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M. 51 - Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich Association of the Jews in Germany)

M. 51 - Documantation of the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich Association of the Jews in Germany) History of the Organization The organization was apparently founded in early 1939 by representatives of the Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden (Reich's Deputation of the German Jews). In July 1939, an ordinance was published by the authorities concerning the establishment of the Reich Association of the Jews in Germany, which replaced the Reich's Deputation of the German Jews. In the words of its Chairman, "... [it will serve as] a new organizational basis for the dwindling population...

Type of Material : Protocol, Record of Deportees, Record of Murdered Persons, Official Documentation, Record of Persecuted Persons, List of Deportees, Statistical Data

Language : German

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Berlin Gestapo for deportation of Berlin Jews to extermination camps: Statements by former employees of the of the RSHA "Jewish Department" (Judenreferat) and of Gestapo offices in Berlin, Cologne and Duesseldorf, especially regarding the extent of knowledge of Gestapo employees regarding the fate of the deported Jews; testimonies by Berlin Jewish survivors, 1967-1968

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps): Examination of former employees of the of the RSHA "Jewish Department" (Judenreferat) - RSHA IV B 4 and of Gestapo offices in Berlin, Cologne and Duesseldorf, especially regarding the extent of knowledge of Gestapoleitstelle former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle regarding the fate of the deported Berlin Jews; testimonies by Berlin Jewish survivors, 1967 - 1968 Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Berlin Gestapo for deportation of Berlin Jews to...

File Number : 40

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Dov Heintz Sternlicht, born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding his experiences in Theresienstadt and Berlin

Testimony

Testimony of Dov Heintz Sternlicht, born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 1925, regarding his experiences in Theresienstadt and Berlin Life before the war; education. German occupation, 1939; learns carpentry; member of Hashomer Hatzair; escape of his father to the Soviet Union and his death; labor clearing snow; deportation to Theresienstadt Ghetto; ghetto life including labor in carpentry and building barracks; deportation to Germany; life in a forest including labor building barracks; transfer to Berlin; deportation back to Theresienstadt; ghetto life including meeting his mother and typhus; liberation by...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps): Examination of Berlin Jewish survivors and former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) in Berlin, Lodz and Duesseldorf concerning deportation of Jews and mixed families from Berlin and Duesseldorf, 1962 - 1968 Note: This file includes not only material of the proceedings against former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle, but also of the proceedings against former employees of the RSHA for murder (1967f) and of other proceedings against Nazi criminals...

File Number : 44

Type of Material : Letter, Testimony

Language : German

Documentation collected by Zeev Scheck regarding the fate of Jacob Edelstein, the first Chairman of the Aeltestenrat (Council of Elders) in the Theresienstadt Ghetto, and Paul Eppstein, the second Aeltestenrat Chairman, 1946-1963

File Number : 449

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Article

Language : Hebrew, Czech, German

Documents and various confirmations, drawings and stories by Jewish artists [artisans] from the Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1942-1965

Documents and various confirmations, drawings and stories by Jewish artists [artisans] from the Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1942-1965 - Letters and confirmations by the legal branch in Theresienstadt Ghetto in 1942, given to Olga Grünwald in the ghetto, regarding the death of her husband Karl Grünwald, who perished in the ghetto on 19/02/1942; - Report prepared by Eppstein, the head of the Council of Elders, regarding instructions and orders given by SS Obersturmführer Bergel on 19/02/1944; - Death certificate of Heindl Israel Moritz Wolfgang, who perished in the Theresienstadt Ghetto on 12/06/1943; - Stories...

File Number : 443

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Drawing, Survey

Language : Czech, German

Memoirs of Siegmund Hadda regarding his experiences as a physician at the Jewish Hospital in Breslau and Theresienstadt, and his emigration to Switzerland, February 1945

Memoirs of Siegmund Hadda regarding his experiences as a physician at the Jewish Hospital in Breslau and Theresienstadt, and his emigration to Switzerland, February 1945 Work at the Jewish Hospital in Breslau and in his own private practice before and after World War I; his work in two departments during World War I; increase of antisemitism after World War I; murder of a friend of his son by an SA man, 1933; Nazi rise to power and deterioration in the treatment of the Jews; dismissal of Jewish lawyers and officials from their positions; boycott of Jewish shops, 01 April 1933; work as a senior surgeon at the...

File Number : 2439

Type of Material : Article

Language : German

Memoirs of Recha Freier regarding the handling of Jews of Polish origin in Germany following the imprisonments, 1939

Memoirs of Recha Freier regarding the handling of Jews of Polish origin in Germany following the imprisonments, 1939 - Deportation of Jews of Polish origin from Germany, 1938; - Imprisonment of Jews of Polish origin in Berlin, 13 October 1939; - Sachsenhausen camp; - Dismantling of the Verband (Association of Jews of Polish Origin in Germany) by the authorities, and the attitude of the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich Association of the Jews in Germany) toward the dismantling of the Association; - Activities by Recha Freier on behalf of women; - Plans to help released...

File Number : 11

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Interview of Moshe Ortner, regarding the forced eviction of Jews of Polish origin from Germany in 1938 [interview undated]

Interview of Moshe Ortner, regarding the forced eviction of Jews of Polish origin from Germany in 1938 [interview undated] Moshe Ortner speaks in the interview with Dr. Esch, regarding the forced eviction of Jews of Polish origin from Germany following the Kristallnacht riots, 1938; explanation by Ortner regarding the politics of organizations such as the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich Association of the Jews in Germany), and the activities of individuals such as Recha Freier, Heinrich Stahl, Paul Eppstein, and others.

File Number : 8

Type of Material : Testimony, Interview(s)

Language : German

Correspondence of Recha Freier regarding the Palaestina-Amt der Jewish Agency in Deutschland (Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel office in Germany), 1939-1940

Correspondence of Recha Freier regarding the Palaestina-Amt der Jewish Agency in Deutschland (Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel office in Germany), 1939-1940 - Correspondence of Recha Freier, including letters and postcards regarding issues of the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel office in Germany, 1939-1940; - Declaration by Recha Freier regarding her suspension from the Juedische Jugendhilfe (Jewish Youth Support Committee).

File Number : 6

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Documentation

Language : German

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