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Country: Israel
Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Gvar'am

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Gvar'am Collection of testimonies - booklet: "From the stories of [kibbutz] members: Stories of survivors and rescuers", Holocaust Remembrance and Heroism Day ceremony, Gvar'am, 5758 [1998]; 1. Irit Van-Eso; 2. Ayala Vaknin; 3. Raya Wahl; 4. Sona (Haber) Lind.

  2. P.65 - Yaffa Eliach Collection

    P.65 - Yaffa Eliach Collection Professor Yaffa Eliach was born Yaffa (Sheinla) Sonenson in the village of Ejszyszki, Poland (in Yiddish: Eyshishok; today Eišiškės, Lithuania) in 1935. Nazi Germany occupied the village in June 1941. Within two days in late September, almost all 3,500 Jews of the village were murdered in the local cemetery by Einsatzgruppe A. Yaffa escaped to a hiding place with her family just before the massacre. Until the liberation of Eyshishok by the Red Army in July 1944, the family moved from one hiding place to another, escaping death many times. Yaffa made aliya to E...

  3. O.10 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Yugoslavia, mainly during the Holocaust period

    O.10: Documentation regarding the Jews of Yugoslavia, mainly during the Holocaust period In the Record Group there is documentation regarding the Jews of the former Yugoslavia (according to the April 1941 boundaries) during the 20th century, and concerning various topics from the Holocaust period. Some of the documentation was photocopied from material in various archives in Yugoslavia and in other countries, including Israel, and some of the documentation was submitted to Yad Vashem by private individuals. Among the sources for the documentation are the Federation of Jewish Communities in ...

  4. Documentation of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Romania - The Military Cabinet, 1940-1944

    Documentation of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Romania - The Military Cabinet, 1940-1944 The collection includes documents created by the military cabinet of Ion Antonescu. Included among its subjects: the persecution and deportation of Jews; confiscation of Jewish property; military actions against the partisans; documentation of the Intelligence Service regarding the retreat of the Romanian Army from Bessarabia and northern Bucovina in 1940.

  5. TR.3.M - Eichmann Trial Administration

    TR.3.M - Eichmann Trial Administration

  6. Soviet documentation regarding Nazi war crimes carried out in the Khakiv region during 1944-1945

    Soviet documentation regarding Nazi war crimes carried out in the Khakiv region during 1944-1945 Included in the collection: - Testimonies collected from residents of the Stary Saltov district; - List of streets whose name was changed during the occupation period; - Antisemitic posters including an appeal to local residents to travel to work in Germany, a call to partisans and Red Army soldiers to surrender, announcements regarding the distribution of land, and Nazi propaganda; - Reports regarding Nazi war crimes in Kharkiv during the occupation period; - Report regarding trials of war crim...

  7. P.22 - The Dr. Nathan Eck Collection, holocaust researcher, 1938-1976

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 4019707
    • English, Hebrew
    • Administrative documentation Draft Excerpt(s) Letter List of refugees Memoirs Newspaper clippings Note Passport Personal documents Poems/Songs Record of persecuted persons Reports Research article Testimony

    P.22 - The Dr. Nathan Eck Collection, holocaust researcher, 1938-1976 In the collection there are files from the private archive of Dr. Nathan Eck. Description of the collection: The documentation mainly deals with research on various aspects of the Holocaust period in Poland and France. There are research papers, testimonies, newspaper clippings, correspondence and documentation concerning the emigration of Jews to Latin American countries. About Dr. Nathan Eck: - Dr. Nathan Eck was born in Janow, Poland, 19 March 1896. He was a Gordonia youth movement activist and a Zionist activist, as w...

  8. O.31 - Documentation of the Jews of Italy mainly from the Holocaust period

    O.31 - Documentation of the Jews of Italy mainly from the Holocaust period Personal documentation submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive containing testimonies, letters and personal documents of different kinds. Among the documentation in the Record Group there are also lists of Jews as well as other official documentation, most of it copies on microfilm spools of the documentation from the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People in Jerusalem and the Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation (CDEC) in Milan regarding the Jewish communities in Italy, antisemitic legislation, pe...

  9. M.18.2 - Correspondence of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) with the Central Location Index (CLI) of the Relatives Search Department

    M.18.2 - Correspondence of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) with the Central Location Index (CLI) of the Relatives Search Department Correspondence between different organizations in various countries (including the JDC offices around the world). The correspondence deals with administrational topics and subjects regarding the search for relatives. The documentation is arranged by country or date or organization.

