Berlin Holocaust-Era Records

Radoszyce (Radoshitz), Częstochowa (Chenstochov), Kielce (Keltz), Końskie (Kinsk), Radomsko (Radomsk), Kłobuck (Klobutzk), Przedbórz (Pshedbosh), and nearby towns

47 Holocaust-era records for Berlin and related spellings.

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Częstochowa: Nasz Głos Powszechny” [“Our Common Voice”] (Częstochowa Polish-language Jewish newspaper; 1936, total of five issues), https://www.czestoch…sz-glos-powszechny/ [H]

ID	For details, visit this web site	Person	Surname from previous column	Issue number	Issue date	Page number	Comments
10008	https://www.cze…os-powszechny/	M. Berlin	BERLIN	4	Sunday, 19 July 1936	3	Eye specialist - advertisement

Częstochowa: Surviving Jews in Częstochowa, about 1945, World Jewish Congress (2503 persons) [H]

ID	Page number	Sequence number on far left	Given name	Surname	Year of birth	Present address [document published 1950]	Comments
10157	4	153	Eleonora	BERLIN	1908	Lodz

Jędrzejów: Matters Concerning the Jewish Population, 1939-1944, pages 1-49, zesp 1657, syg 485, part of Akta miasta Jędrzejowa (https://www.szukajwa…pol/-/zespol/113159); images: https://www.szukajwa…/jednostka/15204252 [H]

ID	Image file name(s)	Page(s)	Details regarding this material	Order number	Person(s)	Surname from previous column	Address	Notes (by translator / typist)
10084	21_1657_0_3_485.pdf	8	Header before this material: List of persons assigned to municipal work on 6 Feb 1940 [Wykaz osób wyznaczonych do pracy miejskiej dnia 6 lutego 1940 r.]	80	Lejzor Berlin	BERLIN	Dolna 2

Kielce: list of city council voters entitled to vote in the election of city councilors and their deputies 1939, syg 2373-2393 [H]

ID	District, syg, image folder	Image	Page number	Order number	Person	Surname from previous column	Street name	House number	Date of birth [day and month often not listed]	Living in the city since when?
10010	District 1, ward 1, syg 2373, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289786	21_122_0_-_2373_5_56023242.jpg	2	40	Icek Berlin	BERLIN	Focha	26	13 Apr 1901	1937
16857	District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289821	21_122_0_-_2387_14_56023841.jpg	10	428	Mindla Berlin	BERLIN	Siiniczna	5	7 Sep 1906	1932
16858	District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289821	21_122_0_-_2387_14_56023841.jpg	10	429	Aria Lejbus Berlin	BERLIN	Siiniczna	7	14 May 1908	1931
16859	District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289821	21_122_0_-_2387_14_56023841.jpg	10	430	Chaim Janes Berlin	BERLIN	Siiniczna	9	30 Jun 1898	1934
16860	District 6, ward 3, syg 2387, images at https://www.szu…ostka/16289821	21_122_0_-_2387_14_56023841.jpg	10	431	Chaja Liba Berlin	BERLIN	Siiniczna	9	6 Jan 1901	1934

Kielce synagogue: authorization for burial in the Jewish cemetery in Kielce, 1905-1935 (Załączniki do akt zgonu Okręgu Bożniczego Kielce); two images per record from Oct 1918 [H]

ID	Folder of images for this year	Image (perhaps also see image before and after)	Year	Akt number	Date of death	Town of death	Deceased's place of death	Deceased's name	Surname from previous column	Deceased's gender	Deceased's place of permanent residence	Deceased's age	Father of deceased	Surname from previous column	Mother of deceased	Surname from previous column	Spouse of deceased	Surname from previous column	Cause of death	Doctor	Other information	Comments by translator, typist, or proofer	Surname from previous two columns	Witness 1 name, age	Witness 1 surname	Witness 2 name, age	Witness 2 surname
10657	https://www.szu…ostka/16286542	21_122_0_-_2908_52_56026122.jpg	1914	49	30 May / 12 Jun 1914	Kielce	Kielce	Moszek Dawid Berlin	BERLIN	male	Kielce	78	Eliasz Berlin	BERLIN	Chaja [maiden name not listed]		widower		[not listed]	[not listed]
13781	https://www.szu…ostka/16291447	21_122_0_-_2918_401_56031576.jpg	1928	180	24 Nov 1928	Kielce	ulica St. Warszawskie Przedmiescie No. 25	Marjem-Bajla Płótno	PŁÓTNO	Female	Chęciny	38	Jankiel		Perla-Mandza née Berlin	BERLIN	Szmul		Heart defect	Komenda				Szmul-Zelik Trembacki 29		Janas Dziadek 36

