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Documentation concerning the governmental administration in the Ostland Reichskommissariat, 1941-1942

Documentation concerning the governmental administration in the Ostland Reichskommissariat, 1941-1942 Included in the file: 15/08/1941 Letter of request addressed to the Reichs Minister for the Eastern territories concerning the handling of foreign Jews in the Eastern territories (i.e. concerning Jews who are not German, Polish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian or Russian citizens, or stateless). (pp. 2-5). 08/1941 Preliminarily guidelines for the handling of Jews in the territory of the Reichskommissariat Ostland, marked as classified. (pp. 6-13). 30/08/1941 Order concerning the handling of...

File Number : 132

Type of Material : Correspondence, Reports, Letter(s), Administrative Documentation, Document(s), Orders, Telegram, Laws and Decrees, Note

Language : German

Report regarding the theft of property by the SS in Vilna, 1941

Report regarding the theft of property by the SS in Vilna, 1941 Summary of reports sent by Hans Hingst, the Gebietskommissar (District commissioner) in Vilna to the Reichskommissar Ostland (Reichs commissioner in Ostland): Sending of at least five transports with furniture from Vilna to Kaunas by Wisocki, the SSPF-Der SS und Polizeifuehrer (SS and Police commander) to the Generalkommissar (Regional commissioner) in Lithuania; attempt by Wisocki to appropriate [confiscate] the bank building in Vilna, and his willingness to evacuate it only if he will receive money in return which, according to his claim,...

File Number : 148

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Directives by the Reichskommissar Ostland (Reichs commissioner in Ostland), regarding the handling of Jews, 1941

Directives by the Reichskommissar Ostland (Reichs commissioner in Ostland), regarding the handling of Jews, 1941 Directives by the Reichskommissar Ostland (Reichs commissioner in Ostland), regarding the handling of the Jews who are in the Reichskommissariat Ostland administration area, by the German authorities; emphasis that these are Vorlauefig (temporary directives), valid only in the event that the Final Solution has not been carried out; Establishment of the legality of the directives toward Jews who are citizens of countries under German rule, and the handling of foreign residents; definition of who...

File Number : 133

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Laws and Decrees

Language : German

"The City of Ponary", research conducted by Shmerke Kaczerginski regarding the murder of the Vilna Jews in Ponary, including testimonies

"The City of Ponary", research conducted by Shmerke Kaczerginski regarding the murder of the Vilna Jews in Ponary, including testimonies - Deportation of 11,000 Jews from their homes on the false charge that the Jews had killed a German, July 1941; - Start of the murder of Jews in Ponary, 11 July 1941; - Transfer of 8,000 Jews to forced labor, 06 September 1941; - Murder of Jews in the ghetto by Franz Johann Murer, Dr. Wulf, Hans Hingst, Hans Kittel, and Martin Weiss; - Establishment of the underground FPO (United Partisan Organization), 24 January 1942; - Murder of Jews from villages...

File Number : 1

Type of Material : Testimony, Research Article

Language : Yiddish

Testimony of Herc Zusman, born in Vilna, (Lithuania) Poland, 1909, regarding his experiences in the Vilna Ghetto

Testimony

Testimony of Herc Zusman, born in Vilna, Poland, 1909, regarding his experiences in the Vilna Ghetto Life before the war. German occupation; life in the Vilna Ghetto including labor as an expert radio technician and activities in the underground; liberation.

File Number : 1250

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Polish