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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

Material of the Reich Commissariat Ukraine, 1941-1944

Material of the Reich Commissariat Ukraine, 1941-1944 After the German attack on the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, the Reich Commissariat Ukraine was established on September 1, 1941. At the beginning, its borders were the Generalgovernement in the west, the Dnjestr river in the south, the Slutsch and the Horyn rivers to the East, and the Reich Commissariat Ostland in the north. With the further occupation by the German troopes, the Reich Commissariat was expanded by and by until September 1, 1942. During 1943 the Red Army re-gained most parts of the commissariat. At the beginning of 1944 the Reich...

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Laws and Decrees, List of Names in Government Records, Survey Report, Correspondence, Lists of Businesses and Skilled Workers, Protocol, Propaganda, Telephone Directory

Language : German

Documentation including summaries regarding the economic persecution of Jews, in the context of the preparations by the Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, 1945-1946

Documentation including summaries regarding the economic persecution of Jews, in the context of the preparations by the Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, 1945-1946 - Summary (in English) regarding the responsibility of the various organizations of the occupation authorities, for the economic persecution of the Jews in Luxemburg and Belgium; it was determined that Gustav Simon, the head of the civil administration in Luxemburg, was responsible for most of the steps of the anti-Jewish persecutions, including adoption of the Nuremberg Laws and declaring the registration of Jewish property; imposition of most...

File Number : 283

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Survey Report

Language : English

Prefaces from the diary of Hans Frank, the governor of the Generalgouvernement, 06/03/1940 and 16/03/1940

Prefaces from the diary of Hans Frank, the governor of the Generalgouvernement, 06/03/1940 and 16/03/1940 Notes from meetings held by Frank with Ministerialdirektor (Ministerial director) Buehler, with Ambassador von Wuelisch and with other people, on 06/03/1940 and 16/03/1940; matters discussed at the meetings: supply of manpower to Germany from Poland; transfer to Munich of the altar of Veit Stoss (Wit Stwosz) from the Church of Krakow; opposition to the German authorities by Prince Radzwil, and incidents of illegal crossings over the Soviet border [by Poles]; Included in the file: - Prefaces from...

File Number : 287

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : English

Letter written to his lover by Ferenc Glueck, a Zionist leader, 18 November 1932

Letter written to his lover by Ferenc Glueck, a Zionist leader, 18 November 1932 Included in the file: - Letters written by Maximilian Fink to his siblings Moshe, Atosh and Esti in Eretz Israel; - Photograph of the graduating class of the Jewish school in Timisoara; - Portraits and names of people; - Documentation regarding photographer Jozsef Gluek, from Gyor, who was deported to Auschwitz with his wife Janka, his daughter-in-law Zsuzsa Roth and her son Peter [Roth]; - Document regarding the closure of a business, signed in the name of Jozsef Gluek, 1944; - Photography prize awarded to...

File Number : 1215

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hebrew, Hungarian

Report written by Hans Koch, the representative of the Office for the Occupied Territories in the East, to the Heeresgruppe Sued (Army Groups South) regarding the political and cultural-religious situation in Ukraine, 1941 The political situation on the right bank of the Dnieper River: Quiet area: support by the population of the Wehrmacht force that captured the area, as liberators; establishment of a system of administration (Feldkommandaturen and Ortskommandaturen), and a parallel system of economic administration; arguments between the Wehrmacht and the population regarding the economic and personal...

File Number : 197

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : German

Documentation of the Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg), which was responsible for the confiscation of Jewish works of art

Documentation of the Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg), which was responsible for the confiscation of Jewish works of art Documentation of the Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce, a body established in September 1940, following the occupation of France. Its function was to plunder works of art that were owned by Jews who had left France. Alfred Rosenberg, the Chief Nazi Party ideologist was placed at its head. The Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce was assisted by the French Police and by the German occupation forces in its activities. Later, the Taskforce areas of operation...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

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 regarding the confiscation of art collections from the Jews of France, 1941-1944

Documentation regarding the confiscation of art collections from the Jews of France, 1941-1944 Translation to English of a collection of German documents regarding the confiscation of European art collections by the Germans, obtained by First [Lieutenant] James J. Rolmer, the US Army, 7th Army, G-5 department art and archives officer ; Included in the file: - Orders by Goering and the Oberkommando des Heere - OKH (Supreme Command of the Land Forces), giving Alfred Rosenberg and the teams he headed the authority to confiscate libraries and collections of art treasures in the German occupied areas,...

File Number : 92

Type of Material : Statistical Data, Official Documentation, Survey Report

Language : English, German

Order given by Goering to the Military governor in Paris, regarding the handling of works of art in France, 1943

Order given by Goering to the Military governor in Paris, regarding the handling of works of art in France, 1943 Storing of the works of art in the Louvre; works of art whose use is to be designated by the decision of Hitler, works of art designated for Goering's collection, works of art and libraries designated for Rosenberg's institution of higher education, and works of art suitable for exhibition in German museums; registration and packing of the works of art by the Einsatzstab Rosenberg (Operational Staff Rosenberg), and transfer of the works of art to Germany with help from the Luftwaffe; selling of...

File Number : 58

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

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