Kłobuck Yizkor book (Sefer Klobutsk, 1960), all except necrology [H]

ID	Section of book	Subsection of book	Start page for this subsection	Web address	Name of person	Surname from previous column	Page on which this name appears	Notes	Surname from previous column
10332	The First World War and its Effects on Klobucker Jews	Memories of the First World War	78	https://www.jew…ck/klo075.html	Daughter Yaacov Fishel, wife Yaske Berlin	BERLIN	79	Killed in battle between Russian Cossacks and Germans in 1914
10333	The First World War and its Effects on Klobucker Jews	Memories of the First World War	78	https://www.jew…ck/klo075.html	Yaacov Fishel	FISHEL	79	Daughter was Yaske Berlin's wife	BERLIN
10334	The First World War and its Effects on Klobucker Jews	Memories of the First World War	78	https://www.jew…ck/klo075.html	Yaske Berlin	BERLIN	79	Wife was killed in battle between Russian Cossacks and Germans in 1914

Końskie: lists of industrial, commercial and craft enterprises 1941-1942, zesp 519, syg 425, 21_519_0_0_425.pdf; some translations created with https://translate.google.com; images: https://www.szukajwa…/jednostka/15091179 [H]

ID	Image file name	Page	Text at top of page before list of names	Header immediately before list	Other column, if any -- 1	Other column, if any -- 2	Order number	Owner of the store	Surname	Address	Type of company [if in this table]	Comments	Other column, if any -- 1	Other column, if any -- 2	Other column, if any -- 3	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10003	21_519_0_0_425	1	Komisarz miasta Końskie. / Końskie, dnia 29.IV.1940. / Nr. Ew/H/40. / Do Pana Starosty Powiatowego / w sprawie handlu materiałami włókienniczymi. / W wykonaniu polecenia z ania 24 Im.Nr.205., donoszę, że na tere nie tut. miasta w dniu 1.9.1939. były czynne następujące sklepy wzgl. handle materiałemi włókienniezymi lub ich przetworami, a mianowicie: [Commissioner of the city of Końskie. / Końskie, 29 Apr 1940. / No. Ew/H/40. / To the District Mayor / regarding trade in textile materials. / In compliance with the order from ania 24 Im.Nr.205., I report that on 1 Sep 1939 The following stores were open: trade in textile materials or their products, namely:]	I. sprzedaż towarów włókienniczych / łokciówka /. [sale of textiles / by yard.]			3.	Berek Berlin	BERLIN	ul. 3 Maja 4

Końskie: lists of issued industrial and commercial cards and correspondence in this matter, 1940-1941, zesp 519, syg 429; part of Akta miasta Końskie (https://www.szukajwa…pol/-/zespol/111989); images: https://www.szukajwa…/jednostka/15091183 [H]

ID	Image file name(s)	Page(s)	Details regarding this material	Person, business, etc.	Surname from previous column	Notes (by translator / typist)
10050	21_519_0_0_429.pdf	67	List of persons who operated businesses in 1940 and did not purchase registration cards for 1941 [Lista osób, które prowadziły przedsiębiorstwa w 1940 r., a nie wykupiły kart rejestracyjnych na 1941 r.]	10 Berek Berlin; type of industrial, commercial establishment, or occupation: sprzed. towarów bawełnianych [sale of cotton goods]; address: 3 Maja 4; comments: [none]	BERLIN

Końskie: registers of business registration cards / taxable businesses, 1940, syg 430, 21_519_0_0_430 [H]

ID	Year	Image file name	Page	Order number	[Date of receipt and number of registration card]	[Business: Name of owner (co-owner)]	Surname	Handwritten number after name, if any	Section part III appendix to article 7	Unknown meaning	[Date checked]	[Type of business]	[Business: Place of operation]	[Cost of registration card]	h [handel? = trade], pr [produkcja? = production / manufacture], or rz [rzemieślnik? = artisan]	Notes by translator / typist	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10012	1940 [no column headers; headers assumed, based on 1943 document]	21_519_0_0_430	3-4	20	3 Jun 1940	Berek Berlin	BERLIN	[blank]	I.e.	1.I	31 Dec 1940	[Polish text]	Końskie 3 Maja 4	40.00	h

Łódź: Jewish survivors registered in Łódź, July 1945, received by the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada [date unreadable] [H]

ID	Page number	Name	Surname from previous column	Year of birth	Address before 1939	Notes (not by typist)
11114	9	Frajda Berlin	BERLIN	1908	Lodz
11151	9	Eleonora Berlin	BERLIN		Lodz

Poland: Jewish Refugees in Italy, List Nr. 1, Jan 1946; only "Poland" listings [H]

ID	Page number	Name	Surname from previous column	Place of birth	Date of birth	Father's name	Mother's name	Notes (not by typist)
10255	9	Meir Berlin	BERLIN	Lwow / Lwów, Poland	1919	Jerachum	Tala	Lwów added because it seems more likely
10256	9	Elimelech Berlin	BERLIN	Drohobicz / Drohiczyn, Poland	1921	Benjamin	Lea	Drohiczyn added because it seems more likely

Poland: Jewish Refugees in Italy, List Nr. 2, Feb 1946; only "Poland" listings [H]

ID	Page number	Name	Surname from previous column	Place of birth	Date of birth	Father's name	Mother's name	Notes (not by typist)	Surname from previous column
10302	12	Josef Brilan	BRILAN	Lodz, Poland	1925	Josef	Masza

Poland: List no. 5, 2 Jul 1945 - Polish Jews refugees; printed in red at top of page 1: Relatives Information Service; 2 Jan 1946? [H]

ID	Page	Person	Surname from previous column	Age	Place of orgin	Comes from	Notes by typist	Notes (not by typist)
10012	1	Frieda Berlin	BERLIN	23	Wilno	Dachau

Poland: List of persons receiving individual gift packages, 1941, American Joint Distribution Committee [H]

ID	Details	Page number of complete set (unnumbered)	Page number at top, centered (if any)	Page header (including running header)	[List number?]	Name	Surname from previous or following column	[Address]	Column without header [regarding delivery]	Notes (not by typist)
10068	German title: 2. Liste der Personen zwecks Zusendung von individuellen Liebesgabenpaketen; preceded by letter in English from AJDC in Lisbon, Portugal to AJDC in New York, dated 2 Jul 1941	[4]	[none]	Warschau / Warszawa, Poland	5.	M. Berlin	BERLIN	Dzielna 36 / 11.		Warszawa, Poland added because it seems more likely

Poland: Lists of Polish Jews in Ghetto[s] to Receive Aid 1942 (V-mail; regarding V-mail, see: https://postalmuseum…bition/victory-mail) [H]

ID	Image file	Destination of Communication	Postmark	Sender address	Date	Person in Poland: Line number	Person in Poland: Given name	Person in Poland: Surname	Person in Poland: Town [k/=kolo=near; dla=for]	Person in Poland: Address	Other information	Surname from previous 2 columns	Typist notes
12395	DSC00097.JPG	Dr. I. Schwarzbart; 45 Queensway Queenscourt; London W. 2; 97527	Palestine; Postage paid	Representation Polish Jewry; 15 Lilienblum, TEL-AVIV	24 Sep 1942	60	Pola Berlin	BERLIN	Warsaw	Zamenhofa 9

Poland: "Martyrdom of Jewish Physicians in Poland" (Exposition Press, 1963; 2584 persons) [H]

ID	Given name(s)	Surname	Birth	Death	Page number
10259	Jakub	BERLIN / BERLINERBLAU	1894	Holocaust	313
10260	Jozef	BERLIN	1900	Holocaust	313

Poland: Register of Jewish Survivors II (Jewish Agency, 1945) [H]

