Overview
- Description
- Contains a unique set of records documenting the cases of non-Jewish Germans who helped Jews hide. The collection contains unique stories of hiding of Jews in the West Berlin area through testimonies from helpers and survivors, including investigation if the information could be verified. The collection is a result of an early attempt and initiative of the Berlin senate between 1958-1966 to honor helpers in the Berlin area, on instigation of the Berlin Minister of Interior, Joachim Lippschitz. 1500 files were created which precedes Yad Vashem's Righteous Among the Nations Initiative. It gives a unique insight into the diverse motives of helpers and their relationship with those they did hide.
- Alternate Title
- Silent Heroes
- Date
-
inclusive:
1958-1966
- Reference
- Article with links to the records: http://www.landesarchiv-berlin.de/php-bestand/anzeige.php?edit=20274&anzeige=A%20Rep.%20078
Riffel, Dennis: Unbesungene Helden. Die Ehrungsinitiative des Berliner Senats 1958-1966, Berlin 2007.
Amtsblatt für Berlin, Jg. 1 ff., Berlin (West) 1951 ff.
Ribbe, Wolfgang: Berlin 1945-2000. Grundzüge der Stadtgeschichte, Berlin 2002 (= Kleine Schriftenreihe der Historischen Kommission zu Berlin, H. 6).
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Testimonies. Registers.
- Extent
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63 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
digital images.
- System of Arrangement
- Case files of individuals arranged in alphabetical order, A-Z.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. Users are required to complete and sign a User Declaration in order to gain access to the collection.
- Conditions on Use
- These files may contain personal, partly intimate information on various persons. If these persons were born less than 90 years ago or died less than ten years ago, their personal data need to be protected. Users are obliged to treat these data confidentially and to refrain from sharing copies they might produce with third parties. If used in publications, personal information is to be anonymized. The copies of published books or articles based on these records should be sent to the State Archive Berlin (Landesarchiv Berlin). No reproduction of microfilms for third parties, or publication of documents without written consent by Landesarchiv Berlin.
- Copyright Holder
- Landesarchiv Berlin
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Germany--Berlin. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Germany--Berlin. Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War) Jews--Germany--Berlin--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Berlin--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Berlin (Germany)--Ethnic relations. Berlin (Germany : West).--Senat.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Landesarchiv Berlin
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Landesarchiv Berlin, Germany, A Rep. 078. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in November 2016.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:54:20
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn86335
Additional Resources
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- See Rights and Restrictions
- Terms of Use
- This record is digitized but cannot be downloaded online.
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-
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