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  1. Monthly reports prepared by local authorities in the Friedberg district, regarding the political and economic situation in the district, 1937-1938

    Monthly reports prepared by local authorities in the Friedberg district, regarding the political and economic situation in the district, 1937-1938 The reports include much information regarding the life of the economy, agriculture and trade in the local area, including information regarding Jewish businesses and various events concerning the Jews in the area.

  2. M.30 - Kurt Grossmann Archives: Documentation regarding Kurt Grossman's activities as an advisor to the Jewish Agency and documentation regarding reparations

    M.30 - Kurt Grossmann Archives: Documentation regarding Kurt Grossman's activities as an advisor to the Jewish Agency and documentation regarding reparations Kurt Grossmann was born in Berlin, Germany. He served as the Executive Director of the League for Human Rights from 1926 to 1933. In February 1933, he left Germany and moved to Prague, Czechoslovakia where he founded the Democratic Refugee Relief Committee, an organization dedicated to providing relief to refugees. He also edited the news about Germany for a news service [news agency]. In 1939, he moved to the United States and worked ...

  3. O.31 - Documentation of the Jews of Italy mainly from the Holocaust period

    O.31 - Documentation of the Jews of Italy mainly from the Holocaust period Personal documentation submitted to the Yad Vashem Archive containing testimonies, letters and personal documents of different kinds. Among the documentation in the Record Group there are also lists of Jews as well as other official documentation, most of it copies on microfilm spools of the documentation from the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People in Jerusalem and the Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation (CDEC) in Milan regarding the Jewish communities in Italy, antisemitic legislation, pe...

  4. O.20 - Collection of Max Lowenthal who served in the Department for Jewish Restitution in Germany, Headquarters of the US forces in the US 0ccupation Zone in Germany

    O.20 - Collection of Max Lowenthal who served in the Department for Jewish Restitution in Germany, Headquarters of the US forces in the US 0ccupation Zone in Germany Max Lowenthal was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1888; a graduate of Harvard Law School, an attorney and a lifelong public servant; he served as an advisor and personal friend of President Harry S. Truman. In 1946, General Lucius D. Clay, the Deputy Governor of the US Military Government in Occupied Germany, asked various representatives of American Jewish organizations to suggest an advisor who could help Clay in drafting ...

  5. O.64.2/SCH.5 - Documentation regarding Personalities in ghetto Theresienstadt

    O.64.2/SCH.5 - Documentation regarding Personalities in ghetto Theresienstadt

  6. Documentation regarding the activities of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in the Wolyn region, 1936-1949

    Documentation regarding the activities of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in the Wolyn region, 1936-1949 Included in the collection is documentation regarding the antisemitic activities of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in the Wolyn region.

  7. Documentation of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Romania - The Military Cabinet, 1940-1944

    Documentation of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Romania - The Military Cabinet, 1940-1944 The collection includes documents created by the military cabinet of Ion Antonescu. Included among its subjects: the persecution and deportation of Jews; confiscation of Jewish property; military actions against the partisans; documentation of the Intelligence Service regarding the retreat of the Romanian Army from Bessarabia and northern Bucovina in 1940.

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Ein HaHoresh Testimonies: "Testimonies: Stories of members of Kibbutz Ein HaHoresh during the Holocaust period", 5750 (1990) (two copies): Gita Alexandroni; Dov Amitai (1990); Rosa Amitai (1984); Eva Efrat (1983); Shmuel Becher (1983); Tamar Blau (1984); Yehudit Haze (1983); Raya Yaakobi (1990); Saraleh Kochavi (1979); Willi Moher (1990); Zeev Mandel (1990); Zipora Mandel (1983); Marta Nimrod (1983); Daniella Nathan (1990); Reuven Peleg (198...

  9. M.1.P - She’erit Hapletah Collection - DP life in the camps, 1945-1948

    M.1.P - She’erit Hapletah Collection -Displaced persons life in the camps, 1945-1948 In this Collection there is documentation regarding the lives of the displaced persons (DPs) in the camps. It contains thousands of placards from the camps, mainly concerning cultural and artistic matters, religious life, sport, elections and political parties. Additionally, there are announcements , principally issued by administrative departments in the Eschwefe DP camp and the Feldafing DP camp. There are letters or surveys on subjects related to daily life in the DP camps in a few individual files.

