

    Collection of documents, correspondence and photographs relating to Adam Emmanuel Appenzeller (donor's father), b. November 20, 1889 in Krakow and Josefa Peppi Appenzeller (donor's mother) b. March 16, 1902 in Jurcoutz, Bukovina.

  16. Application form

    The form is an application to serve in the Emergency Section of the French Red Cross (Croix-Rouge française) during World War II. One line reads: "Je declare n'etre pas Juif" (I declare I am not a Jew).

  17. Application forms for the mandatory adoption of the names Sara and Israel for Austrian Jews

    Contains mandatory name-change applications received from Jews by the Vienna, Austria, district offices of the Bezirkshauptmannschaften.

  18. Applications for obtaining permission to build/construct

    The bulk of this file contains requests for the construction of residential homes, changes of private buildings into corporate buildings (among others from Ditsch-Printz, Liebermann & Hertz, Sternberg, and Heintz von Landewyck). The file also contains a report of the economic situation of the city and country's movie theaters (letter of 12/01/1934) with racist remarks against Jews.

  19. Applications of the Jewish residents on the Stanisławów County of Poland (now Ivano-Frankivsk Region of Ukraine) for obtaining passports (Fond 6, Opis 3)

    The collection contains applications for obtaining passports enabling travel abroad for business, medical treatment, or pleasure. Applications were submitted for review and approval to the Stanisławów County Executive Office (Stanisławów powiatowe starostwo) during the years 1918 to 1938. A typical file contains correspondence with foreign embassies and consulates, original passports, correspondence with Polish government officials justifying travel abroad, various copies of the official documents and certificates.

  20. Appraisal of Paul Ehrlich by Dr Richard Spitzer

    This appraisal of Paul Ehrlich was written on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birthday by Dr Richard Spitzer.