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Testimony of Dr. Fritz Berger, Director of the Department for Polish and Stateless Affairs in the Berlin Palästinaamt (Palestine Office), regarding his meeting with Mr. Hennig in the German Foreign Ministry and their discussion regarding the destruction lists prepared by the Gestapo - Meeting with Mr. Hennig, the Acting Director of the Fremdenamt (Foreigners Police Department), a part of the Staatspolizei (State Police) in Alexanderplatz, Berlin, the morning after Kristallnacht to ask why the Palästinaamt (Palestine Office) was included on the Kristallnacht distruction list aimed at Jewish targets to be...

File Number : 318

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Georg Glückstein, born in Sorau, Poland, 1886, and married to a Christian woman, regarding his experiences during World War II in Berlin

Testimony of Georg Glückstein, born in Sorau, Poland, 1886, and married to a Christian woman, regarding his experiences during World War II in Berlin - Georg Glückstein was an attorney at law and a judge, married to a Christian, and a member of the Jewish community in Berlin who served as its legal advisor; - He was also an acting manager of the Geshellschaft zur foerderung wirtschaftlicher interessen (FWI - Society for the Promotion of Economic Interests), an organization that assisted Jewish emigrants in managing and liquidating their assets, also known as the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Interessen...

File Number : 197

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Dr. Ernst Marcus, manager of Paltreu (Palestine trust agency to advise German Jews), Berlin, regarding the Auswaertiges Amt (German Foreign Office) and emigration to Palestine, 1933-1939

Testimony of Dr. Ernst Marcus, manager of Paltreu (Palestine trust agency to advise German Jews), Berlin, regarding the Auswaertiges Amt (German Foreign Office) and emigration to Palestine, 1933-1939 - Ha'avara (Transfer) agreement between the Zionistische Vereinigung für Deutschland (Zionist Federation of Germany), the Anglo-Palestine Bank and the economic authorities of Germany in order to facilitate the aliya of affluent German Jews to Eretz Israel while promoting German exports; - Founding of the Jewish transfer organizations Paltreu and Ha'avara, August 1933; among the transfer projects, the...

File Number : 11

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Dr. Ernst Salomon Herzfeld, born in Graetz, Poznan, 1875, regarding the founding and development of the Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich's Deputation of German Jews), the Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbuerger Juedischen Glaubens (CV-Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith) and other Jewish organizations, 1933-1938 - Activities of the different Jewish organizations after the takeover by the Nazis in order to protect their assets; - House search of the CV by the SA and temporary arrests, 01 March 1933; - Increasing excesses of the SA; outrages against Jewish...

File Number : 8

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

Documentation of the Consistoire Israélite de Luxembourg (Jewish Consistory of Luxembourg) regarding the emigration of Luxembourg Jews to the United States, 1941

Documentation of the Consistoire Israélite de Luxembourg (Jewish Consistory of Luxembourg) regarding the emigration of Luxembourg Jews to the United States, 1941 In the file: Documentation regarding - Acceleration of Jewish emigration from Luxembourg, preferably via Lisbon, Portugal, or Spain; - Funding the emigration of Luxembourg Jews; - Confiscation of Jewish assets and management of these assets as national wealth; - Difficulties relating to attempts at emigration; - Emigration matters (visas, booking tickets, travel routes, travel expenses and more); - Approval for the purchase and...

File Number : JM/31296-3

Type of Material : Certification, Names, Correspondence, Note, Statistics, Reports, Official Documentation

Language : German

Documentation of the Consistoire Israélite de Luxembourg (Jewish Consistory of Luxembourg) regarding emigration and emigration attempts of Luxembourg Jews, 1941

Documentation of the Consistoire Israélite de Luxembourg (Jewish Consistory of Luxembourg) regarding emigration and emigration attempts of Luxembourg Jews, 1941 In the file: Documentation regarding - Financing of the emigration of Luxembourg Jews; - Information concerning the arrival and departure of emigrant ships; - Emigration matters (passports, affidavits, visas, ticketing, travel possibilities, booking of passage and more); - Emigration costs; - Difficulties in procuring visas or transit visas; - Yellow badge; - Statistical information regarding the Luxembourg Jews, May...

File Number : JM/31296-2

Type of Material : Reports, Names, Official Documentation, Correspondence, Note

Language : German

Documentation of the Consistoire Israélite de Luxembourg (Jewish Consistory of Luxembourg): Correspondence with the Emigration Department of the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich Association of the Jews in Germany), Berlin, regarding the emigration and emigration attempts of the Luxembourg Jews, 1940-1941 In the file: Documentation regarding - Inquiries concerning Jewish citizens of Luxembourg; - Information relating to the preparation and realization of the emigration of Luxembourg Jews (ship schedules, emigration regulations, visas, ticketing and more); - Efforts of the Jewish...

File Number : JM/31296-1

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Letter(s), Correspondence, Names

Language : German