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  1. 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.

  2. Documentation from Amtsgerichte (Courts of Law) in Hessen, Germany

    Documentation from Amtsgerichte (Courts of Law) in Hessen, Germany In the collection is documentation from ten Courts of Law in the rural area of the Darmstadt Province: Alsfeld, Altenstadt, Bad Nauheim, Bad Vilbel, Bensheim, Beerfelden, Butzbach, Gernsheim, Herbstein, and Hirschhorn. For general information (in German) regarding the sub-group in the original Archive, including details regarding the character of the legal material, see the file: "Hessen G28 Amtsgerichte_Findbuch" in the Multimedia page. For information regarding each of the Courts of Law in the collection and regarding the ...

  3. Documentation of elementary school no. 8 in Rovno, 1940-1941

    Documentation of elementary school no. 8 in Rovno, 1940-1941 Included in the collection are class logs in which lists of Jewish pupils appear.

  4. M.41.GABr - Documentation from the State Archive of the Brest Region

    M.41.GABr - Documentation from the State Archive of the Brest Region History of the State Archive of the Brest Region: The State Archive of the Brest Region was created on 11 February 1940 as part of the system of the People's Commissariat for Interior Matters. The Archive stores the documentation of the Polish state institutions and organizations that were active in the Polesie region during 1919-1939 (and which were annulled by the Soviets during the same period), including also the documentation of the military authorities, the social and political organizations and associations, and sta...

  5. Files from the Finance Ministry (Finanzaemter) in the Unterfranken region, Bavaria

    Files from the Finance Ministry (Finanzaemter) in the Unterfranken region, Bavaria Including files from the following Record Groups: Amorbach, Veranlagungssteuer (Microfilm JM/20778-20781, additional material in JM/22139, frames 1-279) Aschaffenburg, Verwaltungsschriftgut (Microfilm JM/20782) Aschaffenburg, Veranlagungssteuer (Microfilm JM/20783-20784) Bad Brueckenau, Verwaltungsschriftgut (Microfilm JM/20785) Bad Brueckenau, Fruehere Abgaben (Microfilm JM/20786-20787, additional material in JM/22139, frame 544 and ff.) Bad Kissingen, Verwaltungsschriftgut (Microfilm JM/20788) Bad Kissingen...

  6. Testimonies and memoirs of Jews who resided in Belorussia, regarding the war period

    Testimonies and memoirs of Jews who resided in Belorussia, regarding the war period Included in the collection are testimonies and memoirs of Jews regarding the underground activities, and regarding their experiences in the ranks of the partisans, and testimonies regarding the Minsk Ghetto.

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

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 12423661
    • 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...

  8. Documentation of the Order Police Headquarters (Hauptamt Ordnungspolizei-ORPO), 1936-1945

    Documentation of the Order Police Headquarters (Hauptamt Ordnungspolizei-ORPO), 1936-1945 Documentation of the Order Police, a police entity established during the restructuring phase of the German police, 1936, alongside the Security Police (Sicherheitspolizei-SIPO). The functions of the ORPO included keeping the order and other police functions. Kurt Daluege was placed as head of the ORPO. It included the Protective Police (Schutzpolizei-Schupo) that was active in the cities and the gendarmerie that was active in the villages. The ORPO wore green uniforms, and therefore the Order Police w...

  9. Documentation of the Police headquarters in the Sniatyn district, 1935

    Documentation of the Police headquarters in the Sniatyn district, 1935 Included in the collection is correspondence between the district Police headquarters and the local government authorities, regarding the activities of the Zionist organizations.

  10. Documentation of the Landratsamt (District authority) of the Wittgenstein district in Berleburg, Westphalia

    Documentation of the Landratsamt (District authority) of the Wittgenstein district in Berleburg, Westphalia

  11. Documentation of the office of the municipal Notary in Sumy, 1941-1942

    Documentation of the office of the municipal Notary in Sumy, 1941-1942 Included in the collection are lists prepared by the municipal Notary, regarding births and deaths.

  12. Documentation of the Romanian authorities in the Cernauti district, 1941-1942

    Documentation of the Romanian authorities in the Cernauti district, 1941-1942 Included in the collection: - Documentation regarding the transfer of Jewish craftsmen and skilled professionals to forced labor; - Reports prepared by the local authorities, regarding the location of Jews on their territory; - Reports prepared by the Romanian authorities, regarding the mood among the local population following the liberation from the Soviet occupation.

  13. Documentation from the Magistrates Court in Ellwangen, Wurttemberg, 1933-1941

    Documentation from the Magistrates Court in Ellwangen, Wurttemberg, 1933-1941 Included in the Collection is a variety of legal files, most of them related to Jews: trials between Jews or Jewish businesses and their Christian neighbors in Ellwangen and villages in the surrounding area, regarding financial matters or damages, and trials held by the Nazi State against Jews accused of various charges. The Collection also includes files not related to Jews, such as trials against priests and informings against priests.

  14. Documentation of the Romanian occupation authorities in the Jugastru (Yampol) district, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the Romanian occupation authorities in the Jugastru (Yampol) district, 1941-1943 Included in the collection are statistical data regarding the local population in the district, according to ethnic origin; situation of the schools in the district; orders given by the governor of Transnistria regarding the registration of the local population; work regulations of the Gendarmerie; correspondence by the governor of Transnistria with the governors of the districts, regarding the transfer of Jews to agricultural labor and to labor in the skilled professions; correspondence by the...

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

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

  18. Documentation of the Jewish Elementary School No. 17 in Tartu, 1877 - 1944

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 13578579
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1877-1944
    • Abstract Administrative documentation Catalog Charter Circular Correspondence Documents Financial records Journals Lists Notebook Photograph Protocol Questionnaire Reports

  19. Documentation regarding the partisans units active in the Kirovograd region, 1941-1944

    Documentation regarding the partisans units active in the Kirovograd region, 1941-1944 Included in the collection: - Lists of partisans active in the area of the Kirovograd region; - Reports regarding activities of the "Stalin" partisans detachment.

  20. Documentation of the Landratsamt (District authority) of the Meschede district, Westphalia

    Documentation of the Landratsamt (District authority) of the Meschede district, Westphalia