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

  1. O.52.2 - Documentation prepared for the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - North-West Communities

    O.52.2 - Documentation prepared for the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - North-West Communities The purpose of the Yad Vashem project - to prepare an Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - is to perpetuate the history of the communities that were destroyed during the Holocaust. The historiography of the communities focused on countries and sometimes on districts, but not on the history of the local communities. This project is meant to fill in what is lacking in this area. With the increase of interest in the local communities, this Record Group serves as a very impo...

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Neot Mordechai Personal documentation (original): 1. Two postcards sent from Terezin [Theresienstadt] (by Ernst Levizon) to his adoptive family in Denmark (1943); 2. Two letters written by the mother of E. Levizon to his adoptive family in Denmark in 1940.

  3. M.23 - Benno Kaufmann Collection - Documentation of the Aid Council for Jewish Refugees from Germany, Basel, 1939-1947

    M.23 - Benno Kaufmann Collection - Documentation of the Aid Council for Jewish Refugees from Germany, Basel, 1939-1947 Correspondence of Benno Kaufmann from Basel, Switzerland, regarding aid to Jewish refugees from Germany, 1939-1947. The Record Group contains personal letters belonging to the persecuted detainees in the camps in France, such as the Gurs camp.

  4. Files of Jews in the Muenchen Police

  5. Documentation of the Jewish Democratic Committee Association of Jewish Widows and [War] Orphans (IOVR) in Romania, 1948

    Documentation of the Jewish Democratic Committee Association of Jewish Widows and [War] Orphans (IOVR) in Romania, 1948

  6. P.19 Collection of Carl Lutz, Swiss Diplomat and Righteous Among the Nations, 1935-1970

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 4019608
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1935-1970
    • Album Letter List of names Newspaper clippings Official documentation Passport Personal documents Photograph Research article Survey report

    P.19 Collection of Carl Lutz, Swiss Diplomat and Righteous Among the Nations, 1935-1970 Carl Lutz (1895-1975) was the Swiss Vice Consul in Jaffa, Eretz Israel, 1935-1941, and in Budapest, Hungary, 1942-1945. Following the German occupation of Hungary, 1944, he was extremely active in rescuing Jews with United States, British, Romanian, El Salvadorian and other citizenships, as well as on behalf of those with certificates to make aliya to Eretz Israel. - The collection was submitted to Yad Vashem in 1981, through the generosity of Agnes Hirschi, Lutz's adopted daughter; - The collection is c...

  7. P.75 - Rachel Minc collection

    P.75 - Rachel Minc collection Rachel Minc (born in Lodz, Poland, in 1899 and died in 1978) is a Polish-born French Jewish educator and writer who worked for the rescue of Jewish children during the Second World War. She studied educational psychology and pedagogy in Berlin, and then in the Scandinavian countries, where she met the anti-fascist pedagogue Minna Specht, founder, with Leonard Nelson, of the German resistance movement to Nazism, the Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund (ISK). This movement was banned by the Nazis in 1933 and after the war allied with the German Social Democ...

  8. Hakibbutz Ha'arzi Archives Collection: The Hashomer Hatzair Movement Chapter in the Lodz Ghetto

    Hakibbutz Ha'arzi Archives Collection: The Hashomer Hatzair Movement in the Lodz Ghetto This Record Group is one of the most important Record Groups in the Hakibbutz Ha'arzi Archives Collection. The documentation regarding the Lodz Ghetto is extremely rich, but this material is unique and complements our knowledge of the lives of the Jews in the Lodz Ghetto. The material was gathered, organized and brought to Eretz Israel by Feival Podmesky. The documents were arranged in 35 files containing hundreds of original documents (thousands of pages), which were written in the ghetto by Feivel Podm...

  9. O.64 - Documentation regarding the Theresienstadt camp

    O.64 - Documentation regarding the Theresienstadt camp In this Record Group there are two Sub-Record groups: O.64.1 - In this Sub-Record group there are copies of documentation regarding the camp that were received from the Theresienstadt Camp Memorial Site O.64.2 - In this Sub-Record Group there is original documentation from the Theresienstadt camp

  10. M.1.L - Questionnaires completed by Landraete (Districts) in Germany regarding the Jewish communities throughout Germany, 1946-1947

    M.1.L - Questionnaires completed by Landraete (Districts) in Germany regarding the Jewish communities throughout Germany, 1946-1947 The Central Historical Commission (CHC) of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Munich distributed questionnaires among the regional and municipal authorities, mainly in the American Occupied Zone in Germany. The purpose of these questionnaires was to gather information regarding the number of Jews living in various places in 1933 and during the Nazi period, as well as the number of Jews who perished. The questionnaires also contain questions regarding Na...

