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Confiscation of Jewish Property - Germany
Finanzamt
Jewish Property
Aryanization
Dismissal
Jewish Banks
Reich Ministry of Economics
Aliya
Expulsion From Germany
German Jews
Help to Jews - Germany
Confiscation of Jewish Property – Poland
Deportation From Poland
Ethnic Germans
Gestapo Staatspolizelietstelle Kattowitz
Deportation to Extermination Camps
Attitude Toward Jews - German Population
Claims for Compensation
Deportees From Germany
Emigration Attempt
Emigrants From Germany
Holocaust Survivors
Information Regarding Relatives and Friends
Emigration From Germany
Jewish Businesses
Passports
Forced Labor
Children
Hunger
Deportation to camps
Jewish education
Evacuation
"She’erith Hapletah"
Partisans
Hiding place
Jewish children
Assistance to Jews
Family relations
Death Marches
Rehabilitation of life after the war
DP camps
Typhus
Information regarding relatives and friends
The Red Army
German
English
Hebrew
French
Polish
Aramaic
Czech
Dutch
Swedish
Danish
Italian
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Record of persecuted persons
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Legal documentation
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Record of survivors
Survey report
Postcard
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Article
Certification
Death certificate
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Circular
Record of deportees