Documents of the Holocaust - Germany and Austria

Document 1

The Program of the National-Socialist (Nazi) German Workers' Party

Document 2

Anti-Jewish Plans of the Nazis Published Before Their Rise to Power

Document 3

The National-Socialist Party and the German National (Conservative) Party, Essay by Hitler, 1922

Document 4

Extracts from Mein Kampf by Hitler

Document 5

Extracts from Hitler's Zweites Buch

Document 6

Results of Elections to the German Reichstag, 1919-1933

Document 7

Organization of the Anti-Jewish Boycott of April 1, 1933-Instructions Given by the National-Socialist Party

Document 8

From Goebbels' Diary on the Boycott

Document 9

Exchange of Letters Between Hindenburg and Hitler Concerning the Status of Jews Who Served in the German Army

Document 10

Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, April 7, 1933

Document 11

First Regulation for the Implementation of the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, April 11, 1933

Document 12

Instructions by the Minister of Economics on the Position of Jews in German Trade, September 1933

Document 13

Proposal by Frank for a Pause in Anti-Jewish Agitation

Document 14

"Wear It with pride, The Yellow Badge," Article by Robert Weltsch

Document 15

Proclamation by the Central Committee of German Jews for Relief and Reconstruction

Document 16

The Position of the German Jews, As Seen by Alfred Wiener, of the Leadership of the Centralverein

Document 17

Martin Buber on the Tasks of the Center for Jewish Adult Education

Document 18

Activities of the Study Institute for Jewish Adult Education

Document 19

Chaim Arlosoroff on the Need for Ha'avara

Document 20

Regulations by the German Ministry of Economics of August 1933, Concerning Conditions for Ha'avara

Document 21

Proclamation of the (New) Reichsvertretung, September 1933

Document 22

Memorandum from the Organization of Independent Orthodox Communities to the German Chancellor, October 1933

Document 23

Request of the Reich Union of Jewish Veterans for the Coopting of Former Jewish Front-Soldiers for Duties in the German Reich, October 1933

Document 24

Instruction for Jewish Public Elementary Schools, January 1934

Document 25

The German Authorities and the Cultural Association of German Jews

Document 26

Activities of the Cultural Association of German Jews

Document 27

Activities of the Hilfsverein in the Field of Emigration

Document 28

Report on the Activities of the Hilfsverein in the Year 1933

Document 29

Protest of the Reichvertretung Against the Refusal to Include Jews in the Wehrmacht, March 1935

Document 30

Recommendation by Schacht to Prevent Damage to Jewish Places of Business, June 1935

Document 31

The Leadership of the German Government on the Effect on the Economy of German Policy Towards the Jews, August 1935

Document 32

Nuremberg Laws on Reich Citizenship, September 15, 1935

Document 33

Nuremberg Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor, September 15, 1935

Document 34

First Regulation to the Reich Citizenship Law, November 14, 1935

Document 35

Extracts from Hitler's Speech in the Reichstag on the Nuremberg Laws, September 1935

Document 36

Extract from Hitler's Speech on the Importance of the Nuremberg Laws, at a Meeting of Party Leaders

Document 37

Comment in the German News Agency on the Nuremberg Laws

Document 38

Response of the Reichsvertretung to the Nuremberg Laws

Document 39

Prayer Composed by Rabbi Leo Baeck for All Jewish Communities in Germany for the Eve of the Day of Atonement, October 10, 1935

Document 40

Extract from a Memorandum by Hitler on the Tasks of the Four-Year Plan, 1936

Document 41

Second Regulation for the Law on the Reunification of Austria with the German Reich, March 18, 1938

Document 42

Abolition of the Legal Status of the Jewish Communities, March 1938

Document 43

The Situation of the Jews in Austria, April 1938

Document 44

Eichmann Takes Control of Jewish Life in Austria

Document 45

Decisions Taken at the Evian Conference on Jewish Refugees, July 1938

Document 46

Regulation Requiring Jews to Change Their Names, August 1938

Document 47

Establishment of the Central Office for Jewish Emigration in Vienna, August 1938

Document 48

First Attempt of the Nazi Party to Expel Viennese Jewry, October 1938

Document 49

Riots of Kristallnacht Heydrich's Instructions, November 1938

Document 50

Description of the Riot at Dinslaken

Document 51

Discussions by the Authorities Following Kristallnacht

Document 52

Regulation for the Elimination of the Jews from the Economic Life of Germany, November 12, 1938

Document 53

Regulation for the Payment of an Expiation Fine by Jews Who Are German Subjects, November 12, 1938

Document 54

SS Views on the Solution of the Jewish Question

Document 55

Letter Describing the Deportation to Zbaszyn, December 1938

Document 56

Emmanuel Ringelblum's Notes on the Refugees in Zbaszyn

Document 57

Establishment of the Reich Central Office for Jewish Emigration, January 1939

Document 58

German Foreign Ministry Memorandum on Policy Regarding Jews in 1938

Document 59

Extract from the Speech by Hitler, January 30, 1939

Document 60

Appeal by Laewenherz for the Renewal of Religious Services in Vienna

Document 61

Eichmann Protects the Status of the Vienna Jewish Community in Order to Facilitate Emigration

Document 62

The Establishment of the Reichsvereinigung, July 1939

Document 63

Deportation of Jews from Austria to Nisko (Lublin), October 1939

Document 64

Instructions for the Deportation of the Jews from the Palatinate (Pfalz), October 1940

Document 65

Cases of Suicide to Escape Deportation

Document 66

Youth Aliya School in Vienna, 1940

Document 67

The Situation of the Jews in Germany in the Summer of 1941

Document 68

Order Banning the Emigration of Jews from the Reich, October 1941

Document 69

The Last Days of the Zionist Youth Movement in Germany, 1942

Document 70

Responsa by Rabbis in Germany During 1943

Document 71

Eichmann Informs the Jews on Deportations from Austria and on the Theresienstadt Ghetto

Document 72

From Hitler's Testament

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