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Language of Description: English
Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Documentation of the administration of the Lwow region, regarding Jewish organizations, 1930s

    Documentation of the administration of the Lwow region, regarding Jewish organizations, 1930s

  2. M.35: Documentation of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAF) in the Soviet Union

    M.35: Documentation of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAF) in the Soviet Union Established at the height of World War II, the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (EAK - Yevreyskiy antifashistskiy komitet) was a Soviet Jewish organization set up in order to provide assistance to the Soviet Union in its war against Nazi Germany. Headed by the actor and theatrical director Solomon (Shloyme) Mikhoels as Committee Chairman and Shakhne Epshteyn, the newspaperman, as Secretary, the Committee was established at the initiative of the Soviet Secret Police in Samara in 1942. The purpose of the Committee...

  3. Documentation of the German Security Services and Police in Kiev, 1942-1943

    Documentation of the German Security Services and Police in Kiev, 1942-1943 Included in the collection is documentation of the Ordnungsdienst (Order Services), including: - Orders and instructions regarding the transfer of residents to forced labor; - List of members of the German Gendarmerie headquarters in Kiev; - Orders, instructions and official correspondence of the Kommando der Schutzpolizei (Security Police Commando), the SS units and the Gendarmerie; - Orders given by the Reichskommissariat (Reich commissioner) in Ukraine to the SS and local German Police commanders, regarding the s...

  4. Documentation from the Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Saarlouis (Public Prosecutor's Office in Saarlouis), 1928-1938

    Documentation from the Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Saarlouis (Public Prosecutor's Office in Saarlouis), 1928-1938 The documentation that was copied for Yad Vashem includes details regarding Jewish jurists, trials against Jews, Jewish prisoners, anti-Jewish legislation in the Saar region, examinations of the Aryan origin of workers in the legal system, proceedings against Germans accused of friendly relationships with Jews, attacks on Jews and on Jewish property, and Jewish businesses that were in contact with the judicial system; The documentation was copied for Yad Vashem in 2012.

  5. M.41.ZGABar - Documentation from the Regional State Archive of Baranovichi

    M.41.ZGABar - Documentation from the Regional State Archive of Baranovichi History of the Regional State Archive of Baranovichi The Regional Archive of Baranovichi was established in 1940. During the German occupation, the Archive's activities were halted from 1941-1944. Following the dissolution of the Baranovichi region, the Archive became the Municipal State Archive of Baranovichi in 1954. In November 1963, a branch of the State Archive of the Brest Region in Baranovichi was established, based on several regional archives and on the Municipal Archive of Baranovichi. In September 1996, th...

  6. Documentation from the record group: Landesfinanzamt Dresden

    Documentation from the record group: Landesfinanzamt Dresden

  7. Documentation from a brick factory in Vendichany, 1943

    Documentation from a brick factory in Vendichany, 1943 Included in the collection: - Attendance reports of laborers, including Jewish laborers; - Lists of workers in the factory; - Documentation regarding the payment of salaries to the laborers.

  8. Announcements and placards regarding various cultural events held in the Vilna Ghetto, 1941 - 1943

    Announcements and placards regarding various cultural events held in the Vilna Ghetto, 1941 - 1943 The various cultural events include: plays, concerts, sport competitions, lectures, and other events; most of the announcements include the names of the artists who implemented the events.

  9. תיעוד על תשלומי מס של יהודים ב-Finanzamt Stuttgart-Ost

    Watch lists for the tax district, accounting years 1940-1943

  10. Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission regarding the murder of the Jews in the Valka district and Ventspils, and a reply by the chairman of the Latvian Ministry of Religions to a request by the Jewish community in Riga regarding the ban on the burial of Jewish victims of the Holocaust according to the Jewish tradition

    Documentation of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission regarding the murder of the Jews in the Valka district and Ventspils, and a reply by the chairman of the Latvian Ministry of Religions to a request by the Jewish community in Riga regarding the ban on the burial of Jewish victims of the Holocaust according to the Jewish tradition

  11. Collection of Th. Limperg, a senior lecturer at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, who opposed the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during 1941-1943

    Collection of Th. Limpberg, a senior lecturer at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, who opposed the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during 1941-1943 Included in the collection: Circular by Limpberg, regarding the VO 23/1940 law concerning the Germans' control over the universities in the Netherlands; Protocols of meetings at the Universiteit van Amsterdam during 1941; Documents regarding the situation of the Jews at institutions of higher learning in the Netherlands during 1941-1943; Documents regarding the situation of the Portuguese Jews in the Netherlands in 1942; Circulars regarding the...

  12. Documentation of the Arbeitsbehoerde I (Labor Office I) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Arbeitsbehoerde I (Labor Office I) in Hamburg

  13. Documentation of the Soviet government authorities, regarding war crimes by the Nazis and their collaborators in the Zaporozhye region, 1944

    Documentation of the Soviet government authorities, regarding war crimes by the Nazis and their collaborators in the Zaporozhye region, 1944 Included in the collection: - Survey report of the regional commission for the investigation of war crimes by the Nazis and their collaborators in the Zaporozhye region, regarding the German occupation period; - Exhumation report prepared by the regional commission for the investigation of war crimes by the Nazis and their collaborators in the Zaporozhye region and the surrounding area; - Testimony of members of the Komunar Kolkhoz, regarding the murde...

  14. Documentation of the Reich's Propaganda Director, 1934-1944

    Documentation of the Reich's Propaganda Director, 1934-1944 The collection includes propaganda leaflets, collections of propaganda material and reports on subjects related to propaganda.

  15. Documentation regarding nationalization of property in Estonia, 1940 - 1943

  16. Lists of residents from Rowne who voted for the Sejm, the Polish parliament, 1938-1939

    Lists of residents from Rowne who voted for the Sejm, the Polish parliament, 1938-1939

  17. Documentation regarding activities of the underground and the partisans movement in the Cherkassy region, 1944-1991

    Documentation regarding activities of the underground and the partisans movement in the Cherkassy region, 1944-1991 Included in the collection is documentation of the Communist Party regional committee, regarding activities of the partisans and the underground in the Cherkassy region: - Protocols and decisions of the Communist Party committees of the Cherkassy region and the city of Uman, regarding activities of the underground and the partisans movement in the area of the city of Uman and the Uman district during the war, prepared during February-May 1964; - Documentation regarding undergr...

  18. Collection of the Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Schoorl camp in the Netherlands, 1940-1945

    Collection of the Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Schoorl camp in the Netherlands, 1940-1945

  20. Documentation of the operational committee in the Rovno region, 1939 and 1944-1945

    Documentation of the operational committee in the Rovno region, 1939 and 1944-1945 Included in the collection: - Reports from meetings of the operational committees of the Kostopol and Lyudvipol districts, 1939; - Appeals sent to the authorities by evacuated Jews requesting to return to the Rovno region; - Correspondence with the People's Commissioners Committee of Ukraine, regarding the return of Soviet Union citizens to their homeland.