Yad Vashem Collections - Documents

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

Language : Polish, 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

Correspondence between the Jewish Social Self-Help ("Juedische Soziale Selbsthilfe", JSS) organization in Krakow and the office of the Generalgouvernement, the "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge" (population and welfare) department in Krakow, and other institutions, regarding Jewish social welfare work in the Generalgouvernement, Poland, 1940-1942 Included in file no. 15 (I) are: - Letters of the Jewish Social Self-help (JSS), written in most part by Dr. Michael Weichert, chairman of the JSS, to the office of the Generalgouvernement, the "Bevoelkerungswesen und Fuersorge" department; - Request for an...

File Number : 15

Type of Material : Reports, Correspondence, Statistical Report, Circular, Lists, Protocol, Letter(s)

Language : Polish, German

An article by Joseph Walk regarding the closing of the Wolzig Jewish educational institution in Germany in 1933

File Number : 222

Type of Material : Research Article

Language : German

Testimony of Dr. Isidor Klaber, former member of the Vienna Kultusgemeinde (Jewish community) board regarding his experiences after the German occupation of Austria, 1938

Testimony of Dr. Isidor Klaber, former member of the Vienna Kultusgemeinde (Jewish community) board regarding his experiences after the German occupation of Austria, 1938 German occupation of Austria, March 1938; closure of the Vienna Jewish community administration building; arrest of board and community members; cessation of any community activities, except funerals; sending of a Jewish delegation to a meeting with the mayor of Vienna, a Nazi Party member, but a former Social Democrat, resulting in permission to reopen the Jewish schools and resume community activities; subsequent release of Dr. Josef...

File Number : 74

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Survey Report

Language : German

Testimony of Eva Wagner, a former employee of the Palaestina Amt (Palestine office) in Berlin, regarding her experiences in Berlin during the years of the war, living illegally in Krkonose (Riesengebirge), and her aliya to Eretz Israel, 1939-1946 - Gradual dissolution of the Palaestina Amt (Palestine office): dismissals of civil servants and their reassignment to work in war factories; deportation of employees; transfer of the Jewish offices to the office of the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich Association of the Jews in Germany), 1941; - Deportation of the Jewish workers at the war...

File Number : 69

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Curt Friedmann, regarding his experiences in Berlin and Düsseldorf, in the Netherlands, in Westerbork and Barneveld camps, and in the Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1933-1945

Testimony of Curt Friedmann, regarding his experiences in Berlin and Düsseldorf, in the Netherlands, in Westerbork and Barneveld camps, and in the Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1933-1945 Curt Friedmann was the manager of German Jewish youth clubs in Germany until 1933. In his testimony he reports about: - Work in Düsseldorf and Berlin (Germany) from 1933-1937; Aryanization of the company he worked for; dismissal from work due to anti-Jewish decrees (p. 5) - His experiences in Düsseldorf during Kristallnacht in November 1938(p. 6) - Illegal emigration to Amsterdam in 1938; various places of residence...

File Number : 707

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Copies of documents issued by Bavarian Political Police regarding measures against Jewish organizations in Bavaria, 1933-1970

File Number : 1485

Type of Material : Order, Letter(s)

Language : German