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  1. Bequest Eduard Wirths

    The Fritz Bauer Institute acquired the bequest of Eduard Wirths from his wife and children in July 2005. Eduard Wirths was born in Geroldshausen near Würzburg on September 4, 1909. He studied medicine at the University of Würzburg from 1930 to 1935 and earned his doctoral degree in 1936. Subsequently, he worked for the Thuringian Landesamt für Rassewesen, the public health office in Sonneberg, the University gynecological clinic in Jena, and the Reichsärztekammer. He joined the NSDAP and the SA as early as 1933. In 1934, he switched from the SA to the SS and became a member of the Waffen-SS...

  2. Collection Lagergemeinschaft Auschwitz - Freundeskreis der Auschwitzer e.V.

    Werner Renz, the former archivist of the Fritz Bauer Institute transferred the collection "Lagergemeinschaft Auschwitz — Freundeskreis der Auschwitzer e. V." (Camp Community Auschwitz — friends of the Auschwitzers e. V.) to the Institute in February 2018. Werner Renz was an active member of the camp community from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. The collection Lagergemeinschaft Auschwitz — Freundeskreis der Auschwitzer e. V. covers after description, demetallization, and filing three archival units with a total extent of 0.25 running meters. It provides an insight into the internal conflict...

  3. Bequest Carl Bringer

    Carl Bringer was born in Dusseldorf in 1929. From 1962 to 1994, he worked as an editor for the Hessischer Rundfunk, the Hessian state radio. From 1994 to 2006, he volunteered for the psychological services of the "Fritz Bauer Haus", a detention center in Darmstadt-Eberstadt. He was friends with Fritz Bauer. Carl Bringer passed away in 2017. The bequest mostly consists of papers, linked to his friendship with Fritz Bauer and connected to Bauer's work. The bequest Carl Bringer covers after description, demetallization, and filing nine archival units with a total extent of 0.3 running meters. ...

  4. Documentation of the Romanian branch of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) pertaining to survivors and those who perished in the Holocaust from all the areas of Romania, 1945

    Documentation of the Romanian branch of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) pertaining to survivors and those who perished in the Holocaust from all the areas of Romania, 1945

  5. Documentation of the Deputation fuer Handel, Schiffahrt und Gewerbe (Deputation for Trade, Shipping and Industry) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Deputation fuer Handel, Schiffahrt und Gewerbe (Deputation for Trade, Shipping and Industry) in Hamburg

  6. Documentation of the municipal administration of Brest, 1941-1944

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 13234955
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1941-1944
    • Correspondence Declaration Instruction List of craftspeople List of forced laborers List of Jewish physicians Official documentation Survey report

    Documentation of the municipal administration of Brest, 1941-1944 Personal forms completed by Jews from Brest in order to receive identity cards, November 1941-October 1942; documentation regarding tax payments by the Jews, 1941-1942; orders and directives issued by the municipal administration commander regarding Jewish forced laborers, and prohibitions and limitations pertaining to Jews; correspondence between the Judenrat and the Brest municipal administration; lists of Jewish names and lists of Jewish family men from Brest; reports regarding the supply and allotment of food to Jews; lis...

  7. Documentation from the Allgemeines Krankenhaus (General Hospital) in Barmbeck (a suburb of Hamburg)

    Documentation from the Allgemeines Krankenhaus (General Hospital) in Barmbeck (a suburb of Hamburg) The General Hospital in Barmbeck started to be partially active in November 1913, and it opened completely in August 1914 with a capacity of 2,400 beds. The hospital was a part of the system of regional hospitals of Hamburg State. For several years during World War II, the hospital was subjugated to military command, as part of the military medical system. The hospital was damaged by air-raids in 1942. The building was evacuated in May 1945 by order of the British occupation authorities, and ...

  8. Documentation of the district committees of the Communist Party in the Bialystok region, 1939-1941

    Documentation of the district committees of the Communist Party in the Bialystok region, 1939-1941 Included in the collection: - Questionnaires of delegates to the Communist Party convention; - List of residents and documentation of the neighborhood committee in Bialystok; - Lists of Communists and Soviet activists; - Documentation of the NKVD; - Documentation from the first convention of the Communist Party in Bialystok; - Instructions of the Communist Party regional committee; - Protocols of meetings; - Documentation of the Police and the NKVD, regarding political opinions and the propaga...

  9. Documentation of the underground organizations of the Communist Party and the Komsomol movement in Belorussia, 1941-1944

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12796915
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1941-1944
    • Investigation report Legal documentation List of Communists List of Komsomol members List of partisans List of residents List of underground members Official documentation Protocol Statistical report Survey report

    Documentation of the underground organizations of the Communist Party and the Komsomol movement in Belorussia, 1941-1944 Included in the collection, among other material: - Survey reports and investigation reports regarding the activities of the partisans units in Belorussia; - Statistical reports regarding partisans units; - Lists of partisans; - Reports regarding underground activities of the Party organizations and the Komsomol movement; - Lists of Communists and members of the Komsomol movement; - Documentation and intelligence reports; - Reports regarding the persecution and murder of ...

