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Threatening letter sent by Nazis in Dessau to Adolf and Helena Goldman, who lived in Dessau in 1937, demanding that they report to the crematorium for cremation of their bodies, drink a liter of oil to make the fire burn better and pay the cremation expenses in advance The letter was sent as if it had come from the administration of the crematorium in Dessau; the document is signed "Sargmann (the Undertaker)"; the letter was translated into Hebrew by Hillel Schechter.

File Number : 602

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German

Testimony of Benyamin Karl Levy, born in Pirmasens, Germany, 1915, regarding his experiences in Pirmasens, Teplice and Berlin until 1938

Testimony

Testimony of Benyamin Karl Levy, born in Pirmasens, Germany, 1915, regarding his experiences in Pirmasens, Teplice and Berlin until 1938 Life in Germany before the Nazi rise to power; activities in the Hebrew Scouts. Nazi rise to power, 1933; separation of the Jews from their surroundings; terror on the streets; displays of antisemitism; deportation of non-citizens to Poland; confiscation of licenses from Jewish physicians and lawyers; threatening letters to the witness' father from the Nazi party; move to aliya training of the Hechalutz movement in Teplice; move to aliya training in Yugoslavia; death of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Anonymous letter sent to Marie Pinkert in Brussels including threats, and other documents, 1942-1943

Anonymous letter sent to Marie Pinkert in Brussels including threats, and other documents, 1942-1943 Included in the file: - Yad Vashem Page of Testimony submitted in memory of Henri Pinkert; - Confirmation of receipt of a food parcel; - Confirmation of Pinkert's stay in Malines/ Mechelen camp, 23/08/1942-26/06/1943.

File Number : 1012

Type of Material : Letter, Personal Documents, Identity Card, Official Documentation

Language : French

Letter from Mr. Adrien Humblot regarding honoring the memory of his brother, Georges Humblot, who, as a French postal clerk, delayed the delivery of informing letters, 14 July 1993

Letter from Mr. Adrien Humblot regarding honoring the memory of his brother, Georges Humblot, who, as a French postal clerk, delayed the delivery of informing letters, 14 July 1993 Also in the file: - Certificate of appreciation in the name of Georges Humblot from the Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur (FFI- Interior French Forces) underground and the French PTT (Post, Telephone, Telegraph); - Clipping from the "Progres de Lyon" newspaper, 11 July 1993; - Covering letter [for the material] from the Righteous Among the Nations Department, Yad Vashem, 13 September 1993.

File Number : 438

Type of Material : Letter, Newspaper Clippings

Language : French

Trial against employees of the Gestapoleitstelle (Central Office) Berlin; Documentation by the RSHA and Jewish communities in the German Reich regarding the reprisals taken by the Gestapo against Berlin Jews following the arson against the propaganda exhibition "The Soviet Paradise" ("Das Sowjet-Paradies") in Berlin in May 1942 Official announcements made by the RSHA to the Jewish communities of Germany (Reichsvereinigung), Prague and Vienna, demanding the to inform the Jews in the Reich about the reprisals taken by Nazi authorities against Jews and threatening them with harsher measures in the future. The...

File Number : 162

Type of Material : Lists, List of Deportees, List of Murdered Jews, Legal Documentation

Language : German

Nazi postcards sent to Jakob Feibelmann in Memmingen by an anonymous Nazi in Memmingen, 1934 and documentation related to the family including a recipe book from 1835

Nazi postcards sent to Jakob Feibelmann in Memmingen by an anonymous Nazi in Memmingen, 1934 and documentation related to the family including a recipe book from 1835 Documentation related to Jakob Feibelmann: - Nazi postcards sent to Jakob Feibelmann in Memmingen by an anonymous Nazi in Memmingen, including harassment and threats, 1934; Documentation related to Erna (Guttman) Feiblelmann (the wife of Jakob Feibelmann): - Excerpt from a recipe book written by Yette Schwarz in 1835; the cook book was given to Cilli Guggenheimer in Osterberg in 1873, and then to Erna (Guttman) Feiblelmann, born in...

File Number : 719

Type of Material : Postcard, Documentary, Memoir Book

Language : German