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  1. Vormundschaftswesen (Custodianship) files of the Amtsgericht (Magistrates Court) in Hamburg

    Vormundschaftswesen (Custodianship) files of the Amtsgericht (Magistrates Court) in Hamburg Included in the Collection are files of Jews for whom Vormundschaftswesen (Custodianship) and Pflege (Shelter) proceedings were opened. Among other matters, the files relate to Jews who were property owners and whose property was confiscated by the State for various reasons (for instance, regarding emigres who left debts). The files include, among other material, lists of property of the Jews, and detailed reports of the Custodianship office regarding the activities and financial accounts of the Jews.

  2. Documentation of the Nazi director for Enemy Asset Management next to the Reichskommissar (Reich Commissioner) for the occupied Netherlands

    Documentation of the Nazi director for Enemy Asset Management next to the Reichskommissar (Reich Commissioner) for the occupied Netherlands

  3. Collection of the Adviescommissie voor de Zuivering van Notarissen in de provincie Noord-Holland - Committee for the Investigation of Notaries in the Noord-Holland region of the Netherlands, 1944-1951

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 6343251
    • English, Hebrew
    • Announcement Circular Correspondence Document Investigation report Laws and decrees Lists Newspaper Note Protocol Questionnaire Reports Testimony

    Collection of the Adviescommissie voor de Zuivering van Notarissen in de provincie Noord-Holland - Committee for the Investigation of Notaries in the Noord-Holland region of the Netherlands, 1944-1951 Establishment of the committee by the Military Government in the Netherlands on 20/07/1945; committee's function: investigation of the conduct of the Notaries in the Noord-Holland region during the Nazi occupation period; investigation by the committee of suspicions of collaboration by judicial officials with the Nazis regarding the deportation of Jews and the expropriation of Jewish property;...

  4. Documentation of Soviet governmental agencies and institutions in Estonia, 1939 - 1953

  5. 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...

  6. Documentation of the Romanian government in the Golta district, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the Romanian government in the Golta district, 1941-1943 Included in the collection is official correspondence between the Romanian military government in the Golta region, including Tiraspol and Krivoye Ozero, with various organizations; The documents were created by various organizations including the headquarters of the regional administration and the Gendarmerie headquarters; Also included in the collection: - Lists of names of Jews who were deported; - Information regarding forced labor and regarding the administration of the area.

  7. Documentation regarding Liquidation of Jewish Associations and Organizations, 1939 - 1941

  8. Testimonies and reports written by Jewish and non-Jewish inmates from the Netherlands, most of them political prisoners, regarding prisons and concentration camps, 1933-1945

    Testimonies and reports written by Jewish and non-Jewish inmates from the Netherlands, most of them political prisoners, regarding prisons and concentration camps, 1933-1945 Lists of people from the Netherlands who perished in camps, and a report regarding the persecution of Jews by the Amsterdam Police, 1939-1945; Correspondence of the Netherlands Tracing Mission, 1945-1948; Orders given by Harster, regarding the obligation on the entire population to possess an identity card, 1940-1941; Lists of the Centraal Registratiebureau Voor Joden, regarding Jewish survivors from the Netherlands in ...

  9. M.52.DARO - Documentation of the State Archives of the Rivne Region

    M.52.DARO - Documentation of the State Archives of the Rivne Region History of the Archives The archives was established in March 1940 as the historical archives of the region, and as of 1941 it was called the State Archives of the Rovno Region. The material for the archives was collected gradually. At the start, the archives received documents from local institutions and from factories, non-profit organizations, associations, and from educational and healthcare institutions that were in existence from the period when Rovno still belonged to Poland. By 1940, collections that dated from 1921...

  10. Documentation of the Kulturbehoerde I (Culture Office I) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Kulturbehoerde I (Culture Office I) in Hamburg

  11. Documentation of the Kerch municipal administration, between November-December 1941

    Documentation of the Kerch municipal administration, from the first occupation period Directives and orders issued by the municipal administration, lists of municipal workers, lists of German Army soldiers, lists of local residents, and circulars on various subjects: Karaites and more, work documents. German Army forces occupied Kerch for the first time on 16 November 1941. The new municipal administration began to work within the city from the earliest days of the occupation. Sonderkommando 10b soldiers arrived in the city a short time afterwards and started the registration of the Jews. A...

