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

  1. Documentation of the Ukrainian authorities in the Vinnitsa region, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the Ukrainian authorities in the Vinnitsa region, 1941-1944 - Documentation regarding the gendarmerie, religious propaganda and the underground activities in the Vinnitsa district; - Decrees and announcements of the administration of the Bar district; - Instructions of the rural administration of Nova Obodivka; - Inventory list of the Jewish property from Bratslav confiscated by the Romanian occupation authorities, and directives of the administration of the Bratslav district regarding the distribution of the property to army units, institutions and individual persons.

  2. Documents regarding Jews from Poland in the Soviet Union, 1941-1943

    Documents regarding Jews from Poland in the Soviet Union, 1941-1943 Reports and sources from the Polish Embassy in the Soviet Union regarding Polish Jews in the Soviet Union; in the documentation, among other items are documents concerning the distribution of aid to the Jews of Poland; correspondence between Kot, the Polish Ambassador, and Izchak Gruenbaum in Eretz Israel, from December 1942; a list of rabbis in the Soviet Union; lists of Jews deported to the Far East; the Erlich and Alter affair; Jews serving with Anders Army in Teheran.

  3. Documentation of the Buergerschaft (House of Representatives) in Hamburg, on subjects related to Jews

    Documentation of the Buergerschaft (House of Representatives) in Hamburg, on subjects related to Jews

  4. Documentation of the Polish Courts of Law in the Poznan region, 1946-1960

    Documentation of the Polish Courts of Law in the Poznan region, 1946-1960 Included in the collection are appeals by relatives of Jews who perished during the war period, submitted to the Polish Courts of Law in order to receive declarations of death.

  5. Documentation of the Ordnungspolizei (Order Police) in Shitomir, 1942-1943

    Documentation of the Ordnungspolizei (Order Police) in Shitomir, 1942-1943 Included in the collection: - Instructions and regulations regarding the political education of the policemen; - List of policemen.

  7. Documentation of the governor of the Galicia region, 1941-1944

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12819720
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1941-1944
    • Announcement Circular Correspondence Instruction List of officials List of physicians Memoir book Memorandum Official documentation Questionnaire Survey report הודעה

    Documentation of the governor of the Galicia region, 1941-1944 There was a governance in the Galicia region during 1941-1944, as part of the Generalgouvernement; Included in the collection, among other documentation: - Correspondence between the SS and the SD administration in Lemberg with the SS and the SD administration and the local authorities in the Drohobycz district during 1941-1944, regarding the supervision over residents who are citizens of foreign countries and in particular, over Gypsies and Jews; - Correspondence regarding work permits and travel permits for Jews and the use of...

  8. Documentation of the municipal hospital in Mogilev, 1942

    Documentation of the municipal hospital in Mogilev, 1942 Included in the collection are medical files of Jews.

  9. Documentation regarding the persecution of Jews, from Estates in the State Archive in Muenster

    Documentation regarding the persecution of Jews, from Estates in the State Archive in Muenster In the Collection are two files from Estates (see the list of files in the "Multimedia" page, regarding the content): - Adolf ten Hompel (1874-1943) Dr. jur., Rechtsanwalt und völkischer Schriftsteller.

  10. Documentation from the Disziplinarkammer (Office for Disciplinary Matters) in Berlin, 1934-1960

    Documentation from the Disziplinarkammer (Office for Disciplinary Matters) in Berlin, 1934-1960 There are over 900 files in the Record Group in the original archive, many of them from the pre-Nazi period. 76 files from the Nazi period were photocopied for Yad Vashem, most of them dating from 1938-1943. In these files there is documentation of cases in which workers were accused of forbidden or inappropriate relations with Jews, including living with Jews, buying from Jewish businesses or general Judenfrundlichkeit (friendly attitude towards Jews); an accusation considered to be serious unde...

  11. Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in Amtsgericht Altena (Westphalia)

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12421535
    • English, Hebrew
    • Legal documentation Official documentation Personal documents Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors

    Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in Amtsgericht Altena (Westphalia) Bestand: Amtsgericht Altena In the Collection are files including applications to Courts of Law in Westphalia for the recognition of death of local Jews who were deported to the East by the Nazis, and for whom no official Declaration of Death had been given. These applications (requests) were submitted in most part by the relatives of those who had perished, [and] who requested to receive claims for compensation from Germany. The files include the applications includi...

