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Interview by the Geschichtswerkstatt (Historical Workshop) in Tuebingen of eyewitness Uli Eisele, regarding the auctioning off of Jewish possessions in Tuebingen following Kristallnacht (November 1938 pogrom); as well as regarding his prior knowledge of Nazi persecutions in general, 1991 Included in the file: 25 April 1991: Interview by the "Geschichtswerkstatt Tuebingen e.V." (Tuebingen Historical Workshop) of the eyewitness Uli Eisele, regarding the auctioning off of the possessions of the Jewish Hayum family at their home on Uhland Street in Tuebingen, following Kristallnacht, as well as regarding...

File Number : 4986

Type of Material : Interview(s)

Language : German

Memoirs of Richard Fruck, born in 1902, regarding his experiences during the final months at the Dora Nordhausen concentration camp in Germany, and during the evacuation, 1944-1945

Memoirs of Richard Fruck, born in 1902, regarding his experiences during the final months at the Dora Nordhausen concentration camp in Germany, and during the evacuation, 1944-1945 Background information regarding Richard Fruck; (p. 2); Conditions at the Dora Nordhausen camp, October 1944: Arrest and torture of famous former labor parties officials in order to force confessions by the SD; daily executions; prisoner camp leadership consisting of criminals and antisocial elements who were given weapons; approach of the front; call to assemble (beginning of evacuation), unequal distribution of food,...

File Number : 3669

Type of Material : Memoirs, Note

Language : German

Testimony of Josef Wilhelm Roehr, Dortmund, Germany, and others, regarding their memories of Reichskristallnacht in Dortmund-Hoerden, 09 November 1938

Testimony of Josef Wilhelm Roehr, Dortmund, Germany, and others, regarding their memories of Reichskristallnacht in Dortmund-Hoerden, 09 November 1938 Memoirs of J. W. Roehr: Destruction and looting of shops belonging to Jews and detention of the owners, such as the married couple Rosenthal, the owner of a bed shop; suicide of Mr. L. Elsbach, owner of a drugstore; destruction and burning of the synagogue; SS order to the fire brigade not to extinguish the fire but only to protect the neighborhood, pp. 3-11; Memoirs of Mrs. L. H. (full name not given), Dortmund-Aplerbeck: Destruction and burning of the...

File Number : 2794

Type of Material : Reports, Newspaper Clippings, Police File, List of Nazi War Criminals

Language : German

"The German Penal System under the Nazi Regime", essay written by Dr. Bruno Blau

"The German Penal System under the Nazi Regime", essay written by Dr. Bruno Blau In the file: 2-Scanned File: Postwar "The German Penal System under the Nazi Regime", essay by Dr. Bruno Blau, New York, describing the history of Nazi law from its early days undermining lawful procedures to its totally arbitrary approach to prosecution: - Executions of politically undesirable persons during the "Night of the Long Knives"; - Death penalties, based on overriding of court decisions by direct intervention of Hitler; - The "Nacht und Nebel Erlass" (Night and Fog Decree), 1941; - Nazi...

File Number : 325

Type of Material : Research Article, Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Rabbi Dr. Neufeld, prison chaplain in Elbing, Germany, 1933-1938

Testimony of Rabbi Dr. Neufeld, prison chaplain in Elbing, Germany, 1933-1938 - The role of the prison chaplain before the Nazi rise to power; duties of Rabbi Dr. Neufeld before the takeover by the Nazis; almost no changes within the penal system in January 1933, but changes within the legal system; - Forced transfer of people unacceptable to the regime (political opponents, people who violated the Nuremberg Laws) from the independent city of Danzig to Elbing, Germany, by the Gestapo, in order to place them under German jurisdiction; threats of violent transfer in case of refusal; - Detention of...

File Number : 37

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Documentation relating to the activities of Joseph Georges Cohen and Samuel Rudetzki with the OJC in France and documentation concerning Fernande and Joseph Georges Cohen

Documentation relating to the activities of Joseph Georges Cohen and Samuel Rudetzki with the OJC in France and documentation concerning Fernande and Joseph Georges Cohen Personal documentation and certifications associated with Joseph Georges Cohen (pseudonym: George Lefebvre) (scan): - forged ID card of Georges Cohen, issued on April 4, 1943, in Avignon on the name of George Lefebvre, born on January 11, 1907, in Bône, Algeria; - certification of residence, issued by the mayor of Gavarret-sur-Aulouste, confirming that Georges Lefebvre lived in Gavarret-sur-Aulouste from May 20, 1943, to February 14,...

File Number : 605

Type of Material : Identity Card, Application, Research Article, Personal Records, Certification, Membership Cards, Document, Declaration, Speech, Personal Documents

Language : French