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Letter sent by the Jewish community in Vienna to Richard Glueckselig informing him of the fate of his parents, 19 December 1945

Letter sent by the Jewish community in Vienna to Richard Glueckselig informing him of the fate of his parents, 19 December 1945 The notification states that Richard Glueckselig's father, Samuel Glueckselig, was deported to Izbica, 09 April 1942, and it is most likely that he perished in the camp; Glueckselig's mother was deported to a concentration camp [no name given] and she perished, February 1942. Samuel Glueckselig was a well-known collector of art objects and Judaica with an international reputation in Vienna before the war.

File Number : 232

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English

Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and Arab countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, December 1943

Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and Arab countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, December 1943 Poland: The Lodz Ghetto; deportations to the ghetto and sealing of the ghetto; Rumkowski's activities; labor camps in the vicinity of Lublin; Judenrat activities in the Warsaw Ghetto; ghettos for Poles in places where there had formerly been ghettos for Jews; legislation against the non-German population in the Generalgouvernement; annihilation of Jews in the camps; Germany: Testimony from a woman regarding air-raids in...

File Number : 28

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Hebrew

Directive from the Reichskommissar fuer das Ostland in Riga to the Generalkommissar (General Commander) of Belorussia in Minsk regarding confiscation of cultural property of value in Belorussia by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR - Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce), 1941 Directive regarding the start of ERR activities throughout the Reichskommissatiat Ostland (RKO), including Belorussia; operation of the unit under Reichshauptstellenleiter Gerhard Utikal; confiscation of cultural property of value; designation of 10 objectives, including synagogues, community buildings, rabbinical homes, Jewish...

File Number : 3117

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Documentation from the Frankfurt am Main Archives regarding the confiscation of religious articles and archival material of the Frankfurt am Main Jewish Community

Documentation from the Frankfurt am Main Archives regarding the confiscation of religious articles and archival material of the Frankfurt am Main Jewish Community - Details about confiscated religious articles; confrontation between the Mayor of Frankfurt am Main and the Gestapo regarding the possession of archival material of the Frankfurt am Main Jewish Community; - Details about the archival material of the Frankfurt am Main Jewish Community located in the Frankfurt am Main Municipal Archives; the Frankfurt am Main Municipal Archives includes items from the Rothschild Museum confiscated after...

File Number : 59

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Reports regarding the looting and destruction of the main synagogue in Gnesen, the confiscation of Polish houses in Posen for the benefit of ethnic Germans (Volksdeutsche) from the Baltic States, the establishment of a new administrative structure in Posen, and a review of the economic, fiscal, cultural, sanitary and housing situation in Posen, October-November 1939 Included in the file are reports regarding the: - Attack on the synagogue of Gnesen, 08 October 1939; confiscation of the silver and other items of value, by the SD; the valuables are brought to Posen (no further details); looting of the...

File Number : 96

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Letters of testimony written by Jenny Wilde in Berlin regarding her library work in Theresienstadt, 1946

Letters of testimony written by Jenny Wilde in Berlin regarding her library work in Theresienstadt, 1946 Confiscation of all Judaica and Hebrew works in the camp; witness is ordered to catalogue the material for the Research Institute in Munich by the Aryan commandant; assignment of 40 rabbis and scholars as her helpers; early difficulties, especially in the transcription of the work; deportation of the contributors and cessation of the project, late 1944; rescue of all the scriptures.

File Number : 70

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : German