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  1. Ministerstvo sociální péče, Praha

    • Ministry of Social Welfare, Prague
    • MSP
    • Národní archiv
    • 367
    • Czech, English
    • 1918-1951
    • 631,5 linear meters from which 566 linear meters of documents are processed and inventoried and 65,5 linear meters are unprocessed.

    The Ministry of Social Welfare was during the years of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in charge of supporting the Jewish emigration abroad. The Ministry developed guidelines for the employment of Jews in the civil service, their legal status, control of Jewish names, Aryan certificates, Employment Law for Jews, Pension payments to Jews,

  2. Československá vládní komise pro stíhání nacistických válečných zločinců

    • The Czechoslovak Government Commission for Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals
    • ČVKSNVZ
    • NAD 1145
    • Národní archiv
    • 1145
    • Czech, English
    • 1959-1990
    • 49 linear metres of documents which are not processed and inventoried, however the fonds is accessible.

    The fonds contains records, information and mailing of the commission, records of the commission meetings, administration files, documents copies, above all Nazi criminals extradition requests, documents about Nazi judges, war criminal lists etc.

  3. Fonds Lionel Martin 188 J

    Les archives données par Lionel Martin comprennent des documents, tapuscrits pour l'essentiel, sur le fonctionnement de la compagnie FTP Franquis et de la 3e compagnie du bataillon Foges en 1944, des négatifs photographiques (militaires allemands ; opérations militaires françaises du 27e BCA dans les Alpes en hiver 1944-1945 ; exécution de Lelong et Marion), quelques périodiques et des reproductions de papiers officiels personnels sur son parcours militaire.

  4. Archives des Justes de Haute-Savoie

    Numériquement, la partie la plus importante (45 cotes) du fonds est constituée des dossiers nominatifs des Justes de Haute-Savoie qui ont été constitué par Herbert Herz, au cours de son activité en tant que délégué départemental pour le mémorial Yad Vashem. Le fonds contient, également, quelques dossiers liés à des recherches (événements survenus au cours de tentatives de passages vers la Suisse durant l'Occupation, notices biographiques, etc.) effectuées par M. Herz.

  5. Archives du centre médico-scolaire de Megève

    Le versement contient les registres de paie du centre médico-scolaire de Megève de 1943 à 1945. Megève est sous contrôle italien, environ 800 Juifs étrangers y vivent en résidence assignée. Le centre médico-scolaire de Megève est géré par l'Oeuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE), dirigé par Jacques et Nicole Salon, et accueille pendant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale des enfants juifs. Dès l'annonce du retrait des troupes italiennes en juillet 1943, l'évacuation des Juifs s'organise dans l'urgence avant l'occupation allemande de la zone. Le centre médico-scolaire de l'OSE est immédiatement chargé p...

  6. Fonds Jean Truffy

    Le fonds comprend d'une part des documents concernant les activités de l'abbé Truffy en 1944 et après la guerre (permis de circulation, courrier reçu ou envoyé, témoignages lors de l'Épuration...), d'autre part des éléments en rapport avec la rédaction de son ouvrage sur les événements du plateau de Glières (copies de messages du commissariat frontalier, chronologie d'événements, tapuscrits, coupures de presse...).

  7. Archives de Camille Folliet

    Le fonds se compose de correspondance, de notes manuscrites et de coupures de presse.

  8. Československý červený kříž, Londýn

    • Czechoslovak Red Cross, London
    • ČsČK-L
    • NAD 634
    • Národní archiv
    • 634
    • Czech, English
    • 1940-1945
    • The collection consists of 25 linear meters of processed and inventoried documents.

    The collection primarily consists of organisational material of the Czechoslovak Red Cross, including its main offices in London and its branches, as well as documents concerning their tasks. The annual report provides information about the medical and social care of Czechoslovak citizens in exile. The most important Holocaust-related documents in the collection of the Czechoslovak Red Cross - London include the card files and directories of Czechoslovak Jews who were interned in concentration camps erected shortly after the Reichskristallnacht in the Sudetengau, of Jews who were interned i...

  9. Zvláštní dopisovatel Československé tiskové kanceláře, Norimberk

    • Special Correspondent of the Czechoslovak Press Office, Nuremberg
    • NAD 1023
    • Národní archiv
    • 1023
    • Czech, English
    • 1945-1949
    • 6,2 linear metres of documents from which all are processed and inventoried. The fonds is fully accessible.

    The fonds consists of the documents and files created by Rostislav Kocourek the only special correspondent working for the Czech Press Office in Nuremberg in 1945 – 1949. The documents contains his correspondence with Bohumil Ečer, the Czechoslovak delegate in the Commission, stenographic records from the trials, hearings of witnesses, information to each defendant, Commission conclusions such as the list and the characteristics of Nazi organizations, crimes committed on the Czechoslovak territory, hand written notes, outlines and drafts etc. Documents were selected to be used for a journal...

