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  1. Arie Z. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Arie Z., who was born in Pruz︠h︡any, Poland (presently Belarus), in 1923, the elder of two children. He recounts his father managing the estate of a Russian princess; attending Hebrew schools; participating in Hashomer Hatzair; increasing antisemtism, including his father being fired in 1938; his finding another job on a distant estate near the Bialowieza Forest; his visits; completing gymnasium in 1939; German invasion on September 1; joining his father with his mother and sister; Soviet occupation; returning home; his father joining them; completing final exams for ...

  2. Ariege collection

    Contains a copy of Vichy registration of Jews in Ariege, twelve copyprints, and oral history interviews with Jeanne Rogalle, Claude Delpla, and G. Ane.

  3. Arieh B. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Arieh B., who was born in Paris, France in 1935. He recalls his father's arrest and return a month later; hiding in a rural area with his parents and younger brother; their discovery in 1942 and return to Paris; his mother's attempt to strangle him in German headquarters, but being stopped by his father; being placed in an orphanage with his brother; constant hunger; running away to a convent with older children; placement in a foster home in Normandy; the trauma of separation from his brother who was in another foster home; his profound loneliness; liberation in July...

  4. Arieh F. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Arieh F., a twin, who was born in a village in Czechoslovakia in approximately 1929. He recalls his family's farm; attending a Slovak school with his twin brother, then a Jewish school in nearby Nitra; antisemitism beginning with Slovak independence in early 1939; transports of Jews to unknown destinations; his and his brother's b'nai mitzvah in 1942; his father's deportation to Nova?ky in 1943; being hidden with his brother in Bratislava; his mother's deportation to Nova?ky; surrendering themselves to join their parents; being guarded by Hlinka guard; administration ...

  5. Arieh K. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Arieh K., who was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1928, the son of Polish émigrés and the older of two children. He recounts his family's move to Berlin in 1930; his father's rabbinical ordination and appointment as chief rabbi of Thessalonikē in 1933; going to his grandfather's funeral in Rzeszów in 1938; attending public school, the American high school, then a Greek private school; German invasion in April 1941; his father's arrest in Athens and imprisonment in Vienna; confiscation of their home and his father's library; his bar mitzvah in July; his father's return...

  6. Arieh Lewinnek collection

    Collection of glass-based negatives taken in Switzerland in 1934 of Arieh (donor), his sister, and mother when they escaped and sought refuge; after six months they returned to Berlin. Contains a Reisepass (numbered 1285) issued to Rosa Halbreich Lewinnek.

  7. Ariel S. Cardoso collection

    The Ariel S. Cardoso collection includes an Italian Labor Service armband, a Łódź ghetto scrip ten mark note, and identification papers, military papers, and photographs documenting Cardoso’s wartime hiding in Rome, postwar emigration to Palestine, and military service in the Jewish Brigade.

  8. Ariela Palacz photograph collection

    The Ariela Palacz photograph collection consists of photographs depicting Ariela Palacz, her parents, and her siblings in Paris, France, before and during World War II.

  9. Arisierungen

    Records pertaining to the confiscation of mostly Jewish-owned property by Nazi authorities in Upper Austria and Vienna, Austria. Mostly individual case files consisting of reports and correspondence between the Reichsstatthalter Oberdonau, the Vermögensverkehrsstelle Wien, and various other Nazi agencies involved in expropriation. Includes files on a few confiscated non-Jewish properties. Reel #18 of the collection also features topical files concerning Nazi expropriation laws and regulations, reports, and guidelines, such as how to proceed with the expropriation of properties owned by for...

  10. Arisierungsakten

    • Aryanisation Records

    Der Bestand teilt sich daher in die "Arisierungsakten des nördlichen Burgenlandes" (Kartons 1–68) und die "Arisierungsakten des südlichen Burgenlandes" (Kartons 69–83). Der Inhalt des Bestandes ist sehr uneinheitlich. Im Wesentlichen umfassen die Akten Schriftstücke, die in der Vermögensverkehrsstelle eingelangt sind oder ausgingen. In einigen der Akten finden sich außer einem Formular, welches der Aktanlegung von vermuteten jüdischen Firmen- oder Immobilienbesitzer diente, keine weiteren Schriftstücke. Andere enthalten umfangreiches Schriftgut. In den Akten finden sich vor allem: - allgeme...

  11. Arisierungsakten Bad Aussee

    • Aryanization files Bad Aussee

    Der Bestand enthält die Arisierungen von Liegenschaften in Bad Aussee, das in der NS-Zeit zum Gau Oberdonau gehörte.

