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Testimony of Heini Chaim Bornstein, born in Basel, Switzerland, in 1920, about rescue operations in occupied Europe that were managed from Switzerland

Testimony

Testimony of Heini Chaim Bornstein, born in Basel, Switzerland, in 1920, about rescue operations in occupied Europe that were managed from Switzerland Participation in the World Jewish Congress in Geneva in August 1939; carrying out twenty-two relief and rescue operations in the Soviet Union, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Germany, Poland, and Slovakia in 1939–1946; helping refugees and youth-movement members; important activity with the Rescue Committee in Switzerland.

File Number : 13227

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Documentation from the trial of Ludwig Hahn, Kommandeure der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (Kds-SIPO and SD Headquarters) in Warsaw, 1944, on the charge of murder of Jews, held in the Hamburg Regional Court, November 1961-June 1962 Two documents (sent from Poland) from the office of "E.K.-Sicherheitspolizei, Kampfgruppe Reinefarth" [E.K.= Einsatzkommando], written in Warsaw on 21 and 22/08/1944, signed by Timm [SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer (captain)] containing reports on the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising; authenticity of the documents confirmed; Accompanying commentaries from 1961 containing a list of...

File Number : 54

Type of Material : Investigation Reports, Names of Perpetrators, Record of Persecuted Persons, Testimony, Record of Survivors, Legal Documentation, Official Documentation

Language : German

Articles that appeared in the Swiss press regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the pardoning of David Frankfurter, 1935-1948

Articles that appeared in the Swiss press regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the pardoning of David Frankfurter, 1935-1948 - Articles regarding German propaganda in Switzerland [run by] Wilhelm Gustloff and other emissaries from Germany after Gustloff's death including the sympathetic attitude of the Swiss authorities to the propaganda and to Germany (pp. 1-11), 1935; - Articles rediscussing these subjects (pp. 19, 21-25, 30-33, 90), 1944-1945; - Favoritism towards Germany shown by the Swiss authorities as expressed by non-transmission of information regarding Germans who were made to stand...

File Number : 14

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Article

Language : Italian, French, German

Reports and articles from the Swiss press regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1937

Reports and articles from the Swiss press regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1937 - Clippings from Swiss newspapers, some of them pro-German fascist newspapers (pp. 51-52, 54, 100-101); - Clippings from Swiss newspapers written in Italian (pp. 34-37, 53); - Newspaper clippings regarding the murder, the steps taken by the authorities and the limitations placed on Nazi activities in reaction to the murder (pp. 1-21, 34-41, 53, 55-84); - Newspaper clippings regarding the period of time between the murder and the trial (pp. 22-24, 54, 85, 86-91); -...

File Number : 13

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Article

Language : Italian, French, German

Newspaper articles regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1945-1977

Newspaper articles regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1945-1977 In the file there are five newspaper articles regarding the David Frankfurter Trial; the original foreign language (not Hebrew) title is appropriate for the first document only; Pages 1-4: "Politische Justiz (Political Trial)", article by Prof. Friedrich Grimm, published in the nationalist German newspaper, "Deutsche National- und Soldatenzeitung"; representation of Wilhelm Gustloff's widow in the civil law suit at the Frankfurter Trial by Grimm, 22 December 1967; Pages 5-6: "Der Fall Wilhelm...

File Number : 12

Type of Material : Article, Newspaper Clippings, Photograph, Film

Language : German

Newspaper reports, radio broadcasts and articles regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1937

Newspaper reports, radio broadcasts and articles regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1937 Pages 1-7: Auszuege (excerpts) from reports in German and non-German newspapers regarding the David Frankfurter Trial sent by the Jewish Central Information Office in Amsterdam to its subscribers; the Nazi propaganda before the trial; the direction of the Nazi report during the trial; the Nazi propaganda after the conviction; the Swiss press versus the Nazi propaganda orientation; reports in the Dutch press; reports in the Danish and Swedish press; reports in the Czech press;...

File Number : 10

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Article

Language : English, German, Yiddish

Newspaper articles regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1990

Newspaper articles regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1990 Four units including newspaper clippings in German regarding the Frankfurter Trial; the pages of the units have been numbered separately. Unit 1: - "Frankfurter Zeitung" reports regarding the murder, February 1936; - "Frankfurter Zeitung" reports regarding the trial, December 1936; Unit 2: - Pages 1-2- Untitled, undated article regarding the trial based on the memories of Prof. Friedrich Grimm from Germany, the expert on political criminal law, who helped the prosecution during the trial (in the...

File Number : 7

Type of Material : Survey Report, Article, Newspaper

Language : German

Documents regarding the David Frankfurter Trial including two speeches by the civil prosecution at the trial, the verdict and a psychological evaluation regarding Frankfurter, 1936-1944

Documents regarding the David Frankfurter Trial including two speeches by the civil prosecution at the trial, the verdict and a psychological evaluation regarding Frankfurter, 1936-1944 Pages 2-64: Speech made by Dr. Ursprung, the attorney who represented Wilhelm Gustloff's widow in the civil prosecution of David Frankfurter, 10 December 1936; Pages 65-86: Schlusswort Der Deutschen Prozessvertretung (Summation of the German Legal Representation) made by Prof. Grimm on behalf of Wilhelm Gustloff's widow, the plaintiff in the civil prosecution, 12 December 1936; Pages 87-136: Verdict handed down at...

File Number : 4

Type of Material : Speech, Sentence, Medical Documentation, Newspaper, Legal Documentation, Official Documentation

Language : German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Press clippings regarding Hans Globke, an Undersecretary of State in the Adenauer government in West Germany, and his past as a Nazi criminal, 1961-1964

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Press clippings regarding Hans Globke, an Undersecretary of State in the Adenauer government in West Germany, and his past as a Nazi criminal, 1961-1964 In the file: - Newspaper clippings from German and Swiss newspapers, regarding crimes committed by Globke when he was a jurist in the German Ministry of the Interior, his involvement in the racist legislation and policy of the office; newspaper clippings regarding opposition of Swiss citizens to Globke's intentions to settle in Switzerland at the end of his term as a minister, and his plans to live in a villa that his wife had...

File Number : 196

Type of Material : Booklet(s), Newspaper Clippings

Language : French, German

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Reactions to the screening of films directed by Veit Harlan, the German Nazi director who directed Jud Suess, 1943-1964

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Reactions to the screening of films directed by Veit Harlan, the German Nazi director who directed Jud Suess, 1943-1964 In the file: - Clippings from Swiss newspaper regarding reactions, mostly hostile, to the films; the debate focused mainly on demonstrations against the screening of Harlan's film, "Das Dritte Geschlaecht" (The Third Gender), which dealt with homosexuality. There are additional files dealing with this subject: Yad Vashem Archives P. 13/23; P. 13/24; P. 13/59; P. 13/60; P. 13/192 and P.13/193.

File Number : 194

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Film

Language : French, German

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