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

  1. Documentation of the Communist Party District Committee in Shchuchin, 1939-1941

    Documentation of the Communist Party District Committee in Shchuchin, 1939-1941 The Collection includes protocols from Party meetings; lists and personal documentation of members of the Elections Committee; lists of candidates and of Party members.

  2. Documentation of the Magistrat Bergedorf (Bergedorf Suburb Municipality) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Magistrat Bergedorf (Bergedorf Suburb Municipality) in Hamburg

  3. Documentation of the local government authorities in the Dnipropetrovsk region, 1941-1942

    Documentation of the local government authorities in the Dnipropetrovsk region, 1941-1942 Included in the collection: - Decision by the Dnipropetrovsk municipality regarding the function and the composition of the Judenrat; - Orders by the commander of the Security Service in Dnipropetrovsk, regarding the Security Police in Dnipropetrovsk and the registration of dangerous groups; - Orders given to the heads of villages in the region regarding the selection of sites for the establishment of ghettos if required, 17/04/1942; - Orders by the head of the Apostolovo district to the head of the vi...

  4. Documentation of the Romanian branch of the Auslandorganisation (Foreign Organization) of the Nazi Party, from the Osoby Archive in Moscow

    Documentation of the Romanian branch of the Auslandorganisation (Foreign Organization) of the Nazi Party, from the Osoby Archive in Moscow

  5. Documentation of the Reich Food Producers Organization (Reichsnaehrstand) and of the leader of the Reich Farmers, Germany, 1933-1945

    Documentation of the Reich Food Producers Organization (Reichsnaehrstand) and of the leader of the Reich Farmers, Germany, 1933-1945 Reich Food Producers Organization was the umbrella organization of the farmers and vendors of agricultural produce in Germany, established after the rise of the Nazis to power, 1933, and united within it a number of umbrella organizations that preceded it. The organization had a hierarchical structure and was headed by Richard Walther Darre, who received the title of Reich Farmers' Leader (Reichsbauernfuehrer). Under Darre's leadership, the organization was th...

  6. Files from the Reichskanzlei (Reich Office) in Germany

    Files from the Reichskanzlei (Reich Office) in Germany

  7. Collection of the Van Leer Stichting (Van Leer Institute) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1941-1959

    Collection of the Van Leer Stichting (Van Leer Institute) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1941-1959 The Van Leer Stichting (Van Leer Institute) was established in 1941 following anti-Jewish legislation in the Netherlands; financing of the institute came from the dissolution of the factory of B. van Leer, a Jewish industrialist who emigrated from the Netherlands to the United States; the anti-Jewish legislation, whose implementation in the Netherlands was appointed to H. A. Rauter, isolated the Jews from the cultural life in the Netherlands as of 15/09/1941; the Van Leer Institute provided a ...

  8. Documentation of the Gestapa (Geheimes Staatspolizeiamt-Secret State Police Office), 1932-1939

    Documentation of the Gestapa (Geheimes Staatspolizeiamt-Secret State Police Office) [predecessor of the Gestapo], 1932-1939 The documentation includes files from the Gestapa headquarters and files from the Gestapo headquarters from 1939 (prior to the establishment of the Reich Security Head Office ([RSHA]), when it was called by the double name Geheimes Staatspolizei and Geheimes Staatspolizeiamt, Some of the files contain police materials from the period before the Nazi rise to power and the establishment of the Gestapa; these materials were later handled by the Gestapa.

  9. Documentation of the Weltorganisation gegen Rassenhass und Menchennot (World Organization Against Racial Hate and Human Distress) in Vienna, 1936-1938

    Documentation of the Weltorganisation gegen Rassenhass und Menchennot (World Organization Against Racial Hate and Human Distress) in Vienna, 1936-1938 The organization, which was intended first and foremostly to fight against antisemitic and Nazi propaganda in Austria, was established and led by Irene Harand, and in some of the letters it is simply called "Harand-Bewegung" (the Harand Movement). The organization published the periodical "Gerechtigkeit" (Justice). In the collection there is correspondence between the organization and its members regarding the periodical, as well as newspaper...

