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  1. 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.

  2. O.76.2 - Songs/Poems mostly written by Holocaust survivors

    O.76.2 - Songs/Poems mostly written by Holocaust survivors Most of the songs and poems gathered in this Sub-Records Group were written by Holocaust survivors in various languages, mainly during the Holocaust period and afterwards. A small number of the songs and poems were written by Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Many poems describe experiences and events from the Holocaust period, as well as longings for home and the people from whom they were forced to part. Some of the poems that were written after the Holocaust are dedicated to the memory of family members, friends and acquaintanc...

  3. TR.3.1 - Evidential material collected in preparation for the Eichmann Trial

    TR.3.1 - Evidential material collected in preparation for the Eichmann Trial The TR.3.1 Sub-Record Group contains evidential material collected in preparation for the Eichmann Trial, including transcripts of testimonies submitted to the Israel Police and copies of documents from the Holocaust period; the documents are dated, 1933-1961.

  4. Collection of Belorussian sources regarding various matters, from the 1920s until the 1990s

    Collection of Belorussian sources regarding various matters, from the 1920s until the 1990s In the collection is a list of owners of apartments in Minsk [used] for hiding, who were active during 1941-1944; newspaper clippings from the Red Army newspaper, "Boyevoy listok", regarding Nazi war criminals in Belorussia during 1941-1944; (the number of people who perished in the Belorussia and Grodno regions); documentation of the partisans detachments under the command of Zorin during 1943-1944; memoirs regarding the activities of the underground in the Minsk Ghetto during 1941-1943; and, statis...

  5. Documentation from the Staatsarchivs Basel (State archive in Basel), Switzerland

    Documentation from the Staatsarchivs Basel (State archive in Basel), Switzerland

  6. O.60 - Collection of Anti-Jewish Legislation - the World Jewish Congress

    O.60 - Collection of Anti-Jewish Legislation - the World Jewish Congress Included in the Record Group: A. Collection of anti-Jewish legislation enacted in various countries, organized in files according to the countries. Sometimes the law is quoted as it was published in the law books of that particular country, and sometimes there are surveys regarding the law or newspaper clippings with a description of the law. B. Correspondence between the World Jewish Congress (including with the United Nations) regarding anti-Jewish legislation such as laws regarding emigration, the status of refugees...

  7. Documentation from the Haigerloch Municipal Archives, 1929-1999

    • ארכיון יד ושם / Yad Vashem Archives
    • 11983692
    • English, Hebrew
    • Financial accounts Interview(s) Legal documentation Official documentation Protocol Record of deportees Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors

    Documentation from the Haigerloch Municipal Archives The collection includes, among other material: Collection of interviews with survivors, conducted by the University of Tuebingen; excerpts from protocols of the Gemeindevertretung (Municipal representation) dealing with Jews, 1929-1951; municipal files regarding various subjects related to the life of the Jews in the city and their persecution, from the Weimar Republic and until the 1950s, including the confiscation of Jewish property (including many details); trials against Jews; deportations; permits for the purpose of emigration; place...

  8. M.21.1 - Kriegsverbrecherreferat (War Criminals Department), Central Committee of Liberated Jews - Munich

    M.21.1 - Kriegsverbrecherreferat (War Criminals Department), Central Committee of Liberated Jews - Munich The War Criminals Department was established in the American Occupied Zone a short time after the end of World War II. From 1946-1951 it was active as the legal division of the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Munich, in cooperation with the Central Historical Commission in Munich and other survivor organizations. The role of the division was to locate war criminals and collaborators, to gather documentary material, to collect testimony from survivors and to bring the criminals to...

  9. M.27 - Public Record Office, London: Documentation pertaining to Jewish matters

    M.27 - Public Record Office, London: Documentation pertaining to Jewish matters Established under the terms of the Public Record Office Act of 1838, the Public Record Office (PRO) was the official archive of the government of Great Britain. Court documents were originally stored at the archive, however, from the middle of the 19th century, government documents were transferred there, and the law was adapted accordingly. The archive was located in the Rolls Building in the center of London from 1854. In 2003, the PRO was combined with a number of other bodies, and today it is known as The Na...