  10. Documentation of the Verband der juedischen Kaufleute und Gewerbetreibende (Association of Jewish Merchants and Tradespeople) in Vienna from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1928-1935

    Documentation of the Verband der juedischen Kaufleute und Gewerbetreibende (Association of Jewish Merchants and Tradespeople) in Vienna from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1928-1935 In the collection there is mainly Verband correspondence and circulars from 1928-1935, including internal Verband correspondence with its members (and candidates for membership), along with much information regarding the possibilities for commercial connections abroad, and correspondence with outside bodies on various matters, such as guidelines to the Verband members on various businesses, correspondence with gov...

  11. Documentation from the Badisches Finanzministerium (Baden Finance Ministry), regarding Aryanization

    Documentation from the Badisches Finanzministerium (Baden Finance Ministry), regarding Aryanization

  12. Documentation of the State Police Headquarters in the Suwalki district, 1937-1939

    Documentation of the State Police Headquarters in the Suwalki district, 1937-1939 The Collection includes documentation and correspondence of various entities in the Suwalki District Police regarding persons suspected of anti-State activity; list of our residents in hotels, guesthouses and inns in Suwalki.

  13. Documentation of the regional Commission for the Investigation of Crimes against the Polish Nation in Kielce, dated 1947-1991

    Documentation of the regional Commission for the Investigation of Crimes against the Polish Nation in Kielce, dated 1947-1991 Included in the collection is documentation regarding the murder of Poles and Jews by German policemen in Nowy Korczyn during 1939-1945; murder of Jews and Poles in the Opatow district during 1941-1944; crimes committed by workers in the Radom concentration camp during 1940-1944; abuse and murder of Jewish and Polish forced laborers in the HASAG company factory in Skarzysko-Kamienna camp during 1939-1945; investigation documents and documentation regarding crimes com...

  14. Documentation of the Staats- und Privatschulen-Berufliche Schulen (State and private vocational schools) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Staats- und Privatschulen-Berufliche Schulen (State and private vocational schools) in Hamburg The Collection is comprised of sub-record groups that deal with specific schools. Included in the material, among others, are lists of pupils and matriculation certificates of boys and girls who were pupils in certain schools. Included are the sub-record groups: - 362-4/7 - Handelsschule Holzdamm 1934-1940, - 362-4/9 - Handels- und Berufsschule Harburg 1895-1982.

  15. Documentation of the Muzey-arkhiv perekhodovoi doby (Kiev Archive Museum of Transitional Period [History]) in Kiev, 1942

    Documentation of the Muzey-arkhiv perekhodovoi doby (Kiev Archive Museum of Transitional Period [History]) in Kiev, 1942 The Kiev Archive Museum of Transitional Period [History] was established under the auspices of the German authorities and was active during April-October 1942 with the aim of presenting the [history of the] transitional period from the Soviet occupation period until the period of Nazi rule; Included in the collection: - Decisions taken by the mayor of Kiev regarding the opening of the museum; - Decision by the Kiev municipality regarding the registration of the books left...

  16. Documentation of the Zdolbunow municipality, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the Zdolbunow municipality, 1941-1943 Included in the collection are lists of residents, homeowners, skilled professionals, owners of herds, clinic workers and others, including Jews.

  17. Documentation of the administration of the Shpykiv district, 1941-1942

    Documentation of the administration of the Shpykiv district, 1941-1942 - Lists of Jewish homes in Shpykiv and the manner of their use; - List of inmates in the Rogozna Ghetto, prepared by the district administration, 15/12/1941; - Instructions, circulars and correspondence by the administration of the Vinnytsa region with the district administrations in the region, regarding administrative and financial questions.

  18. Documentation of the authorities in Putivl, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the authorities in Putivl, 1941-1943 Orders and instructions of the authorities in Putivl, regarding the collection of taxes from the local population, punishments, and the transfer of residents to forced labor in Germany, 1941-1943.

  19. Documentation of the Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft (Southeastern Europe Company) in Vienna, from the Bundesarchiv (Federal Archive) in Germany, 1940-1944

    Documentation of the Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft (Southeastern Europe Company) in Vienna, from the Bundesarchiv (Federal Archive) in Germany, 1940-1944.

  20. P.34: Collection of Rabbi Stephen Wise, American Zionist leader

    P.34: Collection of Rabbi Stephen Wise, American Zionist leader Stephen Samuel Wise (1874-1949), the son and grandson of rabbis, was born in Budapest in 1874. When Wise was an infant, his parents emigrated to the United States with their family. From a very young age, Wise aspired to be a rabbi, like his father Rabbi Aharon Wise. Wise completed his studies at Columbia University with Outstanding Honors at the age of 18, and was ordained as a rabbi in 1893. He served as the rabbi in several significant communities in New York and Oregon, and he was a trail-blazer in the area of inter-denomin...