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  1. Documentation of the German State Ministry for Bohemian and Moravian Affairs (Deutsches Staatsministerium fuer Boehmen und Maehren), Germany, 1938-1945

    Documentation of the German State Ministry for Bohemian and Moravian Affairs (Deutsches Staatsministerium fuer Boehmen und Maehren), Germany, 1938-1945 The Ministry for Bohemian and Moravian Affairs was established following the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis and the establishment of the Protectorate on the majority of its territory. Konstantin von Neurath, appointed as Governor of the Protectorate by the German authorities, was, in effect, ousted from his position by Hitler, on September 1941, for introducing policies that were not harsh enough in the eyes of the Fuehrer. Wilhel...

  3. Documentation belonging to the gendarmerie unit in the Khoyniki district, 1942-1943

    Documentation belonging to the gendarmerie unit in the Khoyniki district, 1942-1943 The Collection includes primarily reports and instructions from the Gendarmerie Headquarters in Zhitomir, as well as instructions from the (Gebietskommissar) district commissioner in Reytschitza and correspondence of the unit, particularly with the regional Gendarmerie Headquarters in Reytschitza. The material contains, among others, research reports regarding partisans, reports regarding partisan activity and regarding the activities of the German units against the partisans and documentation regarding volu...

  4. Card files and personal documentation of Stutthof camp inmates from various countries and nationalities, 1939-1945

    Card files and personal documentation of Stutthof camp inmates from various countries and nationalities, 1939-1945 Stutthof camp was a Nazi concentration camp located 37 kilometers east of Danzig, near the city of Sztutowo in Poland. The camp, established in September 1939, was the first concentration camp established outside the borders of Germany. It was the last camp to be liberated by the Allied forces. During the period that Stutthof camp was active it had approximately 110,000 inmates imprisoned there, including 28,000 Jews. More than 80,000 of the inmates perished in the camp.

  5. Documentation from the Reichswirtschaftministerium (Reich Ministry of Economy) from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1936-1942

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 11026735
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1936-1942
    • Balance sheet Financial accounts Names of perpetrators Official documentation Record of persecuted persons Statistical data Survey report

    Documentation from the Reichswirtschaftministerium (Reich Ministry of Economy) from the Osoby Archive in Moscow, 1936-1942 The following files are preserved in the collection: - A file dealing with insurance taken out by Jews, 1938-1939, including subjects such as the treatment of insurance claims submitted by Jews after the Kristallnacht riots (including a copy of the "Reichsgesetzblatt" [Reich Legal Gazette] from March 1939 containing the wording of the law on this matter - frame 1451, statistical reports and correspondence from December 1938 regarding the limit on claims pertaining to ri...

  6. Documentation of The "Licht" Jewish Cultural Society in Tallinn, 1926 - 1940

  7. Documentation of the Senat (Senate) in Hamburg

    Documentation of the Senat (Senate) in Hamburg Included in the Collection are files dealing with the dismantling of Jewish funds or their transfer to Aryan ownership.

  8. Documentation of the central bureau of statistics of Belorussia, regarding the Jewish population in Cherikov, 1920-1935

    Documentation of the central bureau of statistics of Belorussia, regarding the Jewish population in Cherikov, 1920-1935 Included in the collection: - Lists of Jewish business owners in Cherikov; - List of Jews who are members of the municipal council in Cherikov; - Statistical reports regarding Jewish educational and cultural institutions.

  9. Documentation of the Communist Party District Committee in Oshmyany, 1940-1941

    Documentation of the Communist Party District Committee in Oshmyany, 1940-1941 The Collection includes reports from various Communist Party institutions and organizations regarding the establishment of kolkhozes and the presence of national parties in the District; lists and reports regarding persons suspected of anti-Soviet activity; documentation of the Propaganda Department including lists of Communist propagandists and correspondence with various organizations; lists of Area Election Committees including personal documentation of the committee members.

  10. Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in the Amtsgericht (Magistrates Court) in Muenster (Westphalia)

    Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in the Amtsgericht (Magistrates Court) in Muenster (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 includ...

