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  1. War Crimes Commission: Nordhausen Concentration Camp

    "Nordhausen Concentration Camp" Views of the camp where slave laborers, unfit for work, were kept. The camp is liberated by the 3rd Armored Div, First US Army. INT building, there are a few living among the pile of bodies. Soldiers carry survivors out. CU, surviving inmates. One man clasps his hands in gratitude as he is lifted onto a stretcher. Inmate eating soup; inmates helped into ambulances; Red Cross truck. 600 Germans are ordered to bury the dead. Army priest administers last rites. 2500 are placed in graves. U.S. soldiers look into mass grave/pit of bodies.

  2. Red and white patch stenciled Buchenwald worn by a Polish Jewish inmate

    1. Simcha Dimant collection

    Red and white prisoner patch stencilled Buchenwald worn by 31 year old Symcho Dymant while he was an inmate in Buchenwald concentration camp from December 24, 1944, to April 11, 1945. Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, and occupied Czestochowa where Symcho lived with his wife Tonia and 3 year old son Aaron. The family was forced to move into the ghetto after it was established in April 1941. In spring 1942, the Germans decided to destroy the ghetto and began large scale deportations. Symcho escaped, probably in September. He assumed the identity of a non-Jewish Polish person and, ...

  3. White patch with prisoner number and name worn by a Polish Jewish inmate

    1. Simcha Dimant collection

    White cloth badge stencilled 15349123 worn by 31 year old Symcho Dymant while he was an inmate in Buchenwald concentration camp from December 24, 1944, to April 11, 1945. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Symcho was living in Czestochowa with his wife Tonia and 3 year old son Aaron. The family was forced to move into the ghetto after it was established in April 1941. Symcho escaped and, because he spoke German, was able to get a civilian job in a German military installation by assuming the identity of a non-Jewish Polish person. In September 1942, Tonia, Aaron, and the rest...

  4. Reichsadler insignia found by a Polish Jewish concentration camp inmate after liberation

    1. Simcha Dimant collection

    Unevenly cut, embroidered cloth patch with a gold Reichsadler, or Imperial Eagle, found by Symcho Dymant after he was liberated from Buchenwald concentration camp on April 11, 1945. When Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Symcho was living in Czestochowa with his wife Tonia and 3 year old son Aaron. The family was forced to move into the ghetto after it was established in April 1941. Symcho escaped and, because he spoke German, was able to get a civilian job in a German military installation by assuming the identity of a non-Jewish Polish person. In September 1942, Tonia, Aaron, a...

  5. Department for the Investigation of Enemy War Crimes by the French Judiciary Police Service de recherche de crimes de guerre ennemis de la police judiciaire (SRCGE)

    Investigations conducted by the Department for Investigation of Enemy War Crimes (SRCGE) into war crimes committed either on the French mainland or involving French citizens in camps outside of France. The investigations were conducted by judiciary police starting in late 1944. They are organized alphabetically by département or by the country where they are presumed to have occurred (Germany, Austria, Poland), and also by subject matter. Investigated activities include arrest, arson, denaturalization denunciation, deportation, execution, expropriation, forced labor, homicide, internment, k...

  6. Several liberators tell their stories during Plenary Session

    1. 1981 International Liberators Conference collection

    Miles Lerman at podium, introduces individuals one by one and calls them to the dais. Session is chaired by Sigmund Strochlitz, survivor of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. Strochlitz speaks. Cutaways to some delegates listening. Speaks of liberation from viewpoint of survivors, waiting, life ebbing away. Shared dismay at current denial of the Holocaust and the killing of six million Jews, millions of others. The victims and the victors are now partners...to preserve the truth. 9:22:22 Strochlitz introduces first witness, Dr. Leon Bass, Buchenwald liberator. 9:22:58 Bass speaks. Joined the army...

  7. Prague uprising, April-May 1945

    “Václav Kostelecký. Květnová revoluce 1945.” AGFA logo. Picture reportage from Prague at the end of WW2 filmed by Vaclav Kostelecky from April 30 to May 16, 1945. View of the Prague Castle from a hillside. Mr. Kostelecky inspects a camera. Prague Castle and the top of the Church of Saint Nicholas. Intertitle: “30. duben 1945” April 30, 1945 Prague Castle and a building, perhaps the former headquarters of the Wehrmacht (?). Czech police officer speaks with a German soldier. Street. Car. The Royal Castle. Pan, Prague rooftops, cloudy, the Nazi flag hanging on the castle. A military truck with...

