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  1. M.2 - Archive of Itzhak Schwarzbart, member of the Polish Government-in-Exile in London, 1939-1958

    M.2 - Archive of Itzhak Schwarzbart, member of the Polish Government-in-Exile in London, 1939-1958 Dr. Itzhak Ignacy Schwarzbart was born in Chrzanow, Poland, in 1888. He studied to be a lawyer and began his legal career in 1913. He served as the Assistant Editor-in-Chief of a daily newspaper that appeared in Krakow, 1921-1925, while writing for other daily newspapers as well. During the period between World War I and World War II, he served as a representative at Zionist Congresses and was active in the Jewish faction in the Krakow Municipal Council and the leadership of the Jewish communi...

  2. O.40 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Netherlands, primarily during the Holocaust period

    O.40 - Documentation regarding the Jews of the Netherlands, primarily during the Holocaust period In the Collection there are files submitted to Yad Vashem by private people including personal documents from the war period, correspondence with the German authorities in the Netherlands, correspondence with family members; correspondence after the war; anti-Jewish orders and directives, newspaper clippings including information regarding the persecution of the Dutch Jews, documentation concerning the rescue of Jews, Joodse Raad (Jewish Council) activities, the Westerbork transit camp, concent...

  3. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kvutzat Yavne

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kvutzat Yavne Testimonies/experiences: 1. Chana Asher; 2. Yaakov Gadish; 3. Yosef Gottlieb; 4. Sara Donenfeld; 5. Ruchama Chayut; 6. Sara Tessler - "Leyaldei" ["To my children"]; 7. Yitzhak Kaphan Sarid, "From Kaphan to Sarid: Grandfather's stories - these lines were written in their memory ... and on your behalf", Kvutzat Yavne, 1992; Essay (in Hungarian), from the estate of Israel Kattan (handwritten, photocopy).

  4. O.64.2/WSZ.3 - List of deportees from Theresienstadt to the East

    O.64.2/WSZ.3 - List of deportees from Theresienstadt to the East

  5. M.1.B - Documentation of the office of the Central Historical Commission of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone , 1945-1948

    M.1.B - Documentation of the office of the Central Historical Commission of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the U.S. Zone , 1945-1948 This Subsection contains the correspondence of the Central Historical Commission of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews (CHC) with its various branches in the DP camps, Jewish leaders and institutions in different countries, and the German municipal authorities. The correspondence deals mainly with gathering documentation regarding the Holocaust, cultural activity in the DP camps and the editorial work of the CHC.

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Afikim Testimonies: 1. Daniel Asseo; 2. Zvi Ariav; 3. Margit Ben-Yitzhak; 4. Aharon Bar; 5. Ahuva Gottesman; 6. Nina Halachmi; 7. Shoshana Zuta Weiss; 8. Chaim Levithan; 9. Rivka Levithan; 10. Shosha Lazarovitz-Rimland; 11. Gershon Miniks; 12. Matitiyahu Mates Merkel; 13. Pinchas Moshe; 14. Stella Naar; 15. Sara Elem; 16. Aharon Amit; 17. Chaviva Pinkasi; 18. Oskar Kohl; 19. Dina Kohl; 20. Shlomo Kessler; 21. Shimon Kristal; 22. Miriam Krame...

  7. Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Mishmar HaNegev

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Mishmar HaNegev Interviews/ testimonies: 1. Ilana Arad; 2. Yosef Erez; 3. Momos Bonim; 4. Jacques Borstein; 5. Zvika Blustein; 6. Fanni Bar-Alon; 7. Esther Gutkind; 8. Ben-Zion Degani; 9. Dorit Dekel; 10. Mordechai Voloshchovski; 11. Shula Wechsler; 12. Yosef Tanzer; 13. Terez Lev; 14. Dora Magril; 15. Meir Soker; 16. Meir Soker; 17. Arush Poznanski; 18. -- Kelert; 19. Yoel Roizman; 20. Michael Rapaport; 21. Yishai Shtikman; 22. Stuki Shteff...

  8. P.3 -Isaac Weissman Archive: Documentation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in Lisbon

    P.3 -Yitzchak Weisman Archive: Documentation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in Lisbon Isaac Weissman was the WJC representative in Lisbon; he was active in providing assistance to refugees and participating in rescue operations. This Record Group includes Weissman's correspondence from Portugal with the WJC office in New York, diplomatic representatives in Portugal and private individuals and other organizations, 1942-1967.

  9. Collection of H. Aa. Jacques: Statistical reports regarding the Jewish population in the Netherlands, 1941-1942

    Collection of H. Aa. Jacques: Statistical reports regarding the Jewish population in the Netherlands, 1941-1942 H. Aa. Jacques, from Amsterdam, composed statistical reports regarding the Jewish population in the Netherlands during the 1940s, including detailed cross-sections according to age, gender, profession and so forth; research regarding the Jewish community in Amsterdam, and the composition of a document regarding education in the Jewish sector during 1941-1942; H. Aa. Jacques served as the head of the Commissie van Onderwijs (Committee on Education) of the Joodsche Raad (Jewish Coun...

