A Judenrat (German: [ˈjuːdn̩ˌʁaːt], lit. 'Jewish council') was an administrative body established in German-occupied Europe during World War II which purported...

were auxiliary police units organized within the Nazi ghettos by local Judenrat (Jewish councils). Members of the Jewish Police did not usually have official...

the wake of military defeats on the Eastern Front. As the head of the Judenrat, Rumkowski is remembered for his speech Give Me Your Children, delivered...

"cooperation" in this way is problematic with regard to the activities of some Judenrat leaders and Jewish police, who were corrupt and despotic, and whose actions...

The Kraków Jewish Council (In German: Judenrat) was a 24-person Jewish managerial board formally established in the city of Kraków, Poland by German authorities...

Polish Jews should move to the new Warsaw Ghetto. As in all the ghettos, a Judenrat was appointed and was responsible for the administration of the ghetto...

National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category for his monograph titled Judenrat: The Jewish Councils in Eastern Europe Under Nazi Occupation published...

creation of the Judenrat, or Jewish Council, with community-selected members. In early September 1941, the Germans murdered most of the Judenrat, which left...

Polish; 1905 – June 1943) was the head of the Jewish Community Council, or Judenrat, in the Sosnowiec Ghetto during the Nazi German occupation of Poland in...

Ghetto with the Judenrat, and infiltrated Jewish opposition within the Ghetto. In July 1941, Group 13 lost its political status to the Judenrat, and the Office...

segregated by sex some family life continued. A Jewish community leadership (Judenrat) exercised some authority and tried to sustain the Jewish community while...

the occupied area of central Poland. The Nazi-appointed Jewish Council (Judenrat) in Warsaw, a committee of 24 people headed by Adam Czerniaków, was responsible...

Following the German invasion of Hungary, he served as president of the Judenrat in Békéscsaba. Ernő Prónai was born in Budapest in 1885, as the son of...

and those connected in a way or another to the Judenrat. All this was to intimidate and soften the Judenrat to the new upcoming measures. The day after,...

basis or by a standard of three people to one window. The Jewish Council (Judenrat) was responsible for determining the new housing assignments. Within the...

Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst, often abbreviated as OD. The OD were overseen by the Judenrat of each ghetto. The Kraków OD, unlike many other Jewish Police forces,...

engineer and senator who was head of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish Council (Judenrat) during World War II. He committed suicide on 23 July 1942 by swallowing...

merchant and religious leader in the Kingdom of Romania. He presided the Judenrat in the Oradea ghetto during the Holocaust. Sándor Leitner was born as Joszéf...

school, and Soros and the other schoolchildren were made to report to the Judenrat ("Jewish Council"), which had been established during the occupation. Soros...

from the Judenrat and the demands were much crueler. Death was the punishment for the slightest indication of noncompliance by the Judenrat. Sometimes...

among the Poles and Jews who dominate the story. Sometimes Jews and the Judenrat councils are shown complying with the occupiers; some trick other Jews...

his diaries by Adam Czerniakov, the last chairman of the Warsaw Ghetto Judenrat. He stated that those older than 68 were allowed to stay in Germany. The...

these rumors. Their leader was Leon Feldhendler, a former member of the Judenrat in Żółkiewka. His job in the sorting barracks gave him access to additional...

militia. The Judenrat did not tolerate this, because the Nazis gave them an ultimatum to end the resistance or face extermination. The Judenrat knew that...

1888 – 1956) was a Hungarian Jewish lawyer and politician. He chaired the Judenrat in Košice (Kassa) during the Holocaust. Ákos Kolos was born as Klein in...

Following the German invasion of Hungary, he served as president of the Judenrat in Kisújszállás. Béla Schwartz was born into a Neolog Jewish family in...

Ghetto, and he was soon appointed by Nazi officials as a clerk for the Judenrat, the Kraków Ghetto's Jewish administration. Pemper also acted as a German-Polish...

extermination camps and other killing sites; the role of the Jewish Council (Judenrat) in choosing those to be deported has attracted significant controversy...

was a Hungarian Jewish merchant and religious leader. He presided the Judenrat in Szombathely during the Holocaust. Manó Vályi was born as Weiner into...

Turkic peoples Uzbek language (ISO 639-1 code "uz") Ústredňa Židov, a Judenrat in Slovakia during the Holocaust Toyota UZ engine Uzès, a commune of the...