Europe

The Jewish People from Holocaust to Nationhood: Archives of the Central British Fund for Jewish Relief, 1933–60

This three-unit set is a collection of documents from the Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief. Documents include minutes from meetings that set in place relief efforts for German Jews as early as 1933, reports on the growing pressure to create an independent Jewish state, and post-war documents dealing with resettlement and restitution for those affected by Nazi actions.

pt. 1. Archives, files 1–110 (20 reels)

pt. 2. Archives, files 111–208 (19 reels)

pt. 3. Archives, files 209–341 (35 reels)

Nazi Propaganda Literature in the Library of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Source materials on modern German anti-semitism, national socialism, and the Holocaust. The collection of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research contains extensive collections of Nazi-German publications about Jews, Judaism, and the "Jewish Question". The vast majority of the collection dates from the Nazi period, although a substantial number of works were published during the Weimar Republic.

International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg, 1945–49). [Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 14 November 1945–1 October 1946]

On August 8, 1945, representatives of the USSR, France, the United States, and Great Britain signed the London Agreement that authorized the International Military Tribunal (IMT) to conduct a war crimes trial of Axis leaders. The IMT trial began on October 18, 1945, with 24 defendants all tried together.