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Testimony of Chaim Bernhard Behrendt, born in Berlin, Germany, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Minsk Ghetto, Budzyn, Mielec, Wieliczka and Flossenbuerg

Testimony

Testimony of Chaim Bernhard Behrendt, born in Berlin, Germany, 1919, regarding his experiences in the Minsk Ghetto, Budzyn, Mielec, Wieliczka and Flossenbuerg Life before the war. Concentration of Jews in the synagogue before their deportation, 12 November 1941; deportation to the Minsk Ghetto, 18 November 1941; ghetto life including receiving information from an SS officer about the murder of Jews in the Soviet Union; arrest and murder of the Judenrat Chairman, winter 1942; unsuccessful escape attempt by three inmates and their hanging, winter 1942; labor outside the ghetto; murder of Jews, spring 1942;...

File Number : 2248

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew, Polish, German

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