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Holding Institution: ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives

  1. Documentation of the Generalbauinspekteur fuer die Reichshauptstadt (Construction Inspector General for the Reich's Capital) in Berlin from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1938-1942

    Documentation of the Generalbauinspekteur fuer die Reichshauptstadt (Construction Inspector General for the Reich's Capital) in Berlin from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1938-1942 The institution of the Generalbauinspekteur für die Reichshauptstadt was created by a special order of Adolf Hitler, 30 January 1937. This was the title bestowed on Albert Speer with the goal of initiating grandiose construction plans that would redesign parts of Berlin and acquire for Berlin a dominant standing in the world. Later on, the authority delegated to Speer was expanded both in Berlin itself and in other...

  2. Documentation from the Marks-Haindorf-Stiftung Jewish Teachers School and Seminary in Muenster

    Documentation from the Marks-Haindorf-Stiftung Jewish Teachers School and Seminary in Muenster

  3. תיעוד מה-Landesarchiv Berlin (חטיבה של Der Generalbauinspekteur fuer die Reichshauptstadt)

    The General Building Inspector for the capital of the Reich Berlin. The authority was created by decree of January 30, 1937 and had the central responsibility for the planned conversion of Berlin to the "imperial capital Germania". It was headed by Albert Speer and was directly subordinate to the chancellor of the Reich Adolf Hitler. Since October 1943, the authority was also charged with the preparation of the rebuilding of destroyed cities.

  4. Personal files of Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1930-1950

    Personal files of Jewish refugees in Switzerland, 1930-1950 The files are located in the N-Serie section in the Police department of the Swiss Ministry of Justice and the Police; the section contains approximately 45,000 personal files of civilian refugees who were absorbed by Switzerland from 1936 and until after World War II; approximately half of the refugees were Jews.

  5. Documentation from official organizations and institutions in the Saar region

    Documentation from official organizations and institutions in the Saar region Documentation from the following organizations: - Polizeibehörden der NS-Zeit (including the SIPO. A separate sub-record group was opened regarding the Gestapo Saarbruecken, in Sapir item 11638053) - Bodenwirtschaftsamt Saarbrücken - Kulturamt Metz - Landeshauptkasse des Saarlandes - Landesrat des Saargebietes - Lehrerseminar Ottweiler - Mädchenrealgymnasium St.Wendel.

  6. Documentation from the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Head Office [RSHA]), 1939-1945

    Documentation from the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Head Office [RSHA]), 1939-1945

  7. Documentation of material from Austrian government offices (mainly of the politician Karl von Karwinsky) from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1935-1936

    Documentation of material from Austrian government offices (mainly of the politician Karl von Karwinsky) from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1935-1936 The files in the collection: - Report for the year 1934 submitted by the National Bank of Yugoslavia, sent to the Austro-Yugoslavian Office of Commerce (Microfilm JM/29558, Scans 1975-2060); - Report for the year 1934 submitted by the Wiener freiwillige Rettungs-Gesellschaft, containing mainly statistical charts and a financial report (Microfilm JM/29558, Scans 2063-2087); - Report for the year 1934 submitted by the Generaldirektion fuer die Po...

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

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

  9. Documentation of the Estonian Security Police, 1941 - 1944

  10. Documentation of the Schlachthof und Viehmarktverwaltung (Slaughterhouse and Cattle-Market Administration) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Schlachthof und Viehmarktverwaltung (Slaughterhouse and Cattle-Market Administration) in Hamburg

  11. Documentation of the Reich Credit Offices Headquarters (Hauptverwaltung der Reichskreditkassen), Germany, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the Reich Credit Offices Headquarters (Hauptverwaltung der Reichskreditkassen), Germany, 1941-1944 Documentation of the Reich Credit Offices Central Administration, during the war period. Included are documents that relate to the economic policies in the occupied territories.

  12. Documentation of the local authorities in Kiev, 1930-1946

    Documentation of the local authorities in Kiev, 1930-1946 Included in the collection: - Appeals to the authorities by Red Army soldiers and disabled soldiers, regarding housing in Kiev; - Declarations and official correspondence with the authorities by Jews who returned to Kiev from the East or from the evacuation, regarding the restitution of homes they owned before the war; - List of orphan children; - Survey reports regarding the activities of the Jewish Theater in Kiev.

  14. Collection of the Wirtschaftsprüfstelle in the Netherlands, 1940-1945

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 6100287
    • English, Hebrew
    • Certification Document Financial accounts Laws and decrees Letter Lists of businesses and skilled workers Names Protocol Questionnaire Report Reports Survey report

    Collection of the Wirtschaftsprüfstelle in the Netherlands, 1940-1945 The Wirtschaftsprüfstelle (Economics Research office) was part of the Generalkommissariat für Finanz und Wirtschaft, and it supervised the implementation of the Aryanization of the Dutch economy; the Wirtschaftsprüfstelle started the Aryanization in The Hague in October 1940 with the registration of all of the Jewish businesses in the Netherlands, according to order VO 189/40 given on 22/10/1940; later on, according to order VO 48/41 given on 12/03/1941, the Wirtschaftsprüfstelle was authorized to appoint a Treuhander (tr...

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

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

  16. Collection of the Kamer van Koophandel en Fabrieken voor Rotterdam - Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1933-1950

    Collection of the Kamer van Koophandel en Fabrieken voor Rotterdam - Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1933-1950 Included in the collection: Official documentation of the Kamer van Koophandel en Fabrieken voor Rotterdam, regarding anti-Jewish legislation, 1933-1950; Documents regarding archives of Jewish businesses after the war; Correspondence by the Kamer van Koophandel Rotterdam with Jewish businesses in the Netherlands after the war.

  17. Documentation of the German authorities in the Rowno region, 1941-1942

    Documentation of the German authorities in the Rowno region, 1941-1942 - Order by the Ortskommandatur in Klewan to the mayor, regarding the collection of weapons from the population, the handing over of items of gold by Jews, and the sewing of a yellow badge on the [Jews'] clothing; - Report prepared by the mayor of Ostrog to the Gebietskommissar in Zdolbunov, including the tax rates and lists of taxpayers by various institutions, including the Judenrat in Ostrog, Zdolbunov and Mizoch; - Instruction by the Gebietskommissar in Klewan to the commander of the municipal Ukrainian Police, regard...

  18. Documentation from the Regierung Münster (Münster Region)

    Documentation from the Regierung Münster (Münster Region) In the Collection, among other material, is a file regarding the revocation of citizenship of Jews; a file regarding the ban on the receipt of non-monetary donations from Jews by public organizations; and, in most part, files dealing with matters related to schools, including statistics regarding pupils and teachers.

  19. Documentation of the Women's Charitable Organization "Zdoko" in Pärnu, 1931 - 1940

  20. German documentation from the period of World War II, collected by the Institute for the History of the Communist Party affiliated with the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Minsk during 1941-1944

    German documentation from the period of World War II, collected by the Institute for the History of the Communist Party affiliated with the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Minsk during 1941-1944 Included in the Collection is a list of concentration camps in the Belorussian territory, and orders given by the German authorities regarding POWs in the concentration camps; instructions and orders given by the German authorities regarding the Jewish population; reports regarding the activities of German Army units; documentation regarding the establishment of ghettos and murder of the...