Oskar Mendelsohn collection
Extent and Medium
folders
13
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Donor Oskar Mendelsohn photocopied the bulk of the collection at the Norwegian Resistance Museum Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum and other archival repositories. The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in August 1992 together with printed booklets and articles Mendelsohn authored, and copies of several extracts from wartime diaries, memoirs, and histories.
Scope and Content
Consists of photocopies and printed material relating to the fate of Norwegian Jews during World War II. Central to the collection are many documents that illustrate the experience of Norwegian Jews under the Quisling Government, including police lists, official forms and certificates, antisemitic legislation, and extracts from several memoirs and diaries detailing daily life. The collection also contains copies of Nazi documents related to the Jews of Norway, lists of Norwegian Holocaust victims, and postwar survivor testimonies and legal initiatives.
System of Arrangement
The collection is organized into thirteen series: RG-10.25401: Lists of anti-Jewish legislation and actions in Norway. RG-10.25402: Printed materials regarding the Holocaust in Norway. RG-10.25403: Antisemitic legislation promulgated by the Quisling Government. RG-10.25404: Police lists of Norwegian Jews (1942). RG-10.25405: Official government forms and certificates inventorying Jews and their possessions. RG-10.25406: Documents regarding anti-Jewish police actions. RG-10.25407: Civil, governmental, and ecclesiastical responses to the persecution of Jews in Norway. RG-10.25408: Copies of Nazi documents related to Jews in Norway. RG-10.25409: Post-war affidavits from Norwegian Jewish Holocaust survivors to the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Police (1947). RG-10.25410: Name lists of Norwegian victims of the Holocaust. RG-10.25411: Postwar litigation against the Gestapo and the Quisling Government by Holocaust victims. RG-10.25412: Excerpts from two published diaries detailing wartime experiences in Norway. RG-10.254*13: Excerpts from Norwegian wartime memoirs and histories
Subjects
- Norway--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Jews--Norway.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Norwegian.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Norway.
Genre
- Personal narratives.
- Document