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Holding Institution: The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide

  1. Copy letter re Mischling status of Hans von Dohnanyi

    This copy letter from Hitler's deputy, Martin Bormann, reports Hitler's decision to continue employing Hans von Dohnanyi as a lawyer, despite being a second class Mischling.

  4. Heinrich Kraschutski: copy correspondence concerning his fate

    The letters deal with the fate of Heinrich Richard Albrecht Kraschutski, formerly commander in the German navy, 1914-1918, becoming a prominent figure in the pacifist movement in Germany after the First World War, and co-editor of the pacifist weekly, Das Andere Deutschland, the publication of which was regarded as particularly pernicious and treacherous by the Reichswehr because of its disclosures of violations of the disarmament clauses of the Treaty of Versailles. He went to Majorca and together with a small group of other anti-nazi refugees opened a little workshop of arts and crafts at...

  5. Miscellaneous copy reports re Wehrmacht activities in occupied Europe

    These papers emanate in the main from the offices of regional commanders in occupied Belgium and deal with a variety of issues relating to problems encountered by the Nazi occupation forces.

  6. NSDAP Auslandorganisation: newsletter extracts

    This collection consists primarily of typescript extracts from the official organ of the NSDAP Auslandsorganisation. It appears that the extracts were compiled contemporaneously, possibly by the JCIO. The date of the last extract, January 1936, gives some indication as to the date of completion. The choice of extracts is explained in a footnote to a summary of the extracts (840/2) which states that only those articles were chosen which contained particularly interesting items of news and announcements. The subjects include matters of finance, economics, schools and the welfare of German wom...

  7. NSDAP Gauleitung Westfalen-Nord: circulars and information sheets

    This collection of circulars and information sheets distributed by the regional offices of the NSDAP Westfalen- Nord is evidence of the way in which the Nazi party hierarchy was able to disseminate information and instructions to the regional and area offices. The subjects covered are wide and varied, ranging from orders re the evacuation of women and children; intructions regarding restrictions of Mischlinge and Gypsies; advice on how to deal with enemy propaganda etc.The material has been arranged chronologically, ranging in date from April through to August 1941 with gaps between issues....

  8. Max Landenberger: copy documents re property in Nüremberg

    This collection of copy documents is an example of the way in which the Nazis forcibly appropriated Jewish property under the guise of a legitimate transaction into which both parties freely entered.

  9. Arnold Rosé: copt documents re wartime musical activities

    The collection was deposited at the Wiener Library on the instruction of Richard Newman, co-author of Alma Rosé: Vienna to Auschwitz, Amadeus, USA, 2000. Alma Rosé was Arnold's daughter and became the conductor of the Auschwitz orchestra, where she died in 1944. Whilst the book obviously focuses on the experiences of Alma there is substantial biographical account of many members of the family including her father and his relation to the Mahler family.

  13. Siegfried Rotholz: personal papers

    These mostly original personal papers of Siegfried Rotholz, a German Jewish former resident of Berlin, who was transported to Australia on the 'Dunera', document his experiences as a refugee and his attempts to gain restitution money from the German government. Of particular interest is his account of the trip on the 'Dunera', replete with descriptions of the suffering endured by the internees, 847/3.

  14. Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad: reports on conditions of Jews and DPs in Europe

    Collection of reports from Jewish relief workers on the conditions of Jews and other displaced persons at the end of the Second World War. In addition to the reports there are two letters, covering notes for the reports when they were sent to other interested parties in 1946.

  15. Otto Bendix: letter to wife

    This original farewell note (with transcription) documents the last moments of Otto Bendix' life in Berlin prior to deportation to Theresienstadt in 1942.

  16. Copy documents re Monik Rosenbaum, Theresienstadt survivor

    Copy documents regarding Monik Rosenbaum, a survivor from Theresienstadt, who was traced by his brother to Gateshead.

  17. Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland: deportation order

    This order from the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland to Frau D. S. Allfeld, partner in a mixed marriage, to go on a work detail out of the city (Frankfurt a. M.) is evidence of the continuation of this organisation's activities (albeit in changed and much reduced form).After June 1943, when most of Germany's Jews had been deported to concentration/ death camps. The following features are of particular interest. The date, 8 February 1945, seems very late and suggests that the Nazis must have been desperate to recruit workers at this time. The document appears to be a contemporary c...

  20. Regent's Park School: copy documentation

    Copy documentation regarding Regent's Park School, London NW3.