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Memoirs of Jacob Jacobson, born in Schrimm, Poland, 1888, regarding his experiences in Berlin and Theresienstadt

Memoirs of Jacob Jacobson, born in Schrimm, Poland, 1888, regarding his experiences in Berlin and Theresienstadt Deportation from Berlin to Theresienstadt, 15 September 1942. His period of service as Director of the General Archives of the Jews of Germany. Also in the file: Red Cross letter received by the family in London, May 1944; letters he sent to the Reichssippenamt in Berlin regarding the translation into German of books and manuscripts in Hebrew, including a registry book of marriages, mohels (ritual circumcisers) and Chevra Kadisha (burial society); poem/song written by Walter Lindenbaum...

File Number : 8205

Type of Material : List, Letter, Newspaper Clippings, Documentary, Official Documentation, Poem/song, Memoirs

Language : German

Testimonies of Jewish victims and Nazi German defendants (1950-1968) in several trials conducted against former Gestapo officers, pre-trial hearings of witnesses in the trial against Otto Bovensiepen and other staff members at the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA) in Berlin (1969-1971), including pleas and vignettes about Adolf Eichmann Pre-trial hearings regarding deportation of Jews to extermination camps; interrogation of criminals, Jewish victims and others; general information regarding deportations from Berlin; this file includes documents from other proceedings against Nazi criminals; the...

File Number : 35

Type of Material : Testimony, Letter

Language : German

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Berlin Gestapo for deportation of Jews to extermination camps: Examination of former employees of the Berlin Gestapo, especially rearding the extent of knowledge of Gestapo employees regarding the fate of the deported Berlin Jews; Testimonies by Berlin Jewish survivors, 1967

Pre-trial hearings of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin for murder (deportation of Jews to extermination camps): Examination of former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin, especially rearding the extent of knowledge of Gestapoleitstelle former employees of the Gestapoleitstelle regarding the fate of the deported Berlin Jews; testimonies by Berlin Jewish survivors, 1967 Included in the file: - Testimonies of Jewish survivors from Berlin (including partners in mixed marriages, Mischlinge, Jewish Community workers, those who were in hiding), including...

File Number : 32

Type of Material : Testimony, Letter, Document(s)

Language : German

Documentation regarding the Hepner family, 1925-1997

Documentation regarding the Hepner family, 1925-1997 1. Photographs of two birth certificates: A. Certificate issued by the Munich Registry according to which Maria Karola Frieda Elisabeth (von Duhm) Hepner, the wife of the writer, Dr. Fritz Jakob Hepner, gave birth to a son, Christian Helmut, born 22 July 1924, dated 22 December 1925; B. Certificate issued by the Schrimm Registry according to which Minna Helena Sara Hepner was born to her Jewish parents, Rosa (Reisner) Hepner and Wilhelm Hepner, 30 August 1884, issued 24 December 1942; 2. Certificate issued by the Reichssippenamt (Reich Family...

File Number : 347

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony, Personal Documents, Record of Murdered Persons, Record of Deportees, Record of Persecuted Persons, Official Documentation

Language : English, German

Materials from the Reichssippenamt (Reich Genealogy Certification Office)

Materials from the Reichssippenamt (Reich Genealogy Certification Office) Included in the collection, among other documentation, are security photographs of the Registration Books (Matrikel und Personenstandsregister) of Jewish communities in Germany, prepared in winter 1944 by the Gatermann company in Duisburg-Hamborn - Part A of the materials, which includes a variety of personal documents of communities to the east of the Oder-Neisse Line (reels JM/22659 - JM/22668). In addition to these materials, the Record-Group also includes a collection of personal data of Jewish families that was collected in the...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German