  10. Documentation of the German and the local authorities in Ukraine, 1941-1943

    Documentation of the German and the local authorities in Ukraine, 1941-1943 Included in the collection: - Announcement by the commander of the Police in Vinnitsa to the Jewish population, regarding the establishment of a ghetto; - Report prepared by the commander of the Ukrainian Police in Dimer, regarding the murder of Jews, 1942; - Lists of Ukrainian policemen; - Report prepared by Minister Muller, regarding the evacuation of residents from Kiev and the evacuation of forced laborers to Germany, 15/10/1943.

  11. Testimony regarding the experiences of children on the Aryan side during the war and in children's homes in Poland after the liberation

    Testimony regarding the experiences of children on the Aryan side during the war and in children's homes in Poland after the liberation Wanderings and suffering of children on the Aryan side; atrocities committed by the Nazis; help from nuns and Polish, Ukrainian and especially Czech farmers. Jewish children's homes in Poland (Krakow, Bielski, Lodz and Czestochowa) after the liberation; feelings of isolation and alienation of the children.

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Mahanayim Testimonies: 1. Chaya Slutzki; 2. Menachem Perlmutter.

  13. P.54 - Archive of Dr. Israel Kasztner, one of the leaders of the Relief and Rescue Committee in Budapest, and Collection of Dov Dinur, Kasztner's Biographer

    P.54 - Archive of Dr. Israel Kasztner, one of the leaders of the Relief and Rescue Committee in Budapest, and Collection of Dov Dinur, Kasztner's biographer Biography of Dr. Israel Rezső Rudolf Kasztner: Israel Kasztner was born in Cluj, Transylvania, Romania in 1906. Between World War I and World War II, he worked as a journalist and an attorney at law, and, at the same time, he was an activist in the Zionist Labor Movement in Cluj. After the annexation of northern Transylvania to Hungary in 1940, Kasztner moved to Budapest and continued his Zionist Movement activities. He was one of the f...

  14. Documentation from the Terezin Memorial Site

    Subsection O.64.1- Documentation from the Terezin Memorial Site The documentation in this subsection was copied in the 1990s in the Archives of the Theresienstadt Ghetto Memorial Site in Czechoslovakia. The documentation includes diaries, memoirs, letters and documentation from the ghetto headquarters. The documentation is in German, Czech and the Yiddish that was unique to the Theresienstadt Ghetto, a blend of German, Yiddish and Czech.

  15. M.21.4 - Kriegsverbrecherreferat (War Criminals Department), Central Committee of Liberated Jews - Munich

    M.21.4 - Kriegsverbrecherreferat (War Criminals Department), Central Committee of Liberated Jews - Munich The War Criminals Department was established in the American Occupied Zone shortly after the end of World War II. It was active from 1946-1951 as the Legal Department of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Munich, in cooperation with the Central Historical Commission in Munich and other survivor organizations. The purpose of the Department was to locate war criminals and collaborators, to gather documentary material, to collect testimonies from survivors and to bring the criminal...

  16. O.64.2/WSZ.2 - Lists of deportees from Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark and Slovakia to the Theresienstadt Ghetto

    O.64.2/WSZ.2 - Lists of deportees from Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark and Slovakia to the Theresienstadt Ghetto

  17. Estate of Ilse von Twardowski-Conrat, in the Archive of the City of Munich, 1898-1942

    Estate of Ilse von Twardowski-Conrat, in the Archive of the City of Munich, 1898-1942 Painter Ilse Beate von Twardowski was born in Vienna on 20/01/1880. Her parents, who converted to Christianity in 1852, had her baptized to Christianity (Evangelist) when she was a baby. She received her art training in Brussels. She married Ernst von Twardowski in 1910 and moved in his footsteps from Rome to Munich in 1914. During the Nazi regime, she was forbidden to work in her profession due to her Jewish origin, and in 1936 she was expelled from the Reichskammer für bildende Künste. She committed suic...

  18. M.42 - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from archives in France

    M.42 - Documentation regarding the Holocaust from archives in France Most of the documentation is from collections of microfilm reels (with the exception of 31 photocopied files) from various organizations and offices in France, such as OSE (Oeuvre de Secours Aux Enfants - Society for Rescuing Children), the Consistoire Central des Israelites de France (Central Consistory of French Jews) and the Commissariat General aux Questions Juives (CGQJ- General Office for Jewish Affairs). Additionally, much documentation regarding France can be found in Yad Vashem Archives Records Groups O.9 (France ...

  19. M.54.AMS - Documentation of the Stutthof Concentration Camp Museum in Sztutowo, Poland

    M.54.AMS - Documentation of the Stutthof Concentration Camp Museum in Sztutowo, Poland The Stutthof concentration camp was established shortly after the German occupation of Poland in September 1939, near the town of Sztutowo, Poland, approximately 40 kilometers from the city of Gdansk. During the war approximately 110,000 people were detained in the camp. Gas chambers and crematoria were built in the camp in 1943. The camp was included in the plan for the Final Solution in June 1944. Large deportations of Jews (mainly women) arrived in 1944, who were transferred from the Baltic countries a...

  20. O.90 - Documentation of Holocaust survivors in Israel, mainly from kibbutzim

    O.90 - Documentation of Holocaust survivors in Israel, mainly from kibbutzim This Record Group includes documentation, mainly copies of documentation preserved in the archives of kibbutzim throughout Israel. The documentation is mostly the personal documentation of Holocaust survivors who arrived to Eretz Israel and afterwards to the State of Israel from the end of World War II until the early 1960s. The material is comprised mainly of personal documentation, including letters, testimonies, dairies, photographs and various documents.