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  1. Kreishauptmannshaft Mińsk [Mazowiecki] Starostwo Powiatowe w Mińsku Mazowieckim (Sygn. 1056)

    Personal questionnaires of resettled people from Wartheland to Minsk Mazowiecki county, include the following information: name, previous residence, year of birth, date of resettlement, current address.

  2. Files of the Ciepielów commune Akta Gminy Ciepielów (Sygn. 2809)

    Files on various orders of the Kreishauptmann in Starachowice-Wierzbnik County, including information on the method of appointing the Jewish Council and its competences; list of people elected to the Council in Ciepielów (includes 16 names). List of all Jews living in the Jewish religious community in Ciepielów (the list includes 510 names). In the post-war records information on Jewish properties.

  3. Primary School in Iłża Szkoła Podstawowa w Iłży (Sygn. 2744)

    The materials relate to the school's activities, such as: reports on pedagogical conferences, administrative matters, correspondence, etc. Typical information for this type of documentation: name and surname of the child, date and place of birth; school class attended; grades in individual subjects of study. The materials (from different years) also contain school certificates.

  4. Peace Court in Skarżysko-Kamienna Sąd Pokoju w Skarżysku-Kamiennej (Sygn. 2924)

    Files of court cases concerning various disputes in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin. The cases concerned, among others, payment of debt, rent, division of inheritance, compensation, termination of the contract and other disputes.

  5. Court of the First Instance in Pińczów Sąd Grodzki w Pińczowie (Sygn. 2500)

    Court files in civil cases and a few files of criminal cases in which Jews from Pińczów were parties: for reconstruction of birth, death, marriage certificates, for declaring ownership, for entering into possession of property, for declaring death or being declared dead, for correcting personal data, and for entering into possession of property. In addition, case repertories for the entire period containing key information on all cases decided by this court.

  6. Hans Lindemann papers

    Photograph albums, documents, correspondence and writings illustrating the experiences of Hans Wolfgang Lindemann (a German) and Ethel McGloclin (an American) who met in the United States and moved to Germany around 1929 where Hans eventually became a Wehrmacht captain as an automotive engineer. He was discharged in November 1944 and later became a prisoner of war of the Americans in France and after his release, returned with his family to the United States.

  7. Freddy Schumer collection

    Comprised primarily of school documents, such as report cards, exam booklets, rosters, and a dossier, relating to the experiences of Freddy Schumer (formerly Siegfried Schumer, b. 1929) as a student in Malonne, Belgium at the Institut Saint-Berthuin under the false identity "Francois Demblon" while he resided at an orphanage with his younger brother, who also adopted a false identity, "Jacques Demblon." Additional documents include postcards, postwar packs of letters and information about Jewish orphans, and handwritten and typed correspondence with US Army Chaplains Judah Nadich, Morris Sa...

  8. Financial Commissions Selected Records from the French National Archives: F37 Commissions financières

    The collection includes selections from Fond F37, Commissions financières documenting the General Delegation for Franco-German Economic Relations (DGRE, Délégation générale aux relations économiques franco-allemandes). Records document the Office of the Jewish Affairs Commissioner, the extent of the territorial jurisdiction of the provisional administrators, German seizure of sequestered Jewish property, removal of furniture belonging to Jews, fines imposed on Jews, the “aryanization” of publishing houses, blankets and shoes issued to deported Jews, and the legal situation of the assets of ...

  9. Andrew Romay collection

    Hungarian documents including identification documents and certificates, school records and diplomas, awards, and correspondence relating to Andrew Romay (Andor Friedmann). Citizenship papers from Andrew's father, Jenö Friedmann, and a marriage certificate for Marietta Puder Romay's parents, Andrew's in-laws. A class photo from Miskolc, Hungary is also included.

