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

  1. O.76.1 - Collection of Yiddish folk songs sung by the Jews in the ghettos in the Transnistria and Moldova area

    O.76.1 - Collection of Yiddish folk songs sung by the Jews in the ghettos in the Transnistria and Moldova area In 1944 researchers from the Cabinet for Jewish Culture of the Ukrainian Academy of Science travelled to the Transnistria and Moldova area. The researchers collected Yiddish folk songs sung in the ghettos and wrote down testimonies gathered from the survivors. In 1948, Moses Beregovskiy, Ruvn Lerner and Moyshe Maydanskiy, who had participated in the delegation, were arrested by the Soviet authorities for the crime of [engaging in] Jewish cultural activities.

  2. O.99 - Julia Vajda Collection: Testimonies of Hungarian survivors, 2004-2004

    O.99 - Julia Vajda Collection: Testimonies of Hungarian survivors, 2004-2007 The collection contains interviews with survivors conducted by Dr. Júlia Vajda as part of the “Totalitarianism and Holocaust Project” of the University of Debrecen, Hungary, 2004-2007, and documentation regarding these interviews. There are 332 audio testimonies in the collection: 308 interviews with Jewish survivors and 24 with non-Jewish witnesses. Documentation regarding the interviews: - Completed questionnaires containing personal information regarding the survivor and information concerning the fate of the su...

  3. Collection pertaining to Polish-Jewish relations

    Collection pertaining to Polish-Jewish relations

  4. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Sa'ad

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Sa'ad Booklets: Booklet regarding the life story of Gusta Geifman; Testimonies: 1. Gusta Geifman; 2. Aharon Wlodawer Dvir; 3. Michael Hamel; 4. Sabina Kaufman.

  5. Reports prepared by the Hechalutz Center in Geneva for the World Jewish Congress (WJC) regarding the situation of the Jews in Slovakia and other countries, 1944-1945

    Reports prepared by the Hechalutz Center in Geneva for the World Jewish Congress (WJC) regarding the situation of the Jews in Slovakia and other countries, 1944-1945

  6. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Ga'aton

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Ga'aton Yizkor Book: "Before we forget", Kibbutz Ga'aton Archive, 1985 - Testimonies/ excerpts of interviews/ memoirs/ excerpts of diaries of: Gita (Schwartz) Avzon; Yehudit (Shisha) Arnon; Yedidya Ehrenfeld Arnon; Shoshana (Shumlo) Beer; Menachem Bar Beer; Dvora (Krauss) Beeri; Yosef Bloch Beeri; Sara (Moshkovitz) Blau; David Blau; Chava (Auslander) Ben-Porath; Yosef Shenberger Ben-Porath; Rachel (Grinvald-Goldberger) Gadish; Arieh Grinvald...

  7. M.69 - Documentation from archives in Austria regarding the Holocaust

    M.69 - Documentation from archives in Austria regarding the Holocaust In the Record Group there is documentation from national, district and local archives in Austria. There is much information in the Record Group regarding the persecution of the Jews by the federal and local authorities and activities of institutions that persecuted the Jews. In this Record Group there is also information regarding Jewish Community life, Jewish property and various lists of Jews, such as lists of Jews (and Mischlinge or those married to Jewish women) who were dismissed from government service or lists of l...

  8. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Givat Brenner

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Givat Brenner Testimonies and interviews: 1. "Testimony [under oath] of Julius Viener, regarding Oskar Schindler" (translation from Polish, 10/10/1956); 2. "Testimony [under oath] of Werzel, regarding Oskar Schindler" (26/11/1956); 60. Chaya Altman; 3. Gabriella Alter; 4. Nathan Alter; 5. Yoel Amsterdamer; 6. Benjamin Epstein; 61. Moshe Bongart; 7. Gita Bechner; 62. Yosef Ben Shlomo; 8. Frida Braunstein; 9. Yitzhak Brody; 10. Rachel Gatnau; ...

  9. Service Européen de Recherches (SER– European Search Service) card catalogue from France, for searching for relatives, 1940-1946

    Service Européen de Recherches (SER– European Search Service) card catalogue from France, for searching for relatives, 1940-1946 The following details appear in the card catalogue: The name being searched; place and date of birth; nationality; parents' names; profession; date of residence in France and last address; as well as date of arrest or deportation and deportation destination.

