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Personal documentation of Hanoch Kolberg, 1933-2003

Personal documentation of Hanoch Kolberg, 1933-2003 - Forced expulsion order from the Reich issued to the Kolberg family, in effect until 15 February 1938; order was issued in Koeslin, 07 February 1938; translation of the order into Hebrew; - Antisemitic articled published in the "Der Stürmer", apparently in 1938; expulsion of Kolberg from the Reich; translation of the article into Hebrew; - School homework in math or shop, submitted by Solomon Kolberg, 06 November 1933; use of the swastika as a geometric figure; - Family tree of the Kolberg family including the descendants of Hanoch Kolberg,...

File Number : 2136

Type of Material : Genealogy, Article, Letter, School Projects

Language : English, German

Documentation regarding the German occupation of the Netherlands, in particular regarding the persecution of the Jews in the occupied Netherlands, their concentration and eventual deportation to extermination camps in the East, 1940-1945, and partial postwar documentation regarding the investigation of Nazi war crimes in the Netherlands, 1945-1966 Included in the file: Part One: 03/02/1942 Circular by the Commander of the Security Police and the SD in the Netherlands, Wilhelm Harster, concerning the competences in Jewish questions, including the transfer of competences to the "Central Office for...

File Number : 154

Type of Material : Correspondence, Document(s), List of Camp Inmates, List of Sick People, List of Disabled People, Protocol, Reports, List of Persecuted Persons, Questions and Answers, List of Evacuated Persons, Draft, Official Documentation, Names of Perpetrators, Index, List of Names, List of Deportees, Circular, Investigation Reports, Radio Broadcasts, Testimony, Deportation List, Record of Survivors, Administrative Documentation, Laws and Decrees, Lists, Legal Documentation

Language : French, English, Dutch, German

"Dokumente uber Methoden der Judenverfolgung im Ausland" (Documentation regarding methods of persecution of Jews outside Germany), 1939-1944, prepared by the United Restitution Organization (URO) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1960

"Dokumente ueber Methoden der Judenverfolgung im Ausland" (Documentation regarding methods of persecution of Jews outside Germany), 1939-1944, prepared by the United Restitution Organization (URO) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1960 Included in the file: Agreement between the Bulgarian commissar for Jewish questions, Alexander Beleff, and the German representative, SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer Theodor Dannecker, concerning the deportation of 20,000 Jews from Bulgaria and Macedonia to the Eastern territories occupied by Germany, 22/02/1943 (pp. 3-4); Excerpts from notes and letters by Rudolf Hess, 1946-1947:...

File Number : 136

Type of Material : Memoirs, Note, Questionnaire, Agreement, Testimony, Protocol, Survey, Letter(s)

Language : German

Memoirs written by Mina (Glicksmann) Perlberger regarding the experiences of her husband Alexander (Eliezer ben Yisrael) Perlberger, born in Krakow, Poland, 1914, in Krakow, Berlin, Zbaszyn, Siberia and as a Red Army soldier Childhood in Krakow with a family of six children; Maccabi activities. Drafted to the Polish Army; move of the family to Berlin, Germany; deportation of Alexander, his father and younger brother to Zbaszyn; escape to Poznan; death of his brother; return to Krakow; occupation of Poland by the German Army; escape to the area under Soviet control together with his sister and...

File Number : 2743

Language : English

Memoirs of Recha Freier regarding the forced eviction of Jews of Polish origin from Germany in 1938; memoirs written, 1940-1942

Memoirs of Recha Freier regarding the forced eviction of Jews of Polish origin from Germany in 1938; memoirs written, 1940-1942 Memoirs of Recha Freier regarding the forced eviction of Jews of Polish origin from Germany in 1938, and the reaction of the Jewish institutions in Germany; memoirs written, 1940-1942.

File Number : 1

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Testimony of Israel Bleyberg, born in Radymno, Poland, 1895, regarding the Polenaktion (expulsion of the Polish Jews from Germany), October 1938

Testimony of Israel Bleyberg, born in Radymno, Poland, 1895, regarding the Polenaktion (expulsion of the Polish Jews from Germany), October 1938 - Move to Germany, February 1913; work as a shoemaker; marriage; births of two children; - Removal of the witness from his home in Berlin by the police without notice in the middle of the night, 28 October 1938; transfer to the Blücher Street barracks; at noon, loaded on trucks with 126 men and brought to a train station (name not mentioned); reason given for the "Aktion": "the Polish government wanted to denationalize its citizens living abroad; the Germans...

File Number : 169

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : German

Short biography of Israel Frenkel, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1893, who left Germany and made aliya to Eretz Israel after experiencing antisemitism

Short biography of Israel Frenkel, born in Warsaw, Poland, 1893, who left Germany and made aliya to Eretz Israel after experiencing antisemitism Born in Warsaw, Poland in 1893, Israel Frenkel was a Russian citizen who worked in Warsaw as a watchmaker; in 1916, he found himself unemployed, so on learning that there was a shortage of watchmakers in Germany, he moved to Germany and subsequently found work in Dresden; marriage in 1918; births of three children; establishment of an independent watchmaker business; death of his wife in 1934; plans for aliya to Eretz Israel; futile attempt to get permission for his...

File Number : 151

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : German

Official documentation regarding the Jewish community of Halberstadt during the persecution in Nazi Germany, 1933-1942, and memoirs of Rabbi Zwi Hirsch Benjamin Auerbach, the rabbi of the Halberstadt Jewish community, 1934-1938 - Memo prepared by Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri regarding "The Jewish Community in Halberstadt Before the Persecution and During the Years 1933 to 1938", the memoirs of Rabbi Zwi Hirsch Benjamin Auerbach; "Notes on the History of the Jewish Community of Halberstadt in the 20th Century", the book by Rabbi Zwi Hirsch Benjamin Auerbach, including: - "... during the summer of 1938, the...

File Number : 146

Type of Material : Record of Persecuted Persons, Testimony, List of Deportees, Memoirs

Language : German

Testimony of Kurt Loewenstein, born in Danzig, 1902, regarding his experiences as the editor of the Jewish weekly newspaper, "Juedische Rundschau", in Berlin, Germany, 1933-1938

Testimony of Kurt Loewenstein, born in Danzig, 1902, regarding his experiences as the editor of the Jewish weekly newspaper, "Juedische Rundschau", in Berlin, Germany, 1933-1938 - The first editor of the "Juedische Rundschau" was Robert Weltsch; Kurt Loewenstein was his successor from August 1933; - The Jewish press subjected to supervision by the Ministry of Propaganda, Department for Jewish Affairs under the supervision of Reichskulturverwalter (Reich's culture director) Hans Hinkel; "Juedische Rundschau" subjected to censorship and increased restriction of topics from 1937; first prohibition on...

File Number : 133

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Else Kotkowsky regarding the Jewish community in Karlsruhe, 1938-1940

Testimony of Else Kotkowsky regarding the Jewish community in Karlsruhe, 1938-1940 - Work as the secretary of the Jewish community in Karlsruhe from August 1938; arrest and deportation of the Polish Jews, 28 October 1938; the November pogrom (Kristallnacht): destruction of the synagogue, wave of arrests and deportations to Dachau, confiscation of valuables, 10 November 1938; order to desist issued by Goebbels, 14 November 1938; resumption of her secretarial work, processing of applications for the emigration of children, November 1938; return of most of the arrested community members, hasty preparations for...

File Number : 28

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

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