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Essay on the strategy of the chess game by Dawid Przepiorka, a Polish Jewish chess player who was murdered in Palmiry in 1940

Essay on the strategy of the chess game by Dawid Przepiorka, a Polish Jewish chess player who was murdered in Palmiry in 1940 Essay written by Przepiorka on the strategy of the chess game; Decision of the arbitration court on the dormant bank accounts in Switzerland relating to the transfer of the essay to his niece Irene Rudnianski Rubin; Ticket to a simultaneous game under the management of Dawid Przepiorka in Montreux, 20 February 1916; Safeguarding of the letter in a Swiss bank safe for more than 60 years.

File Number : 1161

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Manuscript, Official Documentation

Language : Polish, French, English, German

Collection of the Gezantschap in Zwitserland (Consulate of the Netherlands) in Bern, Switzerland, 1939-1947

Collection of the Gezantschap in Zwitserland (Consulate of the Netherlands) in Bern, Switzerland, 1939-1947 Included in the collection: Official documentation of the Gezantschap in Zwitserland regarding food parcels to Jews in Poland in 1944; Documents regarding the evacuation of Jews to locations overseas, 1943-1945; Documents regarding Jewish refugees, 1942-1943; Documents regarding the exchange of Jews for Germans, dated, 1939-1947; Documents regarding the diamond industry in the Netherlands, 1939-1947; Lists of refugees from the Netherlands, 1939-1947; Testimonies regarding Theresienstadt,...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : English, Dutch, German

List of Jews with Swiss bank accounts during World War II, prepared by the Claims Conference

List of Jews with Swiss bank accounts during World War II, prepared by the Claims Conference The list was published in The New York Times, 23/07/1997.

File Number : 288

Type of Material : List of Jews, Newspaper Clippings

Language : English

Correspondence of Chaim Pazner regarding his activities as representative of the Finance Ministry in Europe, Uruguay and Sweden, 1948-1961

Correspondence of Chaim Pazner regarding his activities as representative of the Finance Ministry in Europe, Uruguay and Sweden, 1948-1961 The file contains: Pages 1-13: Correspondence of Dr. Chaim Pazner, representing the Finance Ministry in Europe, Uruguay and Sweden, with members of the Finance Ministry in Israel regarding his activities, among others, of fundraising for the State of Israel, 1948; Pages 14-16: Letters of David Ben-Gurion to Dr. Pazner including directives to arrange funding for various purposes, 03 March 1948 and 9 June 1948; Pages 17-66: Correspondence of Chaim Pazner,...

File Number : 64

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Telegram, Note

Language : Hebrew, French, English, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Newspaper clippings mainly regarding Jews and the Holocaust, 1934-1965

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Newspaper clippings mainly regarding Jews and the Holocaust, 1934-1965 Among the clippings: - Article by Dr. Hans Buckheim regarding Rolf Hochhut's play, "The Deputy" ("Der Stellvertreter"), dealing with the role played by Pope Pius XII in the Holocaust (pp. 2-10); - Articles by Dr. Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich from Basel which appeared in the Swiss journal, "Christlich-Jeudischer Forum", October 1960 (pp.14-25); - Study by Josef Wolf regarding Raoul Wallenberg, which appeared in the supplement of the German weekly, "Das Parlament", 22 October 1958 (pp. 34-53); -...

File Number : 223

Type of Material : Newspaper, Booklet(s), Journal, Article, Brochure

Language : French, English, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Abandoned property in Switzerland belonging to Holocaust victims, 1952-1962

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Abandoned property in Switzerland belonging to Holocaust victims, 1952-1962 In the file: - Articles regarding the abandoned property in Switzerland published by B. Sagalowitz in the "Israelitisches Wochenblatt" newspaper, September-October 1952; - Drafts of other articles and handwritten notes; - Documentation regarding Swiss government policy regarding the abandoned property, including 1950s debates in the Swiss Parliament regarding compulsory registration by banks and other institutions, and a proposal made by Dr. Harald Huber, MP, 20 March 1957; - Copy of a letter...

File Number : 21

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Research Article, Newspaper Clippings

Language : German

A book by Karin S. Richter about her father, Otto Eisner, born in Bohutice in 1910, who perished in the Holocaust, and about the sequence of events regarding his Swiss bank account after the war

Book by Karin S. Richter in English translation; explanations and comments by the author are attached.

File Number : 821

Type of Material : Book

Language : English

Book written by Karin S. Richter about her father Otto Eisner, born in Bohutice in 1910, who perished in the Holocaust, and regarding issues related to his Swiss bank account after the war

File Number : 683

Type of Material : Book

Language : German

Documentation pertaining to the financial and commercial affairs of Nazi Germany

File Number : 710

Type of Material : Financial Records, Official Documentation

Language : French, Russian, German

Two documents related to the bank account of Otto Eisner, from Brno, Czechoslovakia; one document is undated and the other is from 2006; letter written by Karin Richter, the daughter of Otto Eisner, from Bayreuth, Germany, 12/07/2016 - Signature verification form regarding the signature of Otto Eisner, from the Swiss Bank Association in Zurich; - Translation to German of a letter of explanation from the Claims Resolution Tribunal office in New York, regarding the destruction of documents in Swiss banks; - Letter sent to the Yad Vashem Archives by Karin Richter, the daughter of Otto Eisner, regarding...

File Number : 1883

Type of Material : Administrative Documentation, Official Documentation, Letter

Language : English, German

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