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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Documentation of municipal government in Tallinn, 1846 - 2001

  2. Documentation of the municipal administration of Brest, 1941-1944

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 13234955
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1941-1944
    • Correspondence Declaration Instruction List of craftspeople List of forced laborers List of Jewish physicians Official documentation Survey report

    Documentation of the municipal administration of Brest, 1941-1944 Personal forms completed by Jews from Brest in order to receive identity cards, November 1941-October 1942; documentation regarding tax payments by the Jews, 1941-1942; orders and directives issued by the municipal administration commander regarding Jewish forced laborers, and prohibitions and limitations pertaining to Jews; correspondence between the Judenrat and the Brest municipal administration; lists of Jewish names and lists of Jewish family men from Brest; reports regarding the supply and allotment of food to Jews; lis...

  3. Documentation of the district German gendarmerie in Grodno, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the district German gendarmerie in Grodno, 1941-1944 The Collection contains lists of detainees following Communist activity, procedures regarding the struggle against partisan activity transmitted by the district commander of the gendarmerie to local units, reports regarding the execution of people attempting to escape and documentation regarding salary payments to the gendarmes.

  4. Documentation of the Aluminum Factory in Tartu, 1931 - 1941

  5. Documentation from the Reichswirtschaftministerium (Reich Ministry of Economy) from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1936-1942

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 11026735
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1936-1942
    • Balance sheet Financial accounts Names of perpetrators Official documentation Record of persecuted persons Statistical data Survey report

    Documentation from the Reichswirtschaftministerium (Reich Ministry of Economy) from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1936-1942 The following files are preserved in the collection: - A file dealing with insurance taken out by Jews, 1938-1939, including subjects such as the treatment of insurance claims submitted by Jews after the Kristallnacht riots (including a copy of the "Reichsgesetzblatt" [Reich Legal Gazette] from March 1939 containing the wording of the law on this matter - frame 1451, statistical reports and correspondence from December 1938 regarding the limit on claims pertaining to ri...

  6. Documentation of the Council and the Executive committee of the Novaya Mysh district, 1940

    Documentation of the Council and the Executive committee of the Novaya Mysh district, 1940 Included in the collection is a list of voters in the Nowa Mysz [Novaya Mysh] district, prepared in 1940, and a professional opinion regarding a Jewish teacher named Abram Rozen who worked in the Baranovichi region.

  7. M.52.GUOK - Documentation from the Main Department of Education of the Kiev City State Administration

    Documentation from the Archives of the Education Department of the Kiev Municipality Lists of orphan children who stayed in orphanage no. 4 in Kiev, 1941-1947; list of orphan children in the orphanages in Kiev, 1943; lists of children in special orphanage no. 6 in Kiev, including data regarding their place and date of birth, nationality, and the dates of the arrival and departure of each child (selected pages with names of Jews), 1945-1952.

  8. Documentation of the regional multidisciplinary industrial association in Mogilev, 1944-1945

    Documentation of the regional multidisciplinary industrial association in Mogilev, 1944-1945 Included in the collection are personal files of members of the association.

  9. Documentation of the University of Tartu, 1918 - 1944

  10. Documentation of the Galizische SS-Schützendivision (Waffen-SS Galicia Division), 1943-1944

    Documentation of the Galizische SS-Schützendivision (Waffen-SS Galicia Division), 1943-1944 Included in the collection are excerpts from the activities log of the Division, which acted under the supervision of the Ukrainian Nationalists in the Lwow and Tarnopol regions.

  11. Files of the Finanzaemter in Munich

    Files of the Finanzaemter in Munich

  12. M.41.NARB - Documentation of the National Archive of the Republic of Belorussia (Natsionalny Arkhiv Respubliki Belarus)

    M.41.NARB - Documentation of the National Archive of the Republic of Belorussia (Natsionalny Arkhiv Respubliki Belarus) History of the National Archive of the Republic of Belorussia The Central Archive for the October Revolution of the Belorussian Soviet Republic was established in the city of Minsk on 28 May 1927. The Archive moved to the city of Mogilev in 1930. The Archive underwent reorganization in 1938, and became the State Archive of the October Revolution and the Socialistic Construction. Following the outbreak of the war in 1941, the Archive's activities stopped. The Archive renewe...

  13. Documentation from the Bezirksamt Schoenberg in Berlin, 1926-1935

    Documentation from the Bezirksamt Schoenberg in Berlin, 1926-1935 The city of Schoeneberg and the town of Friedenau were incorporated into the city of Berlin in 1920, as the Bezirk (municipal district of) Schoeneberg. In this Record Group are files related to the construction sector, regarding synagogues and buildings belonging to Jewish institutions in the district's area.

  14. Documentation of the Estonian Security Police, 1941 - 1944

  15. Documentation of The Jewish Community in Tallinn, 1859 - 1941

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 13578605
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1859-1941
    • Administrative documentation Charter Correspondence Financial records Journals List of Jews Lists Newspaper Photograph Protocol Reports Sentence

  16. Documentation of the area Committee for Elections to the Polish Parliament (Sejm) in Election Area No. 44, Grodno, 1938

    Documentation of the area Committee for Elections to the Polish Parliament (Sejm) in Election Area No. 44, Grodno, 1938 The Collection includes a list of members of the Elections Committee to the Polish Parliament (Sejm) in the Bialystok region; lists of voters in Grodno.

  17. Documentation from the concentration camps and the POW camps in Germany from the OSOBY Archive in Moscow, 1938-1944

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 10633850
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1938-1944
    • Administrative documentation Financial accounts List of Nazi war criminals List of POWs Map Names of perpetrators Official documentation Order Personal documents Statistical data

    Documentation from concentration camps and POW camps in Germany from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1938-1944 The collection contains files regarding personnel matters, among them reports concerning transfers of staff members (including members of the Totenkopf units), promotion and the awarding of medals, and personal files of staff members; guidelines for Inspektion der Konzentrationslager (the supervision of the concentration camps) and guidelines issued by the Reichsfuehrer SS concerning administration of the concentration camps and the handling of the inmates, including matters pertainin...

  18. Documentation of the Hochschulwesen II (High School Administration II) regarding the University of Hamburg

    Documentation of the Hochschulwesen II (High School Administration II) regarding the University of Hamburg

  19. Documentation of elementary school no. 8 in Rovno, 1940-1941

    Documentation of elementary school no. 8 in Rovno, 1940-1941 Included in the collection are class logs in which lists of Jewish pupils appear.

  20. M.49.E- Testimonies of Holocaust Survivors collected by the Central Jewish Historical Committee in Poland, 1944-1947

    M.49.E- Testimonies of Holocaust Survivors collected by the Central Jewish Historical Committee in Poland, 1944-1947 The collection consists of approximately 7,200 testimonies collected by the Centralna Żydowska Komisja Historyczna (Central Jewish Historical Committee) in Poland during its active years, 1944-1947. After the establishment of the ZIH (Jewish Historical Institute) the documentation was transferred to the ZIH Archives, and catalogued as Records Group 301. In the collection there is a large variety of testimonies given by Holocaust survivors regarding their lives in the ghettos,...