Yad Vashem Collections - Documents

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Collection of Hanns Albin Rauter, the Höhere SS und Polizeiführer, Generalkommissar für das Sicherheitswesen in the Netherlands, 1940-1945

Collection of Hanns Albin Rauter, the Höhere SS und Polizeiführer, Generalkommissar für das Sicherheitswesen in the Netherlands, 1940-1945 Hanns Albin Rauter was the head of the security system in the Netherlands, the Generalkommissar für das Sicherheitswesen en Höhere SS und Polizeiführer, the HSSPF during 1940-1945; operating beneath him were the SS, the Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei, the SD and the Dutch Police; despite his subordination to Seyss-Inquart, he had direct contact with Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler, in a relatively independent status; Rauter was also the supervisor over the legal...

Type of Material : Certification, Statistical Reports, Correspondence, Protocol, Document

Language : Dutch, German

Research examining the implications of establishing a ghetto in Amsterdam, 1941

Research examining the implications of establishing a ghetto in Amsterdam, 1941 The research was prepared by Dr. A. Veffer and J. Brand and presented to the Joodse Raad (Jewish Council in Amsterdam), July 1941. The research lists possible negative effects on the life of the Aryan population in Amsterdam should a ghetto be established; deliberation regarding the effect of the establishment of a ghetto on other Jewish centers in the Netherlands in the wake of removing the Jews from the cities in the Netherlands and concentrating them in Amsterdam; data regarding the economic contributions of the Jews of The...

File Number : 2

Type of Material : Statistical Data, Report, Map

Language : Dutch

Testimony of Abraham Stahl, born in The Hague, the Netherlands, 1934, regarding his experiences as a child in in The Hague, using a false Hungarian identity in Ravensbrueck and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Abraham Stahl, born in The Hague, the Netherlands, 1934, regarding his experiences as a child in in The Hague, using a false Hungarian identity in Ravensbrueck and Bergen-Belsen Detention of his father, 1942; deportation of his father to Auschwitz-Birkenau and his murder; his mother uses forged Romanian documents; detention of the witness with his mother, sister and brother, 1942; deportation to Ravensbrueck with other families who possess Hungarian documents; children's life in camp; deportation with mothers and other children to Bergen-Belsen, January 1945; camp life and terrible conditions;...

File Number : 10963

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Manuscript prepared by Jizchak Schwersenz and Edith Wolff regarding Jewish youth and illegal work with youth under the Nazi regime, 1933-1945

Manuscript prepared by Jizchak Schwersenz and Edith Wolff regarding Jewish youth and illegal work with youth under the Nazi regime, 1933-1945 In the file: - Accompanying letter by Edith Wolff regarding the manuscript she and Jizchak Schwersenz prepared concerning Jewish youth and illegal work with youth under the Nazi regime, pointing out that the manuscript is provisory and not yet meant for public use, but may be used within the Yad Vashem Archives (pp. 2-3), 08 March 1960; - Additional covering report by Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri regarding the manuscript prepared by Jizchak Schwersenz and Edith Wolff...

File Number : 327

Type of Material : Manuscript, Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Letters of the siblings Johanna, Hedwig and Gerhard Makower regarding their illegal life in Berlin, Germany, and the escape to Vienna, Austria, 1943 - 1945

Letters written by the siblings Johanna, Hedwig and Gerhard Makower regarding their illegal life in Berlin, Germany, and their escape to Vienna, Austria, 1943-1945 Preliminary remarks by Dr. Ball-Kaduri regarding the family and its background: Their father (deceased) was Jewish; the (deceased) mother of Johanna and Hedwig was Aryan, thus Johanna and Hedwig were classified as Geltungsjuden (regarded as Jewish) according to Nazi law; their father's second wife, Gertrud Makover, was an Aryan German woman who converted to Judaism; she was the mother of Gerhard (who was also considered to be Jewish) (pp. 18,...

File Number : 63

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German