  8. Ribbon bar award for construction of the German West Wall acquired by German Jewish US soldier

    1. Rudolph Daniel Sichel collection

    Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen ribbon bar commemorating construction of the German West Wall acquired by Rudolph Sichel, a Jewish refugee from Frankfurt, Germany, who served in the US Army in Europe from July 1944 to June 1946. The West Wall medal was issued from August 2, 1939, to January 31, 1941, to those who built the fortifications along German’s western boundary, or were stationed there prior to May 4, 1940. In May 1936, Sichel, unable to return to Germany from England, left for the US. In April 1943, he enlisted in the army and was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence tr...

  9. Ribbon bar with British War Medal 1939-1945 and Polish Army Medal for War 1939-1945 awarded to a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Salomon Slowes collection

    Two place ribbon bar with the British War Medal 1939-1945 ribbon and the Wojska za Wojne [Polish Army Medal for War 1939-1945] ribbon issued to Dr. Salomon Slowes, a medical staff officer in the 2nd Polish Corps, British Army, from 1943-1945. The Polish medal was issued for conscientious service on July 3, 1945, by decree of the Polish Government in Exile. Slowes was called up shortly before Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Three weeks later, the Soviet Union invaded. Slowes was captured by the Soviets and interned in Kozel'sk, Pavlishchev Bor, and Gryazovets prisoner of war lab...

  10. Two place service distinction ribbon bar awarded to a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Salomon Slowes collection

    Ribbon bar with two service distinction ribbons worn by Dr. Salomon Slowes, who served as a medical officer in the Polish Army and 2nd Polish Corps, British Army, 1939-1945. Slowes was called up shortly before Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Three weeks later, the Soviet Union invaded. Slowes was captured by the Soviets and interned in prisoner of war camps. After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Slowes was released as part of an amnesty granted to Polish prisoners. He joined the Polish Army of the East, known as Anders Army, a volunteer military unit. In August 1...

  11. Two place service distinction ribbon bar awarded to a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Salomon Slowes collection

    Ribbon bar with two service distinction awards worn by Dr. Salomon Slowes, who served as a medical officer in the Polish Army and 2nd Polish Corps, British Army, from 1939-1945. Slowes was called up shortly before Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Three weeks later, the Soviet Union invaded. Slowes was captured by the Soviets and interned in Kozel'sk, Pavlishchev Bor, and Gryazovets prisoner of war labor camps. After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Slowes was released as part of an amnesty granted to Polish prisoners to aid the Soviet war effort. He joined the Poli...

  12. Red, white and blue ribbon bar for distinguished service awarded to a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Salomon Slowes collection

    Striped service distinction ribbon bar worn by Dr. Salomon Slowes who served as a medical officer in the Polish Army and 2nd Polish Corps, British Army, from 1939-1945. Slowes was called up shortly before Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Three weeks later, the Soviet Union invaded. Slowes was captured by the Soviets and interned in Kozel'sk, Pavlishchev Bor, and Gryazovets prisoner of war labor camps. After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Slowes was released as part of an amnesty granted to Polish prisoners to aid the Soviet war effort. He joined the Polish Army o...

  13. Red medical service collar patch worn by a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Salomon Slowes collection

    2nd Polish Corps medical service collar badge worn by Dr. Salomon Slowes, a medical staff officer in the Polish Army and then the 2nd Polish Corps, British Army, circa 1939-1945. Slowes was called up shortly before Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Three weeks later, the Soviet Union invaded. Slowes was captured by the Soviets and interned in Kozel'sk, Pavlishchev Bor, and Gryazovets prisoner of war labor camps. After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Slowes was released when amnesty was granted to Polish prisoners to aid the Soviet war effort. He joined the Polish A...