ID	Digital file id	Page	Given name(s)	Surname(s) from previous or next columns	Place
12932	08-DSC00122.jpg	16	Aleksander	BERELIN	Lwow
13424	08-DSC00124.jpg	18	Eleonora	BERLIN	Lodz
13425	08-DSC00124.jpg	18	Eleonora	BERLIN	Czestochowa
13426	08-DSC00124.jpg	18	Frajda	BERLIN	Lodz
13427	08-DSC00124.jpg	18	Herman	BERLIN	Otwock
13428	08-DSC00124.jpg	18	Ilja	BERLIN	Sosnowiec
13429	08-DSC00124.jpg	18	Ilja	BERLIN	Warszawa
13430	08-DSC00124.jpg	18	Luba	BERLIN	Warszawa
13431	08-DSC00124.jpg	18	Rachela	BERLIN	Bydgoszcz
13432	08-DSC00124.jpg	18	Ursztajn	BERLIN	Sosnowiec
13433	08-DSC00124.jpg	18	Zofia	BERLIN	Warszawa
13434	08-DSC00124.jpg	18	Zofia	BERLIN	Sosnowiec

Polish Armed Forces: Lists of Jews who served as officers in the Polish Armed Forces; listings for CRARG towns; source: https://www.jwmww2.o…ם_יהודים_בצבא_פולין [H]

ID	Complete listing (s. = son of; b. = born)	Surname from previous column
10004	Berlin Maks, s. Aron & Szprinka, b. 13.02.1905, 2/lieut. (res.), sanit. off. cadre, Czestochowa, 4 Distr. Hosp., cont. Anders Army, P.A.E.	BERLIN

Radomsko, List of Jewish Residents, 1939; Piotrków Tryb. Arch., syg 2174 (2168 persons) [H]

ID	Which list	Surname	Given name	Age	Year of birth (calculated)	Profession	Address
10518	List 2, Part 1 of 7	BERLINE	Moszek	17	1922	Carpenter	Limanowskiego 45

Register of Jewish Survivors I: Lists of Jews Rescued in Different European Countries (Jerusalem, 1945; 19032 records typed) [H]

ID	Subdocument	Sublist	Page	Surname	Given name	Surname from previous column	Birth year or age	Birth place or last residence	Typing notes
24608	List of Polish Nationals (Mostly Jews) In the Bergen-Belsen Camp		148	BERLIN	Masza		Dressmaker

Vilna [Vilnius, Lithuania]: Polish Jewish refugees receiving Joint Distribution Committee aid, in Vilna, Lithuania, 1940 [H]

ID	Page number	Number	Name	Surname from previous column	Birth place	Birth year	Comes from
10355	5	317	Abram Berlin	BERLIN	Pociejow	1913	Lublin
10405	6	366	Fradla Berlin	BERLIN	Warszawa	1890	Warszawa
10406	6	367	Harry Berlin	BERLIN	Warszawa	1913	Warszawa

Warsaw: Listing of the Surviving Warsaw Jews in the US Zone in Germany [Centrale fun di Warszewer Landsmanszaftn in der US Zone in Dajczland], 1948 (5859 persons) [H]

ID	Page	Given name	Surname	Birth date	Residence in Warsaw until 1 Sep 1939	Father's given name	Mother	Mother's maiden name copied from preceding column	Current address [town]	Comments
15280	88	Roza Wolman née Beren	WOLMAN NÉE BEREN	5 Dec 1925		Mosze	Fejga Berlin	BERLIN	Feldafing

Warsaw: "Surviving Jews in Warsaw as of June 5th, 1945," World Jewish Archives (2523 persons) [H]

ID	Page number	Given name	Surname	Year of birth	Address in 1939	Present address in Warsaw	Comments
10136	1	Luba	BERLIN	1912	Warsaw, Wilenska 35	Targowa 41-31

Zbąszyń, Poland: refugees 1938-1939, List of Refugees who have relatives in America; numbered 187-598; unnumbered pages [H]

ID	Additional informaiton	Page number	Number	Person	Surname from previous column	Born on	Born at	Occupation	Last address in Germany	Present address in Zbąszyń	Address of relative	Surname from previous column	Degree of relation	Notes by typist	Notes (not by typist)
10061	List of Polish Jews expelled by the Nazi government into this Polish border town, receiving assistance from the JDC in 1938-1939	[4]	243	Regina Ehrenzweig	EHRENZWEIG	20 Dec 1915	Hamburg	[blank]	Hamburg	ul. Lakowa 6	Fanny Berlin, 1090 Cal. Rio Brance, Montevideo, Urugway	BERLIN	sister

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