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Documentation regarding secret limitations during the implementation of orders of the Wehrmacht and the Department for Labor Deployment of Jews in the German Reich, 1940-1941

Documentation regarding secret limitations during the implementation of orders of the Wehrmacht and the Department for Labor Deployment of Jews in the German Reich, 1940-1941 Pages 2-13: Secret provisions imposed on companies during the implementation of orders of the Wehrmacht, and a note that it is forbidden for foreigners, stateless persons and Jews to deal with Wehrmacht orders, except in exceptional cases (page 4), after February 1940; Pages 14-16, 21-25 Correspondence between the Reich Labor Minister, the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces), the Wehrwirtschafts- und...

File Number : 748

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Letter(s), Correspondence, Laws and Decrees, Note

Language : German

Criminal case against Max Bernhard Grautstück from the Berlin Gestapo, accused of being responsible for the arrest of the mixed family Vogel from Berlin in 1942 and the deportation of Elisabeth and Gerd-Wilhelm Vogel to Auschwitz, Paderborn 1951 Erich Vogel was an "Aryan" married with the Jewish woman Elisabeth Vogel (nee Kaufmann). Their son was "Mischling 1. Grades" ("first level hybrid") according to the Nuremberg Laws.Max Bernhard Grautstueck, employee of the Gestapo and for years at the Stapoleitstelle Berlin, Judendezernat (Jewish Department), arrested the Vogel family in Berlin because of contempt...

File Number : 204

Language : German

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 26 August 1949

Legal documentation from the trial of German Army Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, held in the British Military Court in Hamburg, 26 August 1949 Important note: “Page 281”, "Page 282” and “Page 283” are missing.As follows, Exhibit 26 is also missing. Court Ruling on admissibility of the Commission: The court has decided to admit the evidence. (p. 4) Notes by senior prosecutor Sir Arthur Comyns-Carr to the evidence presented in the following. (pp. 5-6) Exhibit 1: Cert. of Major Coogan (19/11/1945): Discussion between the senior prosecutor, Mr. Silkin (Lawyer) and the President, regarding the...

File Number : 4

Type of Material : Legal Documentation, Names of Perpetrators, Indictment

Language : English

Letter to Chaim Rumkowski in Lodz containing confirmation of the distribution of food to the members of the Jewish police force, 28 September 1940

Letter to Chaim Rumkowski in Lodz containing confirmation of the distribution of food to the members of the Jewish police force, 28 September 1940 In the letter, signed by Rubin [?] there is confirmation of the weekly distribution food to Neumann for 35 Orpo (Order Police) policemen. Also in the file: Notice regarding the confiscation of the contents of the shop belonging to Sura Jakubowicz by the Kripo, 12 November 1940.

File Number : 270

Type of Material : Letter

Language : German, Yiddish

Chronicle and daily reports from the Lodz Ghetto, 02 March 1942, 10 April 1942, 11-30 August 1942 and March 1944

Chronicle and daily reports from the Lodz Ghetto, 02 March 1942, 10 April 1942, 11-30 August 1942 and March 1944 - Excerpts from the chronicle of the Lodz Ghetto (in Polish): 02 March 1942 (pp. 2-5), 10 April 1942 (pp. 6-7), 11 August 1942 (pp. 8-11); - Daily reports regarding various events, including crimes, killing of smugglers, suicides, arrests, deportation of Jews to the Lodz Ghetto from other places, deportations to camps; changes of personnel in the administration; food rationing; prices of items in the market; deaths and births; the weather; the sanitation situation and mortality (in...

File Number : 288

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Documentation

Language : Polish, German

Official documentation of directives from the SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt (WVHA - SS Main Economic and Administrative Department) to all the major concentration camps regarding punitive measures for false statements that could have detrimental effects on the armament industry and the defense economy, 28 April 1942-27 May 1943 Circulars, signed by SS officer Arthur Liebehenschel and referring to Albert Speer as its initiator, threaten to severely punish people for false statements regarding the need for armaments and other important defense requirements; such statements are bound to negatively affect...

File Number : 385

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Original Document

Language : German

Reports regarding the looting and destruction of the main synagogue in Gnesen, the confiscation of Polish houses in Posen for the benefit of ethnic Germans (Volksdeutsche) from the Baltic States, the establishment of a new administrative structure in Posen, and a review of the economic, fiscal, cultural, sanitary and housing situation in Posen, October-November 1939 Included in the file are reports regarding the: - Attack on the synagogue of Gnesen, 08 October 1939; confiscation of the silver and other items of value, by the SD; the valuables are brought to Posen (no further details); looting of the...

File Number : 96

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of Jakob Lauber, born in Krakow 1909, regarding his experiences in Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen, Mauthausen, Schlier-Redl-Zipf and Ebensee, highlighting his work in the "Operation Bernhard" forced labor team for producing counterfeit British and American money

Testimony of Jakob Lauber, born in Krakow, Poland, 1909, regarding his experiences in Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen, Mauthausen, the Schlier-Redl-Zipf camp and the Ebensee camp, with emphasis on his work in the Operation Bernhard forced labor team producing counterfeit British and American money - Murder of his entire family, including his wife and child, a total of 37 people; arrest in Krakow on 11 September 1939; deportation to Buchenwald; selected for participation in Operation Bernhard due to his profession as an illustrator, 1942; deportation to Sachsenhausen; assignment to a counterfeiting group along...

File Number : 171

Type of Material : Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : German

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Type of Material : Statistical Data, Survey Report, Official Documentation

Language : German

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File Number : 338

Type of Material : Legal Documentation

Language : German

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