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  1. Estate of Richard Jakob Seligmann, in the Archive of the City of Munich, 1881-1941

    Estate of Richard Jakob Seligmann, in the Archive of the City of Munich, 1881-1941 Richard Seligmann was born in Munich in 1890. Following his service in the German Army during World War I, he was a manufacturer of Spiegelglass (mirror glass). During the Nazi regime he made all efforts to emigrate, but in vain. He was forced to relinquish his business in 1939 and in the same year he was evicted from his apartment and had to rent a smaller one. He was deported to Riga in 1941, from where he did not return. In the Collection are Seligmann's correspondence regarding, in main, his attempts to e...

  2. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Ramat HaKovesh

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Ramat HaKovesh Memorial booklet: 1. "My life experiences - Story of Shlomo Mark", 1980; Testimonies/ interviews: 1. Batya Golman; 2. Rachel Drob; 3. Henia Worfman; 4. Yetti Lom; 5. Henia Lang; 6. Sara Melech; 7. Moshe Salomon; 8. Aharon Kaveh; 9. Shabtai Confort; 10. Shoshana Kliger; 11. Berta Kravitz; 12. Asher Kruk; 13. Arieh Schwartz; 14. Pinchas Shulman; 15. Avraham Shenor; 16. Zofia Shenor; Three photographs.

  3. M.59- documentation from the US National Archives

    M.59- Alexandria Collection: Nazi documentation from the US National Archives The Record Group contains Nazi documentation confiscated by the US Army and transferred to the US National Archives in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. The documentation includes documents from German government offices, Nazi organizations (including the Nazi party), SS Headquarters and the German Police, as well as German Army units on various levels, from Army Groups to Divisions. Additionally, copies of documentation regarding the persecution of the Jews of Germany, some of them from Nuremberg Trial files, have been ...

  4. Documentation of the German authorities and the local authorities in Belorussia, 1941-1944

    Documentation of the German authorities and the local authorities in Belorussia, 1941-1944 Included in the collection, among other material, are orders of the German authorities, including orders regarding the evacuation of residents, a call by the head of the Police in Belorussia in the Koidanovo area to members of the partisans detachments to surrender, and procedures regarding the collection of taxes.

  6. O.29 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Belgium during the Holocaust period

    O.29 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Belgium during the Holocaust period This Record group is comprised of three Sub-Record groups: O.29.1 - The Maxime Steinberg Collection O.29.2 - The Shifra Verber Collection O.29.3 - Personal documentation regarding the Holocaust period in Belgium

  7. O.15 H - Collection about Hungary

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 4019156
    • English, Hebrew
    • 1938-1956
    • Diary Letter List of deportees List of murdered persons Lists Original Poster Questionnaire Record of murdered persons Survey report Telegram

    O.15 H - Collection about Hungary Copies of original material - in the possession of Yad Vashem - from Hungarian governmental offices pertaining to Jews and the Holocaust. Additionally, original documents from communities, the Church, institutions such as the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel, and from private collections, such as the Laszlo Szekulesz Collection, the Sara Friedmann Collection and files submitted by Moor Zoltan Yehuda have been included. The original files located in Record Group O.15 have been photocopied and divided according to subj...

  8. TR.3 - Documentation collected in preparation for the Eichmann Trial, 1933-1962

    TR.3 - Documentation collected in preparation for the Eichmann Trial, 1933-1962 The Mossad (Israel Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations) discovered where Adolf Eichmann was residing in Argentina while using a false identity. Eichmann was captured and brought to Israel in early 1960. His trial, which was held in Beit Ha'am in Jerusalem [today, the Gerard Behar Center building], began in April 1961. The trial lasted for approximately three months, and Eichmann was subsequently sentenced to death for his part in the murder of the Jews of Europe. Eichmann submitted an appeal to the...

  9. TR.13 - Documentation of the UN Committee about War Crimes

    TR.13 - Documentation of the UN Committee about War Crimes This Record Group contains documentation created by the UN Committee about War Crimes, 1944-1949. The job of the Committee was to assist the various governments in bringing World War II war criminals to trial by collecting documentation, conducting investigations and giving legal counsel. The Record Group reflects the work of the Committee and its sub-committees and includes protocols and reports of the committees' meetings, documentation collected by the Committee and reports regarding the trials of war criminals held in the variou...

