Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Various documents and newspaper clippings

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Various documents and newspaper clippings 

Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Various documents and newspaper clippings 

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Benjamin Sagalowitz Archive: Various documents and newspaper clippings: In the file: Three notebooks with the number of Jews and non-Jews residing at various locations in Poland, according to the 1925 and 1931 censuses; Pp. 1-10: Excerpt from a charge sheet against an unidentified Nazi criminal, including remarks relating to the list of prosecution exhibits and legal comments regarding paragraphs of the charge sheet (without the actual list or paragraphs). The undated material concerns the German occupation of Poland and Operation Barbarossa; Pp. 11-14: Undated advertisements, probably from during the war, for the book ‘Die Zukunft der Freiheit’, by Herrmann Steinhausen, published in Zurich, and for the book 'Humanitaet und Staatsidee' by Karl Sturzenegger, published in Lucerne; Pp. 15-16: Description of the harsh conditions in Vilna and Warsaw and the execution of Prof. Schorr appearing in a publication of the Jewish Central Information Office in Amsterdam, 24 October 1939; Pp. 17-24: German correspondence regarding the plan to put Grynszpan on trial in France, April-May 1942; P.25: A document prepared by Braeutigam on Soviet propaganda, October 1942 (from the Nuremberg Trials material); Pp. 26-35: German documents on German activity in North Africa, mainly Tunisia, December 1942 (from the Nuremberg Trials material); Pp. 36-41: Report by Red Cross representative Dr. Junod following a visit to Berlin and a meeting with members of the German Foreign Ministry (including Rademacher and Luther), 30 December 1942; Pp. 42-59: Protocol from the Nuremberg Trials including a discussion with Dr. Mayer regarding the responsibility of the Nazi war criminals for their deeds as opposed to the claim that they had just followed orders; Pp. 60-82: Charge sheet against Fritz Erich von Manstein, detailing war crimes he had committed, signed by Col. Ranc, commander of field hospital No. 94 in Hamburg, 24 May 1949; Pp. 83-84: SIG (Union of Jewish Communities in Switzerland) memorandum regarding legal options open to its defenders against attacks on the Jewish public, 04 February 1947; P. 85: Letter to Georg Guggenheim, president of the SIG Committee for Combating Antisemitism regarding sources of information on the extermination of Dutch Jews, 23 April 1951; Pp. 86-87: Letter to Sagalowitz from the head of the press office of the Hamburg State regarding clearing the reputation of Harlan Veit, the cinema personality, in light of public and legal accusations about his collaboration with the Nazis, 09 February 1952; Pp. 88-89: Excerpt from the book, 'Der Wahrheit eine Gasse', by Franz von Papen, published in 1952; Pp. 90-95: Report by the Arani publishing house in Berlin presenting its stand regarding the legal charge against the publishing house by former ambassador Emil von Rintelen, following the mention of his name in 'Das Dritte Reich und seine Diener', by Leon Poliakov and Josef Wulf, a book it had published. In the book, the former ambassador had been accused of aiding in the deportation of Romanian Jews. The publishing house report includes excerpts from Foreign Ministry documents regarding von Rintelen's activity as a supporter of deportation of Jews. The report was sent with a cover letter to SIG, 31 January, 1957; Pp. 96-97: Two pages from the Swiss-Jewish periodical"Israel Wochenblat", 14 April 1961, reviewing a meeting of CJA (Christlich-Juedischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft in Die Schweitz); Pp.98: Excerpt from the culture section of the"Neue Zuericher Zeitun" 20 January 1963, with a translation into German by Paul Ceylan of the poem, ‘Babi Yar’, by Yevgeny Yevtushenko; an information sheet is attached; P. 99: Excerpt from the Nuremberg Trials, in which an order by Keitel from December 1942 declaring war without compromise against the partisans was read. The order directs the soldiers to act without mercy even against women and children; P.100: Newspaper clipping from the"Juedische Rundscha" regarding the new reparations law, 1955; P.101: Postcard, dated 18 February 1949, from Judge Max Gurny to an unknown addressee; Pp.102-104: Documents with handwritten comments.