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Death sentences given by the Volksgerichtshof (Folk Court of Law) to German civilians accused of resistance to the Nazis during 1942-1945

Death sentences given by the Volksgerichtshof (Folk Court of Law) to German civilians accused of resistance to the Nazis during 1942-1945 - Former Regierungspraesident (Regional head) Ernst von Harnach and Lawyer Helmuth von Moltke, accused of non-transmission of the intention for the coup by Goerdeler, Leber and Leuschner; - Church personages Alfred Delp and Franz Sperr, accused of cooperating with Moltke; - Regierungrat Karl Granget and his wife Emma, accused of attempting to convince their son not to enlist in the Wehrmacht, in letters (they sent him); - Catholic Priest Ludwig Mitterer, accused...

File Number : 279

Type of Material : Legal Documentation

Language : German

Documentation regarding members of the Silbernagel family who perished in the Holocaust, and regarding Hanna Silbernagel, born in Magdeburg in 1895, who survived Theresienstadt camp

Documentation regarding members of the Silbernagel family who perished in the Holocaust, and regarding Hanna Silbernagel, born in Magdeburg in 1895, who survived Theresienstadt camp Including: - A list of members of the Silbernagel family, including those who perished in the Holocaust, with the dates of their murder or deportation; - A poem written by Hanna Silbernagel while she was in Theresienstadt camp (translated into English by Egon Silbernagel); Details regarding Reinhard Semrau (with whom Hanna Silbernagel had her son Egon) who was involved in the assassination of Hitler and committed suicide...

File Number : 2191

Type of Material : Record of Survivors, List of Murdered Jews, Record of Murdered Persons, Poem/song

Language : English, German

Speeches and articles about German opponents murdered by the Nazi regime

- Documentation related to the commemoration of German opponents of the Nazi regime: --- Speeches given at a memorial ceremony for Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff, Eduard Brücklmeier and Herbert Mumm von Schwarzenstein, held at the German embassy in London, 23 June 1961; --- Speech given by Dr. von Brentano on the occasion of the dedication of a memorial plaque for the victims of the 20 July plot, 1944. The ceremony took place at the German Foreign Office in Berlin, 20 July 1961; --- Biographical articles about German opponents of the Nazi regime (mostly jurists and diplomats); --- Excerpt from the book...

File Number : 1176

Type of Material : Memorial Tablet, Article, Article, Article(s), List(s), Text(s), Speech

Language : English, German

Testimonies by various German individuals regarding private rescue attempts

Testimonies by various Christian and Jewish German individuals regarding private rescue attempts; Letter Franz Preissler to the President [of Israel] claiming he saved 150 Jews. Letter V. von Braunschweig to Yad Vashem about his activities in the conservative resistance and the 20 July plot. Letters Jacques Albert Fuerth to Yad Vashem about his activities, together wit R. Nathan Hosanski, to assist the family Birnbaum in a Nazi internment camp near Toulouse (Gurs?). Letter Alfred Weber to Yad Vashem accompnying photographic material. The letter mentions his and his wife Kaethe's rescue activities, attached...

File Number : 1184

Type of Material : Correspondence, Reports

Language : German

OSS documents on the German officers' plot, July 1944

OSS documents on the German officers' plot July 1944

File Number : 190

Type of Material : Reports, Letter(s)

Language : English