  10. Documentation of the Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg), which was responsible for the confiscation of Jewish works of art

    Documentation of the Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg), which was responsible for the confiscation of Jewish works of art Documentation of the Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce, a body established in September 1940, following the occupation of France. Its function was to plunder works of art that were owned by Jews who had left France. Alfred Rosenberg, the Chief Nazi Party ideologist was placed at its head. The Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce was assisted by the French Police and by the German occupation forces in its activities. Later, the Taskforce are...

  11. Documentation of the Reich Student Leadership-National Socialist German Students' League (Reichsstudentenfuehrung-Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund), Germany, 1927-1944

    Documentation of the Reich Student Leadership-National Socialist German Students' League (Reichsstudentenfuehrung-Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund), Germany, 1927-1944 The National Socialist Students' League was established, in 1926, as a branch of the Nazi Party. It obtained great support among the students, and won the leadership of the National Students Union in Germany, in 1931, increasing in power with the rise of the Nazis to power, and in May 1933, it organized a public book burning campaign which opposed "the German spirit"; in October 1935, the union became the only ...

  12. Documentation created by the Romanian government and the Romanian Army, photocopied from the Osoby Archives in Moscow

    Documentation created by the Romanian government and the Romanian Army, photocopied from the Osoby Archives in Moscow

  13. Documentation from Gutschow, Architekt f.d. Neugestaltung d. Hansestadt Hamburg und Amt f. Kriegswichtigen Einsatz (the architect for the redesign of the city and the Important War Activities office) in Hamburg

    Documentation from Gutschow, Architekt f.d. Neugestaltung d. Hansestadt Hamburg und Amt f. Kriegswichtigen Einsatz (the architect for the redesign of the city and the Important War Activities office) in Hamburg File A96, frames 76-94; File A107, frames 96-122.abc

  14. Collection Reichskommissar für die besetzten niederländischen Gebiete, 1940-1944

    Collection of the Deutsche Theater in den Niederlanden, regarding theater and opera presentations in the Netherlands, June-August 1944 The theater was subjugated to the Reichskommissar; Dr. W. Nufer administered the German theater in the Netherlands with the help of Dr. J. Bergfeld, the head of the culture department of the Generalkommissar zur besonderen Verwendung; Included in the collection: Correspondence by Nufer with various people, regarding theater and opera presentations in the Netherlands, June-August 1944.

  15. Documentation from the police and gendarmerie administration in the Baranowitschi district, 1941-1944

    Documentation from the police and gendarmerie administration in the Baranowitschi district, 1941-1944

  16. Documentation of the Gauwirtschaftsberater (Economic Affairs Advisor) of the NSDAP-Gauleitung Westfalen-Sued

    Documentation of the Gauwirtschaftsberater (Economic Affairs Advisor) of the NSDAP-Gauleitung Westfalen-Sued

  17. Documentation of the "Aсhdus" Jewish Educational Society in Pärnu, 1919 - 1940

  18. Personal documents of Jews, from the Stadtarchiv Muenchen (Munich)

    Personal documents of Jews, from the Stadtarchiv Muenchen (Munich) In the Collection: Three reels from the Bestand Volkskarteikarten - Card file with personal details (reels 31171-31173); Three reels from the Bestand Kennkarten-Doppel, including identity cards of Jews (reels 31170 and 31174-31175) An additional reel with Kennkarten (Identity cards), not attributed to a record group in the Archive (reel 31168); Two reels from the Bestand Kennkarten Antraege, including requests to receive identity cards (reels 31167 and 31169); One reel with Fremdenpaesse - Passports for foreign residents (re...

  19. Collection of the Binnenlands Bestuur - Ministry of the Interior of the Netherlands, Local Authorities Department, 1924-1944

    Collection of the Binnenlands Bestuur - Ministry of the Interior of the Netherlands, Local Authorities Department, 1924-1944 Binnenlands Bestuur - Ministry of the Interior of the Netherlands, Local Authorities Department, was responsible for the administration of matters related to the regions, municipalities, and needy persons, Armwezen. The local Police, firefighters and air defense forces were subordinate to it and were transferred to the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice during the Nazi occupation period. A general draft of the Dutch Army was declared in June 1939. Binnenlands B...

  20. Documentation of Bielaruskaya Krayovaya Abarona (BKA-National Belorussian Defense Headquarters) in Minsk, 1944

    Documentation of Bielaruskaya Krayovaya Abarona (BKA-National Belorussian Defense Headquarters) in Minsk, 1944