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Testimony of Esther Ela (Kenig) Berkovitz, born in Ujfeherto, Hungary, 1924, regarding her experiences in Szerencs, Budapest, Satoraljaujhely and Auschwitz

Testimony

Testimony of Esther Ela (Kenig) Berkovitz, born in Ujfeherto, Hungary, 1924, regarding her experiences in Szerencs, Budapest, Satoraljaujhely and Auschwitz Life before the war; move to Szerencs, 1926. Life in Szerencs including anti-Jewish restrictions, 1940; yellow badge; curfew at night; displays of antisemitism; draft of her brothers to forced labor; escape to Budapest, 1944; escape to her family's home using forged documents, Pesach (April) 1944; transfer with Jews to the synagogue; deportation to Satoraljaujhely; life in Satoraljaujhely in her aunt's home; labor in a psychiatric hospital; deportation...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Collection of the Generalkommissariat für Verwaltung und Justiz (the German Office for Administration and Justice) in the Netherlands, 1940-1944

Collection of the Generalkommissariat für Verwaltung und Justiz (the German Office for Administration and Justice) in the Netherlands, 1940-1944 The Germans established a system for civil administration in 1940; Arthur Seyss-Inquart stood as the Reichskommissar - head of the civil administration; establishment of the Generalkommissariat für Verwaltung und Justiz (German Office for Administration and Justice) under Seyss-Inquart, and under the administration of Friedrich Wimmer in The Hague; among the office's functions were administration and justice: legislation, internal matters, justice, culture,...

Type of Material : Letter, Instruction, Correspondence, Reports, Circular

Language : Dutch, German

Collection of Hauptabteilung Inneres, the Department of the Interior of the Generalkommissariat für Verwaltung und Justiz in The Hague, 1940-1941

Collection of Hauptabteilung Inneres, the Department of the Interior of the Generalkommissariat für Verwaltung und Justiz in The Hague, 1940-1941 The Generalkommissariat für Verwaltung und Justiz (German Minister of Justice), Dr. Friedrich Wimmer, established the Hauptabteilung Inneres (Department of the Interior), which was subordinate to his office, in 1940; the department was headed by Dr. Carl Stüler at the start, and was headed by Dr. H. Krell later on; various departments operated under the Hauptabteilung Inneres, including the Abteilung innere Verwaltung; Dr. H. Calmeyer was appointed as the head of...

Type of Material : Correspondence, Statistical Reports, Announcement, Protocol, Circular, Reports, Instruction, List of Persecuted Persons, Official Documentation

Language : Dutch, German

Documentation regarding the persecution of Jews by the Nazis from the record group: Der Polizeipraesident in Berlin (The President of the Police in Berlin, in the postwar years), dated, 1933-1947

Documentation regarding the persecution of Jews by the Nazis from the record group: Der Polizeipraesident in Berlin (The President of the Police in Berlin, in the postwar years), dated, 1933-1947 The collection concerns materials from the division of the post-WWII Police force of Berlin (for materials regarding the Berlin Police under the Nazi regime, see collection 4423357 in "Sapir"). Following the order given by the Soviet City Commander of Berlin, the city's Police headquarters were re-established on 20 May 1945. Based on an order given by the Allied headquarters, special Police offices were set up in...

Type of Material : Record of Persecuted Persons, Official Documentation, Survey Report

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 Kinderrettungsverein of the Berliner Stadtmission in Berlin

Documentation from the Kinderrettungsverein of the Berliner Stadtmission in Berlin The Kinderrettungsverein (Child Rescue Association) was established in 1905 by the priest Wilhelm Pfeiffer, a priest at the Evangelist Innere Mission (Inner Mission) in Berlin. The Association was meant to care for children who were born out of wedlock in the large "Charite" hospital in Berlin. The Association also took care of orphans and half-orphaned children. The Association received custody over the children, took care of their education and vocational training, and attempted to find foster [adoptive] parents for them....

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Documentation from the Berlin Police Headquarters (Polizeipraesidium Berlin)

Documentation from the Berlin Police Headquarters (Polizeipraesidium Berlin) The Prussian city ordinance (Städteordnung) of 19 November 1808 provided for the establishment of a state police administration in the larger cities. Accordingly, a Royal Police headquarters (Königliches Polizeipräsidium) was built in Berlin on 25 March 1809, to which the existing state police department was linked. At the time the greater Berlin area included several independent townships. Berlin was not one large city and the police forces were divided. A law implemented on 13 June 1900 created the Provincial Police District of...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Questionnaire for a German civil servant, 1935 - 1945

Questionnaire for a German civil servant, 1935 - 1945 Template of a questionnaire includes question 4 regarding the German decent of the civil servant and his wife.

File Number : 164

Type of Material : Legal Documentation

Language : German

Memoirs of Sara Sarolta Wolf Drori regarding her experiences in Ungvar, Auschwitz and other places

Memoirs of Sara Sarolta Wolf Drori regarding her experiences in Ungvar, Auschwitz and other places Childhood in Ungvar. Deportation to the ghetto; deportation to Auschwitz; camp life; transfer to a labor camp [no mention of the name]; liberation by the Red Army. Return [to Ungvar]; aliya to Eretz Israel. Also in the file: - Copy of a school certificate; - Letter written by Binyamin Netanyahu.

File Number : 4941

Type of Material : Letter, Document, Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

Letter sent to the Reichskommissar Ostland (Reichs commissioner in Ostland) by the Reichsministerium fuer die besetzten Ostgebiete (Reichs Ministry for the Occupied Territories in the East), regarding the appointment of Referenten (Section managers) for Jewish Matters, 1942 Request by the Reichs Minister for the Occupied Territories in the East to appoint Referenten fuer Judenfragen (Section managers) for Jewish Matters, who will be subservient to the Rassenpolitischen Referenten (Section managers for Racial Affairs Policies); appointment to the position will be carried out by the Reichskommissaren (Reichs...

File Number : 177

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

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