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  1. Documentation from the Kinderrettungsverein of the Berliner Stadtmission in Berlin

    Documentation from the Kinderrettungsverein of the Berliner Stadtmission in Berlin The Kinderrettungsverein (Child Rescue Association) was established in 1905 by the priest Wilhelm Pfeiffer, a priest at the Evangelist Innere Mission (Inner Mission) in Berlin. The Association was meant to care for children who were born out of wedlock in the large "Charite" hospital in Berlin. The Association also took care of orphans and half-orphaned children. The Association received custody over the children, took care of their education and vocational training, and attempted to find foster [adoptive] pa...

  2. החלטות על הכרה במוות (Todeserklaerungen) של בית משפט השלום (Amtsgericht) ב-Bochum (ווסטפליה)

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12423680
    • English, Hebrew
    • Legal documentation Official documentation Personal documents Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors

    Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in Courts of Law in Westphalia 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 p...

  3. Documentation of the regional committee of the Communist Party in Bialystok, 1938-1941

    Documentation of the regional committee of the Communist Party in Bialystok, 1938-1941 Included in the collection: - Documentation of the regional committee and the district committees of the Communist Party in the Bialystok region; - Lists of Communists and Soviet activists; - Documentation regarding refugees.

  4. Files of Jews in the Nuernberg and Fuerth Police

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 7642544
    • English, Hebrew
    • Identity card Official documentation Personal documents Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors

  5. Documentation of the Oberfinanzpraesident Karlsbad, from the Saechsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv (Saxon State Archive) in Dresden

    Documentation of the Oberfinanzpraesident Karlsbad, from the Saechsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv (Saxon State Archive) in Dresden Following the annexation of the Sudeten region to Germany in 1938, the Saxon State was responsible for the establishment and manning of German governmental institutions in the region. In this context, the Oberfinanzpraesident Karlsbad (regional finance office in Karlsbad) was established on 01/09/1939; it was responsible to the Regierungsbezirke of the Aussig and Eger (regions) in the Sudeten region. Being that the institution was included among the Saxon State govern...

  6. TR.17.OBUiADwKa - Documentation from the Branch Office for Preservation and Dissemination of IPN Archival Records in Katowice, Poland, 1948-1950

    TR.17.OBUiADwKa - Documentation from the Branch Office for Preservation and Dissemination of IPN Archival Records in Katowice, Poland, 1948-1950

  7. Documentation from a trial conducted against Ernst Lerch and other Austrian war criminals from the SSPF headquarters in Lublin, who participated in "Aktion Reinhardt"

    Documentation from a trial conducted against Austrian war criminals, most of whom participated in "Aktion Reinhardt" - Investigation against Hermann Hoefle started in Landesgericht Linz (the Linz District Court) in 1947 (Vg8 6771/47); - Main part of the investigation conducted by Landesgericht Salzburg (the Salzburg District Court) from 1956 (11a Vr 1382/56) and Landesgericht Wien (the Vienna District Court) from 1962 (27c Vr 852/62); - Final investigation conducted by Landesgericht Klagenfurt (the Klagenfurt District Court), 1962-1971 (25 Vr 3123/71); - Transfer of the files to the various...

  8. M.40.RGE - Documentation from the Russian State Archive of the Economy, 1939-1945

    M.40.RGE - Documentation from the Russian State Archive of the Economy, 1939-1945 The Sub-Record Group is comprised of documentation from the population census conducted in January 1939 throughout the entire Soviet Union. The census was conducted on a national level in regions and cities, and includes data regarding nationality, mother tongue, gender, literacy, education, profession and more.

  9. Documentation of the office of the Geheime Staatspolizei Staatspolizeistelle Litzmannstadt (German Secret Police) in Lodz during 1939-1943

    Documentation of the office of the Geheime Staatspolizei Staatspolizeistelle Litzmannstadt (German Secret Police) in Lodz during 1939-1943 Included in the collection is a list of Jewish inmates from the main prison in Sieradz; reports of the SIPO supervisor and the SD, regarding the mood among the Polish population, Gestapo activities and deported Jewish inmates; reports of the SIPO supervisor and the SD in Poznan, regarding the mood among the Polish population and the fight against the Polish underground; periodical reports of the SIPO supervisor to the Reichsgau Wartheland governor, regar...