  11. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Ma'agan Michael

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Ma'agan Michael Testimonies/ interviews: 1. Yehoshua Eilon; 2. Shoshana Engel; 3. Heini Glazer; 4. Miriam Dror; 5. Tamar Singer; 6. Eli Zamir; 7. Malka Cohen; 8. Chaya Canaani; 9. Mordechai Magnus; 10. Avner Kedem; 11. Ossi Raz; 12. Zipora Shomron (three [copies of] unidentified interviews); Letters (photocopy): 1. 11 letters from 1939-1944, in German; 2. Two letters relating to relatives of Shoshana Engel, from the Nazi occupation period in...

  12. M.81: Documentation from archives in Kyrgyzstan

    M.81: Documentation from archives in Kyrgyzstan In the Records Group there is documentation regarding evacuees and refugees in Kyrgyzstan during World War II. Additionally, the Records Group contains Chapters 3-6 from the documentary and propaganda series, "The Kyrgyzstan Advisor", which was produced during World War II and told how the people on the Soviet home front were managing with the difficulties of the war. In the Records Group there is also a documentary film regarding the 3,500 children from Leningrad who were evacuated to Kyrgyzstan during the war. There is also "En Route from Ch...

  13. Card file of the OFD-Muenchen (OFD Munich)

    Card file of the OFD-Muenchen (OFD Munich) In the Collection: Microfilm JM/ 22704 - Card files from July 1943 with authorizations by Jews for the transfer of monies from bank accounts to the OFD; Microfilm JM/ 22705, JM/ 22708 - Card files with details regarding deposits and withdrawals of monies, mainly from 1942; Microfilm JM/ 22706 - Card files with names and (apparently) file numbers, which include information regarding former places of residence or names of inheritors; Microfilm JM/ 22707 - Handwritten or typewritten notes with names and (apparently) file numbers, some of which have ad...

  14. TR.20- Documentation of trials conducted against war criminals submitted by the United States Department of Justice

    TR.20- Documentation of trials conducted against war criminals submitted by the United States Department of Justice The Record Group is comprised of microfilms that contain documentation of trials against war criminals and collaborators conducted by American courts in the US Occupation Zone in Germany. The original material is preserved in the United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and the copies were given to Yad Vashem by the United States Department of Justice. Among the trials included in the Record Group (In File No. O300/203, there is a detailed entry of ma...

  15. O.64.2/SCH.2 - Documents of the Jewish Self-Government Departments

    O.64.2/SCH.2 - Documents of the Jewish Self-Government Departments - Zentralsekretariat (Central Secretariat) - Post und Verkehr (Postal and Transport) - postal services - Bank der Jüdischen Selbstverwaltung (Jewish Self-Government Bank) - Das Recht des jüdischen Siedlungsgebietes (the Jewish Self-Government Constitution) - Raumwirtschaft, Gebäudeverwaltung, Matrik und Beerdigungswesen (Housing and Population Registry) - Zentralevidenz (Central Registration Unit) - Arbeitszentrale (Work Center) - Technische Abteilung (Technical Department) - Transportabteilung (Transport Department) - Gesun...

  16. O.100-Documentation regarding the Jews of Greece, mostly from the Holocaust period

    O.100-Documentation regarding the Jews of Greece, mostly from the Holocaust period The Record Group contains documentation regarding the Jews of Greece, for example: - The agreement between Bulgaria and Germany regarding the deportation of the Jews of northern Greece to extermination camps; - Personal documentation of Jews from various places in Greece.

  17. Documentation from the National Archives in Geneva regarding the fate of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1939-1945

    Documentation from the National Archives in Geneva regarding the fate of the Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1939-1945

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Ein HaShofet Testimonies: Moshe Monik Fishbein; Articles: Yigal Vilfend, "Returning as a victor, 50 years later"; Moshe Monik Fishbein - Letters to pupils, and passing thoughts, following a visit in Poland (02/11/1998); Letters: Letter to Arieh Davidman, original in Polish and a translation to Hebrew, including a description of the Holocaust of the Jews in Poland, and the fate of his family members (21/09/1945).

  19. O.59- Erich Kulka Collection: Documentation and testimonies regarding the struggle of the Jews of Czechoslovakia against the Nazis

    O.59- Erich Kulka Collection: Documentation and testimonies regarding the struggle of the Jews of Czechoslovakia against the Nazis In the Collection there is documentation including testimonies regarding the resistance of the Czechoslovakian Jews against the Germans during World War II. The people interviewed include former soldiers and officers who fought in the Czechoslovakian Army, Jews who fought in the Royal British Air Force, served in partisan battalions in the Soviet Union or participated in the National Slovak Uprising. There are also testimonies regarding the treatment of Jewish s...

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Lehavot HaBashan Memorial booklet - "Les Enfants de La Hille - 1942" (excerpts of testimonies in French and German); Testimonies/ interviews/ experiences/ memoirs: 1. Shlomit Enzel; 2. Lea Bahat; 3. Miriam Buz-Melamed; 4. Heini Bornstein ("The Kasztner Affair: Description of the facts from the viewpoint of a rescue activist in Switzerland"); 5. Chasia Bornstein-Bielicka (Speeches given at the Grodno-Vilna Galilean activists conference held a...