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Anonymous letter to Ilya Ehrenburg, regarding the murder of the wife of the guard of the Jewish cemetery, the burning of his home, and the setting on fire of the synagogue in Malakhovka in October 1959 Included also in the letter: Distribution of flyers with antisemitic propaganda in Malakhovka on the night between 03-04 October 1959 (the eve of the second night of Rosh Hashana); the writer expects Ilya Ehrenburg to respond to the shocking incident by means of the press.

File Number : 111

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Russian

To be translated

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 08 September 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 08 September 1949 Landsberg Commission, continued: a) Cross-examination of witness Schubert (continued): (pp. 4-31) Discussion regarding an exchange between the witnesses concerning the ongoing lawsuit; Talk between the witnesses in the courtyard (pp. 7-8); Discussion regarding an order by Commander-in-Chief or The Army (pp. 11-12); Request for all executions by the army at or near Simferopol; Execution places are outside the restricted area (15 to 20 kilometers)....

File Number : 13

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Indictment, Names of Perpetrators

Language : English

Testimony of Wilhelm Deman, born in Vienna in 1895, regarding his experiences in Vienna, during the Anschluss, Kristallnacht, detention in Dachau camp, escape to Shanghai, and life in the city of Shanghai and in the Shanghai Ghetto during 1939-1949; Testimony from 1988: Vol. 2 - 1939-1945 Work by the witness and his wife for Horace Kadoorie in the administration of a club for Jewish youth – included are documents, newspaper clippings and photographs of the club's activities; club's activities, courses for children, and holidays - mention is made of many names of teachers and pupils; worrisome news from...

File Number : 56b

Language : Chinese, English, German, Japanese

"Ukrainians and the Jews", an article by Leo Heiman regarding antisemitism in Ukraine, published in New York, 1961

"Ukrainians and the Jews", an article by Leo Heiman regarding antisemitism in Ukraine, published in New York, 1961 Antisemitism in the Soviet Union in general, and in Ukraine specifically; the Communist regime unofficially supports antisemitism in its various expressions. Discrimination against Jews in employment and in schools is widespread throughout the central cities of the Soviet Union; propaganda against the State of Israel as a Zionist occupier is especially scathing at meetings with delegations from Israel. The research examines the disappearance of traces of the Holocaust in Ukraine, including...

File Number : 104

Type of Material : Article

Language : English

Documentation of the Sicherheitspolizei und S.D. (Sipo and SD), including reports and orders of the Einsatzgruppen in the Soviet territories, 1941-1942

Documentation of the Sicherheitspolizei und S.D. (Sipo and SD), including reports and orders of the Einsatzgruppen in the Soviet territories, 1941-1942 Included in the file: Pages 2-3: Letter from the commander of the Sipo and SD in Vilna to the Gestapo in Tilsit, 30 August 1941, reporting that the couple Emil and Anna Mecklenburger, a man named Jagomastas, his wife and his two sons have all been “dealt with as was advised in your letter of July 24.” He also proposed arresting the relatives of these families who are residing in Tilsit, and the son Emil Jagomastas, born, 04 August 1910, who is in Dresden at...

File Number : 3

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German