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                   GEDENKBUCH [MEMORIAL BOOK]

[From ESSENTIAL GEDENKBUCH, an English translation compiled by
Bernard I. Kouchel with assistance from William F. Hoffman, 1992]
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GEDENKBUCH: Opfer der Verfolgung der Juden unter der nationalsozialist-
ischen Gewalt-herrschaft in Deutschland 1933-1945, Bundesarchiv Koblenz
1986, 2 vols, 1823 pp., ISBN 3-8912-00302

GEDENKBUCH [Memorial Book] is a register of the slain. The volumes
contain lists of 128,000 Jewish victims of Nazi's in Germany 1933-1945,
citing last place of residence, birth date, death-date and circumstances
of death.

Only citizens of the former Bundesrepublik [West Germany] and of Berlin
are enumerated. Genealogists may profit from the profusion of names in
the books.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS. p.1823
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VOLUME 1
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Title Page.................................... III
Dedication.................................... VII  +------------------+
Preface.......................................  IX  | IMPORTANT NOTE:  |
Foreword......................................  XI  |                  |
List of victims of persecution ...............   1  | << List 1, A-L   |
                                                    |                  |
VOLUME 2                                            |                  |
~~~~~~~~                                            |                  |
List of victims of persecution ............... 951  | << List 1, M-Z   |
List of missing persons whose dates and             |                  |
 manner of death are unknown................. 1651  | << List 2, A-Z   |
Afterword.................................... 1739  |                  |
Appendix..................................... 1749  | Be sure to check |
Summary of the deportation destinations...... 1759  | _both_ lists.    |
Index........................................ 1777  +------------------+
Explanation of lists...(see details below)... 1795
Abbreviation of place names.................. 1797
Errata....................................... 1799
Index of Places.............................. 1801
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Explanation of lists, p.1795
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 Since 1970 the compilation of the document was done with automatic data
processing and for this reason the following technical limitations
resulted:

Column 1:
 Name: Umlauts in names are sometimes rendered as double vowels. For
first names  the maximum length was given, so that in some cases second
names had to be abbreviated.
      --birth name/maiden name (geb.)

Column 2:
 Place of residence: Place of residence or geographical additions that
had to be abbreviated due to their length are listed in the index of
abbreviations.
 The notations to the places of residence signify as follows:
  (1) the place of birth appears instead of place of residence,
      which was unknown.
  (2) it cannot be determined whether a place of
      residence or of birth is involved in a given instance.

Column 3:
Date of birth: The date of birth is given in abbreviated form which
does not specify the century:
      46-99 stands for 1846-1899, 00 stands for 1900, 01-45 stands for
      1901-1945

Column 4:
Date of death: Unknown days and months of death are sometimes indicated
by zeroes.
      --missing (verschollen)
      --declared dead (fur tot erklart)

Column 5:
Fate due to persecution:
In this column, alongside the deportation destination (sometimes
 "Destination: unknown") the following are indicated as fates due to
 persecution:
      --suicide (Freitod)
      --euthanasia
      --unknown (unbekannt)
      --various (especially victims of excesses in connection with the
      progrom of 1938, victims of mistreatment during the course of
      hearings, etc.) These fates are represented by the addition of
      "(a)," to which the country in which the victim dies is added,
      e.g., "Netherlands (a)."

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Information provided by:
Bernard Kouchel <koosh@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us>
01Dec94
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