  11. Documentation from the Polizeipraesidien (Police Headquarters) in Bochum and Hamm (Westphalia region)

    Documentation from the Polizeipraesidien (Police Headquarters) in Bochum and Hamm (Westphalia region)

  12. Documentation from the Bezirksamt Spandau in Berlin, 1933-1943

    Documentation from the Bezirksamt Spandau in Berlin, 1933-1943 The city of Spandau and the villages of Gatow, Kladow, Pichelsdorf, Staaken and Tiefwerder were incorporated into the city of Berlin in 1920, as the Bezirk (municipal district of) Spandau. In the Record Group are files regarding the transfer of Jewish businesses and property to Aryan owners; dismissals from work of public employees who were married to Jewish women; Jewish religious education (during 1916-1936); Jewish employees in the municipal district offices.

  13. החלטות על הכרה במוות (Todeserklaerungen) של קרבנות יהודיים של בית משפט השלום (Amtsgericht) ב-Kamen (ווסטפליה)

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12424829
    • 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...

  14. Documentation of the area Committee for Elections to the Polish Parliament (Sejm) in Election Area No. 44, Grodno, 1938

    Documentation of the area Committee for Elections to the Polish Parliament (Sejm) in Election Area No. 44, Grodno, 1938 The Collection includes a list of members of the Elections Committee to the Polish Parliament (Sejm) in the Bialystok region; lists of voters in Grodno.

  15. M.41.NARB - Documentation of the National Archive of the Republic of Belorussia (Natsionalny Arkhiv Respubliki Belarus)

    M.41.NARB - Documentation of the National Archive of the Republic of Belorussia (Natsionalny Arkhiv Respubliki Belarus) History of the National Archive of the Republic of Belorussia The Central Archive for the October Revolution of the Belorussian Soviet Republic was established in the city of Minsk on 28 May 1927. The Archive moved to the city of Mogilev in 1930. The Archive underwent reorganization in 1938, and became the State Archive of the October Revolution and the Socialistic Construction. Following the outbreak of the war in 1941, the Archive's activities stopped. The Archive renewe...

  16. Documentation of the Verband der österreichen Zionisten (League of Austrian Zionists) in Vienna, 1936-1937

    Documentation of the Verband der österreichen Zionisten (League of Austrian Zionists) in Vienna, 1936-1937 The collection includes publicity (placards and leaflets) and correspondence of the Verband der österreichen Zionisten, which was the Austrian branch of the Revisionist Movement, and of accompanying organizations, such as the Brit HaKanaim Youth Federation; the correspondence was with the Austrian authorities, the Jewish community in Vienna and with Jewish and Zionist organizations. Among other items in the collection, there is correspondence with the police regarding permission to hol...

  17. Collection of testimonies of Engelandvaarders (Dutchmen who arrived to England) during 1941-1944

    Collection of testimonies of Engelandvaarders (Dutchmen who arrived to England) during 1941-1944 Military and economic situation in the Netherlands; hardships by farmers, due to the Germans' decrees; underground activities; the NSB; persecution of Jews; political trend of the population, and other matters; crystallization of the positions of the Dutch government, with the help of testimonies regarding the Germans' war with the Allied forces; Included in the collection: Testimonies of Engelandvaarders (Dutchmen who arrived to England), submitted to the Interdepartementale Commissie voor het ...

  18. Documentation of the Lower Municipal Court in Czersk, 1948-1950

    Documentation of the Lower Municipal Court in Czersk, 1948-1950 Included in the collection are appeals by relatives of Jews who were murdered during the war period, submitted to the Lower Municipal Court in Czersk district in order to receive declarations of death.

  19. 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; -...

  20. Documentation of the administration of the Balki district, 1942-1943

    Documentation of the administration of the Balki district, 1942-1943 Included in the collection are secret orders by the governor of Transnistria and the command of Guard Division no. 1 regarding the establishment of a ghetto in the district area; persecution of Communists; order given by the governor of Transnistria regarding the deportation of the Jewish residents to ghettos; correspondence by the district prefecture with the Jewish colony in Balki regarding the segregation of the ghetto, use of Jewish laborers for loading and unloading vans, and complaints by the Jews against the colony'...