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Memoirs of Edith (Koenigsberger) Dietz, born in Giessen, Germany, 1921, regarding her experiences in Germany, 1933-1943

Memoirs of Edith (Koenigsberger) Dietz, born in Giessen, Germany, 1921, regarding her experiences in Germany, 1933-1943 Pp. 2-16, 20-181: Nazi rise to power, 1933; death of her father approximately three months later; displays of antisemitism against her family, including placing of SA sentries outside her family's shop and hate speeches against Jews at school, 1934; leaving school due to antisemitism; attending a school for housekeeping in Hamburg; life with a Jewish family in Cologne; joining Werkleute, the Zionist youth movement, 1935; return to Bad Ems; order to close the family shop; forced...

File Number : 3282

Type of Material : Reports, Correspondence, Letter(s), Memoirs

Language : German

Memoirs of W. Buchheim, principal of a Jewish public school in Dortmund, Germany, regarding his experiences in Germany, 1933-1939

Memoirs of W. Buchheim, principal of a Jewish public school in Dortmund, Germany, regarding his experiences in Germany, 1933-1939 The situation at the Jewish school in Dortmund: - Teachers in the years 1933-1939; - Problems with non-Jewish teachers at the school and the ban on their teaching Jewish children; - Cancellation of financial grants for Jewish students; - Ban on swimming lessons at the public swimming pool, 1937, - Ban on museum visits; - Withdrawal of the school garden by the municipal authority, 1937; - Ban on lending film equipment and films, 1938; - Admission of non-local...

File Number : 2792

Type of Material : Memoirs, Excerpt(s)

Language : German

Documentation regarding the fate of the Hollaender family from Naumburg, Germany, 1933-1942, and the fate of Ludwig Marum from Karlsruhe, Germany, his detention at Kislau concentration camp and his death there, 1933-1934 Page 2: Letter from the Domstift Naumburg (Naumburg Cathedral foundation) to Elizabeth Marum Lunau, New York, containing a short curriculum vitae of Peter Hollaender, born in Naumburg, Germany, 03 August 1919, his father Otto Hollaeneder, born in Naumburg, 13 August 1888, and Dr. Ludwig Hollaender, Otto's father, born in Burghersdorp, South Africa, 02 May 1858, letter sent, 06 July...

File Number : 2644

Type of Material : Testimony, Letter, Official Documentation, Note

Language : German

Testimony of Dr. Rosa Dukas, born in Sulzberg Allgaeu, Germany, 1889, regarding her experiences and observations in Berlin, early 1933

Testimony of Dr. Rosa Dukas, born in Sulzberg Allgaeu, Germany, 1889, regarding her experiences and observations in Berlin, early 1933 In the file: - Report by Dr. Ball-Kaduri accompanying the testimony of Dr. Rosa Dukas regarding her experiences and observations in Berlin, early 1933, November 1960 (p. 2); - Testimony of Dr. Rosa Dukas regarding her experiences and observations during the first weeks and months of the Nazi regime in Berlin, in particular the beginning of the persecution of the Jews, submitted 18 November 1960; - The attitude of the population (including religious Christian...

File Number : 299

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Dr. Leo Landau, born in Przemysl, Poland, 1891, regarding his experiences in Vienna

Testimony of Dr. Leo Landau, born in Przemysl, Poland, 1891, regarding his experiences in Vienna - Jewish political parties; separation of the Polish Jews from the Hungarian majority, 1890; anti-Zionist attitude among the Polish Jewish community; election of Dr. Landau to the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien(IKG-Vienna Jewish Community) board, 1928; struggles of Dr. Joseph Loewenherz in his capacity as the Amtsdirektor (Office Director); organization of the Jewish community in Vienna and its different departments; help and relief for refugees from Germany, 1933-1938; - SA visit to the synagogue, summons...

File Number : 244

Type of Material : Photograph, Official Documentation, Testimony, Letter(s)

Language : Hebrew, German

A history of Zionist activity in Germany, 1933-1938

A history of Zionist activity in Germany, 1933-1938 Also in the file: - Outlines for unfinished books; - Zionism in Germany (1930-1932); - Zionist activity in Germany, 1933-1938; - Jewish politics under the new regime (the Nazi regime).

File Number : 110

Type of Material : Original, Official Documentation, Testimony, Draft, Manuscript

Language : German

Testimony of Dr. Max Plaut, born in Sorau, Germany, 1901, regarding the Jewish community of Hamburg, 1933-1943

Testimony of Dr. Max Plaut, born in Sorau, Germany, 1901, regarding the Jewish community of Hamburg, 1933-1943 - Founding of the Gesellschaft fuer juedische Kunst und Wissenschaft (Society for Jewish Art and Science), 1933; absorption by the Juedischer Kulturbund (Jewish Cultural Federation), 1939; support of illegal emigration by the consulates and the Hamburg Gestapo; forgery of documents regarding religion and profession in order to receive visas from various countries; - First "Akctions" against Jewish lodges: detention of board members by the Gestapo for one day, confiscation of the lodges' assets,...

File Number : 54

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Hans Block, Hannover, Germany, regarding his experiences in Buchenwald, 1938

Testimony of Hans Block, Hannover, Germany, regarding his experiences in Buchenwald, 1938 - Long-term planning of Kristallnacht (the November "Aktion"); billion Reichmark atonement contribution levied on the Jews by Himmler and Heydrich; arrest of the witness, 10 November 1938; detention at the Hardenbergstrasse police prison; searches of houses; confiscation of valuables; deportation to Weimar by train; transfer to Buchenwald by bus, 11 November 1938; - Abuse of the inmates; housing of approximately 12,000 Jews in five wooden barracks, 2,400 people in each barrack in 6 layers, one above the other; roll...

File Number : 49

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Testimony

Language : German

Memoirs of Jenny Bohrer, wife of Rabbi Dr. Markus Mordechai Bohrer, the last Rabbi of Gailingen, Germany, regarding her experiences in Gailingen, 1933-1938

Memoirs of Jenny Bohrer, wife of Rabbi Dr. Markus Mordechai Bohrer, the last Rabbi of Gailingen, Germany, regarding her experiences in Gailingen, 1933-1938 - Location of Gailingen on the border with Switzerland; after 01 April 1933 border crossing only possible with a visa; almost daily house searches because of the different visitors at the rabbi's house; frequent interrogations of Rabbi Bohrer at the police station for various reasons, 1933; arranging of an escort for an acquaintance’s crossing to Swiss territory by the rabbi; successful border crossing by the acquaintance, mention of the rabbi's name...

File Number : 44

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Memoirs

Language : Hebrew, German

Testimony of Dr. Fritz Ball, Berlin, regarding his detention in a Gestapo cellar, March 1933

Testimony of Dr. Fritz Ball, Berlin, regarding his detention in a Gestapo cellar, March 1933 - Nazi rise to power; first arrests of opponents and Jews, January 1933; abduction and shooting of six Jews, initiated by Heines, the Gauleiter of Silesia; first emigrations with the possibility of shipping property on payment of a large Reichsfluchtsteuer (tax for leaving the country); - Arrest of Dr. Ball by SA men; transfer to barracks close to the Tempelhof station; interrogation by SA men, including mockery, death threats, abuse, 30 March 1933; imprisonment in a dark room in the cellar of the barracks...

File Number : 41

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Memoirs

Language : German

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