  10. Documentation of the Soviet security organizations, regarding the murder of the Jews in the territory of Belorussia, dated, 1944-1948

    Documentation of the Soviet security organizations, regarding the murder of the Jews in the territory of Belorussia, dated, 1944-1948 Included in the collection are testimonies regarding the murder of the Jews in the various places, including in the Borisov Ghetto; documentation regarding the Minsk Ghetto; bill of indictment against a Belorussian collaborator.

  11. O.64.2/SCH.1 - Documents regarding the Ältestenrat (Council of Elders) in the Theresienstadt Ghetto

    O.64.2/SCH.1 - Documents regarding the Ältestenrat (Council of Elders) in the Theresienstadt Ghetto

  12. Collection of protocols from the Population Registry, compiled in the Lodz Ghetto

    Collection of protocols from the Population Registry, compiled in the Lodz Ghetto

  13. M.52.DAVO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Wolyn Region in Lutsk

    M.52.DAVO - Documentation from the State Archives of the Wolyn Region in Lutsk The archives was established in 1939 as the Historical Archives of the People's Commission for Ukrainian Internal Matters - UNKVD. In 1941, the archives became the State Archives of the Volyn Region. During the years of the German occupation, 1941-1944, the archives was inactive; the archives includes, however, documentation from the occupation period and regarding the activities of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in the Volyn region. This Sub-Record Group i...

  14. O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period

    O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period The collection is primarily comprised of original documents: typewritten documents, manuscripts, surveys and duplicated reports entrusted to the Yad Vashem Archives over the years, mostly by private bodies. The internal division of the Record group was changed a few years ago, and the original division has been entered in the "Previous File" field. The diverse material contains official documents, personal documentation, statistical material, reports and surveys, articles and journalistic pieces from Jewi...

  15. Hakibbutz Ha'arzi Archives Collection: Hashomer Hatzair Movement activities in the Warsaw Ghetto

    Hakibbutz Ha'arzi Archives Collection: Hashomer Hatzair Movement activities in the Warsaw Ghetto The Collection contains very valuable documentation from the Hashomer Hatzair underground press in the Warsaw Ghetto from the Ringleblum Archive and the underground archive of the Bund Movement in Warsaw (photostats, copies and the original editions), as well as diaries of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising activists from the Hashomer Hatzair movement such as Aliza Melamed, Israel Gutman and others. There are also files containing original material regarding and belonging to the organizers and activists in ...

  16. O.64.2/SCH.8 -Testimonies and Memoirs

    O.64.2/SCH.8 -Testimonies and Memoirs

  17. List of Jews of the Netherlands, in the Zentralstelle Fuer Juedische Auswanderung (Central Bureau for Jewish Emigration) - Record Group: M.68

    List of Jews of the Netherlands, in the Zentralstelle Fuer Juedische Auswanderung (Central Bureau for Jewish Emigration) - Record Group: M.68 This list has the names of Jews of the Netherlands, arranged according to their place of residence. Each category is arranged in alphabetical order according to the last names. There is additional data regarding last names and first names, and the list includes the person's date and place of birth, address (accurate as of 1941), citizenship, the religious community to whom they belong, profession, family status (G - married, O - single, W - widower), ...

  18. Documentation regarding the fate of Jews in the Canton of Vaud, 1933-1945: Schweizerisches Arbeiter-Hilfswerk, Abteilung Fluechtlingshilfe (Swiss workers' social-welfare organization, Department for refugees relief), regarding emigrants from Germany, letters "A - C", 1937-1946

    Documentation regarding the fate of Jews in the Canton of Vaud, 1933-1945: Schweizerisches Arbeiter-Hilfswerk, Abteilung Fluechtlingshilfe (Swiss workers' social-welfare organization, Department for refugees relief), regarding emigrants from Germany, letters "A - C", 1937-1946 Correspondence between the refugees and the Schweizerisches Arbeiter-Hilfswerk, Abteilung Fluechtlingshilfe (Swiss workers' social-welfare organization, Department for refugees relief) and other organizations, including the Verband Schweizerischer Jüdischer Fürsorge - VSJF (Swiss Jewish organization for refugees relie...

  19. Documentation regarding Jews, from the Lehrte Municipal Archives

    Documentation regarding Jews, from the Lehrte Municipal Archives

  20. M.1.Q. - Historical questionnaires completed by refugees in DP camps, 1946-1948

    M.1.Q. - Historical questionnaires completed by refugees in DP camps, 1946-1948 The Central Historical Committee (CHC) in Munich distributed questionnaires among Holocaust survivors from various countries and cities. The purpose of the questionnaires was to gather detailed information regarding the persecution during the Nazi occupation.