  10. Documentation from the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin

    Documentation from the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin

  11. Files from the Foreigners Police in the Nidwalden, Switzerland canton (region) regarding five families of Jewish refugees, 1935-1946

    Files from the Foreigners Police in the Nidwalden, Switzerland canton (region) regarding five families of Jewish refugees, 1935-1946

  12. Documentation regarding Ukrainian Nationalist organizations in the Distrikt Galizien (Galicia district), 1941-1944

    Documentation regarding Ukrainian Nationalist organizations in the Distrikt Galizien (Galicia district), 1941-1944 Included in the collection: - Correspondence regarding the Ukrainian Nationalist movement and an appeal by Ukrainian Nationalist institutions to Hitler and Rosenberg; - Secret report written by the governor of the Stanislawow area to the governor of the Galicia region, regarding his meeting with representatives of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN); - Secret report sent by the head of the German Security Police in Lwow to senior factors in the German Police in Ber...

  13. O.41 - Collection of Lists and Documentation Regarding Those Who Perished and Those Who Were Persecuted During the Holocaust Period

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 4019587
    • English, Hebrew
    • Death certificate List of camp inmates List of deportees List of inmates List of Jewish residents List of Jewish soldiers List of murdered persons List of persecuted persons List of survivors Personal documents Photograph

    O.41 Collection of Lists and Documentation Regarding Those Who Perished and Those Who Were Persecuted During the Holocaust Period The collection is mainly comprised of lists of Jews who perished or were persecuted during the Holocaust period. These lists come from many diverse sources, various types and different languages. The lists of those who perished were compiled and prepared by official sources and established bodies, as well as by family members, friends and fellow townspeople. Besides the lists of those who perished, the Collection also contains concurrent lists of those who were d...

  14. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Hatzerim

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Hatzerim Personal documentation (from the personal files of kibbutz members): 1. Yechezkel Roth (Of Blessed Memory): a. Eulogy regarding Yechezkel Roth; b. Transcription of a talk given by Yechezkel Roth to the children at the "Yaldei Teheran" ("Teheran Children") school at Kibbutz Urim, 1980; c. Ernest Roth: "Notes: Chapters of a diary from the Holocaust period", translated from German by Avraham Bimka, Kibbutz Hatzerim, 1986; d. Diary of Y...

  15. O.7 - Documentation concerning the jews in Czecoslovakia mainly in the Holocaust period

    O.7 - Documentation concerning the jews in Czecoslovakia mainly in the Holocaust period This collection includes various materials which reached the Yad Vashem Archives about Czechoslovakia. It is currently divided into two sub groups, one relating to the Czech Republic (O.7 CZ) and one relating to Slovakia (0.7 SL). Quantity of material: O.7 CZ- 13.6 meters shelving. O.7 SL- 0.5 meters shelving. Main languages: German, Czech, Slovak

  16. Files of the NSDAP Muenchen (Munich)

    Files of the NSDAP Muenchen (Munich)

  18. O.23 - Gilbert Collection: Documentation written by senior Nazi war criminals in detention during the Nuremberg Trials

    O.23 - Gilbert Collection: Documentation written by senior Nazi war criminals in detention during the Nuremberg Trials Gustave Mark Gilbert was an American psychologist best known for his psychological diagnoses of high ranking Nazi leaders and officials during the Nuremberg Trials. In the collection there are interviews with these Nazi leaders and officials, as well as essays and manuscripts written by them while they were imprisoned during the trials. Among other items in the documentation: - Hans Michael Frank, Governor of the Generalgouvernment, who described his experiences and persona...

  19. Documentation from the National Archives of Romania

    Documentation from the National Archives of Romania The collection includes files created by various organizations: Reports by the central and the local administration regarding the persecution of Jews; files from the Military Cabinet of the Ion Antonescu government; decrees and decisions against the Jews, 1940-1944; surveillance reports by the Siguranta Security Police.

  20. O.78 - Prof. Irene Eber Collection about the fate of Jews in China: Documentation regarding the fate of the Jews in China during the World War II period

    O.78 - Prof. Irene Eber Collection about the fate of Jews in China: Documentation regarding the fate of the Jews in China during the World War II period