  12. Documentation from the Magistrates Courts of Law (Amtsgerichte) of Blieskastel, Merzig, Nohfelden and Tholey in the Saar region, 1930-1952

    Documentation from the Magistrates Courts of Law (Amtsgerichte) of Blieskastel, Merzig, Nohfelden and Tholey in the Saar region, 1930-1952 Included in the collection: Files of Jewish communities (Brotdorf, Sötern and Bosen) and files of various associations - mainly sports and Nazi associations, including excerpts from the regulations of the business association that ban membership by Jews.

  13. Documentation of the Jewish community in Kolomyja, 1935-1939

    Documentation of the Jewish community in Kolomyja, 1935-1939 Included in the collection: - Information regarding the agricultural school in Slobodka Lesna; - Lists of residents in Kolomyja who paid taxes for 1936-1939; - Information regarding budget projects of the Jewish community in Kolomyja for 1936-1938.

  14. Documentation of the women's high school affiliated with the "Jewish Association for Elementary and High Schools" in Kolomyja, 1939

    Documentation of the women's high school affiliated with the "Jewish Association for Elementary and High Schools" in Kolomyja, 1939 Included in the collection are protocols of the final exams for the 1938/1939 school year.

  15. Documentation of the finance department of the municipal Executive committee in Gomel, 1930-1941

    Documentation of the finance department of the municipal Executive committee in Gomel, 1930-1941 Included in the collection is a list of taxpayers from Gomel during 1923-1941, and orders given by the mayor of Gomel in 1942.

  16. Collection of the Abteilung Rechtsetzung und Staatsrecht - German Office of Justice in the Netherlands, regarding anti-Jewish legislation during 1941-1942

    Collection of the Abteilung Rechtsetzung und Staatsrecht - German Office of Justice in the Netherlands, regarding anti-Jewish legislation during 1941-1942 The Rechtsetzung department has the responsibility for the wording and translation of the text, instructions and orders of the Reichskommissar and for the dispersion of the instructions of the Verordnungsblatt für die besetzten Niederländischen Gebiete in German and Dutch; consultation with the Rechtsetzung department, in main with the Generalkommissariat; Included in the collection: Correspondence by the Abteilung Rechtsetzung und Staats...

  17. Documentation of the Police headquarters in the Sniatyn district, 1935

    Documentation of the Police headquarters in the Sniatyn district, 1935 Included in the collection is correspondence between the district Police headquarters and the local government authorities, regarding the activities of the Zionist organizations.

  18. Documentation from government offices of the Saar region, 1924-1948

    Documentation from government offices of the Saar region Documentation from the following organizations: - Ministerium der Finanzen (one file) - Ministerium für Arbeit, Sozialordnung und Gesundheitswesen (seven files) - Justizministerium (four files). (Regarding the names of the files and their location in the microfilms - see the list of files in the Multimedia page.) Regarding the Innenministerium (Interior Ministry) of the Saar region, a separate sub-record group was opened in Sapir item 11664139. Regarding the Kultusministerium (Religion and Education Ministry) of the Saar region, a sep...

  19. Documentation of the Magistrates Court of Law in Ottweiler (Amtsgericht Ottweiler) in the Saar region, 1909-1940

    Documentation of the Magistrates Court of Law in Ottweiler (Amtsgericht Ottweiler) in the Saar region, 1909-1940 Included in the collection: Two files that deal with trials of Jews during the Nazi period; Files that include orders, in most part orders that were given after the annexation of the Saar region to Nazi Germany. The orders deal with the integration of the system of law of the region with the system of law of Germany, including the obligation that employees in the law system must be of Aryan origin; File from the period from before WWI that deals with matters concerning commerce, ...

  20. Documentation from the Bobruysk district administration, 1941-1944

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 10440674
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1941-1944
    • Application Correspondence List of healthcare workers List of Jewish residents List of livestock owners List of residents List of skilled professionals Official documentation

    Documentation from the Bobruysk district administration, 1941-1944 The Mogilev and Vitebsk regions, a large part of the Gomel region, the eastern districts of the Minsk region and part of Polesye belonged to the outlying area under the control of the Heeresgruppe Mitte (Army Group Centre). The occupying regime established local administrations in the city as auxiliary power. Included in the documentation from the district administration of Bobruysk are directives from the District Director on the following subjects: funding for Bobruysk municipal institutions; commerce arrangements in the c...