  10. Norimberský soud, Norimberk

    • Nuremberg Trials, Nuremberg
    • NS/Nor.
    • NAD 1463
    • Národní archiv
    • 1463
    • Czech, English
    • 1946-1948
    • 71 linear metres of documents, all are processed and inventoried and accessible.

    The fonds consists of stenographic records (250 000 pages) from each of 12 subsequent trials which were as copies submitted to all national delegations participating at the Nuremberg proceedings and investigation. The fonds also consists of several folders with various documents such as hearings of witnesses or given judgements etc. The 12 subsequent trials were: the Doctors' Trial (against 23 medical doctors), the Milch Trial (against the Field Marshal Erhard Milch), the Judges' Trial (against 16 jurists and lawyers), the Pohl Trial (also known as Economics and Administrative Departments o...

  11. Úřad československého delegáta v komisi pro stíhání válečných zločinců

    • The Office of the Czechoslovak delegate in the Commission for Prosecution of War Criminals
    • ÚD
    • NAD 615
    • Národní archiv
    • 615
    • Czech, English
    • 15 linear metres of documents from which 11 are processed and inventoried, 4 are not processed. The fonds is accessible.

    The fonds contains the documents and files coming from the office functioning and administration, incomplete records of the International Military Tribunal sessions (hearings and interrogations, various summaries), documentary materials for the trials (such as documents against K. von Neurath or K. H. Frank, documents of investigation and hunt for war criminals), incomplete lists of war criminals, and the correspondence of Bohumil Ečer and his assistant.

  12. Národní soud, Praha

    • National Tribunal, Prague
    • Nár. S.
    • NAD 925
    • Národní archiv
    • 925
    • Czech, English
    • 1945-1947
    • 23 linear metres of documents from which all are processed and inventoried and accessible.

    The fonds consists of the documents and files of 39 cases (including three cases of honour). Among the defendants, there were (next to the members of the Protectorate government and the state president) leaders of Vlajka (the Flag), of Liga proti Bolševismu (the League against Bolshevism), of Národní obec fašistická (National Fascist Community) at other social movements and Czech journalists participated on the Nazi propaganda. One of the economic leaders tried at the National Tribunal was Jan Antonín Baťa, the owner of Bata group. Jewish related documents in this fonds consists of the anti...

  13. Matriky židovských náboženských obcí v českých krajích

    • Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Jewish Communities in the Czech Lands
    • HBMa
    • NAD 167
    • Národní archiv
    • 167
    • Czech, English
    • 1784-1949
    • The collection consists of 93,8 linear meters of documents, all processed and inventoried.

    Holocaust-related material was categorised into classes as follows: death certificates from Theresienstadt (1941-12-03 to 1943-09-05), recorded deaths in Theresienstadt (in alphabetical order by the names A - Z) and alphabetical card index lists of persons. Requests for additional entries to the registers of death in Theresienstadt were prepared on the basis of death certificates and kept in two series. The first series in alphabetic order consists of actual death records in the register of deaths of Theresienstadt. The second series is arranged numerically and consists of the applications ...

  14. Lorraine Monk Fonds

    This fonds contains a letter addressed to Lorraine Monk from JPL Director David Rome.

  15. Joseph Rogel Fonds

    The fonds contains records pertaining to the life of Joseph Rogel, including his literary output (manuscripts, poetry, essays and translation), as well as incoming and outgoing correspondences. It also contains audio interviews.

  16. National Holocaust Remembrance Committee (CJC) meeting minutes

    Contains meeting minutes for the National Holocaust Remembrance Committee hosted by the Canadian Jewish Congress, for which Shaffer was a consultant for associated documentary projects. Also contains CJC Audio Visual Department meeting minutes.

  17. Holocaust Documentation Project (CJC) meeting minutes, memos

    Contains meeting minutes for, and memos relating to, the Holocaust Documentation Project (associated with the National Holocaust Remembrance Committee) hosted by the Canadian Jewish Congress, for which Shaffer was a consultant. Also contains photocopies of articles related to the project.

  18. Holocaust Documentation Project (CJC) programming draft, evaluation

    Contains programming draft and evaluation relating to the Holocaust Documentation Project (associated with the National Holocaust Remembrance Committee), addressing budget, production, educational guides, archives, and historical authentication.

  19. Personal correspondence, 1981-1985

    Contains personal correspondence from 1981 to 1985, including a nomination for an Order of Canada, a letter from President Reagan inviting Becker to the White House, and correspondence related to the Holocaust Survivors Documentation Campaign.

  20. Central Committee of Polish Jews — 1946 Activities Report

    Contains a report regarding the activities of the Central Committee of Polish Jews to aid Polish Holocaust survivors. These include providing food, clothes, children’s homes, etc. Booklet largely consists of graphs and diagrams.