  10. Documentation from the Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv

    Documentation from the Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv

  12. Documentation regarding David Frankfurter and his trial in Switzerland following an attempt to assassinate Wilhelm Gustloff, 1936

    Documentation regarding David Frankfurter and his trial in Switzerland following an attempt to assassinate Wilhelm Gustloff, 1936 In the Collection there is documentation regarding the assassination of Wilhelm Gustloff, Landesgruppenleiter Schweiz NSDAP (head of the Nazi party in Switzerland) in his home in Davos by David Frankfurter, a Jewish citizen of Yugoslavia, who was a medical student in Berne, 04 February 1936. David Frankfurter was the youngest of the three sons of an Orthodox rabbi with an excellent general education, who served as a community rabbi in Yugoslavia. His oldest broth...

  13. O.34 - Zonabend Collection: Documentation From the Lodz Ghetto

    O.34 - Zonabend Collection: Documentation from the Lodz Ghetto The documentation in this Collection survived due to the initiative of Nachman Zonabend who was in a group of Jewish inmates brought to the Lodz Ghetto to clear away the rubble during the war. Zonabend stole into the building where the Ghetto Archive was kept, rescued the documentation at the risk of his life, and hid it until the end of the war. The documentation is invaluable for the history of the Lodz Ghetto. The collection, from 1939-1945, includes Judenrat posters, circulars issued by the Jewish Community offices in the gh...

  14. Hakibbutz Ha'arzi Archives Collection: The Hashomer Hatzair Movement in Hungary and Slovakia

    Hakibbutz Ha'arzi Archives Collection: The Hashomer Hatzair Movement in Hungary and Slovakia In the Record Group there are seven files containing Hashomer Hatzair documentation from Hungary and Slovakia. In the Collection there is a journal kept by the "Hahagshama" group in Budapest, conducted from 1939 until the murder of the Jews of Hungary, including a description of the events and underground activities. The journal was transferred to Eretz Israel by Zvi Erez, one of the survivors of the group. In the Collection there is also documentation regarding the activities of the parachutists [f...

  15. Documentation from the former Federal Archive in Koblenz (Bundesarchiv Koblenz), regarding government offices and various Nazi frameworks

    Documentation from the former Federal Archive in Koblenz (Bundesarchiv Koblenz), regarding government offices and various Nazi frameworks

  16. Documentation of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Romania, 1940-1944

    Documentation of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Romania, 1940-1944 The collection includes requests submitted to Ion Antonescu by Jews in Romania, in which they request the return of property confiscated from them and equal rights regardless of religion; the collection includes information regarding forced labor and the deportation of Jews from Romania to Transnistria.

  17. Collection of documents from the Rabbi of the village of Rejowiec

    Collection of documents from the Rabbi of the village of Rejowiec

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

    Documentation collected in the context of the "Research project regarding the contribution of Holocaust survivors to the State of Israel", from Kibbutz Negba Book: Shulamit Goren (editor), "History of the Hungarian group, 1942-1947", published by Kibbutz Negba, 1984.

  19. Newspaper clippings, books, surveys and articles regarding the Jews in Italy during the Holocaust

    Newspaper clippings, books, surveys and articles regarding the Jews in Italy during the Holocaust - Newspaper clippings from the World War II period in Italy; - Newspaper clippings regarding the World War II period in Italy. Articles and surveys on the following topics: - Anti-Jewish legislation in Italy and its implications on various aspects of the lives of the Jews in Italy; - The Fascist Party in Italy and its attitude towards the Jews before and after the anti-Jewish legislation; - The Jews in the Italian resistance; - Persecution of the Jews in Italy; - The stand taken by the Vatican ...

  20. Documentation from the local archives in Cluj and St. Gheorghe, Romania

    Documentation from the local archives in Cluj and St. Gheorghe, Romania Ten files, of which Files Nos. 1-8 and 10, include information in Hungarian. A few of the files are from the communities in the cities and towns in Transylvania in the area of Haromszek. The people in the communities wrote the history of the Jews of Haromszek and preserved the paperwork dealing with the life of the community. The main paperwork deals with matters pertaining to Kezdivasarhely and Sepsiszentgyorgy. In File No. 9 there are documents from Cluj in Romanian.