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P.55 - Personal Papers of Dr. Heinz E.Samson

P.55 - Personal Archive of Dr. Heinz E. Samson In the collection there are files from the private archive of Dr. Heinz E. Samson. Description of the collection: The documentation deals with a part of the estate of the Samson family, originally from the city of Norden in Northern Germany. There is pre-war documentation on tax issues and the assets of the Samson family, pre- and postwar correspondence with German authorities, personal documents and certificates, documents on the restoration of the Norden Jewish cemetery supported by the Samson family after WW II, the dedication of a memorial on the...

Type of Material : Administrative Documentation, Personal Documents, Postcard, Booklet(s), Poster, Letter, List of Murdered Jews From Germany, Genealogy, Death Certificate, Brochure, Official Documentation, Maps, Journals, List of Deportees, Newspaper Clippings, Speech, Balance Sheet, Legal Documentation, Envelope, Financial Accounts

Language : English, German

Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Official documentation, articles, lectures and notes regarding Nazi policy towards the Jews of Germany and the Jews of Scandinavia during the Holocaust

Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Official documentation, articles, lectures and notes regarding Nazi policy towards the Jews of Germany, and the Jews of Scandinavia during the Holocaust The file is divided into five volumes: Volume I Official documentation, articles, lectures and notes regarding Nazi policy towards the Jews of Germany including the Wannsee Conference and Operation Barbarossa. Volume II The Jews of Norway during the Holocaust period by Samuel Abrahamsen. Volume III Documents, notes and newspaper clippings regarding the Jews of Norway. Volume IV Documents, notes and lectures...

File Number : 30

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Newspaper, Article(s), List(s), Text(s)

Language : Norwegian, Hebrew, English, Swedish, German

Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Drafts of articles, correspondence between Prof. Leni Yahil and people and institutions, material regarding Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz and Dr. Werner Best

Leni Yahil Personal Archive: Drafts of articles, correspondence between Prof. Leni Yahil and people and institutions, material regarding Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz and Dr. Werner Best There are seven volumes in the file: Volume I Drafts of articles on various subjects, as well as articles regarding occupied Denmark and the Jews. Volume II Correspondence and material regarding the Jews of Denmark in 1943, mainly from the archive of Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, later West German ambassador to Denmark. Volume III Documents regarding the Jews of Denmark, notes regarding Dr. Best, Himmler's representative,...

File Number : 4

Type of Material : Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Booklet(s), Official Documentation, Letter, Newspaper

Language : Hebrew, English, German, Danish

Correspondence between the Jewish Social Self-Help ("Juedische Soziale Selbsthilfe", JSS) and the office of the Generalgouvernement, the "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge" (population and welfare) department and other authorities, regarding matters concerning welfare work, social help, and JSS activity reports, 1940-1942 Letters by the JSS organization, written in most cases by Dr. Michael Weichert, to the office of the Generalgouvernement, the "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge" (population and welfare) department, regarding: - Request for permission to buy goods for the manufacture of clothing,...

File Number : 14

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Letter(s), Official Documentation, Correspondence, Copy

Language : Polish, German

Testimony of Nachum Laufer, born in Katowice, Poland, 1935, regarding his aliya together with his parents, Jakob and Hanna Laufer from Chrzanow, Poland, via Italy, Turkey, Iraq and India, 1940-1948

Testimony of Nachum Laufer, born in Katowice, Poland, 1935, regarding his aliya together with his parents, Jakob and Hanna Laufer from Chrzanow, Poland, via Italy, Turkey, Iraq and India, 1940-1948 Included in the file: - Testimony of Nachum Laufer, on the occasion of Yom Hashoah, (in Hebrew), 15 April 1993: Arrival together with his mother to the German-Italian border on the last train from Poland, 18 April 1940; questioning of Sara Laufer by a German officer during border control as to the reasons for not wearing the yellow badge and their travel in a second-class car instead of third class...

File Number : 4657

Type of Material : Passport, Document(s), Official Documentation

Language : Italian, Hebrew, German

Correspondence between the ZSS (Jewish Social Self-Help) organization in Krakow and local branches of the ZSS, other welfare and relief organizations, and the German occupation authorities, 1942

Correspondence between the ZSS (Jewish Social Self-Help) organization in Krakow and local branches of the ZSS, other welfare and relief organizations, and the German occupation authorities, 1942 - Activities by the municipal welfare committees (Komitety Opieki Miejskiej), including the operation of soup kitchens and care of children; - Help in the training of workers on agricultural farms in various areas in Poland; - Care of Jewish refugees and people lacking means who were released from labor camps; - Research by Ludwik Hirschfeld regarding outbreaks of typhus; - Correspondence with Jozef...

File Number : 18

Type of Material : Survey Report, Administrative Documentation, Circular, Statistical Data, Correspondence, Survey, Letter, Protocol, Reports

Language : Polish, German

Documentation regarding Jewish workers in Munich and occupied Poland, including work permits and ration coupons, anti-Jewish announcements by German authorities in occupied Poland and documents regarding Buchenwald, 1937-1945 This file contains: Pages 2-7: Documents of the Wirtschaftsamt Muenchen (Munich Office of Economic Affairs), regarding the Jewess, Anna Holzmann, primarily concerning ration coupons, 08 April 1943-08 January 1945; Pages 8-11: Documents of the Kreishauptmannschaft Tarnopol (German administration of the Ternopil district), regarding the Jewess, Regina Bazar, working as a...

File Number : 29

Type of Material : Administrative Documentation, Announcement, Work Permit, Official Documentation, Document(s), Card File, Personal Documents, Identity Card

Language : Hebrew, Polish, German, Yiddish

Various notices of the Judenrat and the German authorities in the city of Chelm, 1940-1942

Various notices of the Judenrat and the German authorities in the city of Chelm, 1940-1942 - Rough draft of a Judenrat notice to the residents of the city to report for forced labor, 1940; - Judenrat notice regarding the obligation to register incumbent of the Jews of the city, 28 August 1940; - Judenrat notice regarding the collection of all metal products, 16 June 1940; - Judenrat notice regarding the establishment of a ghetto in the city, 16 November 1940; - Form for an order directing the residents to leave their place of residence and move to another apartment, 1940; - Judenrat notice...

File Number : 342

Type of Material : Announcement, Placards

Language : Polish, German, Yiddish

Blank change of residence permit within the Warsaw Ghetto, issued by the German authorities, 1941

File Number : 550

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Collection of lists of Jews from various places in the Unterfranken area with details regarding their emigration and/or deportation that were sent to the editorial board of the "Der Volkswille" newspaper in Schweinfurt, mainly by the heads of the municipalities and the local authorities, 1947 In the file (the page numbers relate to the frame numbers in Scan No. 2): 2, 17: Two identical copies of the list including nine Jews from Markt Massbach who were transferred to Wuerzburg, July 1942 (recorded separately in Sapir Entry No. 4436116); 4-13: List of inmates in the Friedland camp and their professions,...

File Number : 34

Type of Material : List of Deportees, List of Persecuted Persons

Language : German

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