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Testimony of Arie Leibel Stotzki, born in Bielica, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Bielica, the Zetel Ghetto and with the partisans in a forest in the Soviet Union

Testimony

Testimony of Arie Leibel Stotzki, born in Bielica, Poland, 1924, regarding his experiences in Bielica, the Zetel Ghetto and with the partisans in a forest in the Soviet Union Life before the war; family owns a workshop; attends a Tarbut school. Soviet occupation; ban on Jewish religious observance; drafted to the Red Army; German occupation, 1941; abuse of Jews; "Aktions"; murder of Jews; informed on by Poles; burning of the place due to the nearby air field; escape and in hiding in a forest; escape to the Zetel Ghetto; ghetto life; dismantling of Soviet equipment; murder of Jews; mass grave in a forest;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Report sent to Hitler by Himmler, regarding anti-partisans activities: Report no. 51, dated, 29/12/1942

Report sent to Hitler by Himmler, regarding anti-partisans activities: Report no. 51, dated, 29/12/1942 The report relates to the south of the Soviet Union, Ukraine and Bialystok during 01/09-01/12/1942; Statistical data, according to months: Murder of partisans and their helpers; capture and destruction of weapons; confiscation of cattle; losses among the ranks of the SS, Police, Sicherheitspolizei-SIPO (Security Police) and the Schutzmannschaft (Defense staff); destruction of factories, state property, and other factors; acts of sabotage; The document is part of the Evidence material at the...

File Number : 292

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and neighboring countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, March 1944

Survey of the condition of the Jews in Nazi-occupied countries, Eretz Israel and neighboring countries, as reported in the Nazi and local press, letters and by witnesses, March 1944 Poland: Jewish underground numbering 3000 people in the Lublin vicinity; underground activities; murder of Jews in the Lublin vicinity; murder statistics in Auschwitz; letter from Warsaw regarding difficulties in living conditions; Germany: Destruction of Jewish sections in Berlin; regarding the fate of a Jewish refugee from Stuttgart in Switzerland; a Mischling in the Reich; Czechoslovakia: Arrangement of deportations to...

File Number : 24

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Hebrew

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 16 December 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 16 December 1949 Volume 61 Summing up by the Judge Advocate of the evidence relating to the 17 Charges: (pp. 3-49) Individual Charges: Statement by the Judge Advocate concerning Charge 15: (pp. 3-5) Orders for the forced labor of civilians of the Soviet Union for the purpose of carrying out military operations, or work directly connected therewith; Employment of civilians of the Soviet Union for such forced labor (p. 3); International law concerning the employment of...

File Number : 61

Type of Material : Names of Perpetrators, Legal Documentation, Indictment

Language : English

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 30 November 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 30 November 1949 Volume 56 Important note: This was the closing speech by Sir Arthur Comyns Carr on behalf of the Prosecution to the submissions and arguments of the Defense. (p. 24) Closing speech by Sir Arthur Comyns Carr on behalf of the Prosecution to the submissions and arguments of the Defense (pp. 3-24) Report case: Cooperation and collaboration: Reports from SD to the Headquarters; Reports from the Headquarters to the 11th Army. (pp. 3-5) Watch case: Letter...

File Number : 56

Type of Material : Indictment, Names of Perpetrators, Legal Documentation

Language : English

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 29 November 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 29 November 1949 Volume 55 Important note: This was the reply by Sir Arthur Comyns Carr on behalf of the Prosecution to the submissions and arguments of the Defense. (p. 51) Reply by Sir Arthur Comyns Carr on behalf of the Prosecution to the submissions and arguments of the Defense: Question regarding executive power; Prisoners of war (POWs) and political commissars case; Employment of POWs on construction work at the front-line. (pp. 3-4) Regarding Charge 16:...

File Number : 55

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Indictment, Names of Perpetrators

Language : English

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 15 November 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 15 November 1949 Important note: Volume 46 and 47 (Yad Vashem Archives TR.4/ 46-47): nonexistent. Volume 48 Note: The document starts mid-sentence with a discussion between the Prosecution and the Defense, regarding a translation concerning the killing of POWs. (p. 3) Articles regarding the guerilla movements, activities and operations in the Soviet Union, Crimea and Ukraine; Killing of German and Romanian soldiers by guerillas; Explosion of German Army trains....

File Number : 48

Type of Material : Indictment, Names of Perpetrators, Legal Documentation

Language : English

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 25 October 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 25 October 1949 Important note: This statement was [given] by the accused. Examination of Field Marshal von Manstein in the witness box, by Dr. Laternser (for the Defense): Correction/Objection by the Defense: Discussion regarding the translation of the term “battle zone”; Is it “Gefechtsgebiet” or “Kampfzone” (pp. 3-4); Regarding a map (pp. 4-6); Report by von Manstein regarding the course of war in Russia: The battle of Stalingrad; Role of the Romanian Army;...

File Number : 33

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Indictment, Names of Perpetrators

Language : English

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 19 October 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 19 October 1949 Important note: The following statement is from the point of view of the Defense. Charge 17: Deportation of civilian inhabitants from the combat areas occupied by the German armed forces and the destruction of their property. (pp. 4-31) Devastation: (pp. 4-11) References to The Hague Land Warfare Convention: “Scorched Earth” policy (p. 4); Book, “International Law” by Professor Fenwick, regarding the devastation of property (p. 5); Article of the...

File Number : 30

Type of Material : Names of Perpetrators, Indictment, Legal Documentation

Language : English

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 08 October 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 08 October 1949 Important note: it is not from the point of view of the Defense. Continuation of Charge 15: Von Manstein’s letter regarding the employment of civilian labor at the front line (p. 4); Action Sauckel: Employment of civilians for the Reich (p. 4); Use of civilians for laying mines and clearing mines. (p. 6) Charge 16: Deportation of Soviet civilians for forced labor outside Russia (p. 7); Sauckel’s department (pp. 9-10); Hitler's Order (09/1942);...

File Number : 25

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Indictment, Names of Perpetrators

Language : English

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