Legal file of Marian Rotkopf, a Jewish policeman in Bochnia, 1941-1945, 1947-1949
Accusation of Marian Rotkopf for his colloboration with the Nazis during his service in the Jewish police; petition by Rotkopf to the Citizen's Court of the Central Committee of Polish Jews (CKZP) in Krakow to clear his name;
In the folder: correspondence, testimonies, proceedings and an edition of the Jewish News Agency (ZAP), 11 February 1949.
TR.5 - Trials of Jews in Israel accused of collaboration with the Nazis, 1947-1969
In the Record Group there are legal files of Jews accused of collaboration with the Nazis while performing their jobs as Jewish policemen, informers and personnel in the labor and concentration camps.
Most of the trials were conducted in the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, while in specific cases, appeals were reviewed in the higher courts.
In the files there are indictments, verdicts, court proceedings, testimonies and additional legal material.
Type of Material : Indictment, Legal Documentation, Investigation Report, Sentence, Letter, Correspondence, Newspaper, Protocol, Testimony, Photocopy
Testimony of Edward Szulman, born in 1932 in Warsaw, about his experiences and those of his family in the Warsaw ghetto and his hiding with Poles on the "Aryan" side
Antisemitic incidents in the street after the war begins and before the ghetto is established; late summer 1941: witness escapes from the ghetto with his mother; staying with a Polish gardenernamed Wolski; several months later: travels with Wysocka, the gardener's sister, to Krynica; witness lives there until spring 1942; Wysocka claims falsely that a ransom must be paid because he is found to be a Jew; witness's mother pays the sum to Wysocka;...
Documentation regarding the trial held against Michal Weichert in the Court of Law in Krakow, Poland, 1945, and the public trial held against Weichert by the Central Committee of Polish Jews, 1946-1949
Investigation Report No. 1:
- Protocols of discussions held in the criminal Court of Law in Krakow, during the trial held against Michal Weichert; protocols dated, 27 November 1945-05 December 1946;
- Documentation from the public trial held against Weichert by the Central Committee of Polish Jews, including the indictment and the verdict; protocols of the deliberations and the investigation of...
File Number : 8
Type of Material : Correspondence, Research Article, Investigation Reports, Declaration, Protocol, Legal Documentation, Sentence, List of the Panel of Judges Members, Excerpt(s), Newspaper Clippings, Research Literature, List of Witnesses, Letter of Testimony, Investigation Report, Letter, Document, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Testimony, List of Judges, Manifesto
Documentation regarding the trials held in Poland against Michal Weichert, 1945-1949, accused of collaboration with the German occupation authorities as the chairman of the ZSS (Jewish Social Self-Help) organization during the war
Summary of file no. 2:
Photocopies of newspaper clippings from newspapers published in Poland, 1950, in Polish (Diennik Polski, Zycie Warszawa) and in Yiddish (Das Niye Leben, Folks Stieme); quotations relating to the trial held against Michal Weichert (pp. 2-10);
Summary of file no. 5:
Trials held against Michal Weichert, 06 October 1945-16 December 1949:
Indictment...
File Number : 7
Type of Material : Correspondence, Sentence, Indictment, Article, Investigation Report, Acquittal, Excerpt(s), List of Panel of Judges Members, Protocol, Investigation Reports, Legal Documentation, Lists, Committee Requests, Newspaper Clippings, List of Witnesses, Testimony, Letter of Testimony
Correspondence regarding the trial held against Michal Weichert and the charges against him for collaboration with the German occupation authorities, 01 April 1947-21 May 1957
- Letters sent by Julius Madritsch [to Michal Weichert ];
- Correspondence between Weichert and the Central Committee of the Jews in Poland and the Ministry of Justice, regarding suspicions against him for the receipt of benefits and for collaboration with the Germans;
- Letter of testimony by Birnfeld Marek regarding help given by Michal Weichert and the ZSS (Jewish Social Self-Help) organization to inmates in Plaszow camp;...
Reports and documents of the Centralny Komitet Zydow Polskich (CKZP- Central Committee of Polish Jews) regarding committee activities in 1946, and the fate of the Jews in Poland, 1945-1946
- Internal documents of the Centralny Komitet Zydow Polskich (CKZP- Central Committee of Polish Jews) regarding the administration of its departments and their activities, 1946:
- Documents regarding the fate of Jews in Poland, 1946; the topics included in the reports: Welfare, finances, health, social problems, repatriation and culture;
- "Zarys dzialalnosci Centralnego Komitetu Zydow w Polsce" (Outline of the...
File Number : 94
Type of Material : Statistical Reports, Booklet(s), Statistical Report, Investigation Reports, Reports, Survey Report, Investigation Report, Article
Questionnaire of the Centralny Komitet Zydow Polskich (CKZP- Central Committee of Polish Jews) for Holocaust survivors in Poland
The purpose of the questionnaire is to provide basic information regarding the fate of Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland after World War II and concerning their opinions. There are two copies of the questionnaire in the file.
Various documents of the Centralny Komitet Zydow Polskich (CKZP- Central Committee of Polish Jews) in Warsaw, from the Krakow branch and the Lodz Jewish community branch
- Internal documents and reports of the CKZP in Warsaw;
- Correspondence between the CKZP and the ITS (International Tracing Service) regarding searches for Jews whose fate is not known after the World War II; among those missing: Paul Sternberg, Silvain Kahn, Chana Scheinobes, Peter Rechnitzer, Sara Eisen, Biela Wurzel and Eli Sheunman;
- Correspondence in Russian;
- Envelopes from the letters sent to the CKZP by private...
File Number : 92
Type of Material : Correspondence, Document, Photograph, Investigation Reports, Letter
Documentation pertaining to former residents of Czortkow residing in Lower Silesia, 1946
- Lists of former residents of Czortkow residing in Lower Silesia, 1946; the lists were published by the Regional Committee of Polish Jews in Wroclaw; the first list is dated 24 June 1946, and the second 30 November 1946;
- Letter written by William Bein on behalf of the American Joint Distribution Committee to Izak Szternberg regarding the lack of information concerning the former residents of Czortkow in the United States, 19 March 1948.
File Number : 344
Type of Material : Letter, List of Survivors, List of Jewish Survivors