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Testimony of Rabbi Max Nussbaum, born in Suczawa, Bukovina, 1908, regarding Jewish life in Germany during the first year of World War II

Testimony of Rabbi Max Nussbaum, born in Suczawa, Bukovina, 1908, regarding Jewish life in Germany during the first year of World War II Rabbi Max Nussbaum served as a rabbi in Berlin from 1933 until his emigration to the United States in July 1940. In the file: - Copy of a letter from Max Nussbaum to Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri, 18 August 1958; a summary of all the documents to follow (pp. 6-12); - Copy of "The Political Situation in Germany and the Neighboring States with Special Emphasis upon the Jewish Question", a memorandum prepared for Henry Morgenthau or Stephan Wise, written shortly after...

File Number : 232

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Ephraim Frank, the Director of the Hechalutz youth movement in Germany, regarding illegal aliya from Germany to Eretz Israel, focusing on the fate of four transports, September 1939 and August 1940 - Illegal aliya to Eretz Israel after the outbreak of World War II; ships chartered by Pino Ginsburg as part of the Sonderhachschara (Aliya Bet transports from Germany to Eretz Israel organized in cooperation with the Gestapo); Ginsburg sent to Germany by the Jewish organizations in charge of emigration, after Kristallnacht (November) 1938; choice of Ginsburg because he had an British passport or a...

File Number : 221

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Dr. Berthold Simonsohn, born in Bernburg, Germany, 1912, regarding his professional experience in the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (RVJ-Reich Association of the Jews in Germany) and his detention in Sachsenhausen, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Dachau - Law studies, 1930-1934; first bar exam, 1934; no further studies permitted; - Life in Stettin, July 1938-November 1938; work at the provincial Stettin RVJ administrative branch supervised by the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Main Office) as the head of the social welfare department, managed at the time by Anne Hertz;...

File Number : 200

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Dr. Arthur Prinz, born in Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1898, regarding the dual role of the Gestapo as both opponent and proponent of Jewish emigration; details concerning the attitude of Nazi Germany towards Jewish emigration, 1935-1939 From 1935 until June 1938: - Fruitful cooperation between the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden (Aid Association of German Jews) and the Reich Interior Ministry Department for Migration, the agency responsible for Jewish emigration; guidance for the immigrants to prospective destinations; careful preparation of the emigration process and the emigrants regarding...

File Number : 18

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Personal Documents, Testimony

Language : German

Gerhard Schmidt: The emigration of the Jews from Nazi Germany

Gerhard Schmidt: The emigration of the Jews from Nazi Germany. Short article about the motivation for and the difficulties of Jewish emigration from Germany.

File Number : 299

Type of Material : Research Article

Language : English

Jews in Germany: Their condition after 1936; Documents on the worsening condition of Jews in Germany

File Number : 155

Type of Material : Letter, Newspaper Clippings, Legal Documentation, Article(s), List(s), Text(s)

Language : English, German