Yad Vashem Collections - Documents

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Testimony of Dr. Berthold Simonsohn, born in Bernburg, Germany, 1912, regarding his experiences in Sachsenhausen, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Dachau Kaufering III and Allach, and in Hamburg

Testimony of Dr. Berthold Simonsohn, born in Bernburg, Germany, 1912, regarding his experiences in Sachsenhausen, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Dachau Kaufering III and Allach, and in Hamburg - Employee of the Reichsvertretung Stettin branch from July 1938; Kristallnacht, November 1938; detention in Sachsenhausen, 09-30 November 1938; - Information regarding the Jewish Gestapo informer Hirschfeld in Stettin; help for Austrian Jews in moving from Stettin to Finland; establishment of a travel agency in Stettin by Hirschfeld; provision of a visa for Sandschak Alexandrette to expedite release from concentration...

File Number : 253

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Dr. Berthold Simonsohn, born in Bernburg, Germany, 1912, regarding his professional experience in the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (RVJ-Reich Association of the Jews in Germany) and his detention in Sachsenhausen, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Dachau - Law studies, 1930-1934; first bar exam, 1934; no further studies permitted; - Life in Stettin, July 1938-November 1938; work at the provincial Stettin RVJ administrative branch supervised by the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Main Office) as the head of the social welfare department, managed at the time by Anne Hertz;...

File Number : 200

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Dr. Max Plaut, born in Sorau, Germany, 1901, regarding the Jewish community of Hamburg, 1933-1943

Testimony of Dr. Max Plaut, born in Sorau, Germany, 1901, regarding the Jewish community of Hamburg, 1933-1943 - Founding of the Gesellschaft fuer juedische Kunst und Wissenschaft (Society for Jewish Art and Science), 1933; absorption by the Juedischer Kulturbund (Jewish Cultural Federation), 1939; support of illegal emigration by the consulates and the Hamburg Gestapo; forgery of documents regarding religion and profession in order to receive visas from various countries; - First "Akctions" against Jewish lodges: detention of board members by the Gestapo for one day, confiscation of the lodges' assets,...

File Number : 54

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

Documentation of the Gerichtsvollzieherwesen (Execution office) of the Court of Law in Hamburg

Documentation of the Gerichtsvollzieherwesen (Execution office) of the Court of Law in Hamburg Included in the Collection are files from the Execution office regarding Jews, arranged in alphabetical order, including detailed lists of property.

Type of Material : Record of Persecuted Persons, Inventory List, Official Documentation, Financial Accounts, Record of Deportees

Language : German