Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Verdict handed down against Max Merten regarding the annihilation of the Jews of Saloniki, along with a review and newspaper clippings regarding the trial, 1959-1961
Also in the file:
- Two letters from Miriam Novitz to B. Sagalowitz on this subject, 1959.
File Number : 135
Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Letter, Legal Documentation, Survey Report, Sentence
Documentation regarding the activities of Hans Globke
- Letters and testimonies regarding the role of Hans Globke in revoking the Jews' citizenships;
- Research by the historian Jenő Lévai regarding the visit of Globke in Budapest in order to expedite the activation of the anti-Jewish laws in Hungary;
Included in the file:
- List of Jewish first names, written by Globke;
- Excerpt from a testimony provided by Max Merten regarding Globke's activities, 24 March 1961;
- Various photographs.
Letter from Max Merten to the community in Thessaloniki notifying that in view of the escape of the Jewish physician, Dr. Cuenos, 25 Jews are to be taken hostage and will be executed by shooting in the event that the Jews violate any order, 21/03/1943
Letter from Max Marten, the Military Governor in Thessaloniki regarding the expansion of the area under the Thessaloniki community's jurisdiction so that it covers the entire territory of the Military Governor, 13 February 1941
Notification regarding the receipt of detailed instructions for future use from the Security Police and the SD.
Directives from Max Marten to the Jewish community in Thessaloniki regarding the Jews wearing a yellow badge and marking their shops, from 25 February 1943, sent 06 February 1943
Deportation of the Jews to a special residential quarter at their own expense.
Testimony of Max Marten during his trial in Athens regarding Eichmann's activities, 27 February 1959
Eichmann's visit to Thessaloniki, January 1943; Eichmann's participation in a meeting regarding the extermination of the Jews of Thessaloniki; Eichmann's rejecting the request to postpone carrying out the deportation; Eichmann sending Dieter Wisliceny and Alois Brunner to carry out his plan.
Directive issued by Dieter Wisliceny to Grand Rabbi Dr. Zvi Koretz following the order issued by Dr. Max Merten regarding collection first of the cash and bank accounts of the deported Jews, 15 March 1943
Leaving of the property under the supervision of the community.
Letter from Dr. Max Merten to Grand Rabbi Dr. Zvi Koretz with an order regarding the collection of all the money and valuable items in the possession of the Jews, 13 March 1943