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Documentation of Ludwig Breier and his family, residents of Vienna, who were taken off the deportation list to Auschwitz, July 1942, and their deportation to Theresienstadt, October 1942

Documentation of Ludwig Breier and his family, residents of Vienna, who were taken off the deportation list to Auschwitz, July 1942, and their deportation to Theresienstadt, October 1942 Cancellation of deportation of the Breier family to Auschwitz on 17 July 1942 by order of Alois Brunner; Brunner signs and stamps the documents; Ludwig Breier, the carpenter, makes furniture also for the home of Alois Brunner; Ludwig is taken off the Vienna Jewry deportation train list to Auschwitz by personal order of Brunner because he had not completed the furniture for him; refusal of Ludwig to separate from his family...

File Number : 239

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, German

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps): Examination of Josef Kania and Josef Kirchhoff, other former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin and Berlin Jewish survivors, 1964 - 1965 The file includes i. A.: - Pre-trial hearing of Josef Kania and Josef Kirchhoff, who were accused to have of working for Section IV-C-3 (=Section for confiscation, administration and seizure of Jewish property); pp. 133-139; 184-190.- Testimonies with information on the participation of former members ...

File Number : 6

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Correspondence between the RSHA, the German Foreign Ministry and the SS authorities in France concerning deportation of Jews from France and the fate of Jews in Monaco, 1943-1944

Correspondence between the RSHA, the German Foreign Ministry and the SS authorities in France concerning deportation of Jews from France and the fate of Jews in Monaco, 1943-1944 Correspondence by SS officials in France mostly adressed to the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) from between 05/01/1943 and 26/05/1944. The content is about deportations of Jews in France. (pp.2-58; 62-67; 70-87) The senders are: - SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer Roethke - SS-Sturmbannfuehrer Guenther - SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer Eichmann - SS-Standartenfueher Dr. Knochen - SS-Hauptsturmfueher Brunner The recipients are: -...

File Number : 194

Type of Material : Legal Documentation

Language : German

Memoirs of a young Jewish woman, born in Berlin, Germany, 1922, regarding her experiences in Berlin, Bohusovice, Theresienstadt and Switzerland

Memoirs of a young Jewish woman, born in Berlin, Germany, 1922, regarding her experiences in Berlin, Bohusovice, Theresienstadt and Switzerland Life in Berlin, 1939; confiscation of golden articles, radios (on Yom Kippur, 23 September 1939), telephones and bicycles; Aryanization of Jewish property; imposition of night curfew, 20:00-06:00; prohibition on visiting German cultural institutions; incorporation of the names Sara or Israel; violators of these laws are subject to deportation to a concentration camp; list of permissible names for Jewish babies such as: Hindele, Bella, Leib, Shmuel and more; ban on...

File Number : 987

Language : German

Documentation regarding the Barbarossa Operation, including sitreps of SS units; activities of the Mährisch-Ostrau Gestapo; activities of the Centers for Jewish Emigration (Zentralstellen für jüdische Auswanderung) in Vienna and Prague; the "Nisko-Lublin plan", 1939-1945

Documentation regarding the Barbarossa Operation including sitreps (situation reports) of SS units concerning "cleansing" operations, the killing of Jews and partisans, behavior of the local population, special killing units, and the operational area of Einsatzgruppe I; activities of the Mährisch-Ostrau Gestapo including deportations and correspondence (Eichmann), and the Brünn Gestapo; activities of the Centers for Jewish Emigration (Zentralstellen für jüdische Auswanderung) in Vienna and Prague, and the "Nisko-Lublin plan", 1939-1945 Documentation regarding the Operation Barbarossa, inter alia sitreps of...

File Number : 93

Type of Material : Names of Perpetrators, Official Documentation

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 : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Hildegard Henschel, wife of the Chairman of the Jewish community in Berlin, 1940-1943, regarding Jewish community activities, 1941-1943 and the fate of the community leaders, 1943-1945

Testimony of Hildegard Henschel, wife of the Chairman of the Jewish community in Berlin, 1940-1943, regarding Jewish community activities, 1941-1943 and the fate of the community leaders, 1943-1945 Publication of the order regarding the wearing of the yellow badge, 05 September 1941; Yom Kippur (01 October 1941); announcement from Franz Pruefer from the Gestapo to the community leaders, Philipp Kozower, Moritz Henschel and Marta Mosse regarding eviction of some of the Berlin Jews from their apartments in order to house German families in the apartments cleared of Jews; eviction of the Jews and their transfer...

File Number : 52

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : German

Testimony by Martha Mosse regarding the fate of Berlin Jews during the war, 1959

Testimony by Martha Mosse regarding the fate of Berlin Jews during the war, 1959 Primary use of the old age home at Grosse Hamburgerstrasse as the transit camp for deportees to Theresienstadt; change of its function by Obersturmbannfuehrer Brunner into camp for deportees to other places in the East instead of the Levetzowstrasse synagogue; transfer of the transit camp for deportees to Theresienstadt to the Gerlachstrasse old age home; moving the elderly people from Gerlachstrasse to the old age home at Elsaesserstrasse; section for prisoners in the Grosse Hamburgerstrasse as the transit camp; many old people...

File Number : 974

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

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