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Testimonies of Jewish victims and Nazi German defendants (1950-1968) in several trials conducted against former Gestapo officers, pre-trial hearings of witnesses in the trial against Otto Bovensiepen and other staff members at the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA) in Berlin (1969-1971), including pleas and vignettes about Adolf Eichmann Pre-trial hearings regarding deportation of Jews to extermination camps; interrogation of criminals, Jewish victims and others; general information regarding deportations from Berlin; this file includes documents from other proceedings against Nazi criminals; the...

File Number : 35

Type of Material : Testimony, Letter

Language : German

Investigation against Ernst Gerke, former head of the Gestapo in Breslau, by the Bielefeld Regional Court (Landgericht), 1960 - 1966

Investigation against Ernst Gerke, former head of the Gestapo in Breslau, by the Bielefeld Regional Court (Landgericht), 1960 - 1966 Gerke was head of the following Stapo(leit)stellen ( (Central) Offices): 1936 Hildesheim, 1937 Elbing, 1938 Chemnitz, 1939 Breslau , 1942 Prague The file contains i.A.: -career of Ernst Gerke 1930-1942 (pp. 1-2) -residence determination of Gerke (p. 3) -information of the Berlin Document Center about Gerke (pp. 4-7) -questionnaire of the SS (?) (pp. 8-13) -biography of Ernst Gerke (pp. 14-21) -testimonies of Ernst Gerke from 1966; particularly unreadable;...

File Number : 207

Language : German

Trial conducted by the Cologne Regional Court (Landgericht Köln) against Franz Sprinz, Kurt Matschke and Emanuel Schäfer, staff members at the Gestapo Head Office in Cologne regarding deportations of Jews, 1965; Indictment and conviction for false imprisonment, 1953

Criminal investigation proceedings against Franz Sprinz, born in Friedrichshafen, 1904, on suspicion of complicity to murder, 1965; trial conducted by the Landgericht Köln (Cologne Regional Court) against Franz Sprinz, Kurt Matschke, born in Domsel, Upper Silesia,1908, and Emanuel Schäfer, born in Hultschin,1900, staff members at the Gestapo Head Office in Cologne regarding deportations of Jews; indictment and conviction for false imprisonment, 1953 Residency investigation; pre-trial hearings; testimonies and examination of defendants, witnesses and Jewish victims; general information concerning...

File Number : 205

Type of Material : Verdict, Legal Documentation, Indictment, Official Documentation, Investigation Reports

Language : German

Preliminary proceedings of the Bielefeld District Court regarding the complicity of Ernst Gerke in the deportation of the Jews of Breslau to extermination camps, 1966-1968

Preliminary proceedings of the Bielefeld District Court regarding the complicity of Ernst Gerke in the deportation of the Jews of Breslau to extermination camps, 1966-1968 The file contains pre-trial hearings of Ernst Gerke, former head of the Staatspolizeistellen (Stapo offices) in Hildesheim, Elbing (Western Prussia), Chemnitz, Breslau (Wroclaw) and the Gestapo in Prague, and Hermann Fey, Kriminalassistent (Deputy Detective Superintendent) at the Stapo offices in Breslau. - Indictment: Complicity in the crime of murder of many thousands of people by participation in their deportation to extermination...

File Number : 52

Type of Material : Record of Persecuted Persons, Record of Survivors, Official Documentation, Personal Records, Investigation Report, Names of Perpetrators, List of Names, Names of Rescuers

Language : 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

Lists of Jews deported from Mainfranken, Wuerzburg, Bielefeld and Breslau, and documentation regarding the deportation and emigration of Jews from Breslau, 1935-1944

Lists of Jews deported from Mainfranken, Wuerzburg, Bielefeld and Breslau, and documentation regarding the deportation and emigration of Jews from Breslau, 1935-1944 File 37/I: Lists of deported Jews compiled by the Wuerzburg Aussenstelle (branch) of the Nuremberg Gestapo: - Pages 16-65: From Mainfranken to Izbica, Poland, 03/04/1942; - Pages 66-69: From Wuerzburg to Izbica, Poland, 23/04/1942. Cover page: List of transports compiled by the Gestapo based in the Munich area; - Pages 11-15: Distribution of the communities according to the villages. Lists of those deported to Theresienstadt...

File Number : 37

Type of Material : List of Names, Map, Correspondence, List of Deportees, Letter(s), Official Documentation, Certification

Language : German

Testimony of Dr Siegmund E. Hadda, born in Cosel, Germany, 1882, former Medical Director of the Jewish Hospital in Breslau, regarding the history of the Jewish Hospital in Breslau, the years under the Nazi regime, and operating and living conditions for Jews until the deportation of the last Jews from Breslau to Theresienstadt, June 1943 Dr Siegmund E. Hadda was the last Medical Director of the Jewish Hospital in Breslau. - Deportation of the last officials of the Jewish community of Breslau to Theresienstadt (18 people, including their spouses and children), 16 June 1943, marking the end of the German...

File Number : 259

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Moshe Friedländer, born in Breslau, Germany, 1884, regarding a compulsory charge levied on wealthy Jews in Breslau in order to finance the emigration of poor Jews, and other personal experiences in Breslau prior to his emigration - Gestapo orders issued by Lieutenant Senne levying a 10% tax on the assets of wealthy Breslau Jews to be used as an emigration fund for poor Jews, summer 1938; - Activities of the Breslau Jüdischer Schulverein (Orthodox Jewish School Association); situation of Jewish pupils and students in Breslau; unsuccessful attempt of the Breslau liberal Jews to introduce...

File Number : 237

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Letter sent by the Gestapo in Breslau to the Foreign Currency Office in Breslau, regarding Herbert Israel Ritter, 01/03/1939

Letter sent by the Gestapo in Breslau to the Foreign Currency Office in Breslau, regarding Herbert Israel Ritter, 01/03/1939 Letter sent by the Gestapo in Breslau to the Devisenstelle (Foreign Currency Office) in Breslau, including a request for the speedy handling of Herbert Israel Ritter, due to his wish to emigrate, 01/03/1939; Comments by the submitter of the material (Amnon Herbert Ritter): Amnon Herbert Ritter [Herbert Israel Ritter] (the submitter of the material) was born in Breslau in 1921. He was in Breslau until March 1939. He made aliya to Eretz Israel on 14/03/1939. His two sisters made...

File Number : 705

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

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