  12. Arizační spisy

    • Aryanization files
    • AS/NSMPO
    • Arizační spisy - Národní správa majetkových podstat
    • NAD 375
    • Národní archiv
    • 375
    • English
    • 1938-1945
    • The collection consists out of 101 linear meters of processed and inventoried documents. 3.5 linear meters are unprocessed and inaccessible.

    The collection Arizační spisy was in the 1950s divided into seven main groups by its origins: 1. "Müller": named after the "Sonderbeauftragter für Ernährungsfragen beim Reichsprotektor", Rudolf Müller. These are documents connected with Jewish food companies (70 boxes). 2. "Regierungspräsident Aussig" (Vládní president Ústí nad Labem): Documents which are connected with the Aryanization in Northern Bohemia from 1938 to 1945 under the administration of the Regierungspräsident Aussig an der Elbe (23 boxes). 3. "Landespräsident Brünn" (Zemský president Brno): Documents which are connected with...

  13. Arkadi︠i︡ P. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Arkadi︠i︡ P., who was born in Chashniki, Belarus in 1923. He recalls his family's orthodoxy; cordial relations with non-Jews; attending public school; earning teachers' certification; teaching third grade; visiting Minsk in June 1941; German invasion; riding trains with German soldiers to Barysaŭ; walking to Lukomlʹ; staying with an aunt for three days; returning to Chashniki; anti-Jewish regulations; forced labor in a peat factory; a non-Jewish woman who offered to help him; hiding with his mother and sister during a mass killing in February 1942; his mother forcing...

  14. Arkadii T. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Arkadii T., who was born in Smilovichi, Belarus in 1928. He recalls a fun-filled childhood, despite poverty; his family's orthodoxy; German invasion in 1941; his father's arrest (he was killed in a mass shooting); hiding during a round-up; watching his family leave their house; hearing constant shooting as the Jews were killed, including his mother, sister, and grandparents; local police participation in the killings; traveling to the Minsk ghetto; smuggling food; forced labor in a neighboring village; a German solider warning him of impending round-ups; leaving the g...

  15. Arkadiy Korabelnik memoir

    Consists of one handwritten memoir, 6 pages, entitled "Testimonies about life experiences during the German occupation" by Arkadiy Korabelnik, who spent the war in the Slonim district of Grodno.

  16. Arkady Aleksandrovsky memoir

    Contains a photocopy of a handwritten memoir which relates to Arkady Aleksandrovsky's experiences in the Bershad Ghetto during the Holocaust.

  17. Ārkārtēja komisija lvva

    • The Soviet State Extraordinary Commission for Ascertaining and Investigating the Crimes Committed by the German-Fascist Invaders and their Accomplices
    • Чрезвычайная республиканская комиссия Латвийской ССР

    Organization of the Commission’s work, including information about staff, reports, collection of information; lists of victims on Latvian territory, including Abrene district, Aizpute district, and Aizpute city; list of Jews killed in 1941 in Bauska district, Valmiera district, Ventspils district and Ventspils city, Valka district, Daugavpils district and Daugavpils city; list of Jews killed in Livani, Dagda, Jekabpils district, Jelgava district, Liepaja district, Ludza district, Liepaja district, and Liepaja city; lists of Jews killed in 1941 in Riga district and Riga city; list of Jews ki...

  18. Armaments officials, Nazi leaders at conferences, weapon inspections

    1941-1944 Armaments specialists at conferences and weapons demonstrations, including Armaments Minister Albert Speer, Hitler, Himmer, military and industrial leaders. Reel 2: Events of 6 and 7 June, 1943, in Hillersleben, Germany. Participants in front of the conference building, talking to each other and posing for the camera. Goebbels, Speer, others, exit the building. Conference participants watch a demonstration of flamethrowers. Interior shot of men eating in a large dining hall. Porsche waves to the camera. A large group of the participants, in uniform and civilian dress, stand outsid...

  19. Armand Eisler papers

    Contains letters, essays, and articles relating to the life and career of Armand Eisler. Among the topics covered are Eisler genealogy, post-war Austria, international politics, and the Middle East. Included with the papers is a copy of "The Terror as a System: the Concentration Camp" by Ernst Federn. Included in the correspondence are letters signed by Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, Felix Frankfurter, Virginia Gildersleeve, Harold Stassen, and post-war Austrian presidents Karl Renner and Adolf Schärf.

  20. Armand H. Holocaust testimony

    Videotape testimony of Armand H., who was born in Paris, France in 1927. He recalls his older brother's bar mitzvah; his younger brother's ritual circumcision in 1934; attending public school; temporary evacuation with other children during the "Phony War"; German invasion in May 1940; anti-Jewish restrictions and propaganda; rumors of a round-up in summer 1942; his father making a hiding place in their apartment; hiding with his father and older brother the night of July 15 (they thought women and children would not be taken); arrest with his mother and younger brother in August; his relea...