Yad Vashem Collections - Documents

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Efforts to rescue Dutch and Belgian Jews, 1942-1945

Efforts to rescue Dutch and Belgian Jews, 1942-1945 The Netherlands Page 3: Report regarding the situation of the remaining Jews in the Netherlands, deportation of Jews, with the exceptions being persons holding certificates [for legal aliya to Eretz Israel] or South American passports, or Jews gaining their freedom through bribery, Jews in hiding; forced sterilization of Jewish partners in mixed marriages, 16 October 1943; Page 4: Appeal of the Jewish Council Emigration Department in "Het Joodse Weekblad" ("The Jewish Weekly") for those holding a certificate or with close relatives in Eretz Israel,...

File Number : 127

Type of Material : Reports, Newspaper Clippings, Correspondence, Letter(s), List of Names, Copy, Telegram, Official Documentation

Language : French, German

Testimony of Dr. Hans Klee from 14 April 1958 regarding Georg Kareski and the Juedische Volkspartei (Jewish People's Party) in Berlin, 1920-1939

Testimony of Dr. Hans Klee from 14 April 1958 regarding Georg Kareski and the Juedische Volkspartei (Jewish People's Party) in Berlin, 1920-1939 In the file: - Remarks prepared by Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri regarding the interview with Dr. Hans Klee in Tel Aviv concerning Georg Kareski and the Juedische Volkspartei in Berlin (pp. 2-3), 14 April 1958; - Memo by Dr. Ball-Kaduri regarding an interview with Dr. Hans Klee from 14 April 1958 in Tel Aviv concerning Georg Kareski and the Juedische Volkspartei in Berlin (pp. 4-13), 14 April 1958; - Yad Vashem file card regarding the interview with Dr. Hans Klee,...

File Number : 217

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Benno Cohn, born in 1894, regarding the activities of the Zionist Association for Germany, 1938

Testimony of Benno Cohn, born in 1894, regarding the activities of the Zionist Association for Germany, 1938 In the file: - Remarks by Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri regarding an interview with Benno Cohn concerning the activities of the Zionist Association for Germany, 1938 (p. 2), April 1958; - Protocol of the interview with Benno Cohn regarding the activities of the Zionist Association for Germany, 1938 (pp. 3-7), 14 March 1958; - Addendum by Dr. Ball-Kaduri regarding the interview with Benno Cohn (pp. 8-9), June 1958; - Yad Vashem file card regarding the interview with Benno Cohn concerning the...

File Number : 214

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : German

Testimony of Georg Glückstein, born in Sorau, Poland, 1886, and married to a Christian woman, regarding his experiences during World War II in Berlin

Testimony of Georg Glückstein, born in Sorau, Poland, 1886, and married to a Christian woman, regarding his experiences during World War II in Berlin - Georg Glückstein was an attorney at law and a judge, married to a Christian, and a member of the Jewish community in Berlin who served as its legal advisor; - He was also an acting manager of the Geshellschaft zur foerderung wirtschaftlicher interessen (FWI - Society for the Promotion of Economic Interests), an organization that assisted Jewish emigrants in managing and liquidating their assets, also known as the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Interessen...

File Number : 197

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Dr. Leo Scherek regarding his experiences in detention in Baden-Baden, 1937

Testimony of Dr. Leo Scherek regarding his experiences in detention in Baden-Baden, 1937 - Keren Hayesod (United Israel Fund) information evening at the Hotel Tannhaeuser in Baden-Baden; lecture by Dr. Scherek regarding the political situation and development possibilities in Eretz Israel, April 1937; arrest of all the speakers after the information evening on the charge of making anti-German remarks; - Preliminary arrest of Dr. Scherek; obliging treatment by a prison officer regarding food supplies; interrogation in a polite manner by a perceptive judge over 24 hours; disclosure regarding the order of...

File Number : 45

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : German

Joint testimony of Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri, born in Berlin, Germany, 1891, and Benno Cohn, born in Germany, 1894, regarding the leadership of German Jewry, before and after 1933

Joint testimony of Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri, born in Berlin, Germany, 1891, and Benno Cohn, born in Germany, 1894, regarding the leadership of German Jewry, before and after 1933 Joint testimony and discussion between Dr. Ball-Kaduri and Benno Cohn regarding: - The conflict between the Jewish communities and the Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich's Deputation of German Jews)' - The alliance between Georg Kareski and Heinrich Stahl, the chairman of the Berlin Jewish community; - The opposing attitudes of Ball-Kaduri and Cohn regarding the importance of community politics between the...

File Number : 23

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Dr. Ernst Salomon Herzfeld, born in Graetz, Poznan, 1875, regarding the founding and development of the Reichsvertretung der Juden in Deutschland (Reich's Deputation of German Jews), the Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbuerger Juedischen Glaubens (CV-Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith) and other Jewish organizations, 1933-1938 - Activities of the different Jewish organizations after the takeover by the Nazis in order to protect their assets; - House search of the CV by the SA and temporary arrests, 01 March 1933; - Increasing excesses of the SA; outrages against Jewish...

File Number : 8

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Hedwig Rosenthal regarding her experiences in Berlin and Theresienstadt, 1933-1945

Testimony of Hedwig Rosenthal regarding her experiences in Berlin and Theresienstadt, 1933-1945 In her testimony Hedwig Rosenthal, whose husband had owned a textile business in Berlin until his retirement in 1930, reports on her and her husband’s experiences during the Nazi era: - Life in Berlin from 1933 onward: Work for the clothing depot of the Jewish community in Berlin until January 1939, when she was banned from her profession . - In August 1940, Hedwig Rosenthal and her husband were expelled from their apartment and moved into a so-called "Judenhaus". - Evacuation to an old age home in...

File Number : 65

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Documentation regarding the cooperation between II 112, the SD Jewish Department and II B4, the Gestapo Jewish Department, pertaining to the Jews of Germany and Austria, 1935-1938

Documentation regarding the cooperation between II 112, the SD Jewish Department and II B4, the Gestapo Jewish Department, pertaining to the Jews of Germany and Austria, 1935-1938 - List of Jewish organizations in Vienna, Austria, 1941-1943, pp. 2200-2203; - List of propaganda points of the Union Oesterreichischen Juden (Association of the Jews of Austria) in Vienna, pp. 1944-1947; - List of factories and other places in which kosher food and wine are sold, Vienna, pp. 1949-1952; - List of unions, clubs, cultural associations and Jewish learning institutions, Vienna, pp. 1953-1988; -...

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Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German