  10. Mordechai Tamir (Lipski) Collection - Documentation of the Organization of Former Residents of Lowicz

    Mordechai Tamir (Lipski) Collection - Documentation of the Organization of Former Residents of Lowicz

  11. O.29.3 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Belgium mainly during the Holocaust period

    O.29.3 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Belgium mainly during the Holocaust period In the Record Group there is documentation that was submitted to Yad Vashem by private people including personal documents from the war period, lists of various kinds, letters and other types of documentation reflecting Jewish life in Belgium and the persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust period. In the Record Group there is documentation regarding the rescue of Jews, the Belgian underground and participation of Jews in the underground, activities of the Association des Juifs en Belgique (AJB - Ass...

  12. O.35 - The Heidingsfeld Collection: Documentation regarding Jewish refugees in Switzerland

    O.35 The Heidingsfeld Collection: Documentation regarding Jewish refugees in Switzerland Correspondence of Joseph Heidingsfeld, a teacher and Jewish refugee in Switzerland, who was active in the Vevey-Montreux area, and taught children in the refugee camps and hospitals in the area, 1936-1950.

  13. O.29.2 - The A. Werber Collection, Personal documents and documentation regarding the Jewish Resistance in Belgium during the Holocaust

    O.29.2 - The A. Werber Collection, Personal documents and documentation regarding the Jewish Resistance in Belgium during the Holocaust

  14. M.17 - Documentation of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva, 1933-1940

    M.17 - Documentation of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva, 1933-1940 The collection contains correspondence of Joseph Thon and Theodor Grubner, representatives of the Polish Jewish Refugee Fund in Geneva. There are also personal letters from relatives of Jews in Poland to the Polish Jews in Geneva, reports regarding the situation of the Jews in Poland and lists of Jews from Poland.

  15. O.18 -Yitzhak Stone Collection: German documentation regarding German war crimes in the occupied countries

    O.18 -Yitzhak Stone Collection: German documentation regarding German war crimes in the occupied countries Yitzhak Stone was a senior aid to the American prosecutor in the Nazi War Crimes Trials at Nuremberg. There are copies of German documents used by the prosecution; sometimes there are also translations for these copies. The files in the collection were submitted to Yad Vashem in a number of shipments: - Files 1-65: Files handed over to Yad Vashem by D. Cohen from the Ministry of Defense in 1956. - Files 66-130: Files handed over to Yad Vashem by D. Cohen from the Ministry of Defense in...

  16. O.65 - Collection of Jacob Robinson, Jurist and Diplomat

    O.65 - Collection of Jacob Robinson, Jurist and Diplomat Dr. Jacob Robinson was born in Seirijai, a village in the Alytus district in southeastern Lithuania on 28 November 1889, and received a traditional Jewish education. In 1910 he completed his studies at the Suwalki high school and in the summer of 1914, he completed his studies for the title of Doctorate in Law (LL.D.) at the University of Warsaw. In May 1923 he was elected to the Sejm (Lithuanian Parliament), where he served as head of the Jewish faction and a leader of the minorities bloc. During the years 1925-1931, Robinson served ...

  17. O.52.2 - Documentation prepared for the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - North-West Communities

    O.52.2 - Documentation prepared for the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - North-West Communities The purpose of the Yad Vashem project - to prepare an Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany - is to perpetuate the history of the communities that were destroyed during the Holocaust. The historiography of the communities focused on countries and sometimes on districts, but not on the history of the local communities. This project is meant to fill in what is lacking in this area. With the increase of interest in the local communities, this Record Group serves as a very impo...

  18. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Neot Mordechai

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Neot Mordechai Personal documentation (original): 1. Two postcards sent from Terezin [Theresienstadt] (by Ernst Levizon) to his adoptive family in Denmark (1943); 2. Two letters written by the mother of E. Levizon to his adoptive family in Denmark in 1940.

  19. M.23 - Benno Kaufmann Collection - Documentation of the Aid Council for Jewish Refugees from Germany, Basel, 1939-1947

    M.23 - Benno Kaufmann Collection - Documentation of the Aid Council for Jewish Refugees from Germany, Basel, 1939-1947 Correspondence of Benno Kaufmann from Basel, Switzerland, regarding aid to Jewish refugees from Germany, 1939-1947. The Record Group contains personal letters belonging to the persecuted detainees in the camps in France, such as the Gurs camp.

  20. Files of Jews in the Muenchen Police