Yad Vashem Collections - Documents

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Documentation of the Centralverein - CV (Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith), the Jewish book publisher Philo Verlag, the "C. V. - Zeitung" newspaper, the Bund Deutsch-Juedischer Jugend - BDJJ (German-Jewish Youth Association), and other Jewish organizations, 18/09-31/12/1935 - Circulars published by the Centralverein - CV, regarding the Winterhilfe (Winter Relief Campaign) (pp. 292, 345, 360, 404-402, 419-415, 426, 430); - Correspondence regarding Jewish physicians (pp. 189-193, 350); - Internal correspondence of the Centralverein - CV (pp. 102-101, 203-195, 209, 215, 217, 219,...

File Number : JM/28884

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Poem/song, Protocol, Circular

Language : German

Memoirs of Friedrich Frits Adler, born in Germany, 1910, regarding his experiences in Germany and in the Netherlands, 1933-1943

Memoirs of Friedrich Frits Adler, born in Germany, 1910, regarding his experiences in Germany and in the Netherlands, 1933-1943 His ancestors and early family life; life during his childhood and as a teenager; his education and start of professional life as a businessman at a clothing factory in Frankfurt. Antisemitism and anti-Jewish riots following the Nazi rise to power; start of emigration; attempt by Frits to emigrate to Mandatory Palestine, summer 1933; ban against his brother, Julius Adler, regarding studies in Germany, move of Julius to Paris; move of Frits to Moenchengladbach in order to work in...

File Number : 5798

Type of Material : Memoirs, Poem(s)

Language : German

Decrees, ordinances, regulations and announcements by the Generalgouvernement authorities, 1938-1945

Decrees, ordinances, regulations and announcements by the Generalgouvernement authorities, 1938-1945 Appeal by the Commander of the Army, Walther von Brauchitsch, regarding the invasion of German troops into Poland and his executive authority, 01/09/1939 (pp. 3 and 4); Decrees enacted by the Commander of the Army, Walther von Brauchitsch, regarding the introduction of German criminal law, special courts in the occupied Polish territory, and sentencing of crimes by adolescents, 05/09/1939-10/09/1939 (pp. 5-8); Decrees by the Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor regarding the: - Administration of the...

File Number : 1

Type of Material : Correspondence, Announcement, Reports, Circular, Orders, Lists, Official Documentation, Questionnaire, Copy

Language : Polish, German

Documentation regarding anti-Jewish decrees in the Generalgouvernement, Poland, 1939-1942

Documentation regarding anti-Jewish decrees in the Generalgouvernement, Poland, 1939-1942 Regulations regarding the introduction of forced labor for the Jewish population in the Generalgouvernement, dispatched by SS-Obergruppenfuehrer Krueger in Krakow: - No relocation without permission; - Registration at the "Judenrat" (Jewish Council); - Curfew from 9 p.m to 5 a.m.; - Forced labor for approximately 2 years for all Jewish men between the age of 14- 60 years; - Accommodation in camps; - Obligation [by the Jews] to provide all armamentarium and implements [medicines and medical...

File Number : 2

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Copy

Language : German

Report submitted by Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri including interviews of residents of a retirement home in Haifa regarding their experiences during the Holocaust, March 1961

Report submitted by Dr. Kurt Ball-Kaduri including interviews of residents of a retirement home in Haifa regarding their experiences during the Holocaust, March 1961 - David Schaumburg: Report regarding an offence against the prohibition of ritual slaughter; the temporary detention of approximately 600 Jews in Dortmund, Germany; his aliya in 1935; - Rabbi Friedrich Mordechai Weiss, former rabbi of Chomutov (Komotau), Czechoslovakia: Aliya to Eretz Israel soon after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia; - Mrs. Zillard: Employment by the Cologne Jewish community until 1938; making arrangements for...

File Number : 292

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Memoirs of Willy Mainz, born in Frankfurt, Germany, regarding the Jewish community in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1933-1938

Memoirs of Willy Mainz, born in Frankfurt, Germany, regarding the Jewish community in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1933-1938 - German occupation; continuation of the usual community work; no order to register and no observations of the meetings by the Gestapo during the whole period; - Foundation of the Beratungsstelle fuer Wirtschaftshilfe (Counseling Center for Economic Aid) as an independent institution for assistance with job reallocation and emigration; cooperation between the Jewish community, the Palaestina-Amt (Eretz Israel Office), the Prussian State Association and later with the Reichsvertretung...

File Number : 87

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Georg Weissmann regarding the enforcement of the minority rights of the Upper Silesian Jews, 1933-1937

Testimony of Georg Weissmann regarding the enforcement of the minority rights of the Upper Silesian Jews, 1933-1937 The Bernheim Petition was based on the German-Polish agreement regarding eastern Silesia (the Geneva Agreement), in which the protection of minorities was guaranteed, 15 May 1922. Pages 2-60; copy of testimony pp. 61-119: - Complaint filed by Franz Bernheim, who had been dismissed from his position as a clerk on 04 January 1933, as a result of the boycott; filing of the Bernheim Petition by the Comite des Delegation Juive (Committee of Jewish Delegations) to the League of Nations in...

File Number : 21

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Erich Schlesinger regarding his experiences and the fate of the Jews in Gleiwitz (Gliwice), Upper Silesia, Germany, 1933 - 1945

Testimony of Erich Schlesinger regarding his experiences and the fate of the Jews in Gleiwitz (Gliwice), Upper Silesia, Germany, 1933 - 1945 Description of the situation of the Jewish community in Gleiwitz in 1932: well-functioning community life, good economic position (pp. 4-6) After the seizure of the power by Hitler and the Nazis, 30/01/1933 (pp. 6-8): - First violent attacks against Jews - Anti-Jewish boycotts, dismissals of Jewish employees, anti-Jewish incitement - Initiative against the anti-Jewish measures: involvement of the Council of the League of Nations in Geneva and the...

File Number : 8

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Correspondence and other papers related to the Jewish communities in Bavaria, 1938

File Number : 1466

Type of Material : Correspondence, Letter(s), Photo(s), Chart(s), Drawing(s), Newspaper Clippings

Language : German