  14. British 8th Army Crusade sleeve patch worn by a Jewish medical officer, 2nd Polish Corps

    1. Salomon Slowes collection

    British 8th Army sleeve patch worn by Dr. Salomon Slowes, who was a medical officer in the Polish Army and later the 2nd Polish Corps, British Army circa 1939-1945. This Crusade shield patch was issued by the Eight Army after June 1944, as an honorary distinction and award for the Corps's heroism at Monte Cassino. It was worn on the right sleeve. Slowes was called up shortly before Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Three weeks later, the Soviet Union invaded. Slowes was captured by the Soviets and interned in Kozel'sk, Pavlishchev Bor, and Gryazovets prisoner of war labor camps. ...

  15. Plaid handkerchief monogrammed HG given by Hermann Goering to an American guard at Nuremberg

    1. Herbert C. Durkee collection

    Handkerchief embroidered HG and given by Hermann Goering to Herbert C. Durkee, an American guard at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, between August 1945 and January 1946. Herbert guarded Goering and helped him control his drug dependency to paracodeine. Goering gave Durkee the handkerchief, one of his last personal possessions, in appreciation of Durkee’s kindness. During the war, 2nd Lt. Durkee was a platoon officer in a field artillery unit and fought in France. The war ended when Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945. In August, 1st Lt. Durkee was transferred to se...

  16. Concentration camp uniform coat with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate

    1. Anonymous Jehovah’s Witness collection

    Concentration camp uniform overcoat worn by a male Jehovah’s Witness who was imprisoned in Buchenwald and Flossenbürg concentration camps from October 25, 1939, to May 8, 1945. It has a white patch with his Flossenbürg prisoner number, 38641, beside a purple triangle marking him as a Jehovah’s Witness. The Nazi regime persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, who refused to put any authority before God or serve in the military. In mid-September 1937, he was imprisoned by the Gestapo for leading the local Jehovah’s Witness group, whose activities were viewed as subversive activity against the Nazi reg...

  17. Concentration camp uniform jacket with a purple triangle worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate

    1. Anonymous Jehovah’s Witness collection

    Concentration camp uniform jacket worn by a male Jehovah’s Witness who was imprisoned in Buchenwald and Flossenbürg concentration camps from October 25, 1939, to May 8, 1945. It has a white patch with his Flossenbürg prisoner number, 38641, beside a purple triangle marking him as a Jehovah’s Witness. The Nazi regime persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, who refused to put any authority before God or serve in the military. In mid-September 1937, he was imprisoned by the Gestapo for leading the local Jehovah’s Witness group, whose activities were considered subversive activity against the Nazi regi...

  18. Concentration camp uniform trousers worn by a Jehovah’s Witness inmate

    1. Anonymous Jehovah’s Witness collection

    Concentration camp uniform pants worn by a male Jehovah’s Witness who was imprisoned in Buchenwald and Flossenbürg concentration camps from October 25, 1939, to May 8, 1945. The Nazi regime persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses, who refused to put any authority before God or serve in the military. In mid-September 1937, he was imprisoned by the Gestapo for leading the local Jehovah’s Witness group, whose activities were viewed as subversive activity against the Nazi regime. After two years, the SS sent him to Buchenwald where he was a slave laborer. On December 11, 1944, he was transferred to Flos...

  19. U.S. Army uniform tan necktie worn by a Signal Corps photographer for the war crimes trials

    1. Ray D'Addario collection

    Ray was assigned to photograph and film the defendants, prosecutors, and other attendees during the courtroom proceedings. The best known trial, Major German War Criminals, was held in Nuremberg. The 24 defendants were charged with crimes against peace, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit those crimes. The verdicts were delivered on October 1, 1946. Soon after, Ray was discharged from the military. He then was hired as a civilian contractor by Telford Taylor, the newly appointed American chief war crimes prosecutor, as chief photographer for twelve subsequent trial...

  20. Courtroom sketch of 2 German Admirals created during the Trial of German Major War Criminals at Nuremberg

    1. Edward Vebell collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn521698
    • English
    • overall: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 16.250 inches (41.275 cm) pictorial area: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)

    Drawing of German Admirals Dönitz and Raeder conversing created by 24 year-old Edward Vebell, illustrator and US soldier, from the press gallery during the first months of the 1945 Trial of German Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. Ed sat in the gallery for three days and used field glasses to capture the details of the defendant's faces. He had no water, so he had to use spit to create the halftones that add detail and nuance. Ed did 90% of his drawing in the courtroom, seeking to bring intimacy to the historical proceedings. The sketches ...