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Collection of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC), 1935-1944

Collection of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC), 1935-1944 Documentation regarding help given by American Jews to Jews in Europe including financial support to refugees, acting as agents to obtain visas and immigration certificates from governments in Europe, help in obtaining consular services and in emigrating from Europe.

Type of Material : Survey Report, Correspondence, Statistics, Poster, Protocol, Circular

Language : French, English, Dutch, German

Interview conducted by Martin Ulmer (Historical Workshop in Tuebingen) with eyewitness Maria Schreiber, regarding her memories of the Jewish Hayum family from Tuebingen, as well as regarding the persecution of Jews in Tuebingen and Stuttgart in general Included in the file: 01 August 1991: Interview by Martin Ulmer (Tuebingen Historical Workshop) with eyewitness Maria Schreiber, regarding her memories of the Jewish family Hayum from Tuebingen; employment of Maria Schreiber's mother as a nanny for the Hayum family children, 1908-1913; emigration to the United States of some members of the Hayum family...

File Number : 4984

Type of Material : Interview(s)

Language : German

Memoirs of Arje Rubens, "So Hat Es Angefangen" ("It All Began This Way") regarding the story of a Jewish family from Berlin, 1933-1945

Memoirs of Arje Rubens, "So Hat Es Angefangen" ("It All Began This Way") regarding the story of a Jewish family from Berlin, 1933-1945 Included in the file: [1-Scanned File; 119 pages in German] [2- Memoirs of Arje (Walter) Rubens, titled "So Hat Es Angefangen" ("It All Began This Way"); written in narrative form, primarily from a collection of letters by his mother in Berlin, his uncle in Vienna and his brother in Prague as well as excerpts from his own diary; memoirs published in 1992; - Summary of family background, parents' family history; - Childhood in Berlin including encounters with...

File Number : 4740

Type of Material : Letter(s), Diary, Memoirs, Testimony, Photograph

Language : Hebrew, German

Memoirs of Gary Keins, titled "a journey through the valley of perdition", an eyewitness testimony on Jewish life in Poland during Nazi occupation, 1939-1945.

Memoirs of Gary Keins, titled "a journey through the valley of perdition", an eyewitness testimony on Jewish life in Poland during Nazi occupation, 1939-1945. This file contains: 07/1995 Foreword to the memoirs of Gary Keins, (page 2), Memoirs of Gary Keins, titled "a journey through the valley of perdition"; inter alia describing his prewar life in Upper Silesia and Poland; the German occupation of Poland; going underground and life in hiding under false identity; the living conditions in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation; his experiences in Zamosc, Cracow, Otwock and Lemberg (Lwow); about the...

File Number : 3211

Type of Material : Personal Records, Memoirs, Testimony, Personal Documents

Language : Polish, English

Essay prepared by Samuel Spatz regarding the history of the Jews of Rexingen, 1931

Essay prepared by Samuel Spatz regarding the history of the Jews of Rexingen, 1931 In the file: - Covering report prepared by Dr. Ball-Kaduri regarding the essay written by Senior Tenured Teacher Samuel Spatz in 1931 concerning the history of the Jews of Rexingen (p. 2), April 1960; - Essay written in 1931 by Senior Teacher Samuel Spatz regarding the history of the Jews of Rexingen, concentrating on the history of the Jewish community in the 18th and 19th centuries (pp. 3-10), 05 May 1931. Yad Vashem file card regarding the Samuel Spatz essay (p. 11).

File Number : 266

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, 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 : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : Hebrew, German

Reichsbund Juedischer Frontsoldaten (RJF-Reich Federation of Jewish Front Soldiers) documentation regarding its former vice chairman, Walter Callmann, born in Briesen, Germany, 1885

Reichsbund Juedischer Frontsoldaten (RJF-Reich Federation of Jewish Front Soldiers) documentation regarding its former vice chairman, Walter Callmann, born in Briesen, Germany, 1885 In the file: [File-4] - Postwar report by Walter Callmann regarding RJF activities, mainly concerning efforts to improve the legal status and living conditions of Jews in Nazi Germany, 1933-1939, (pp. 2-4); - Letter from Walter Callmann to Dr. Ball-Kaduri, containing a detailed autobiography, including among other items mentioned the fact that Callman fought in World War I, was awarded the Iron Cross First Class in 1916,...

File Number : 142

Type of Material : Survey Report, Photograph, Newspaper, Diploma, Personal Records, Curriculum Vitae (cv), Certification, Correspondence, Genealogy, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Documentation regarding the history of Jewish life in Hoya, Germany, until 1945

Documentation regarding the history of Jewish life in Hoya, Germany, until 1945 The file contains: Correspondence between the Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith (CV), Hannover district, and other Jewish organizations, related to the Jewish community in Hoya, 1921-1937. Excerpt from a verdict in a postwar trial against Nazi criminals for crimes against humanity related to the 1938 November pogrom in Hoya, 1951 Correspondence between Yad Vashem and representatives of the municipality of Hoya, related to the creation of the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany, including a...

File Number : 1550

Type of Material : Note, Names of Evacuees, Correspondence, Questionnaire, List of Jewish Community Members, List of Deportees, Statistics, List of Persecuted Persons, List of Jewish Residents, Research Literature, Excerpt(s)

Language : German

Documentation regarding the history of the Jewish community of Horn in Lippe, Germany, 1935-2001

Documentation regarding the history of the Jewish community of Horn in Lippe, Germany, 1935-2001 Correspondence between Yad Vashem and representatives of the municipality of Horn in Lippe related to the creation of the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany, 1961. List with names and personal data of Horn in Lippe Jews and the places they moved, immigrated or were deported to. Filled out Yad Vashem questionnaire. Historical articles and bibliographical references.

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Type of Material : Letter(s), Excerpt(s), Correspondence, List of Murdered Jews From Germany, Statistics, List of Jewish Community Members, Research Article, List of Jewish Residents, List of Persecuted Persons

Language : German

Documentation regarding the history of Jewish life in Holzminden, Germany, until 1945

Documentation regarding the history of Jewish life in Holzminden, Germany, until 1945 The file contains: Handwritten statistics regarding the Jews in the Duchy of Brunswick, 1875. Correspondence between the Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith (CV), Hannover district, and other Jewish organizations, related to the Jewish community in Holzminden, 1920-1936. Correspondence between Yad Vashem and representatives of the municipality of Holzminden, related to the creation of the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Germany, including a list with names and personal data of Holzminden...

File Number : 1547

Type of Material : Correspondence, Questionnaire, List of Jewish Residents, List of Persecuted Persons, List of Deportees, Statistics, List of Jewish Community Members, Note, Excerpt(s)

Language : German

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