  10. Documentation of Soviet local authorities in Estonia, 1940 - 1941

  11. Documentation regarding Keren Hayesod in Riga, 1920-1940

    Documentation regarding Keren Hayesod in Riga, 1920-1940 Keren Hayesod was established at the annual conference of the World Zionist Organization held in London in July 1920, as the fundraising arm of the Zionist movement. The Keren Hayesod Manifest of 1920 reflected the determination and decisiveness of the new Zionist organization: "The time has arrived for the concentration of the Jewish effort on behalf of the establishment of the National Jewish Home". Keren Hayesod was charged with the responsibility for the financing of aliya and settlement in Eretz Israel; Before the establishment o...

  12. Documentation from the Staatspolizeileitstelle (Gestapo Headquarters) in Stuttgart

    Documentation from the Staatspolizeileitstelle (Gestapo Headquarters) in Stuttgart

  13. Collection of S. Wijnbergen, commander of the Nederlandse Regeringscommissariaat voor Repatriëring (Committee for the Return of Missing Persons to the Netherlands), 1943-1949

    Collection of S. Wijnbergen, commander of the Nederlandse Regeringscommissariaat voor Repatriëring (Committee for the Return of Missing Persons to the Netherlands), 1943-1949 Included in the collection: Reports prepared by S. Wijnbergen in The Hague, regarding the subject of missing persons from the Netherlands and the establishment of institutions to search for them in 1948; Questionnaires for the search for missing persons, and documents regarding Dutchmen returning from Switzerland, 1945-1946; Reports received by S. Wijnbergen from his command in Eastern Europe, regarding the locating of...

  14. Documentation of municipal Jewish schools in Riga, 1922-1940

    Documentation of municipal Jewish schools in Riga, 1922-1940 Included in the collection: Classroom record books; lists of pupils; incoming and outgoing postal documents; bills; birth certificates of pupils; matriculation certificates; reports regarding matriculation examinations; examinations in the Latvian language that were given in various classes; correspondence regarding various subjects.

  15. 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 ...

  16. Documentation of the Jewish National Society in Tartu, 1861 - 1940

  17. Collection of the Bureau Bestrijding Vermogensvlucht - Bureau for the War against the Smuggle of Capital and Property, the Netherlands, 1945-1967

    Collection of the Bureau Bestrijding Vermogensvlucht - Bureau for the War against the Smuggle of Capital and Property, the Netherlands, 1945-1967 Establishment of the Bureau Bestrijding Vermogensvlucht - Bureau for the War against the Smuggle of Capital and Property, in July 1945, in order to locate Dutch property - personal property and state property - such as: diamonds, machinery, art collections, stamp collections, banking securities, church bells and other items that were "purchased" or stolen and transferred to Germany and to other countries during the German occupation; Included in t...

  18. Files of the Aufsicht ueber Standesaemter (Control over the Residents Registry Office) of the Hamburg Police, 1932-1945

    Files of the Aufsicht ueber Standesaemter (Control over the Residents Registry Office) of the Hamburg Police, 1932-1945

  19. Documentation of the subsidiary lodges to the B'nei B'rith Großloge (Grand Lodge) in Berlin, from the Osoby Archive in Moscow

    Documentation of the subsidiary lodges to the B'nei B'rith Großloge (Grand Lodge) in Berlin, from the Osoby Archive in Moscow

  20. Documentation regarding activities of underground groups and partisans units active in the Kamenets Podolsk region, 1941-1944

    Documentation regarding activities of underground groups and partisans units active in the Kamenets Podolsk region, 1941-1944 Included in the collection: - Documentation regarding the partisans detachments in the Kamenets Podolsk region; - Documentation regarding the renewal of Communist Party membership cards for Soviet citizens who are members of partisans and underground detachments; - Documentation regarding the "Shchors" partisans unit; - List of names of partisans who received cards for participation in the partisans activities in the area of the region; - Lists of members of a partis...