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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 : Survey Report, Legal Documentation

Language : English

Testimony of Roza Astashkevich, born in Leningrad, Soviet Union, 1923, regarding her experiences during the siege on Leningrad

Testimony of Roza Astashkevich, born in Leningrad, Soviet Union, 1923, regarding her experiences during the siege on Leningrad Outbreak of the war; draft of her brothers into the Army; draft of the residents for digging trenches; life under siege; food shortage; cold; disease; death of her mother; travel of her father; air-raids.

File Number : 26

Type of Material : Testimony

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, 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

An article by Sam Silverman regarding the destruction of the Jewish community of Ostrów Lubelski during the Holocaust

An article by Sam Silverman regarding the destruction of the Jewish community of Ostrów Lubelski during the Holocaust Comments by the submitter of the material: (Sam Silverman) The parents of Sam Silverman, the submitter of the material, are from Ostrów Lubelski.

File Number : 584

Type of Material : Article

Language : English

Memoirs of Eva Adelstein (maiden name: Sonnenklar), born in Cristur in 1924, regarding her experiences in Cristur, in Kistarcsa camp and in Auschwitz camp in 1940-1944

Memoirs of Eva Adelstein (maiden name: Sonnenklar), born in Cristur in 1924, regarding her experiences in Cristur, in Kistarcsa camp and in Auschwitz camp in 1940-1944 The entry of the Hungarian Army into Cristur on 1 September 1940; help of the community to Jewish soldiers in the Hungarian Army; imposition of restrictions on the Jews; confiscation of family businesses; anti-Jewish legislation; German occupation on 19 March 1944; extorting valuables from the family by arresting and torturing the head of the family; transfer of the witness and her parents to a prison in Budapest on 4 May 1944; the separation...

File Number : 10842

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

Memoirs of Szmuel Cichy, born in Drobin, Poland in 1915; reports written by Szmuel Cichy; text of his testimony regarding his experiences in ghettos and camps, and regarding the destruction of the Jewish community of Drobin - Memoirs of Szmuel Cichy, born in Drobin, Poland in 1915, regarding his experiences in Drobin, in Działdowo camp, in the Piotrków Trybunalski Ghetto, and in camps in Kara and Częstochowa during 1939-1945, and regarding his aliya to Eretz Israel after the war; a typewritten version of the memoirs is in the Yad Vashem Archive in file O.3/2050; - "Experiences of the Jews during the...

File Number : 9639

Type of Material : Memoirs, List of Murdered Jews

Language : Hebrew, Yiddish

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