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  1. Das antifaschistische Kriegsziel

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The paper is an issue of the weekly “Freies Deutschland” which was published until 1939 in France. In the end of August 1939, it could not continue its work in France and was published in Sweden. The article discusses the outbreak of the war, the civil war in Spain, and the role of the Sowjetunion. The Molotow-Rippentrop pact is criticized, and its consequences are analyzed. The role of the Western powers and their goals are subject of the second article “Das Antifaschistische Kriegsziel – (The anti-fascistic War Aims)”. The last article discusses the role of the German people and its posit...

  2. Hitler contre la paix

    1. Anti-Nazi resistance and opposition

    The publication "Hitler against peace – response to the Nuremberg Congress" is an analysis by German pacifists published in French. It is meant to shed light on the true intentions of the National Socialists, revealing their imperialistic ambitions and proclivity for war. It summarizes the events of the 8th Party congress in Nuremberg ((Reichsparteitag der Ehre, 8–14 September, 1936), its program, supporters and the consequences of Hitler's policies for France. The conclusion is that a war is planned against France. Hitler is quoted from "Mein Kampf". Nazi activities in Spain are discussed ...

  3. Hans Wijsman photographs

    The collection consists of three prewar photographs depicting Hans Wijsman of Bloemendaal, the Netherlands in his military uniform. He is pictured with his father and other unidentified individuals. Hans was a Dutch prisoner in Buchenwald from 1943-1945.

  4. Hans Landesberg papers

    1. Hans Landesberg collection

    Consists of material related to the pre-war and wartime experiences of Dr. Hans Landesberg. Includes passports, photographs of family members and of Dr. Landesberg in the Sidi-el-Ayashi concentration camp in Morocco, correspondence, official papers, and a brief memoir describing his experiences, both in German and in English.

  5. Tola Ratz collection

    Contains letters written by Dr. Ignacy Izak Trocki (donor’s paternal uncle) in France to his cousin Renee Leszczynska in New York, dated May 1939-June 1941. Also includes photographs of the Trocki family in Zgierz, Poland and Benjamin Trocki with his cousin Renia in Nice in 1948. Dr. Trocki was born in Zgierz, Poland. He joined the Republican forces in Spain during the Civil War and in 1939 was imprisoned in Gurs internment camp. His wife Stefa and daughter Carmen lived in Paris and later the family lived in Narbonne. Dr. Trocki tried to leave France, without success. His brother Benjamin T...

  6. Nuremberg Rally 1935

    MS Hitler speaks at podium on Hitler Youth Day. Swastika flag is raised and waves. Great pomp and circumstance parade through picturesque town of Nuremberg. VAR HA views, including SA in knee socks and tassels and shorts. VAR participants: military attachees from Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, et al. In stadium, Hitler salutes Hitler Youth as they cheer and "Heil." Several CU of Aryan boys, girls. Hitler speaks: "Ideal of the German people...healthy...we must have a new type of man...so our nation isn't destroyed by degenerate characteristics."

  7. Ginette Kalish photographs

    Contains photographs of Ginette Kalish [donor] and other children in Canet Plage, France, who were part of a group of seventy other orphaned children from Barcelona, Spain, who had escaped Franco and were assisted by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. This group of children were later moved to a chateau in La Vercantiere that included a school and church until their liberation in 1945. Also includes a collection of prewar and wartime photographic prints and a photographic postcard documenting the Druker family, friends from Canet Plage and the Château de Masgelier children's home in Francet.

  8. Danielle Salley papers

    The papers consist of a map of southern France, a photocopy of the "Etat-Major" map showing the route used by refugees to flee into Spain, newspaper clippings, a postcard of a painting ("La Defense du Col de Banyuls") showing typical "Banyulese" costume, a circulation permit dated 1939 allowing an individual to work, and a declaration of the wine production of M. Ferrer Sauveur's grape harvest.

  9. Jewish service at Dachau; inmate interview

    (LIB 6554) First Religious Services, Dachau, Germany, May 5, 1945. Full screen view, crowd listening to services and voices of women singing "God Bless America" in English. MSs, various flags of Allied nations (US, Belgium, Spain, UK, USSR) flying from staffs held by attendants. CU, Belgian flag with "Dachau" written across center. LS, congregation singing "Hatikvah", the Jewish national anthem. A Hebrew prayer is read by a Rabbi David Max Eichhorn. Inmate Interview, Dachau, Germany, May 5, 1945. MSs, Dr. Hussarek, a Czech prisoner, speaks in English of his experience in the various Nazi ca...

  10. Dr. Ernest Parker collection

    Binder with typescript memoir by Lothar Ernst Pollak from May 10-December 6, 1940. Details Lothar’s family’s flight beginning in Brussels, Belgium; through France, Spain and Lisbon; arriving in Cuba in December and ultimately immigrating to the United States in 1941. Lothar Pollak was born 1901 in Reichenberg [Liberec], the Czech Republic. In the 1930s, Lothar moved to Germany, where he met his wife Anna. They then moved to Austria and then Belgium for Lothar’s work. In May 1940, with their daughter Erika, they fled ultimately arriving in the United States in 1941 where they changed their n...

  11. "Against the Odds"

    Consists of one memoir, 79 pages, entitled "Against the Odds," written in 1998 by Greta Grossman Lake, originally of Mikulov (Nikolsburg), Czechoslovakia. She describes her childhood in Mikulov, her family life, her memories of World War I, and her marriage in 1932 to George Lakenbacher. Despite difficulty, the couple, who were converted Catholics, along with Greta's brother Joe and his family, were able to immigrate to France in 1938. In 1942, after the first waves of arrests in the Langeac area, George escaped to Spain, but was arrested across the border and interned at the Miranda del Eb...

  12. Meyerstein family papers

    1. Meyerstein family collection

    Contains papers that document the experiences of the Meyerstein family before and during World War II. Included in the papers is a marriage license issued to Hilda Schickler and George Meyerstein [Ellen Cohen's parents] in Milan, Italy on May 18, 1935; a driver's license issued to George Meyerstein in Gotha Germany; an entry ticket for a bullfight that Hilda and George Meyerstein attended in 1941 while living as refugees in; a passenger list for the "Marqus de Comillas" that included the Meyerstein family; two newspaper clippings attached to a card; a testimony written by George Meyerstein ...

  13. British military armband acquired by a Jewish emigre serving in the US Army

    1. Joseph Strip family collection

    Military uniform armband issued by the Army Council owned by Joseph Strip (originally Striponsky) who was sent to Germany by the United States Army in 1944. Joseph and his parents Menachem Nathan and Regina Stripounsky, and brother Astriel fled Antwerp, Belgium, in May 1940 for France. A year later, they received American visas, and traveling via Spain and Portugal, left for New York in May 1941.