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Indictment from the trial of Helmut Knochen and Carl Albrecht Oberg, Paris, 20 April 1953

Indictment from the trial of Helmut Knochen and Carl Albrecht Oberg, Paris, 20 April 1953 Three parts to the indictment: 1. General description of how the German police was organized during the occupation and a description of the roles of Olberg and Knochen; 2. Presentation of the facts regarding the activities of the German police, proving the responsibility of Knochen and Oberg for the persecution of French citizens and deportation of Jews; 3. Involvement of Knochen and Oberg in special operations.

File Number : 378

Type of Material : Legal Documentation

Language : French

Interview held by Rachel Mesquida with Simone Lagrange, on the occasion of the publication of Lagrange's book regarding her memories of Auschwitz camp

Interview held by Rachel Mesquida with Simone Lagrange, on the occasion of the publication of Lagrange's book regarding her memories of Auschwitz camp - In her interview, Simone Langrange tells about the importance of Holocaust memory and commemoration, the trials of Nazi war criminals Klaus Barbie and Paul Touvier, the murder of Rene Bousquet, and the dangers of the Extreme Right in France; Rachel Mesquida summarizes the experiences of Simone Langrange, who was born in Saint-Fons, France in 1930, including her detention in Lyon, her meeting with Klaus Barbie, her deportation to Drancy camp, and her...

File Number : 5011

Type of Material : Interview(s), Article

Language : French

Correspondence, memoranda and reports regarding the deprivation of the Jews of France of their citizenship, 1943

Correspondence, memoranda and reports regarding the deprivation of the Jews of France of their citizenship, 1943 The material was created by: Commander in Chief of the Sicherheitspolizei and SD in France, IVB (Jewish Affairs Bureau) Denaturalization of the Jews In the file: Correspondence, memoranda and reports regarding the solution of the "Jewish Problem" in France and pressure on the Vichy government regarding enacting laws depriving the the Jews of their citizenship in order to facilitate the deportation of Jews naturalized according to the 1927 citizenship law, 1943. Also in the file: -...

File Number : 201

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Laws and Decrees, Survey Report

Language : French, German

Correspondence and reports of the SD-SIPO commander in France regarding deportation trains to Auschwitz from southern France and from various transit camps such as Drancy and Pithiviers

Correspondence and reports of the SD-SIPO commander in France regarding deportation trains to Auschwitz from southern France and from various transit camps such as Drancy and Pithiviers, 1942 The material was created by: SIPO-SD commander in France Also in the file: - Report regarding a transport of 1,000 Jews from Drancy, among them, for the first time, children, 14 August 1942; - Memorandum of a discussion with Jean Leguay, General Secretary of the Vichy police regarding the arrest and deportation of 15,000 Jews from the southern area, 18 August 1942; - Memorandum regarding the start of arrests...

File Number : 199

Type of Material : Newspaper, Survey Report, List of Persecuted Persons, Telegram, Manifesto, Official Documentation

Language : French, German

Correspondence and memoranda from the commander of the SIPO and SD in France regarding the preparation and implementation of mass deportations to Auschwitz in cooperation with the Vichy government and regarding the escape of Jews from the Netherlands, Belgium and Paris to southern France, 1942 The material was created by: The Commander of the Sicherheitspolizei and the SD in France IVJ In the file: Correspondence mainly with the Reich Security Bureau, and memoranda regarding the preparation and implementation of mass deportations to Auschwitz in cooperation with the Vichy government Also in the...

File Number : 198

Type of Material : Record of Persecuted Persons, Official Documentation, Telegram, Transport List, Survey Report, List of Persecuted Persons

Language : French, German

Documentation of the Gestapo in France regarding the revoking of the membership of Jews in the French people

Documentation of the Gestapo in France regarding the revoking of the membership of Jews in the French people - Preparation of a law revoking the membership of Jews in the French people in the event that they received citizenship after 1927; - Arrest of Jews caught; consideration of details of the law; opposition to the law by Marshal Petain; - Personal details of the members of the Commissione de Revision la Naturalisation (Commission for the Revocation of [membership in] the French People.

File Number : JM/539

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : French, German

Instructions and reports by the Gestapo in France regarding the deportation of Jews to Auschwitz, 1941-1943

Instructions and reports by the Gestapo in France regarding the deportation of Jews to Auschwitz, 1941-1943 - Deportation of Jews from the two internal areas of France, the occupied area and the non-occupied area; - Deportation of Jews to forced labor; - Treatment of Jews who are the product of mixed marriages and Jews holding French citizenship; - Emigration of Jews from the non-occupied area to the United States; - Treatment of inmates in the Le Milles concentration camp; - Reactions of the local French population to the arrest of Jews; - Protocols of the negotiations between...

File Number : JM/538

Type of Material : Protocol, Survey Report, Official Documentation

Language : French, German

P.75 - Rachel Minc collection

P.75 - Rachel Minc collection Rachel Minc (born in Lodz, Poland, in 1899 and died in 1978) is a Polish-born French Jewish educator and writer who worked for the rescue of Jewish children during the Second World War. She studied educational psychology and pedagogy in Berlin, and then in the Scandinavian countries, where she met the anti-fascist pedagogue Minna Specht, founder, with Leonard Nelson, of the German resistance movement to Nazism, the Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund (ISK). This movement was banned by the Nazis in 1933 and after the war allied with the German Social Democratic...

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