  10. Ner Tamid [Eternal light] lamp donated to the Gilgenberg synagogue by Joseph Marcus

    An inscribed Ner Tamid [Eternal Light] lamp donated to the Gilgenburg Synagogue Community by Joseph Marcus in August 1913. The Ner Tamid hangs above the ark in every synagogue. The lamp should never be extinguished or turned off, because it represents God's eternal and imminent presence in the Jewish community and the lives of its members. Joseph (1857-1934) was a member of the synagogue and the Jewish community of Gilgenburg, Germany (now Dąbrówno, Poland). He was married to Rosa Scherk Marcus (1866-1943?), who was deported during the Holocaust and killed.

  11. Estate Richard Korherr Nachlass Richard Korherr

    The Nachlass Richard Korherr comprises the personal papers of Richard Korherr (1903-1989), Chief Inspector for Statistics at the Reichsführer SS and Chief of the German Police and at the Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German ‘Volkstum’. The collection contains two copies of the Korherr report, created as part of the post-war confrontation with it. In addition to personal documents, the estate consists predominantly of correspondence with individuals and institutions such as H. G. Adler, the Leo Baeck Institute in London, Karl Ludwig Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg and his wife, ...

  12. Dorothy and Siegmund Schnitman papers

    Consists of two Canadian passports issued in 1947 for Dorothy (nee Segal, 1919-2012) and Siegmund (1919-2005) Schnitman who met in Canada in the 1940s while living in Toronto after escaping Poland and Germany, respectively, in the 1930s. Both passports indicated the dates of their Canadian citizenship, granted in 1946, and their immigration to the U.S. via Buffalo, NY in February 1948 before they settled in New York City.

  13. Court of the First Instance in in Skarżysko-Kamienna Sąd Grodzki w Skarżysku-Kamiennej (Sygn. 3113)

    Court files in civil and criminal matters in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin. Post-war materials regarding real estate owned by Jews, applications for correction or reconstruction of birth, death or other documents.

  14. Municipal Government in Starachowice-Wierzbnik Zarząd Miejski w Starachowicach-Wierzbniku (Sygn. 3063)

    Numerous post-war materials regarding real estate (including those owned by Jews) and decisions regarding their return to their owners or transferring them for use to other people.

  15. Ernest Chambré postcards

    Three (3) postcards sent to Ernest Chambré in Tel Aviv, Palestine (now Israel), from multiple authors in France. The postcards are dated January 23, 1945, September 24, 1945, and September 23, 1946.

  16. Wanderer and Biheller families collection

    Consists of Wanderer family photographs, copies of the Biheller family tree, and restitution-related papers that primarily relate to the donor's mother, Ruth Wanderer Biheller (1935-2020) with some documentation capturing the Wanderer family's experience in the Aschau displaced persons camp near Munich, Germany after they survived the Holocaust in hiding in Brzeżany, Poland (currently Berez︠h︡any, Ukraine). They immigrated to the United States in 1951. Identification documents, such as an Israeli passport and Palestinian identity card, for Ruth's husband, Hans Josef Biheller (Joseph Bihelle...

  17. Exit papers collection

    Collection of Jewish exit papers from Nazi-occupied Poland in Warsaw involving a husband and wife

  18. Court of the First Instance in Wierzbnik Sąd Grodzki w Wierzbniku (Sygn. 3050)

    Court files in civil and criminal matters in which one of the parties was a person of Jewish origin. Post-war materials regarding real estate owned by Jews, applications for correction or reconstruction of birth, death or other documents.

  19. Leo Ullman collection

    Small WWII archive, containing over 45 mainly Dutch publications and pamphlets from 1940-1945. The materials are about Dutch resistance to the occupation and war and news bulletins, and include patriotic poetry. They are mainly printed, typed, or stenciled.

  20. Tax Office in Starachowice Urząd Skarbowy w Starachowicach (Sygn. 2983)

    Books of industrial certificates (and their index) containing information about Jews running a business in the area of the former Iłża county. In addition, list of businesses run in Starachowice, lists of real estate owners, income tax and industrial tax records.