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  1. Documentation of the The Sholem Aleichem Jewish Cultural Association in Tartu, 1928 - 1940

  2. Documentation from the Finanzaemter (Finance Ministry) local units in the Saar region

    Documentation from the Finanzaemter (Finance Ministry) local units in the Saar region In the collection there is one file of the Finanzamt Blieskastel, dealing with assistance in studies and training (Ausbildungsbeihilfen); one file of the Finanzamt Neunkrichen deals with income and property taxes; 16 files of the Finanzamt Völklingen - most of the files deal with real estate owned by various Jews in the area, and the remainder deal with the administration of the real estate by the authorities; included is a file with lists of the Jewish property administered and a file that deals in its en...

  3. Documentation of the Magistrates Court of Law in Ottweiler (Amtsgericht Ottweiler) in the Saar region, 1909-1940

    Documentation of the Magistrates Court of Law in Ottweiler (Amtsgericht Ottweiler) in the Saar region, 1909-1940 Included in the collection: Two files that deal with trials of Jews during the Nazi period; Files that include orders, in most part orders that were given after the annexation of the Saar region to Nazi Germany. The orders deal with the integration of the system of law of the region with the system of law of Germany, including the obligation that employees in the law system must be of Aryan origin; File from the period from before WWI that deals with matters concerning commerce, ...

  4. Documentation from the Oberfinanzdirektion Duesseldorf

    Documentation from the Oberfinanzdirektion Duesseldorf

  5. Documentation of Das Ahnenerbe (The Ancestral Heritage) Society, 1935-1945

    Documentation of Das Ahnenerbe (The Ancestral Heritage) Society, 1935-1945 Documentation of Das Ahnenerbe Society, a pseudo-scientific organization founded through the initiative of Heinrich Himmler and Darre, in 1935, which dealt with the study of ancient German history and in anthropological research in order to decide on various issues in Nazi ideology. At the peak of its activities, the organization included 40 scientific departments headed by Wolfram Sivers, who was executed as a result of the Nurenberg Trials. Following 1939, the organization frequently used the results of medical exp...

  6. Documentation of the Tax Authority in Estonia, 1934 - 1940

  7. Documentation from the Amtsgericht Wedding: Declarations of Death

    Documentation from the Amtsgericht Wedding: Declarations of Death Declarations of Death (Todeserklaerungen) that were given regarding Jews during the postwar years.

  8. Personal files of Jewish teachers and lecturers at the University of Hamburg

    Personal files of Jewish teachers and lecturers at the University of Hamburg The Collection includes personal files of well-known persons such as Ernst Cassirer. The files also document the proceedings of the dismissal from work of the Jewish teachers and lecturers following the Nazi rise to power.

  9. Documentation of Soviet judicial institutions, 1941 - 1942

  10. Documentation of the Gerichtsvollzieherwesen (Execution office) of the Court of Law in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Gerichtsvollzieherwesen (Execution office) of the Court of Law in Hamburg Included in the Collection are files from the Execution office regarding Jews, arranged in alphabetical order, including detailed lists of property.

  11. Documentation of the Estonian Cooperative Health Insurance Fund branches, 1923 - 1940

  13. Documentation of the Todt Organization in Minsk, 1942-1944

    Documentation of the Todt Organization in Minsk, 1942-1944

  14. Card file of the Jewish residents and refugees from Pinsk in alphabetical order, 1939-1941

    Card file of the Jewish residents and refugees from Pinsk in alphabetical order, 1939-1941

  15. Documentation of the Amtsgericht Bergedorf (Bergedorf Magistrates Court) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Amtsgericht Bergedorf (Bergedorf Magistrates Court) in Hamburg The Amtsgericht Bergedorf (Bergedorf Magistrates Court) was established in 1855. It is still in existence as of the time of the writing of these lines. The Court files that arrive for archival storage are transferred to the State Archive in Hamburg. They include administrative files, protocols of trials, court decisions, criminal and civil court proceedings, files and Register (registration) books, and freiwillige Gerichtsbarkeit (mediation and arbitration) files. The files that were copied for Yad Vashem re...

  16. Documentation of the Stanislawow branch of the emigration syndicate, 1930-1939

    Documentation of the Stanislawow branch of the emigration syndicate, 1930-1939 Included in the collection are applications for emigration outside the country.

  17. Documentation of the German authorities in Belorussia, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the German authorities in Belorussia, 1941-1944 Included in the Collection: - Reports and instructions regarding the confiscation of Jewish property and the attitude of the local population towards the Jews; - Instructions given by the commander of the Military Home Front Commander, Major-General von Schenkendorff; - List of inmates in the Minsk prison, prepared in 1942; - Maps of Minsk; - Diagram of the Drozdy concentration camp; - Instructions regarding the confiscation and sale of property and the use of Jewish property; - Reports and orders given by the Generalkommissar...

  18. תיעוד של בית משפט השלום (Amtsgericht) ב-Plettenberg (ווסטפליה)

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12421267
    • English, Hebrew
    • Birth certificate Legal documentation Marriage certificate Official documentation Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors

    Repertory: Amtsgericht (district court) Plettenberg In the Collection are files including applications to Courts of Law in Westphalia for the recognition of death of local Jews who were deported to the East by the Nazis, and for whom no official Declaration of Death had been given. These applications (requests) were submitted in most part by the relatives of those who had perished, [and] who requested to receive claims for compensation from Germany. The files include the applications including details regarding those who perished and their deportation; correspondence with German authorities...

  20. Documentation from the Hamburg Police

    Documentation from the Hamburg Police