  12. Documentation in Educational Facilities in Westphalia regarding Jews

    Documentation in Courts of Law in Westphalia regarding Jews Including the institutions: - Provinzial Schulkollegium (JM/14907 (frames 215-294); JM/14913 (frames 468-582) - Gymnasium Laurentium Arnberg (JM/14914 (frames 2-7) - Gymnasium Hagen (JM/14914 (frames 8-11).

  13. Documentation of the Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda), Germany, 1934-1944

    Documentation of the Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda), Germany, 1934-1944 The ministry was established by law, on 13 March 1933, and received its authority by virtue of an order published, 30 June 1933; its areas of responsibility were defined as Geistigen Einwirkung auf die Nation, der Werbung fuer Staat, Kultur und Wirtschaft, der Unterrichtung der Oeffentlichkeit (emotional impact on the nation, the advertising for State, Culture and Economy, information to the public: The materials that reached Yad Vashem include cor...

  14. Protocols and printed materials of the Senate in Hamburg, regarding Jews and the persecution of Jews

    Protocols and printed materials of the Senate in Hamburg, regarding Jews and the persecution of Jews The materials were prepared by the Senatskanzlei (Senate Chamber). Included in the Collection are excerpts of protocols of Senate meetings and printed materials, mainly the texts of proposals for legislation and proposals for decisions dealing with Jews and the persecution of Jews. The material deals mainly with the implementation of anti-Jewish legislation, the dismissal of state employees from their work, and the purchase of real estate properties from Jews.

  15. M.52.DAPO - Documentation of the State Archives of the Poltava Region

    M.52.DAPO - Documentation of the State Archives of the Poltava Region History of the Archives: The Central Historical Archives in Poltava was established in 1918. Afterwards, the archival authority of the Poltava sub-division was established in 1922 when the Historical Archives became subordinate to it and its name was changed to the Historical Archives of the Polatava sub-division. In 1925 it became the Historical Archives affiliated with the regional archival authority. In June 1925 its name was changed to the Regional Historical Archives of Poltava. In 1930, following the re-organization...

  16. Documentation of the religious affairs department at the regional administration in Poznan, 1978-1990

    Documentation of the religious affairs department at the regional administration in Poznan, 1978-1990 The collection includes documentation regarding the problem of the Jews, and regarding memorial and commemoration sites for the Jews who perished during the war period in the area of the Poznan region.

  17. Documentation of the comittees of the Communist party in the Brest region, 1939-1941 and 1944-1947

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12791262
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1944-1947
    • List of candidates List of Communists List of lecturers List of managers List of propagandists Official documentation Protocol Questionnaire

    Documentation of the Soviet authorities in the Brest region, 1939-1941 and 1944-1947 Included in the collection: - Personal cards of Jewish Communists, 1940-1941; - Appeals to the [Communist] Party authorities by residents of Kobrin; - Protocols of the regional committee of the Party; - List of jurors in the regional Court of Law in Brest, 1941; - List of Communists from Brest and the Brest region; - Documentation of Jews, regarding their acceptance to the Communist Party, 1940-1941; - Documentation of the Communist Party district committees; - Lists of propagandists and Soviet activists; -...

  18. Devisenreferat Collection: Foreign Exchange Department of the Hauptabteilung Wirtschaft (Economics Department) in The Hague, 1940-1942

    Devisenreferat Collection: Foreign Exchange Department of the Hauptabteilung Wirtschaft (Economics Department) in The Hague, 1940-1942 In the collection: Documents of the Deviseninstitut (Foreign Exchange Institute), in The Hague, from 1941, under the direction of Bauditz, regarding the assets of Jews who emigrated or are asking to emigrate from the Netherlands; letters written by Wimmer, Rauter, Calmeyer, Seyss Inquart and others, regarding the legal status of Dutch Jews during the German occupation, 1942-1944; correspondence regarding the Aryanization of Jewish companies in the Netherland...

  19. Documentation of the Landratsamt Ansbach (District authority of Ansbach) in Bavaria

    Documentation of the Landratsamt Ansbach (District authority of Ansbach) in Bavaria

  20. Documentation of the elementary education department affiliated with the regional Executive committee in the Baranovichi region, 1939-1941 and 1944-1945

    Documentation of the elementary education department affiliated with the regional Executive committee in the Baranovichi region, 1939-1941 and 1944-1945 Included in the collection is a list of the Jewish teachers in the schools in the Baranowicze district in 1940; list of the heads of the district education departments in the Baranovichi region in 1941; documentation regarding the education system in the Slonim district during 1939-1940; reports prepared by the directors of education departments, regarding the situation in schools in various cities in the Baranovichi district; charts, inclu...