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  1. The destruction of the Salonica Jewry A personal view

    1. Rosa M. Miller collection

    Contains information about the German occupation of Salonica (Thessalonikē), Greece; the establishment of a Jewish quarter in Salonica; and the deportation of nearly 70,000 Greek Jews from Salonica.

  2. Letter of protection issued by the Spanish Embassy in Budapest

    Contains a "Letter of protection" (Védlevél) issued for a Jewish man named Miklós Hreblay on behalf of the Spanish Embassy in Budapest, dated November 1, 1944. The letter indicates that the bearer of the letter is under the protection of Spain. Typewritten on official letterhead of the Spanish Embassy of Hungary, photo of bearer affixed, stamped with ink stamp of Spanish Embassy and ink stamp of Ángel Sanz Briz, who was later recognized as Righteous Among the Nations for his actions assisting Jews in Budapest.

  3. Spanish Civil War; Munich Agreement; Nazi officials; Moscow Pact

    Reel 3 shows fighting and destruction during the Spanish Civil War. Daladier, Chamberlain, Mussolini and Hitler sign the Munich Pact. German troops are greeted in the Sudeten. Troops march into Prague and invade Albania. Hitler, addressing the Reichstag, ridicules Roosevelt's appeal for peace. Hitler confers with Goring, von Ribbentrop meets with Russian diplomats to negotiate the Moscow Pact. Contrasts Poland's military power with that of Germany showing the German pictures of aerial attacks.

  4. Gertrud Oppenheimer collection

    Collection of documents, manuscript, photographs and prayer book relating to Leo and Gertrud Oppenheimer and their families, who were deported in October 1940 from western Germany to Camp de Gurs in southwest France in 1940. Gertrude worked there as a nurse and had access to members of her family. In May 1941 Leo Oppenheimer was transferred to Camp Les Milles, close to Marseille, Gertrude and Leo received permits to move to a transit camp in Marseille. In January 1942 Leo was transferred to a forced labor camp in Augagne, and in July he came to Marseille directly to a hospital. In August 19...

  5. Degrelle, Léon, 1906-1994

    1. Biographical press cuttings collection (1945-1970s)

    Léon Degrelle was a Walloon Belgian politician, who founded Rexism and later joined the Waffen-SS (becoming a leader of its Walloon contingent) which were front-line troops in the fight against the Soviet Union. After World War II, he was a prominent figure in neo-nazi movements. He found refuge in Spain and from there he continued to spread his Nazi and Holocaust denying ideas. -- Wikipedia Text in English, German and French. 61 newspaper clippings; 20 p. of press extracts; 3 p. of a speech; 1 p. of a radio broadcasting; 3 p. of a letter; 4 p. of an article; 2 p. of a handwritten letter by...

  6. Dieckhoff, Hans-Heinrich, 1884-1952

    1. Biographical press cuttings collection (1945-1970s)

    "Hans-Heinrich Dieckhoff (23 December 1884 – 21 March 1952) was a German diplomat best known for his service to the Nazi regime. Dieckhoff was born in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine. From 1937 to November 1938 he served as German ambassador to the United States, until recalled in response to the American recall of its ambassador in protest over the Kristallnacht. He was the last to occupy the post until after the war. In 1943 he assumed the post of ambassador to Spain. Dieckhoff was interrogated after the war and was called to testify at the Nuremberg trials, but he was never formally charged ...