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Testimony of Miriam Marila Liber Prague née Kostin, born in 1921 in Warsaw, about her experiences in the Warsaw ghetto, in Hungary, with the partisans in Yugoslavia, and as a forced laborer in Germany

Life before the war; German occupation ensues; dispossession; deportation to the Warsaw ghetto; life in the ghetto; escaping to the "Aryan" side with help of forged papers; marrying; escaping to Lwów; escaping back to Warsaw; escaping to Hungary; receiving privileges from the Polish Consulate; escaping to Yugoslavia; joining the partisans in March 1944; sabotaging a railroad track; arrested by the Germans and taken to Germany; working in a factory that manufactures spare parts for tanks; posing as a Croat; receiving extra privileges; liberated by American forces; reaching Buchenwald; encountering Holocaust...

File Number : 13612

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

תיקים אישיים, בעיקר של יהודים, של Gestapo Staatspolizeileitstelle Duesseldorf

Structure of the Gestapo Staatspolizeirektion Duesseldorf: Division II (Domestic Police) is subdivided into subdivisions, of which the Department of Culture (II B), Division II C (Reaction and Opposition), II H (Party Affairs) and II E, the Department of Economics, are mentioned. Head of the Cultural Department (II B) was from 1935 to 1943/44 police superintendent Wilhelm Friedrich. The cultural department was again subdivided into the department for the Catholic Church (II B 1), the department for the Protestant Church and sects (II B 2), the department for emigrants (II B 3) and the department for "Jewish...

Type of Material : Personal Records, Record of Persecuted Persons

Language : German

Testimony of Bela (Weinberg) Tanchelewicz, born in Lodz, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz and Lenzingen

Testimony

Testimony of Bela (Weinberg) Tanchelewicz, born in Lodz, Poland, 1923, regarding her experiences in the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz and Lenzingen Traditional family; family of music enthusiasts. German occupation, 1939; deportation to the Lodz Ghetto; attends high school; arrival of her uncle's family to the Lodz Ghetto from Germany; suicide of her aunt; labor in a horse harness factory; deportation to Auschwitz, autumn 1944; selection by Mengele; camp life including playing the accordion for the camp command; transfer to Lenzingen, winter 1945; camp life including labor in a weapons factory; receives extra...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Alfred Petersen, a member of the board of the Metallgesellschaft company in Frankfurt am Main, regarding the Aryanization of the company, dated, 1947

Testimony of Alfred Petersen, a member of the board of the Metallgesellschaft company in Frankfurt am Main, regarding the Aryanization of the company, dated, 1947 Status of the Jews in the company in 1933; process for the dismissal of the Jews from the company and the taking control over the company by the Germans; resignation of Heinrich Strauss, the company director, 1938; arrest of Alfred Petersen, 1938; escape of the remainder of the company's board members from Germany; taking over control of the company by Avieny, a protégé of the German Gauleiter; Rudolf Euler remains [in the company] due to his...

File Number : 234

Type of Material : Investigation Report

Language : German

Testimony of Rudolf Euler, vice president of the directorate of the Metallgesellschaft company in Frankfurt am Main, regarding the Aryanization of the company, dated, 1947

Testimony of Rudolf Euler, vice president of the directorate of the Metallgesellschaft company in Frankfurt am Main, regarding the Aryanization of the company, dated, 1947 Establishment and administration of the Metallgesellschaft metal company (one of the largest in Germany) by Jews; Goering and others are interested in the company due to its status; status of the Jews in the company in 1933; process for the dismissal of the Jews from the company and the taking control over the company by the Germans; resignation of Heinrich Strauss, the company director, 1938; arrest of Alfred Petersen, 1938; escape of the...

File Number : 233

Type of Material : Investigation Report

Language : English

Letter written by Schlegelberger, the German Minister of Justice, regarding the handling of Mischlinge in the context of the Final Solution, 1942

Letter written by Schlegelberger, the German Minister of Justice, regarding the handling of Mischlinge in the context of the Final Solution, 1942 The letter was sent to the Parteikanzlei (Party bureau), the Minister of the Interior, the Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD –BdS (Sipo and SD commander) and to other organizations; the letter deals with the Final Solution and the treatment that must be given to the Mischlinge; Mischlinge 2te Grades (Mischlinge of Second Degree) will not be included in the steps that will be taken as part of the implementation of the Final Solution; steps to be taken...

File Number : 217

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Order given by the Reichsminister fuer Ernaehrung und Landwirtschaft (Reichs Minister for Food and Agriculture), regarding the reduction of the food rations for German Jews, 1942

Order given by the Reichsminister fuer Ernaehrung und Landwirtschaft (Reichs Minister for Food and Agriculture), regarding the reduction of the food rations for German Jews, 1942 Definition who is a Jew from the aspect of the restrictions mentioned in the order and regarding the status of the Mischlinge and people who are intermarried, in particular; the types of food for children which were removed from the food rations; benefits for forced laborers; recommendation to establish times for the entry of Jews into food shops; the right for Jews to purchase food on the free market has not been revoked; The...

File Number : 207

Type of Material : Laws and Decrees

Language : German

Documentation containing a voting slip for Reichstag elections, a registration form for marking down place of origin and permit for an Army leave

File Number : 440

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Documentation from the Bezirksamt Spandau in Berlin, 1933-1943

Documentation from the Bezirksamt Spandau in Berlin, 1933-1943 The city of Spandau and the villages of Gatow, Kladow, Pichelsdorf, Staaken and Tiefwerder were incorporated into the city of Berlin in 1920, as the Bezirk (municipal district of) Spandau. In the Record Group are files regarding the transfer of Jewish businesses and property to Aryan owners; dismissals from work of public employees who were married to Jewish women; Jewish religious education (during 1916-1936); Jewish employees in the municipal district offices.

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Documentation of the Reich Women's Leadership (Reichsfrauenfuehrung), Germany, 1933-1942

Documentation of the Reich Women's Leadership (Reichsfrauenfuehrung), Germany, 1933-1942 The Reich Women's Leadership, established in February 1934, included the German Women's Organization (Deutsches Frauenwerk), the umbrella organization of women's organizations in Germany, established in 1933, and the National Socialist Women's Union (Nationalsozialistische Frauenschaft), established in 1931. It was headed by Gertrud Scholz-Klink, who received the title of "Leader of Reich Women" (Reichsfrauenfuehrerin), November 1934. The two organizations and their female leaders did not have any real political...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

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