  10. O.64.2/SCH.6 - Personal Documentation of inmates in the Theresienstadt ghetto

    O.64.2/SCH.6 - Personal Documentation of inmates in the Theresienstadt ghetto

  11. O.6/MISC - Miscellaneous Items

    O.6/MISC - Miscellaneous Items

  12. Documentation from official institutions and offices in Hamburg, regarding Jews and the persecution of Jews

    Documentation from official institutions and offices in Hamburg, regarding Jews and the persecution of Jews List of contents of the microfilms (the number in parentheses is the record group number of the official institute): JM/14529 (frames 76-1469) + JM/17009 (frames 3-203) Staatliche Pressestelle I - IV (135-1 I-IV) (collection 12622667) JM/17009 (frames 204-2248) + JM/17010 - JM/17014 + JM/17015 (frames 3-183) Gerichtsvollzieherwesen (214-1) (collection 12633244) JM/17015 (frames 184-497) Polizeidisziplinskammer (221-9) (collection 12679826) JM/17015 (frames 498-518) Erbhofgericht (222-...

  13. M.81: Documentation from archives in Kyrgyzstan

    M.81: Documentation from archives in Kyrgyzstan In the Records Group there is documentation regarding evacuees and refugees in Kyrgyzstan during World War II. Additionally, the Records Group contains Chapters 3-6 from the documentary and propaganda series, "The Kyrgyzstan Advisor", which was produced during World War II and told how the people on the Soviet home front were managing with the difficulties of the war. In the Records Group there is also a documentary film regarding the 3,500 children from Leningrad who were evacuated to Kyrgyzstan during the war. There is also "En Route from Ch...

  14. Card catalogue of those who perished from the labor battalions and deportees from Hungary

    Card file of members of Hungarian labor battalions who perished The card file was collected and compiled by the Hungarian Ministry of Defense (Honvédelmi Minisztérium) between the years 1945-1954, and includes the personal cards of Hungarian Jewish victims. Some of the documents are photocopies of death certificates which were issued by local courts on the basis of lists and publications of various bodies such as the International Tracing Service, the US army, declarations by individuals regarding Hungarian Jews who had perished, and lists prepared by former prisoners. The card file, which ...

  15. Letters and postcards sent to Cecilia Pels in Copenhagen from various locations in Europe with expressions of thanks on receiving food parcels, 1941-1943

    Letters and postcards sent to Cecilia Pels in Copenhagen from various locations in Europe with expressions of thanks on receiving food parcels, 1941-1943 Cecilia Cohen married Ludwig Pels in Hamburg; the Pels family were wine merchants and were very involved in community life in their town; Ludwig was head of the Chevra Kadisha (burial society) and Cecilia was involved in collecting donations for the needy; their daughter, Marta Pels, traveled to Copenhagen to marry Lipman Eliezer Kurtzweil, born in Hamburg and working as a teacher in Copenhagen; As a result of Kristallnacht, November 1938;...

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Beit Zera Books: 1. Chaim Kovetz: "Personal stories - members of Kibbutz Beit Zera, 1997", Kibbutz Beit Zera, 1997; 2. Yosh Rorman, "Achoti" ("My sister"); 3. Yosh Rorman, "Farewell from Schwarzwald"; Booklets: 1. Yehuda Gershoni, "Notebooks of a youth, 1939"; 2. Aharon Feigenblum, "En route for nine years, 05/03/1939-05/03/1948"; 3. "The Jubilee: Issue dedicated to mark 50 years since the concentration of the Vilna Hashomer Hatzair during 1...

  17. Documentation from the Center for the Study of the History of Romanian Jews, 1940-1944

    Documentation from the Center for the Study of the History of Romanian Jews, 1940-1944 In the collection there is documentation of the Centrala Evreilor (Federation of Jewish Communities; the Judenrat) in Romania and information regarding the relief activities of the Federation on behalf of the Romanian Jews and the Jews who were deported to Transnistria.

  18. O.15 E - Testimonies collected by the National Relief Committee for Deportees in Hungary (DEGOB)

    O.15 E - Testimonies collected by the National Relief Committee for Deportees in Hungary (DEGOB) Testimonies collected from Holocaust survivors by Deportáltakat Gondozó Országos Bizottság (the National Relief Committee for Deportees in Hungary [DEGOB]), 1945-1946. The testimonies were passed on to the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) by the Magyar Zsidó Múzeum és Levéltár (Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives [MZSML]). Some of the testimonies were passed on in their original form and some were photocopied ( Signature: 2, XX-G microfilm reels). DEGOB collected a total of approximately 3,65...

  19. Service Européen de Recherches (SER– European Search Service) card catalogue of deportees from France, 1940-1946

    Service Européen de Recherches (SER– European Search Service) card catalogue of deportees from France, 1940-1946 In the card catalogue: Names of family members of Jews from France who were deported by the Germans from various places; indicated on the card: the name of the deportee, year and place of birth, nationality and the name of the camp to which s/he was deported.

  20. Collection of lists of members of various movements, refugees in the DP camp in Vienna, prepared before aliya to Eretz Israel

    Collection of lists of members of various movements, refugees in the DP camp in Vienna, prepared before aliya to Eretz Israel